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Surprisingly, I prefer the original, simply because of how focused it is. The restraint serves it really well. The fact it is more horror and atmospheric helped I think, with just the right, subtle hints of comedy. Evil Dead II wants to be both horrifying and hilarious at the same time, and I'm not sure I was fully on board with that. Don't get me wrong though, it does work, to an extent. Ash struggling with his evil hand was a glorious scene, I wish the rest of the movie was on this level! I was in stitches, so much awesome condensed in a few minutes! Bruce Campbell really channeled the body language and physical comedy necessary to perform in this, I thought he was fantastic. I believe this movie took everything about the first one and dialed it up to 11, for better or for worse. It's more of everything, and more intense. If that's your thing, don't worry, you're gonna love this movie. But I definitely preferred the paranoiac atmosphere and focus of the first movie. Loved how Ash goes through yet a second night of twisted shit. The ending was top-notch. Not sure when I'm gonna watch Army of Darkness, but I'm definitely eager to see it! Overall, this is a good sequel that expands upon the original in lots of imaginative (and gory) ways, but failed to capture its predecessor's true strengths, in my opinion. My rating: ★★★½ Note: I watched this movie at the age of 5 back then, over 20 years ago. Wasn't a good idea. Glad I reconciled with it now Some shots were still ingrained in my mind.

I think it's because there was no sense of urgency in watching this movie. MCU fans flocked to the Thursday previews obviously, but a lot of people went "I'm gonna catch it later" We're pretty far from Infinity War in this way.

Well that's awkward. Still, a 33% increase over the original, pretty sure they're gonna go "hmm, we're gonna take it I guess?" A tiny win for Marvel, or would I dare say... an ant-sized win?

Ok this movie is kinda genius. How they managed to give every possessed person (who are now demons) a distinct personality even after-possession while ramping up the dread, damn! The scene where Bruce struggles to keep up while his girlfriend laughs maniacally next to him, and his friend is basically dying on the couch, and Cellar Demon™ screams JOIN USSSSS while trying to get out was, quite simply, utter perfection. What a wonderfully batshit crazy and imaginative scene that was. Like, I'm not sure how the genre can top this scene? A true descent to madness in its purest, most distilled form. Sam Raimi shows his incredible directional skills here, in a movie that no doubt took the Horror world by storm back in 1981. The only rough scene in my opinion was the forest attack, and that's largely due to the limitations of the time and the small budget. I don't usually like horror all that much, but this movie was absolutely incredible. Genre-defining. Maybe I was just watching the wrong ones... Slow start, but don't worry, the nightmare is winding up, and it's gonna get personal. My rating: ★★★★½

Just wanted to drop by and say I just watched The Evil Dead (1981) for the first time and I'm stunned. What an incredible movie. One scene in particular struck me as pure gold. I think I need to visit the Review that movie thread. So I'll use that as an opportunity for a "For Your Consideration" FYC -- The Evil Dead (1981) Not sure I've even watched enough horror movies to qualify for this list. Wait, October is the deadline... Hmm...

$100M within reach?

May I suggest dropping this "released in the US in 2008" thingy? Why not just go with the release date on official movie database websites? I understand why it's important for recent years (2016, 2017, etc) to give time to watch them, but 2008... it's a bit of a while ago to be honest. Everyone had time to catch up with foreign movie releases since 2008 if they really wanted to. Really makes it very complicated to keep track. On the letterboxd list above many movies aren't eligible, and then we also have to check 2007, 2006, 2009 lists to see if titles from these years are elligible? Just a suggestion, do whatever you want. But I think it needlessly complicates things for movies made 10 years ago.

Ip Man aka one of the best martial arts movies of all-time doesn't qualify By released in the US can it be like a festival? Like would this movie make it? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183252/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ov_inf

That titty milking scene is forever burned in my mind. Oh the horror!

I don't know what else I expected

Damn, voting for Hong Kong characters is kinda weird. In like 80% of his movies, Jackie Chan plays a character named... Jackie Chan At the time they did that all the time for brand/actor recognition.

I'm definitely not enough of a horror movie buff to submit a list here Will gladly watch and like though!

Gold activated. Thanks baumer!

Not bad for a movie which has to compete with SPECKLES: THE TARBOSAURUS 3D on Netflix !!!!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-boosts-fox-bid-713-billion-cash-stock-1120841#click=https://t.co/kY8TPUSiZM "Jefferies analyst John Janedis has said the bidding could go as high as $80 billion if Comcast and Disney continue to battle for Fox." I don't think it's over. And I trust Hollywood Reporter over comingsoon.net

It's just a bid for now Comcast can still outbid them

About an hour ago. It's official now, both Senate and House approved. The rest are just formalities (approval of governor general who is just a ceremonial figure for the Queen) Damn that's gonna be weird! To think I grew up in an environment where it was illegal and frowned upon, and now anyone major will be able to purchase cannabis and do whatever the heck they want with it. One of my friends is already in litigation with his building because some people want pot to be banned building-wise (including your own apartment) and some don't

-72% for Solo... yikes

AIW saturday to sunday actuals is a 0.00% difference Good hold edit: it actually increased by about 3 thousand dollars

So this twitter guy who reported 179 actuals isn't legit? I think we need a list of non-trustable sources so no one quotes them

Thanks baumer for the list too, so many movies I haven't seen and not heard of either! I'm not a horror aficionado but sometimes, you know... it can be great change of pace Great stuff!

I got mine thanks! I'll use it when my Premium expires in a few days!