I don't think it's supposed to be endearing, nor do I think the audience is necessarily supposed to get behind her. I think the movie is a dark comedy about someone who does something kinda bad and only makes it worse. There was a thread on the CHUD message boards where someone suggested that being cursed by the lamia is only a test, and what you do in the following three days will determine whether you deserve to get dragged to hell or not. I don't totally buy into it, since the movie doesn't suggest it at all, but it's a funny theory.
The original end of Army of Darkness (which, admittedly, I don't prefer) had Ash waking up in a post-apocalyptic future because he's a bit of a moron. Even in the theatrical version, he doesn't learn his lesson, raising the Deadites in the present. And I don't really think Ash necessarily regrets forgetting the words either, although he does decide to stick around when it becomes clear to him that everyone hates his guts. Also, while the punishment is quite extreme for the crime, the original group of kids in The Evil Dead show up at a cabin that doesn't belong to them and mess around with this guy's tape recorder, which is what raises the Deadites in the first place.
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Date: 2009-10-25 05:16 am (UTC)The original end of Army of Darkness (which, admittedly, I don't prefer) had Ash waking up in a post-apocalyptic future because he's a bit of a moron. Even in the theatrical version, he doesn't learn his lesson, raising the Deadites in the present. And I don't really think Ash necessarily regrets forgetting the words either, although he does decide to stick around when it becomes clear to him that everyone hates his guts. Also, while the punishment is quite extreme for the crime, the original group of kids in The Evil Dead show up at a cabin that doesn't belong to them and mess around with this guy's tape recorder, which is what raises the Deadites in the first place.