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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Oct 28, 2022 23:46:27 GMT
The one scene that I would do differently (or cut) is the skeleton hands punching Ash in the Cemetery. It's a cool scene, but too comedic. I always thought it was Ash hallucinating.
Other than that, it's an epic, thrilling and marvellous fantasy/adventure/action/horror movie.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 28, 2022 23:58:15 GMT
It is my least favorite of the OT, but it is still a good movie. It is often very funny and the march of the dead scene is terrific.
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Post by jcush on Oct 29, 2022 0:26:55 GMT
I'm a fan, but some parts are a little too silly for me. I agree with you about the skeletons grabbing Ash in the cemetery. It's a missed opportunity for a genuinely creepy scene, because they play it off too silly.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Oct 29, 2022 0:49:16 GMT
In my experience, yes. Not just with horror geeks, I see average joes quoting "This is my boomstick" and whatnot.
I have no problem with any of the comedic elements.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Oct 29, 2022 4:02:23 GMT
I hated it.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Oct 29, 2022 4:07:36 GMT
Good cuz it hated you too.
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 29, 2022 4:09:54 GMT
It's my least favorite installment of the first three, but it's still fun and adventurous.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Oct 29, 2022 4:12:45 GMT
I prefer the first two but I still love it.
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Post by James on Oct 29, 2022 4:26:42 GMT
Not in America, but I like it a lot. Still like the first two more for the horror aspect, but this still works.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 29, 2022 12:38:12 GMT
It struck me as more like a cult classic. But one with a good reputation.
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Post by Marv on Oct 29, 2022 16:51:44 GMT
It struck me as more like a cult classic. But one with a good reputation. Pretty much this. I rarely hear people say they hate it…and the whole Evil Dead trilogy is a bit of a cult classic. Personally it’s the one I always liked the most. |
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Post by mstreepsucks on Oct 29, 2022 19:40:58 GMT
no, I don't think it is.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Oct 29, 2022 20:04:10 GMT
Good cuz it hated you too. Get in line. It's a long one. |
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Oct 30, 2022 0:59:04 GMT
This movie is pure magic.
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Post by gw on Oct 30, 2022 1:11:28 GMT
I thought it was entertaining but I didn't love it.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Oct 30, 2022 20:58:40 GMT
It’s very well-loved in America. If anything, I figured it’d be the only place it’d be really popular in.
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Post by soggy on Oct 31, 2022 1:46:46 GMT
It’s one of my favorite comedies… though as such it feels VERY different from the first two.
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Post by drystyx on Nov 1, 2022 0:14:33 GMT
The Nazis love it, and there are plenty of them in America. Everyone else hates it.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Nov 1, 2022 0:45:49 GMT
The Nazis love it, and there are plenty of them in America. Everyone else hates it.
WTF? Are you fine, man?
By the way, my theory is simple:
In the first half of the movie, the Kandarian Demon behaves as it did in the first two movies. The Deadites are brutal.
When the demon fuses with Ash via the mirror (the Tiny Ashes being the very first step of the fusion), it becomes "intoxicated" by Ash's madness and his memories. That's why Bad Ash is acting as a cartoon, as well as the Deadite Skeletons do. They are all reflections of Ash's madness.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Nov 1, 2022 0:47:43 GMT
It’s very well-loved in America. If anything, I figured it’d be the only place it’d be really popular in.
Yes.
Generally speaking, nowadays people tend to forget that ARMY was a big cult movie in the nineties, and it became extremely successful with the general viewers who never ever watched the first two Evil Dead movies before it. Ash turned into a cult hero because of ARMY. Then, people rediscovered the first two Evil Dead movies, and the entire "cult" started in the early 2000s.
In Europe, it went differently (I'm Italian). The Evil Dead was a huge success back in 1983-1984. Evil Dead II was a big hit too, either theatrical and video (VHS). Army wasn't so well-received, here in Europe. It's an "All American Movie", after all... despite the setting LOL.
In America, that was the pattern. ARMY became a big cult success in the late nineties. HBO and Duke Nukem largely benefitted the movie to previously-unpredictable levels.
Most Americans rediscovered ED1 and ED2 with the countless DVD editions which popped up in the late nineties/early 2000s. Those went sold out almost instantaniously. Fan websites dedicated to the Evil Dead saga did the rest.
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