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so - i'm watching wes craven's new nightmare - just got it with a dvd of the last four freddy films and already re-watched freddy v jason.

anyway - so i'm watching it and recognizing why it doesn't work but also appreciating the idea of it, the ingenuity, etc.

i think what failed wes craven is that the 'real world' parts of the film seem too melodramatic and overwrought to feel 'real' - i couldn't help but feel if it had been done with more of the cinema verite style that has become so popular (almost mock-documentary) it would have worked really well. the idea of freddy slipping out of the fiction and into the real world is pretty cool - but the 'real' world in the film just feels to much like a movie to make the impact work (i think the same problem hit Last Action Hero - which was another film to try the trick)

SO - now ot the point of my thread - are there films you've watched again and appreciated more in reviewing it, perhaps because the flaws of the film seem more apparent and understandable??