Ash in the theatrical end encounters Deadites when he returns to the future, but I thought those were left over from the first raising. He wouldn't have raised them twice on purpose, I wouldn't think. Regardless, he's still portrayed as a hero since he calmly takes one out while everyone else panics.
As for Evil Dead, the point is that they were kids who did something stupid. Ash learned his lesson, became a (slightly) better person. The girl in Drag Me to Hell did not, which is why it's fine (and totally predictable) that she got taken in the end. It's just that that inevitability made the movie really boring. I do like the idea about worthiness that is suggested by that poster, though I think the terrified boy in the beginning gives lie to that. He and his parents tried to rectify what he'd done to the gypsy, but the gypsy would have none of it. I think that's the other problem of tone--nobody remarks on how out of proportion it is, vis a vis punishment fitting the crime, to damn someone to Hell for all eternity for petty things like minor theft (which was immediately rectified) or foreclosure. A comment on that would have made the movie a lot funnier. As it is? It just seemed...yeah, off.
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Date: 2009-10-26 01:39 pm (UTC)As for Evil Dead, the point is that they were kids who did something stupid. Ash learned his lesson, became a (slightly) better person. The girl in Drag Me to Hell did not, which is why it's fine (and totally predictable) that she got taken in the end. It's just that that inevitability made the movie really boring. I do like the idea about worthiness that is suggested by that poster, though I think the terrified boy in the beginning gives lie to that. He and his parents tried to rectify what he'd done to the gypsy, but the gypsy would have none of it. I think that's the other problem of tone--nobody remarks on how out of proportion it is, vis a vis punishment fitting the crime, to damn someone to Hell for all eternity for petty things like minor theft (which was immediately rectified) or foreclosure. A comment on that would have made the movie a lot funnier. As it is? It just seemed...yeah, off.