The Film: Army Of Darkness (1992)
How It Honours What's Come Before It: Sam Raimi keeps his madcap style in place and Bruce Campbell hams it up in trademark style, albeit on a bigger budget and scale. Groovy!
Why It's Better Than The Original: It’s everything amped up and feels like Raimi and co were busy mastering their craft with the first two and hit their stride with the third. It’s not everyone’s favourite, but it’s a hell of a lot of fun.
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TheTingler
Apr 30th 2009, 10:40
You got every one I would name! Back To The Future III's easily the best (I find the first annoying in places), and Army of Darkness is just the greatest film ever made. Camp skeletons all the way. Someone show this list to Christopher Nolan, ASAP!
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TheTingler
Apr 30th 2009, 10:41
Someone show this list to Christopher Nolan, ASAP!
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JimTheGreat
Apr 30th 2009, 11:14
I just thought you really wanted Christopher Nolan to be shown the list ASAP.
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ThrashGordon
Apr 30th 2009, 14:21
well... Evil Dead 3 is MY favourite. I think. Probably. And I really, really like the 3rd Indiana! I think Nazis should be the bad guys in every movie!! Would solve a lot of problems...
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squirebrown
Apr 30th 2009, 14:26
Someone show this list to Christopher Nolan, ASAP!
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squirebrown
Apr 30th 2009, 14:26
Someone show this list to Christopher Nolan, ASAP!
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chicks
Apr 30th 2009, 16:32
I did moderating before reading the rest of the comments and now I fear I've destroyed a potentially awesome meme.
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KerrAvon
Apr 30th 2009, 20:46
Are you doing this just to wind us up? Return of the King, Revenge of the Sith, Back to the Future 3! I'll agree that Azkaban is possibly the best and Army of Darkness takes the evil dead in a new direction, in so far as its back in time but come on, Supremacy is better than Ultimatum which feels shoehorned in towards the end, Fellowship is miles better than RotK, Revenge of the Sith should be destroyed along with the Holiday Special for the good of mankind and Back to the Future 3 is shocking in comparison with 1 which is ace. Please try a little harder when it comes to your articles, even if you are told to crack one out in ten minutes. "No ticket!"
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Serrano
Apr 30th 2009, 23:47
Hey, how about The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. ;)
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millerman2k
May 1st 2009, 2:32
I really don't understand this, you (rightly) say how c**p the "first" two star wars are, but you give them great reviews, saying about episode 1: "Believe the hype - - this is worth the wait." Huh? Jar-jar Binks anyone? Not to mention boring cgi battles, amazingly large plot holes and the most boring race in cinematic history...no wonder Jabbha fell asleep. as for the Indiana series, that really makes me want to tear my hair out, you say (again, rightly) that Last Crusade is "a hell of a lot better than Crystal Skull." But you gave Cystal Skull 5 stars...5 STARS!?!? it was so s**t! words can't explain how ridiculous the cgi monkey-swinging scene was...as for Indy staring at a glass-prop-skull for a minute or two looking like he needs a dump is about as tense as it sounds. ok, rant over...but please, don't give massive budget movies amazing reviews just because spielberg and lucas are involved, they're grown ups, they can take criticism, they will still let you interview them every now and then.
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Jobbin
May 1st 2009, 3:09
REALLY?!! Back to the Future part III is okay at BEST. The 1st and second one are to of the greatest movies ever made. Please enlighten me on how this one is better than the 2nd one....
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BigAndyT
May 2nd 2009, 14:23
Back to the future 2 is by far the best and Army of darkness is great but better than Evil dead 2 no! not in million years!! p.s someone show this list to chris nolan asap!
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unopeneddoor
Apr 5th 2011, 10:48
I'm glad you started with the best threequel ever made. LOTR's is flawless. someone show this list to Chris Nolan asap even though I have faith Dark Knight Rises will rock!
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