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  • Blzer
    Resident film pundit
    • Mar 2004
    • 42515

    #8011
    Re: What movies have you seen recently?

    Originally posted by Fresh Tendrils
    You should correct that asap. The original is can be pretty serious, but I can see how it can construed as "camp" given the low-cost of production. The tree scene kind of freaks me out still.
    I didn't mean to say that "campy" meant "silly" or "not serious." However, I did not make enough separations myself especially since I have not seen the original.

    My real point was that there are many who are in a massive uproar against the remake after having seen both of them, and I couldn't help but think of the reasons either being that it was too identical or that it was not identical enough, not just because it was a remake. The quick impressions that I saw simply admired Raimi's work over Alvarez's, and since Alvarez's tone in his film can't be though of as anything else other than brooding, I made a quick shot in the dark that Raimi allowed for some campiness in his version.

    Thanks for the heads up, though. I wonder if it's really just one of those things like "If this film was released twenty years ago it would have been great, but since then everything else has been released" kinds of things, like Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead is more of a classic than it is an actual good movie which holds up comparatively to today's standards (as in, if it was released today it would still be as enjoyed as it was then). I shall take no biases into my impressions, though.
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    • Fresh Tendrils
      Strike Hard and Fade Away
      • Jul 2002
      • 36131

      #8012
      Re: What movies have you seen recently?

      I really only heard those complaints once the film was announced and prior to its release. Once it was released I was under the impression it was a pretty favorable remake from impressions. I think most of it stemmed from the fact that the original is a (cult) classic and is untouchable.



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      • Blzer
        Resident film pundit
        • Mar 2004
        • 42515

        #8013
        Re: What movies have you seen recently?

        Originally posted by Fresh Tendrils
        I really only heard those complaints once the film was announced and prior to its release. Once it was released I was under the impression it was a pretty favorable remake from impressions. I think most of it stemmed from the fact that the original is a (cult) classic and is untouchable.
        I expected that from the pre-release crowd, but never read up anything on this movie until its release. Post-release people are still saying it's bad, but I think that's where they're showing how biased they really are.

        I guess you're right in that the vocal majority does not represent the overall majority opinion. To receive a 6.5 on IMDb is nothing to wince at for a remake, especially since I didn't find it particularly enjoyable the whole way through, though I thought the production itself was pretty well done (with the hiccup of how they went about one part I mentioned earlier).
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        • DonkeyJote
          All Star
          • Jul 2003
          • 9170

          #8014
          Re: What movies have you seen recently?

          Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness both have quite a bit of humor to them, but the first one is actually pretty violent and gory

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          • JazzMan
            SOLDIER, First Class...
            • Feb 2012
            • 13547

            #8015
            Re: What movies have you seen recently?

            Anchorman II

            It was alright. Definitely not as golden as the first one, as it all kinda gets old after awhile. Did I like it? Yes. However..

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            • PhilliesFan13
              Banned
              • May 2009
              • 15651

              #8016
              Re: What movies have you seen recently?

              Now You See Me

              Watched this for the first time this afternoon on Blu-ray. Enjoyable and I definitely wasn't expecting the ending.

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              • Burns11
                Greatness Has Arrived
                • Mar 2007
                • 7406

                #8017
                Re: What movies have you seen recently?

                Originally posted by Blzer
                I didn't mean to say that "campy" meant "silly" or "not serious." However, I did not make enough separations myself especially since I have not seen the original.
                The first Evil Dead was pretty much dead serious, when most people think "Evil Dead" they actually think of Evil Dead 2 (the chainsaw hand, the boomstick, "groovy", etc, all came from Evil Dead 2). After Evil Dead Raimi made Crime Wave, written by none other than Joel and Ethan Coen, and it's a comedy with a slight horror-ish bent. So when they made Evil Dead II, that's when Raimi injected humor into the horror, and that's also when Bruce Campbell came with his kind of slightly smarmy style (in crime wave he just oozed smarmy).

                Here is the trailer for Crimewave, Bruce Campbell's biggest scene, and

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                So a lot of the complaints about the remake weren't fans of Evil Dead, they were fans of Evil Dead 2. Some other complaints might just be overreaction to the remake period. Personally I didn't think the remake was bad at all (though I hated that they shoehorned the hand/chainsaw stuff into it, it's too comical for the serious tone they tried to maintain), it just didn't really improve on the original in any way except for special effects and budget. I'm not really a fan of remakes though, they could have made the movie a sequel but make it with new people and use the cabin and the book as the connection without pulling scenes from the early movies.

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                • LionsFanNJ
                  All Star
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 9464

                  #8018
                  Re: What movies have you seen recently?

                  Im a huge fanbof the original Evil Dead movies and have no problem with the remake. Thought it was pretty entertaining actually.

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                  • DJ
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • Apr 2003
                    • 17756

                    #8019
                    Re: What movies have you seen recently?

                    A Christmas Story
                    Watched this last night, as per household tradition. An all-time classic.
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                    • mestevo
                      Gooney Goo Goo
                      • Apr 2010
                      • 19556

                      #8020
                      Re: What movies have you seen recently?

                      50/50 is on heavy rotation again, such a good movie.

                      Watched Best Exotic Marigold Hotel again too.

                      Might be the two best movies I watched last year, and would rank them pretty high on an all-time favorite list if I had to make one.

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                      • Bmore Irish
                        The Future
                        • Jul 2011
                        • 3461

                        #8021
                        Re: What movies have you seen recently?

                        Watched 'The Machinist' last night. I know it's from like 6 or 7 years ago, but I finally got to it, and glad I did.

                        Really solid flick, awesome work by Bale, as usual. He really makes the movie. It's the type of psychological thriller that, even if you start figuring out important plot points, it'll still continue to surprise you.

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                        • LowerWolf
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Jun 2006
                          • 12268

                          #8022
                          Re: What movies have you seen recently?

                          American Hustle. Jennifer Lawrence steals the movie.

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                          • TripleCrown9
                            Keep the Faith
                            • May 2010
                            • 23674

                            #8023
                            Re: What movies have you seen recently?

                            I watched the Red Dawn remake today, and didn't think it was bad at all.

                            I hadn't seen the original so I don't know how close of a copy they are, but when
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                            that just tore my heart out. I didn't see that coming whatsoever.

                            Also, Adrianne Palicki can get it any day of the week, at any hour.
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                            • mestevo
                              Gooney Goo Goo
                              • Apr 2010
                              • 19556

                              #8024
                              Re: What movies have you seen recently?

                              Watched it last night, thought it was a fun but forgettable movie.

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                              • Beantown
                                #DoYourJob
                                • Feb 2005
                                • 31523

                                #8025
                                Re: What movies have you seen recently?

                                Josh whatever his name is, the annoying sissy piece of **** brother, ruins anything that movie could've been.

                                No joke, he was the most annoying and miscast character I've seen in a movie in awhile. Terrible acting job and a terribly written character.

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