Didn't really feel like an Evil Dead movie at first, but grew on me, especially by the end.
Two early mildly woke sentences is all I noticed we could have done without.
Ended up being gory AF, which I liked a lot.
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I actually couldn't stand it.
The predictable tropes (as soon as I saw a single boy in a family of all women I knew he'd be the one to fuck everything up and wouldn't survive), the odd change from a house in the woods to children in an apartment building...there was no love of the original.
I know Raimi and Campbell were involved but after seeing it I question just how much they actually contributed.
The special effects were good but the writing, the acting and the overall film was way, way below what I was expecting.
The setting, characters and plot were painful. Took all the 'fun' out of a series that was designed for it.
Also the setting was so stupid, a building being torn down so it is mostly abandoned...a convenient location for the Necronomicon and a convenient earthquake conveniently exposing exactly what is needed...
The whole thing was depressing considering the people involved.
In all fairness no girl / woman would have crawled down that hole, so it had to be him. But the movie was female-heavy, so probably not recommended for TheImp.
Agree on it not going for the fun angle, which contributed to my feeling of it being disjointed from the previous movies and the series. It did feel more Evil Dead-like as time went by, for me, at least.
As for convenience, yes, it had quite a lot of them, but that did not bother me with a movie like this. Especially with the location, it needed to be a secluded one.
To each their own, I guess.
This isn't automatically a bad thing, The Descent was excellent. It isn't the AMOUNT it is the ridiculous played out stereotypes they used.
The 'alt' Mother with the 'alt' daughter and 'DJ' son despite them living in a shithole. The same boring cardboard cutout characters every modern film uses.
You should see "Drag me to Hell" to understand what I mean, that is also female heavy however they are likeable, well fleshed out characters. No paper thin stereotypes that are needed to hit all the 'checkmarks' of modern characters.
Secluded like....a cabin in the woods would be?
Well, it wasn't a bad thing in the past, these days it is at least a red flag I would say.
Yes, secluded like a cabin in the woods that is a location that has been used all the time previously. Trying for something different is not a bad idea, even if in this case it is a stretch.