Enthusiastically Ambiverted Hopepunk
Fun fact: The first time I saw the original Evil Dead was at a slumber party for my church’s youth group. I expect the parents upstairs would have been both horrified and amused if they’d known (and that’s assuming they didn’t…but since adults frequently know more than they let on, who knows?). :)
I told you I’d get around to this. ;)
In brief — it rocked. There are a select few movies that were a successful translation from the comic book medium to the silver screen (Superman, Batman, and X-Men — all IMHO, of course), and Spider-Man just rocketed straight to the top of that list.
Plot — well, okay, it’s a summertime comic book movie, but for what it was, it worked quite well. Cast — spot-on. Effects — a bit shakey here and there, but overall quite impressive. Directing — Sam Raimi kicks much booty.
My single DVD purchase for the day — The Evil Dead II! I was all sorts of happy to find this one, as 1) it completes my Evil Dead trilogy (consisting of The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness) and 2) this collectors-edition disc is out of print. We had run out at Suncoast where I work, so I had to get it from our competitors in the 5th Avenue Mall…but hey, at least I got it!