Adam reviews the re-imagining of Freddy Krueger.

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Rated R – 1h35 -

Sure, you expect your teenage slasher films to be light on the narrative, character development & dialogue, so why did I expect more out of the re-imagining of A Nightmare On Elm Street.

The 2010 remake takes most of the elements of the 1984 original, adds some darker imagery, and turns it into the Hollywood version of a modern scary movie for teens. For some reason, I kept thinking of the Final Destination films while watching this one.

The central character is Nancy, one of a group of high school aged kids who begin having nightmares of a man. The man in question, Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Hailey), carries a glove that only comes in one size; extra-stabby. The nightmares seem to start as each of the characters begins to remember an event from their childhood that they blocked out.

One by one, Freddy gets busy with his bedtime butchery and it was pretty much par for the course. No big surprises here.

Realistically, would have 1997 suburban parents of kindergarten kids opted for a gang vigilante style justice on a man who may, or may not have done something suspect to their kids. No. That’s the type of thing that got settled in the courts and on Jerry Springer.

That’s not the real problem I had with this remake. What was wrong is that Freddy Krueger seemed small in stature and fright-induction. You almost feel like he’s a severe burn victim, which makes you feel sympathetic, until you find you find out what he’s done.

The slashings were fun, but they didn’t come often enough in the dream sequences, like they should have. It was also obvious when we were supposed to be scared. Again, nothing really surprised me. One remaining question: Did he really need to kill the dog?

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     See you Sunday on the Capitol Square with the PGA!  It’s a free family golf day from noon-4pm.  There’ll be games and challenge events for PGA merchandise and tickets.  Kids can play one of two mini-courses–36 holes total(the 10 and older course is a wee bit harder than the shorter course for the younger kids is).  And guess what?  Participating families will be entered in a grand prize drawing for the 92nd PGA Championship Premier Family Package.  It all sounds like great fun; I’ll see you there starting at noon!

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You know…it’s not just a surfing bird that makes the grade.

This video made me laugh, so I wanted to share with you on a Friday.

Fletch and I got into a debate about this surfing sheep he found on the internet earlier this week. I say it’s an obvious fake. He still thinks its for realsies.

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Although I’ve a fair weather fan of the Milwaukee Brewers, I have always been a fan of Bob Uecker.

My first job in “real” radio was running the board for Brewers games in Fort Atkinson on AM490.  Looking back, it would  seem pretty boring to be sitting in front of a old-school AM radio board for three and a half hours and pressing a button everytime there was a commercial break.

It wasn’t boring though, because I got to listen to Bob Uecker call the games. He’s actually why I like listening to sports  on the radio today.

In any case,  the heart surgery is set for Friday.  Here’s hoping it goes well and he’s back on the mic before the season is over.

Here’s some good stuff from Uecker for your enjoyment.

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Holy Deer!  Amazing video from Monday night’s playoff game of the Milwaukee Bucks’ mascot Bango doing an insane stunt…Fear the Deer, peeps, fear the deer.

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Enjoy this video of Einstein, the *new* world’s smallest horse.  He was born five days ago, tipping the scales to a whopping 6 (six!) pounds.  My son was bigger at birth but he sure wasn’t walking around the same day like Einstein does!!

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My son Grant always seeks out new movies – the worse the better. Found the trailors for this summer’s crop, and minus any naughty words (it won’t be easy…:-), here we go;

SEX AND THE CITY 2 – The first of a thousand sequels this summer. This time Manhattan’s adorable sluts head off for ribald adventures in the party capital of the world – the Middle East. SEX AND THE SUNI.　

ROBIN HOOD – Russell Crowe adding extra dimension to the legendary character. For the first time ever Robin Hood sleeps with all of Maid Marion’s friends and is hostile to hotel employees.

SHREK FOREVER AFTER – What difference does it make? It’s all about the opening weekend and selling DVD’s.

IRON MAN 2 – Not that they’re stretching things just to pop out a sequel but Iron Man faces his biggest challenge – an evil genius with a can opener.

MOTHER AND CHILD – Drama exploring mother/daughter dynamics, zzzzzzzzz. Hot sex scene between Naomi Watts and Samuel L. Jackson! I don’t know if he plays the “evil” man in this or the “righteous” man but he sure plays the “lucky” man.

For my money. give me the oldies but GOODIES! My two favorites of all time; AMERICAN GRAFFITI and HARVEY…invisible rabbits and cruising the strip in 1962…they don’t make’em like that anymore – and why not?!?

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Adam reviews the new based-on-a-comic book action movie The Losers.

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Rated PG-13 – 1h38 -

In the comic book inspired action genre, The Losers provides some decent acting and comedic elements, but it still ranks somewhere in the middle of the pack.

The Losers are a team of CIA special ops, who are betrayed and left for dead. For justice sake, the tight knit a-team go out in search of the those who targeted them.

This one can be divided into two halves. There’s the set up of their comic book personas for each of the five Losers. Clay, the leader (Jeffery Dean Morgan,) the computer specialist, the sharpshooter, the driver and the guy who plays with knives. Each get some fun camera time demonstrating their elite skills, but the movie drags a bit in their character development.

Then the move shifts into a more traditional action film as they plot the revenge and get closer to the villain. Enter Aisha (Zoe Saldana,) looking 100 times better than she did in Avatar. She also has revenge on her mind, so their plans just happen to work in conjunction.

The villain, no super-villain Max (Jason Patric) is more of a mean Dr. Evil than a cold, heartless version of Dr. No. Patric somehow makes him slimy, cheesy and dangerous at the same time. Fun, fun.

Here’s what you can take from The Losers. It’s a decent action movie. The villain is over the top and the heroes are almost there. It teeters on the edge of satire and complete comic book overkill, but doesn’t have a giant WOW factor.

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