It is Friday the 13th. As I don't find the number 13 unlucky or anything, this day doesn't feel scary to me, but it does remind me of the fun and scary franchise, "Friday the 13th." I have talked about the best and worst of those movies on multiple occasions, but what about the mostly ignored/forgotten/overlooked remake?
In 2009, a remake/reboot of, "Friday the 13th," hit theaters. It was wholly unremarkable. Outside of an absurdly silly scene where Jason murders someone in a sleeping bag, it has little of note beyond, "Hey, we have a hockey mask a guy named Jason killing teens!" It just lacks...something. There is no spark. Some of the, "Friday the 13th," flicks were a bit snarky and funny. Some were serious and scary, some were hilariously awful. This remake commits the ultimate sin of just being boring. So little sticks out in viewers' minds that is awesome or terrible that I've mentioned the remake to people before who then go, "Oh, I totally forgot that even happened," and we're talking horror-movie afficinados saying this!
Unless you're a huge fan of Jared Padalecki (this movie came out early-ish in the run of, "Supernatural," and would've honestly been better if his character of Sam Winchester fought Jason), or a, "Friday the 13th," completionist, there is little reason to watch the 2009 iteration of, "Friday the 13th." It just comes across as a drab attempt at a slasher film with nothing to say that the over ten or so films featuring Jason in some capacity had said before (it makes the time he fought Freddy Kruger look award-worthy, and that movie was just passably silly). I do hope that upcoming, "Crystal Lake," show which has had development issues but does appear to actually be happening, does the legacy of Jason and, "Friday the 13th," right. Have it be amazing, have it be a wretched, but just, please, don't have it be dull.
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