Well, here it is. My inaugural rant. I have a ton of things to base it on, but I finally settled on a topic that is very close to my heart: Evil Dead 2: What a great movie.
Evil Dead 2, the obviously well thought-out sequel to Evil Dead, can be seen one of two ways:
One) As a piece of cinematic brilliance up there with Star Wars. Sure, maybe I'm comparing apples and oranges, but pound-for-pound in entertainment value, Evil Dead 2 and Star Wars: A new Hope are on a par.
Two) As a shoddy piece of crap. Sure, the acting's corny, the dialogue sucks, and they use (god forbid!) stop motion!
Personally, I like option number one. Which is to say that I loved it for the following reasons:
1) It was fucking funny. Come on, you can't help but clutch your sides in helpless laughter as Bruce Campbell (yep, ol' chainsaw hand himself) maniacally laughs along with a mirthful deer head. Or watching an incongruous dead body dance around. Or any one of the other scenes.
2) Really bloody. There's a reason they called it "splatstick". Yeah, I mean, watching a bizarre dead person sail through the air only to have her head smacked off with a good ol' whomping shovel may turn the stomachs of the susceptible, but to a desensitized heartless bastard like me, it was 1) all over again.
3) The soundtrack ruled. Simple as that. So many memories.
Which isn't to say that the movie didn't have its problems. For instance, if Bruce Campbell (referred to as "Ash(ley)") went through all that crap in which he killed ALL his undead friends, why the blue hell did he bring his girlfriend back there? Second, in the scene where he re-kills that chick who came out of the ground, did anyone else notice that it was pretty much the same footage from number one? What's the big frickin' deal? Apparently the producers didn't forsee anyone having a "marathon" session. Third, why does Ash get that white streak in his hair after putting the chainsaw on his bloody stump? And finally, why was he saying "No.... NO.... NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" after he was hailed as a hero? I mean, come on! That's any D&D nerd's dream!
So in total, I challenge anyone to come up with a better drinkin' movie for a saturday night. It's got blood, a nonsensical plot, and a guy with a chainsaw. What else could you want.
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