yesterday i have binge-watched the Evil Dead trilogy.
first watch, but i was well aware of the series.
1) when i was a child young enough to feel true, petrifying fear, i saw roughly 10 seconds from episode II, which utterly terrified me. good shit. really makes one wonder about the times that are not coming back, etc.
2) back in the day when top 10 lists were not... erm, when the world has yet to realize that top 10 lists are cringe and gay, watch-mojo was bringing it up fucking constantly

if i had to describe it with one word, i would say BOLD.
the story barely makes any sense, random things keep happening, each film retcons the previous one, the tone and the pacing is all over the place...
but no one gives a fuck, because the end product is entertaining with its non-compromising, firm creativity.

it is a very nice contrast to the slop we have nowadays.

it has long and inventive shots, instead of sub-second close-ups.

you always get a good idea at how the practical effects were filmed, but its still more immersive than the cartoon style called CGI.

a critique might ask "but what is the motivation of the antagonist?" or "what is the origin of this 'curse' of yours?".
a poser-NPC-critique will regurgitate these questions without considering context.
then, a poser-NPC-writer will feel like a cornered animal so next time he incorporates "they are a biblical evil" and "the indian tribe of Buffalobuttfuckers created it as a weapon of mass destruction, 100 BC". what he does not realize that it still doesnt make any fucking sense and no actually fucking cares.
in Evil Dead, the wall will bleed randomly. i do not know why and i do not care why, i simply like the aesthetic.

stunts clearly took dedication, nowadays we have CGI muscles because working out for a few weeks is too much to ask from a 'professional'.

the characters in episode I get barely any screentime to express themselves, yet they are more human than most anyone you get normally.
the state of stereotyping is pathetic. allow me to go on a tangent before i expand on that.

regarding art, the importance of subverting expectations is rightfully stressed.
the problem is that the braindead will take it literally.
presenting me with any information which i could not predict is subverting my expectations.
examples from the movie:
> the timing of people turning into deadites
> chainsaw hand
> zombie ballerina logistics
> the hero falling on the stares (without being chased!)
all the above subverted my expectations by deploying constructive creativity.
a few years back some hungarian theatre had this program where an hour into the show,
a woman would sit on a stool, completely naked except for dripping honey and feathers,
reciting a poem while masturbating with the microphone.
that also subverts one's expectations, but how?
"oh its a powerful statement breaking down social norms!"
exactly, its destructive. the only reason its more rememberable than coating ants in nailpolist,
is because feasts upon civilization.
leaving moralfagging out of the debate; that is plain lazy.

stereotypical characters are boring. every writer knows that.
the problem is when that statement is -again- taken too literally.
a black, queer, wheelchair bound superhero is not technically stereotypical.
however, if xhe continuously takes the most trivial path, congratulation, you still managed to write a stereotype.
call it the rat in the maze stereotype or dont, because its besides the point.
beyond the labels attached which -Lord save me- only come up as pointless smalltalk, there is no character.
Evil Dead I, however has Ash and Scott.
having seen the entire movie, i can tell that Scott technically falls into a selfish alpha stereotype
while Ash is technically the beta who becomes a chad under pressure.
however, they do not feel as such, because its not easy to predict.
how? simple, its not spoiled up front.
> less is more.
> the left cant meme.
> born to process visual information
> 3'523'847 words and still counting

ugh, so the movies; remember? this is still about Evil Dead

each film has a wildly different tone.
i fucking love that shit.
it also prevents sloppification from chasing the same high, resulting in either dullness or power scaling issues.
this statement also applies to music.
other examples would include Alien, Pirates of the Caribbean or the John Wick series.
and guess what, episode III was not my cup of the, but i still appreciate that it is unapologetically itself.

the story of Evil Dead?
its fucking retarded. i could explain it in a few sentences here.
when reviewing RRR, i went on and on and on about the story.
you should not watch RRR.
you should watch Evil Dead.
the difference is that the later put actual value into being a film
while the first is simply easier to digest that way (might as well be a novel read by AI with Subway Surfers gameplay (except for the Kali rifleman scene (that was creative (lisp is love lisp is life)))).