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First for sure.
This comes out tomorrow. I might actually go opening night.
I wonder if the Bruce Campbell after-credits stinger will still be there for the full nationwide release?
I just saw it...it was okay. The original was actually a much better movie (and I'm not even the biggest fan of it, so I'm totally impartial here). It was far more intense and the Deadites were way, waaay more fucked up and twisted and talked way more smack...in the remake they didn't seem to try and fuck with the people mentally as much.
The remake also had a few lulls in the action that killed the pacing. The film was gory as hell, and they thankfully used pratical effects for the most part, but otherwise it wasn't that great. Even the main plot driving the movie was stupid...let's strand our junkie friend out in the middle of the woods so she can detox far away from any hospital with only an RN to look after her. Fuck, some stupid kids just camping out was more realistic.
The one thing the remake was missing that the original had in abundance was "crazy." Rami's Evil Dead was crazy, whereas the remake felt...restrained. Gory, violent, but never out of control.
I dug the ending scene, however CHAINSAW TO THE FAAAACE
Plus, remember: duct tape fixes everything.
As for the much talked-about after-credits stinger it's the worst ever and not worth waiting through the credits for. Quick close-up of Bruce Campbell's face, he says "groovy," cut to black, and THAT'S IT. It made no sense if you had never seen the original, and was so lame even fans will probably consider it a let-down.
Bah, I kind of don't want to see it now in that case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
Maybe I'll rent it some day.
Don't get me wrong, the remake isn't horrible or anything...it's just your average, generic modern horror movie with maybe a little extra gore than usual.
I still can't get over how 'eh' the possessed people were compared to the original. In Rami's flick they were all rotted and deformed as well as being fairly fast and strong, whereas in the remake they were basically slow zombies with just a little blood on their faces and scary contact lenses. They also died way too easily.
The possessed in the original did two things: laugh (scream) and jump on Ash. You don't really see them move around much. I think the rotting look came more from terrible make up and ill fitting masks. 2 cranked everything up in the crazy department.
Yeah, but the Rami Deadites would float and shit.
The remake had a lot of references/homages to ED2 in it for example, a girl's hand gets possessed, so she saws her whole arm off with an electric kitchen knife. It's a pretty brutal scene, especially since they didn't CG it.
I enjoyed it. But I agree it should have been called Within The Woods...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laf_7dz95yA
Keep the Motor Running was a far more gripping tale.
Ha! thanks :)
I dunno, I liked the intro a lot. But yeah, I agree with this guy for the most part.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cx53GbkLpA
I think I am also judging Evil Dead on today's standards and not 1981 standards. I found it scary. Last scary movie I saw was probably 28 days later.
Edit: just watched the original for the first time in a while. It's hard to compare the two, the original is cheap and humorous and kinetic, the new one is big budget, polished, but at times boring. I still really dig the first ten minutes and final twenty or so.