Ru1977
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Well shit, get on it!
Anyone see Crimewave?
Anyone see Crimewave?
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Drag Me to Hell is fantastic! There are some moments in that flick that hearken back to the Evil Dead series, so that sorta gives you an idea of the tone (though all the ED films have some distinct tones throughout).
Breaking down Raimi's Evil Dead entries:
Evil Dead is a low budget horror, made over the course of five years by a group of aspiring filmmakers just trying to get a movie made. It took so long to make because they kept running out of money. It is played as a straight-up horror flicks, but there are moments of goofiness...though I'd say many of them are unintentionally funny.
Evil Dead 2- Due to rights issues, they couldn't use footage from the first film, so the first fifteen minutes is basically a remake of the original with fewer cast members. It is an over-the-top, gory movie with gallons of blood...and Three Stooges-esque physical bits. It's absolutely insane and I love it.
Army of Darkness (AKA the Medieval Dead)- The third entry is far less gory, but way more comedic. Highly quotable.
After these three entries there is the "remake", which is actually a new group of characters. According to Raimi, it's set in the same universe, just with a different group of people who have a similar experience to those in the original film. Raimi didn't direct, but he did produce and had script approval. Tonally, this is the most straightforward horror film, with less in the way of humor.
Likewise, Evil Dead Rise doesn't feature Raimi in the director's chair, but he produced and had creative input. This one is a stand alone that centers on another group of characters. The tone of this one is most similar to the "remake".
Ash vs. the Evil Dead is a TV series that acts as a direct sequel to the original three films. Its tone is most in line with the second and third films, with a blend of horror and comedy. It ran for three seasons, and it's a lot of fun. If you've gone through the first three films and enjoyed them, then you'll definitely dig this show.
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Wow, thanks for the detailed breakdowns, @TheGillMan ! I'll definitely give it a go.
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I fucking ADORE Darkman. That would be one of the “really good actually” early-90s comic book movies for me, even though it is not actually from a comic book originally. I went as Darkman for Halloween in junior high the year it came out.
Don't leave us hanging: how'd she respond?
If it were my mother, she would simply not reply and pretend she hadn't seen it.
I don't like Evil Dead 2, but I've only seen it once. I feel like my expectations were out of whack, so I want to give it another shot sometime this year.
Speaking of '90s superhero movies, my wife and I watched The Crow last night. I first watched it forever ago. Based on how much I remember, it must've been back in high school, some 15 years ago. It's a goofy-ass movie, but I have to give it credit for the style. It has a strong sense of time and place. I'm sure it was at least somewhat influenced by the Burton Batman movies: the miniature set, the production design, the gothic tone. The soundtrack still rocks. It's one degree above your average B-movie, but somehow it works.
Speaking of '90s superhero movies, my wife and I watched The Crow last night. I first watched it forever ago. Based on how much I remember, it must've been back in high school, some 15 years ago. It's a goofy-ass movie, but I have to give it credit for the style. It has a strong sense of time and place. I'm sure it was at least somewhat influenced by the Burton Batman movies: the miniature set, the production design, the gothic tone. The soundtrack still rocks. It's one degree above your average B-movie, but somehow it works.
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In order to truly appreciate The Crow, you had to be:
-exactly 16 years old when it came out
-goth before you knew the word
-a teen martial arts instructor who idolized Bruce Lee
-OBSESSED WITH LEATHER TRENCHCOATS
-a Tony Todd superfan
-all about specifically that aesthe
-JUST starting to listen to Nine Inch Nails
Ahhh but seriously that movie is a spiritual experience for me, like Ridley Scott’s Legend. I wanted to live in the film.
I love my mom, but she’s always been one of those “don’t you think you’d have more girlfriends if you watched less of *those* movies and collected *those* things” people.
-exactly 16 years old when it came out
-goth before you knew the word
-a teen martial arts instructor who idolized Bruce Lee
-OBSESSED WITH LEATHER TRENCHCOATS
-a Tony Todd superfan
-all about specifically that aesthe
-JUST starting to listen to Nine Inch Nails
Ahhh but seriously that movie is a spiritual experience for me, like Ridley Scott’s Legend. I wanted to live in the film.
Ehhh some pandering shit, I’m sure.
I love my mom, but she’s always been one of those “don’t you think you’d have more girlfriends if you watched less of *those* movies and collected *those* things” people.
Chooch555
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How many girlfriends did she want you to have????
Ru1977
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Afraid not.
Coming up short. I did Judo for a while but....
I like the look but too hot
Hell yes
Eh, I was Eric that Halloween!
I just started to listen to nine inch nails... With that soundtrack! Also served as a gateway for Joy Division.
The Crow was one of three movies I saw nine times I the theater. One was Pulp Fiction because everyone I knew at the time wanted to see it with their "movie friend", Phantom Menace because everyone I knew at the time wanted to see it with their "star wars friend", but The Crow was one I kept taking people to see by my choosing. I took my friends, I took my mom, my aunt, heh. I took people I barely knew damnit.
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I’m truly not clear on that, since she openly despised all but two of my serious partners ever. Fortunately, my wife is one of the two, but the other was the WORST one.
Being largely clueless to romantic/sexual social cues, physically respectful to a fault but also a *tenacious* “never quit, make it work” serial monogamist, I have had a storied romantic life. You’d think I’d have been at least somewhat slutty by default since I’ve always been a “leading man” in packs of theatre kids literally my entire life, but I’ve barely ever been single while in productions, even going back to high school.
Wow, I think A Simple Plan may be his best film. Of course I also think The Quick and the Dead is a very close second (possibly my favorite of his depending on the day), so I may be an outlier.
I think his first two Spidey films are still the best Spidey big screen outings - I really like the newer Spideys but they get a little swamped by the MCU lore. Spidey 2 was just about perfect.
Ru1977
The Irishman
I haven't seen Simple Plan since it came out but remember it being well done and also feeling like it was him trying to channel the Coen Brothers, and I don't mean in a bad way. They obviously stole from each other here and there early on, and Crimewave was their big collaboration. I was never clear on how they knew each other actually.
Raimi worked on the Hudsucker Proxy and I recall him talking about how he discussed shooting in the snow with the Coens (who had done so well doing that in Fargo). And Joel worked as assistant editor on Evil Dead.
Ru1977
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They also used his technique showing the deadite POV with the camera on a board in Raising Arizona for the biker of the apocalypse. And he is in Miller's Crossing a moment heh.
Campbell was in Hudsucker too wasn't he? I actually enjoyed that one.
Campbell was in Hudsucker too wasn't he? I actually enjoyed that one.