Love letter to Sam Raimi, by DiB

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2009)

Oh. Oh God yes. Oh man. Oh yes.
Sam, it's been hard. Those were some dark times you went through, making those Spider-Man movies, producing those horrible Grudge movies, falling from grace. I've always kept with you because I've always figured that you were so much more than the sum of your oeuvre, and that some day you would come back with something special, something noteworthy and fun once again. I have just come back from seeing Drag Me to Hell, and Sam--I've missed you. I've missed you so much. I didn't even know how much I missed you until I saw you once again, almost as if for the first time.
You've always been a remarkable person, you know? Fun-loving, entertaining, with a grin on your face that makes the world smile. It just seemed as if you got tired, disinterested, depressed. It was so sad seeing you throw away so much on such a big project when we will always remember you from your optimistic Evil Dead years. What I didn't expect was for you to actually improve, to build on it. If horror is porn complete with money shot, you've learned the importance of foreplay and a little mouth to mouth. Actually, a lot of mouth to mouth. Actually, A LOT of mouth to mouth. You dog...
But I've never felt so warm as for what you've done for me tonight, and you know what? I forgive you. It's my fault, really, I shouldn't have ever doubted you. Nobody's perfect and no filmmaker is going to have a 100% amazing filmography of classics, and I was wrong to imagine that you were becoming anything less than what you are. Good or bad, you're still Sam Raimi and you know what you want, and you are willing to work for it. Other people may or may not doubt you in the future, but Sam? From now on, I'll stick by your side.
Thank you, --PolarisDiB