What Hollywood should know about making movies

The hype for the newly remade "Nightmare on Elm Street" has been buzzing all over the country, but especially in Chicago where the flick was filmed last summer. I personally had high expectations for an uber-creepy Freddie, played by Jackie Earle Haley, some edge-of-your-seat suspense, and hopefully some recognizable Chicago staples. What I got was yet another cheese fest, overly Hollywood "horror" movie with bad acting and all around predictability.

If you have millions of dollars at your disposal, it shouldn't be that difficult to make a legitimately scary horror movie. Now, I know my only claim to film knowledge is the fact that my boyfriend went to film school and I once helped script supervise a student short, but here's my analysis on Hollywood's shortcomings.

The first thing that seriously bugged me about this movie was the fact that the main characters are supposed to be in high school but are played by actors who look close to thirty. Chris, the orangey-tan blonde chick, looks like she should be on "The Real Housewives of Orange County" rather than playing the part of an 18-year-old.

Next, whoever wrote the dialogue for this film must not take part in normal conversations like a socially competent human, because the writing is just plain awkward.