[SrgtStew]

I waited for this weekend to buy the dvd, was thrilled to watch it, and it just fell flat on me. I read most reviews and saw the 92% Tomatometer and thought that I was in for a ride. I sat and watched in awe as it was neither a frightening, nor hilarious, yet boring campy thrill ride.

Little did I know there's a 2 minute version on the net.

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The damn trailer

I'm going to watch it again before I go to sleep, but am I alone in thinking that this was a solid C+/B- instead of the A++ it's been made out to be?

[Raphael S.]

Thought it was terrific.

Scary and funny. *shrugs*

[William Blake]

And what's the deal with airplane food?

[Brosnan]

I thought it was a solid flick. Much better than 95% of the other horror flicks that get put out which are garbage.

[Q & T]

Originally Posted by William Blake

And what's the deal with airplane food?

Did you ever notice white comedians make jokes like that and black comedians make jokes like this?

[sideburnz]

The trailer is nothing like the movie. The trailer seems like another run of the mill horror flick and the toned down the Sam Raiminess of the movie a lot. what do you think of the Evil Dead movies?

[SrgtStew]

By no means am I trying to say it was bad, in any way. I just don't understand the hype.

Good? Yes.

Great? No.

[SrgtStew]

Originally Posted by sideburnz

The trailer is nothing like the movie. The trailer seems like another run of the mill horror flick and the toned down the Sam Raiminess of the movie a lot. what do you think of the Evil Dead movies?

Love both Evil Dead movies, and Army. I get the "Raiminess" of Drag, but I guess I just wanted more.

[iridescent]

I enjoyed it. I wish Justin Long would've had a more active role, but it's nice to see Raimi making a horror movie again.

[Panthro]

i liked it quite a bit.. had a lot of fun with it.. BUT.. i can definitely see what you're saying.. no way is it a 92% type movie.. it was good, but i was expecting it to be great..

[LillyVon]

I enjoyed it. Good scares, some fun moments. I was not expecting it to be great - but a movie does not have to be for it to get 92%! Remember there is no middle ground - it's either awful or it's not. Thus why the score. People enjoyed it - and so did I.

[orchard blues]

hated it, but i don"t like raimi.

[The Infallible Mr Jessop]

I think you can safely chalk it up to Evil Dead nostalgia. Not that it's a bad film - you have to admit, the cat-fight alone was worth the price of admission - but it did have some fairly lengthy sections of boredom and the twist ending was just weak.

[Books]

Brutally average. Not something that I'd ever care to watch twice.

[Harry Caul]

I thought it was terrific, but you aren't alone.

[SuperJuice]

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"Drag me to Hell was ok, but not that great. Hey have you seen Trick R Treat" club

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[Harry Caul]

Originally Posted by SuperJuice

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[Lagrime di San Pietro]

This is definitely the 'Evil Dead 2' Raimi introduced to a 2009 pg-13 audience. The ending caught me off gaurd, watching the eyes turn to embers was intense. I've heard Raimi is remaking Evil Dead; I hope he does. I like the horror trend of remaking classics, seems to say that the themes are timeless.

[Mounix]

I love it. One of the best horror movies in years. I thought it was perfect mix of scares and over the top campy humour. Still my favorite of the year.

9/10

[The Reaper]

Still my fav of the year.

[Spengo]

Never expect greatness from any film you're about to watch. Works for me!

[Lady La Chienne]

A++? More like A+++++++!

bestest movie ever.!

[Immaculate Reception]

Originally Posted by Spengo

Never expect greatness from any film you're about to watch. Works for me!

I don't expect greatness, I demand it. Funny, the films hardly listen.

[King Elessar 8]

It was entertaining. Never has an evil goat been put to better use.

[Lady La Chienne]

Originally Posted by King Elessar 8

It was entertaining. Never has an evil goat been put to better use.

[joe397]

It was a funny movie and sure it was campy but I liked that. I think most critics thought it was a good b-grade movie nothing more nothing less.

While the two are positively coorelated critical acclaim and the tamatometer are not equivical. The tamtometer only judges how many critics liked or did not like a film. It has no power to ask individuals critics what exactly they thought of a movie.

While it's generally good the tamometer alone isn't always accurate. For example, if you went just by the tamatometer the Freaky Friday remake would appear to be more critically acclaimed than Forrest Gump and Toy Story 2 would appear to be the most critically acclaimed film of all time.

[Snot Boogie]

I liked it yet was still disappointed.

I felt like the script was actually kind of bad. Instead of building any sense of forward momentum or impending doom, we get a string of slapstick-y set pieces and "boo" gags that, though somewhat entertaining, get quite repetitive. In the beginning of the film, Raimi introduces this notion of how it takes 3 days, etcetera for the demons to take over. Here we have something to build a narrative around. Suspense, a ticking time bomb. It's perfect. But it goes completely unused. For shame.

[kavorca]

I found it to be very average.

[Bronco67]

I'm right with you. Overrated...and I love early Raimi stuff.

[Rexforever]

Liked it a lot, thought that it was some terrific fun.

But I too don't see why people lactate their vagina's all over it.