Loved 1 and 2 hated 3

Rating: 2/10 (12 May 2007)

I really enjoyed the first 2 installments of this comic-book franchise. Unfortunately this is one of the weakest films I have seen in a long, long time. It is contrived, ridiculous, annoying, cringe-worthy and to be honest I nearly walked out about half way through. Some of the effects were incredible and this is the only saving grace in an otherwise weak film. I'm not a 'fanboy' expecting perfection, but I do love movies of all types. I have rarely seen a third installment of a franchise that is actually good but seriously, this is so poor it's not even funny (X-Men 3 was actually a lot better than this and that was extremely mediocre). I left before most people and I haven't read any reviews so I am basing this on my own feelings about the film rather than 'hearsay' or jumping on any sort of bandwagon. I would still expect this movie to do very well at the box office, but I must believe that for once Raimi missed the mark completely. The best part of the movie was Bruce Campbell and he has about 3 minutes of screen time. In a word disappointed.