I wonder if Bruce has a cameo somewhere in there... I feel like he should. I mean, I know the movie should exist in it's own right as a separate entity, but it'd be fun seeing a glimpse of him in the series after all this time.
Escape to the Movies: Evil Dead
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Yeah, I always figured they started the first half of the movie wanting to be serious, and by the half way point, decided it really was a B-movie, and the only way to save it was hamming it up.Alandoril said:
I mean, taking an end table on rollers to barricade a door? That I think was the scene that clinched it for me, and was the transition from serious to satire.
As for Roger Ebert, much respect to the man, he defined an era, as well as the movie watching experience in general. It's sad he never really saw the value in the gaming medium. As I have nothing good to say about that particular point of his opinion, I'll remain silent.
The man was totally awesome, issuing a mulligan for his review of "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly." It took real guts to say his mindset got in the way of his fun, especially considering this was how he made a living. This is how I was able to respect his reviews, even when I disagreed wholeheartedly.
I think it was mostly just a bunch of guys and gals trying to make a movie, despite not knowing how. But yeah, it's the B-movie of B-movies, I think. It's So B Movie, it's an A-Movie. It's... Yeah, you get the point. It's a B-Movie. A good one, though.Seracen said:
I disagree with almost every single thing Movie Bob says in here and I knew I would, which was the only reason I watched it. For me, this movie was basically every single thing that is wrong with horror movies today and it was basically paint by numbers. Yawn.
It's not a torture porn flick like, say, Saw or Hostel. There's gore in the movie but it's not the whole point of the movie's existence. Would I be a terrible person if I had a wide grin, like a kid on Christmas, during the entire flick? Cuz I did, I really did.jetriot said:
Sam Raimi could.Alandoril said:
Seriously, that's why he's got a career. Dude's more like Tommy Wissau than people seem to think.
So I take it this iteration of evil dead lacks verbose, testosterone-injected chainsaw arms and shotguns. That is disappointing and I will mostly stick with Army of Darkness. That's actually the only Evil Dead movie I've seen and I know little of the previous titles, other than they were more serious than Army of Darkness. I might check this out when I can get my hands on the DVD.
i had hoped i could make it through the first page before someone started trying to insult or debate with someone who recently died. a famous person has a different opinion than you about video games. grow up and get over it. do you really think roger ebert or any celebrity is the reason games arent universally considered a form of art? the amount of gamers i saw cheering about his death (on the day it was fucking announced) because he had a different opinion about their hobby than they did, was absolutely sickening
You know Bob, I can tell you love this movie more than you feel you should. You kept slipping into your native accent.
I like Rocket Raccoon.
OK - they're probably going to sell toys of him everywhere, and for that purpose the movie can't be above a PG 13, but still:
- he's a paraody on the superhero and the movie badass.
After all: He is not more rediculous than cosmic rays, shape-shifting aliens or different colors of Kryptonite. Just a raccoon with a shotgun.
- the way CGI is going they can really bring characters like his to life. Gollum, that's all I need to say.
- he is a rediculous character - like the Hulk - and we have seen how that can be mishandled or work out really, really well.
It all depends on who the directs the movie, what limitations are going to be put on that person by the studio, and, of course, the script. We have seen with Catwoman how not even good actors can act their way out of a shitty script.
Pray that someone who loves the comic (or comics in general) is on the wheel, or else we will get an adaption that will look like something someone *thought* comics would look like, entailing the same misconceptions and clichees that we know from previous, bad comic book movies.
OK - they're probably going to sell toys of him everywhere, and for that purpose the movie can't be above a PG 13, but still:
- he's a paraody on the superhero and the movie badass.
After all: He is not more rediculous than cosmic rays, shape-shifting aliens or different colors of Kryptonite. Just a raccoon with a shotgun.
- the way CGI is going they can really bring characters like his to life. Gollum, that's all I need to say.
- he is a rediculous character - like the Hulk - and we have seen how that can be mishandled or work out really, really well.
It all depends on who the directs the movie, what limitations are going to be put on that person by the studio, and, of course, the script. We have seen with Catwoman how not even good actors can act their way out of a shitty script.
Pray that someone who loves the comic (or comics in general) is on the wheel, or else we will get an adaption that will look like something someone *thought* comics would look like, entailing the same misconceptions and clichees that we know from previous, bad comic book movies.
I wasn't aware that Roger Ebert had passed away until you told me, thanks.
Sadly, I told my mother than he'd died and received a response which boiled down to "Who?" it's kind of upsetting that he's unquestionably the most famous single critic in the entire history of criticism (not movie criticism, ANYTHING criticism) and she's honestly never even heard of him. Then again, that's a good measure of just how out-of-touch my mother is.
Sadly, I told my mother than he'd died and received a response which boiled down to "Who?" it's kind of upsetting that he's unquestionably the most famous single critic in the entire history of criticism (not movie criticism, ANYTHING criticism) and she's honestly never even heard of him. Then again, that's a good measure of just how out-of-touch my mother is.
Huge Evil Dead/Army of Darkness fan here. I'm glad that so far it's looking good from some of the reviews I've seen. Can't wait to watch it.
Also,
ohhh.. A box of scraps.
Also,
with a box of scraps you say?Resonantscythe said:
ohhh.. A box of scraps.
