I won't be as harsh as the rest-- considered an Evil Dead fan

Rating: 7/10 (9 April 2013)

I was hyped like any other fan, expecting a lot from this movie..Which is a bad thing. Okay, first of all-- I'm giving it a 4 because the movie didn't fit perfectly under the "horror" genre. But as for the rest? It wasn't as horrible either. I don't want to compare it as much to the original as this version dissed out the comedy factor..Which granted-- BUT I wish they developed the other aspects in which they introduced alongside the gore; it seemed their main focus was only gore. I'll type down my notes regarding the movie.. (CONTAINS SPOILERS)
1) The beginning was a bit promising-- as much as the trailer was, but entire illustration within the book was a bit "comical" to me, I don't know if others were as bothered about this small detail; beside the red writing on it; it seemed fresh rather than ancient alongside the drawings.
2) The tree rape scene is a disturbing classic of The Evil Dead, I expected this one to be a bit more twisted in a realistic way (although the irony is a tree raping; how can this be realistic anyway?) & Mia looking more bothered than just a brief scene of that slimy thing entering her with her screams. Albeit it was still disturbing.
3) The friends? I don't know, I wished they spoke more; interacted more, maybe showed a scene where they were interacting when David went to his sister at the beginning, something, to feel that atmosphere as they ease down Mia's struggle than just being stiff & forced.
4) I liked how Mia was explaining how their mother, & David being there, maybe in here they could have put more horror into it-- I expected the mother being possessed since they lived in this cabin, maybe some flashbacks of how crazy she looked in Mia's dreams, or some echoing angst screams or something as the possessed gets to her.. This will leave more depth to the character, connects the audience more and also; will give somewhat a psychological effect to it. Same goes to David, I wish they somehow showed a brief 0.5 second of his past how he felt-- I don't know, some regret or remorse or whatever..
5) How'd Mia know boiled water affects? Did she read the book? Also, Eric is a moronic f*ck (excuse me), if the illustrations were as clear as a comic book (not ancient-y puzzling) and it had all that captions of warnings; why DID YOU DELIBERATELY READ IT? LOL? Even reverse psychology would forbid itself to work in this case. Or maybe cause it looked comical he read it out loud. Maybe. & the fake dog's body was too fake, I thought I was hallucinating or something.
6) I don't mind Olivia, but Natalie? She was too dull & bland except the part where she cut off her hand, I still don't get how she died though.. Or did she die before THEN got possessed?
7) Okay so, David was being overprotective; he clung to every hope out there, the burial happened & I was glad he didn't fall for it the next time, but didn't the demon somehow disappear way too fast? I thought Mia's revival was a lie and David would kill her with the chainsaw just like how the trailer was-- HE HAD A CHAINSAW. THE SCENE WAS A LIE. MY LIFE'S A LIE.
8) Eric, please, David doesn't want you; leave him be & let him run with his sister (whom I still thought was possessed & got David fooled..)
9) When the rain happened-- I was waiting for him to appear.. which appeared to be that thin slimy dude with a chick's face.. (explains why he was sexually frustrated and wanted to rape Natalie) alongside him, I expected maybe more possessed deadly bodies to appear and the entire forest abiding his very own commands.. but.. No.
10)The demon cussing just threw off the entire thing for me; it was a complete turn off. I wished he didn't cuss much-- maybe if he used sweet words and had that persuasive personality it would be scarier. Like an alluring hallucination. Didn't Mia notice the eye on the heart? Or brain or whatever it was? Looking at her? She should have killed that too.
All in all, the movie did have loopholes everywhere, but it wasn't as awful as many describe it to be. It's an o-kay one. I still felt a liiiiittle bit of nostalgia and was glad to see Ash in the end after the credits; brought a smile to my face.
If you want to see gore-- sure, watch this, it's not as memorable as I expected it to be, but it's not as forgetful, but it's definitely not "The Scariest Horror You'll Ever Experience." unless you're talking about a-creepy-smiling-chick-staring-at-you-for-eternity-from-the- basement type of horror.