tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post7584414277782467888..comments2024-03-28T10:33:39.051-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: Non Canon Review: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-7491564730151254012009-09-03T23:07:43.587-07:002009-09-03T23:07:43.587-07:00I know the original film was written by Victor Mil...I know the original film was written by Victor Miller while for the <a href="http://www.tvaddicts.tv/" rel="nofollow">TV series</a>, one of the writers was Bill Taub.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149694334059892269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-17931129868585183122009-03-25T14:27:00.000-07:002009-03-25T14:27:00.000-07:00you know..i remember only reading multiple times t...you know..i remember only reading multiple times that this was your childhood rewatch movie over and over. I barely remembered anything about it.<BR/><BR/>I had everyone tell me that it was ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>I spent all of march so far running through part 1 through 10 (going to complete). <BR/><BR/>8 was NOT that bad. I liked alot of it. I dont know about some of the jason as a kid scenes that were shot (especially the VERY end where the toxic waste covers him), but otherwise I was happy.<BR/><BR/>I gotta say..my rewatch movie cuz it was the first of them i saw in the theaters, was Jason Goes To Hell...I liked that for so long, until i went through all these movies...now IT is the most ridiculous out of them all. I liked the movie, but all the supernatural wierdness (jumping bodies, rock hands coming from the ground, spirits flying around). all that stuff just made me go WTF?..it was the weakest one..yet still a good movie overall..but i didnt like the flaying off from the regular story style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-87157166983283834052009-01-22T07:28:00.000-08:002009-01-22T07:28:00.000-08:00my favorite in the series (probably because i alwa...my favorite in the series (probably because i always remember catching this one during the marathons they used to have on TV.<BR/><BR/>yeah it's got tons of holes but overall i loved itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-19687802696710266532009-01-21T14:45:00.000-08:002009-01-21T14:45:00.000-08:00I think I had watched most of the other Friday's b...I think I had watched most of the other Friday's before watching this one (being I only first watched it when I bought that box set that came out a few years back)...I did not mind the NY thing, especially after hearing the commentary and it sounded like the Director got screwed on where he could shoot...I loved the kills...and it is over all entertaining. What I hate about this movie and I think ruins it is Jason Death...I thought that was weak and lame...toxic waste covers him then he becomes a child...yeah not exciting! But just like you the first Friday I ever saw was 3, so that is always may fav, but my next fav is NEW BLOOD...I think that is where he gets his best personality...and you can get beat the sleeping bad to the tree!...but hey that's my opinion.theNERDYewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08225422199892215642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-83898811121264805862009-01-21T14:01:00.000-08:002009-01-21T14:01:00.000-08:00My biggest problem(s) with part VIII are not the l...My biggest problem(s) with part VIII are not the length of time spent on the boat but...well basically everything else.<BR/><BR/>Now granted none of the Fridays can stake any claims in the "continuity" department but part VIII goes overboard with such things like: Crystal Lake suddenly becoming an inlet (a pleasure boat?!), a Crystal Lake High School, Jason having lost his right eye instead of the left and the aforementioned teleportation.<BR/>There's also the question of if Rennie was pulled under the water by Jason when he was a kid wouldn't that make her like 35 to 40 by the time the movie takes place?<BR/>Anyway, I know it's all nit-picking but this is soooo my least favorite of the franchise.<BR/><BR/>But I did like Jason X so go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-38388300355525819132009-01-21T13:42:00.000-08:002009-01-21T13:42:00.000-08:00Part 8 was the first one I viewed in thetres, and ...Part 8 was the first one I viewed in thetres, and it never fails to entertain me. The boxing scene, the scene with the street thugs, Jason acting as the Final Girl's "protector" for much of the film...it wasn't Shakespeare, but it was a lot of fun. And yeh, it was waaaaay better than the "Carrie" ripoff that was part 7.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com