Wait a few weeks and check out Eight Legged Freaks when it comes out. Trust me.
Hint: Think virtual reality.
Glad to be of assistance, Lego.
[sub]every movie doesn’t have to be Citizen Kane[/sub]
Pity, then, that Jason X represents neither. The only “horror” associated with this film is the fact that it illustrates all too clearly that there are no depths too low for Hollywood; there will always be a line for the latest piece of dreck to issue forth from the latest in a long line of talentless hacks. The only “fiction” associated is the one which implies that those responsible should actually be rewarded for their efforts.
I found it quite amusing and entertaining with moments of actual character development.
Head and shoulders above the previous movies.
I just got back from it. All I can say is, if you “get” this type of movie, you’ll like it. If you don’t, you won’t- it’s that simple. Decrying it as “shitty” movie, without seeing it, merely demonstrates your closed-mindedness.
In my opinion, it is quite good- if you’re willing to go along for the ride. It won’t sweep the Oscars. It won’t rival Citizen Kane. It won’t change the way you think, or even make you reconsider premarital sex and wanton drug abuse whilst camping.
It will, however, entertain you- if you like these sorts of movies. Obviously, some people do- otherwise these sorts of movies would never get made!.
If you don’t like 'em, fine. Belittling someone else’s choice of movie, simply because you don’t enjoy watching them, should be beneath all of us.
Ask anyone who knows me- I overanalyze movies to death. Few people are harsher on movies than I am. However, I know that when I go to see this sort of movie, I’m not going to be intellectually challenged- I’m going to be entertained. And that’s good enough for me. When I want thought-provoking filmmaking, I’ll go catch a flick at the local art house.
I’m through ranting now. Carry on.
And you know- Lexa Doig was not the high point of the movie, as I thought she would be. Lisa Ryder (her fellow actress in Andromeda, played Kay-Emm in this movie) stole the show, in my opinion. “Who’s yer momma?”, indeed. 
** Gobear ** I thought I was the only one who had that thought. The first thing I thought of when I heard the title was “wait, Jason’s a MUSLIM now??”
I was getting all excited thinking I was going to be the first one to say such a clever thing.
Saw it with Mrs. Six this afternoon. I’ve seen every one in the theater, so I thought I’d keep it up with number 10. It was worse than I had anticipated it would be, by a long way, and far from the high point of the series. That would be No. 2, which is a relatively mediocre film, or number 4, which is the only one that doesn’t involve Jason in any way.
I’ve heard this argument many times–if you don’t like X, it’s because you don’t “get” it–applied to John Waters, David Lynch, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Usual Suspects, etc. It’s nonsense. Althogh lack of understanding does frequently engender dislike, to say that everyone who dislikes something necessarily lacks the capacity to comprehend it borders on intellectual snobbery. As someone who “gets” dead teenager movies, and has enjoyed quite a few, I can say without reservation that I both “get” Jason X and recognize its wretchedness. I enjoyed it, though, in the same way I enjoy Bride of the Monster, as an exercise in ineptitude.
And even for the splatter genre, which regularly produces awful movies, it’s pretty bad. There have been good ones: Halloween (1 and H20), Scream (1 and 2), A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Class of 1984, Sleepaway Camp. Jason X is a staircase down in quality from these.
There are some genuinely entertaining moments, though. Two of them, by my unofficial count, though there might have been a third. I’d have to see it again to be sure, and I ain’t doing that even if they refund my $9 from the first one and give me a free second screening.
Even the title joins Rambo 3 among movies whose numbering make no sense. The X stands for 10, so Friday the 13th X would make sense, but none of the previous titles were “Jason”, and it’s only the eighth movie to feature Jason (1 and 4 had other killers).
Besides, what is there to “get” if you need to shut down all rational thought in order to enjoy this sort of movie?
And don’t you love the irony? Two of the previous sequels had the word Final in their titles!
I’ve decided that I shall go see this movie, mainly for reasons 5, 6 and 7 on Lightnin’'s list above. Sorry, Lightnin’, but Lexa’s destiny is to be my love slave, not yours.
And it should be noted that, although I don’t like this genre generally, I’m a big fan of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre because unlike all the others, it seems very very real.
I saw the movie and I thought it was a lot of fun.
It is practically a parody of a Friday the 13th film. And there is tons of eye candy in the film.
It won’t make my top 100 list of this decade, that’s for sure.
I’m going to see it, but I’ll probably wait and rent it rather than pay $20 to see it in a theater.
$20? Good God, man, how much popcorn do you eat? 
I thought it was #5, A New Begining, that didn’t have Jason in it? That one mental kid was the killer in those wasn’t he? Don’t know if I saw #4.
Spoilers [as if anyone cares].
Phlip, you are correct. 5: A New Beginning, begins with a kid getting killed in some gruesome way. A hockey masked killer slices and dices a bunch of kids, ending with a teenaged girl and her little brother, who manage to kill him. When the mask is removed, we learn that the killer was the ambulance driver who hauled away the dead kid’s body at the beginning, and was masquerading as Jason. The dead kid was his brother, and he was getting revenge.
I do, however, stand by my pick of 2 as the best one.
I need to re watch that one. Saw it when I was very young. Sounds like it might be semi interesting now.
My favorite was #3 though. It had the 2 best kills in it. The one where he squishes that fat annoying guys head and his eys pop out at the screen. And the one where he picks up the sleeping bag and smacks it against the tree with the kid in it. That was comedy. It creeped me out seeing the deformed, unmasked, unrotted Jason at the end though. That disturbed me as a child. Same with that movie MASK. Deformed people freaked me as a youth, as they do most youths I guess.
I am pretty sure the sleeping bag was in 3, but I may be wrong about that one.
In Part V: A new beginning, the killer was the kid’s father.
I liked IV: The final chapter the best. Naked twins. Plus, seeing Crispin Glover getting whacked was worth it.
He probably deserved it for murdering “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” and his The Big Problem CD in general. Those who want to hear a clip can click on the link but be warned, the audio samples are painful! I think he could give bad poetry lessons to Vogons.
I liked Jason X muchly. I don’t know anything about “getting” movies, I just know what I like, and this movie had a lot of it: Eye candy, fun moments, and inventive ways for “won’t-he-stay-dead-or-go-into-therapy” Jason to whack people. Was it the best “dead teenagers” or horror movie I’ve ever seen? No. Do I regret my time spent watching it? No. Jason was and is my favorite slasher, and this movie didn’t change that, and in fact increased it.
By the way, anyone who wants to see an intelligent sci-fi/horror (alien thingie kills people in an abandoned whatever) movie should try Invader (also called Lifeform). The ending got smushed because of budget, but it’s a great film and if I was any alien, I’d likely choose to be it’s star critter.