This movie is not good


I enjoy the first two films alot but this one kinda sucks. Evil Dead set the dark ages should've been badass, but apparently not. This movie is WAY too silly with little to no story. You'd think it was made for little kids; I'd very easily show this to my children, they'd be the only ones who might enjoy how corny it is. The slapstick and comedic timing is really weak, especially in the graveyard. Everything from the windmill scene until the climax is a total waste of time. The "London Bridges falling down" is one of the most embarrassing things I've seen in a while. I fucking love Raimi but I have a very hard time understanding how they could've watched the dailies on that one and said "wow, now THAT's funny!"

The best (and probably only great) scene in the film is the climactic battle. I'll admit the climax is pretty badass. But every scene before the last 15 minutes is like a spoof. I didn't grow up with it but how does this have such a devout and obsessive cult following??? It's a start drop off in creative intrigue from Evil Dead 2, and movies like Tremors handle the campy horror/comedy so much better. This isn't even horror, and the comedy is bad.

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Too bad. I love this flick

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I DISAGREE CATEGORICALLY...I THINK ARMY OF DARKNESS IS A CLASSIC...9.5/10

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Nah. Army of Darkness is very good. It just didn't match the relentless brilliance of Evil Dead 2. I think AoD had a chance to rise to those heights, but the last half hour dragged in my opinion. Too many goofy skeletons and not enough Ash in that portion. Evil Dead 2 is a 10/10 in the genre. I give AoD a solid 8/10.

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ARMY OF DARKNESS 9.5/10

EVILD DEAD 2 8/10


THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE A KID AND YOU RENT ARMY OF DARKNESS BEFORE YOU EVEN KNOW EVIL DEAD EXISTS.

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I like it. I prefer Evil Dead to Evil Dead 2. And I prefer Evil Dead 2 to Army of Darkness.

But it's a rare trilogy. Because they're all so tonally different, if someone puts them in any different order of preference, I just think 'Fair enough.'

They're all of just about equal quality as far as I'm concerned.

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wrong opinion

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It's my least favourite of the original three, but I'll be rewatching it soon for the first time in a long while, so we'll see.


Edit/12th Sept: Well I rewatched it. Man, some of that slapstick is hard to sit through.

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Disagree. I think it is quite good.

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All ED movies are good. Though this is my least favourite because it's the furthest removed from the Horror genre. Still good fun.

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Never seen it.

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