GREATEST MOVIE CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME: ASH
Let's kick this list off. In no apparent order, by the way.
First on my list is Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams.
"Klaatu barada N... Necktie... Nickel... It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word! "
Bruce Campbell's Ash is not just the hero of the Evil Dead movies, he's the quintessential hero of all movie-time. James Bond needed gadgets and put vermouth in his martinis, Indiana Jones was a Screaming Suzy around snakes and slept with Calista Flockhart...Ash sawed off his hand and affixed a chainsaw to kill the undead. *Groo-vy*.
The first Evil Dead movie is Sam Raimi's first, it came out when he was 22. He went to high school with Bruce Campbell, and in high school, I imagine that Bruce Campbell held up school buses to save virgins. And the first movie is a low-budget thrill ride, where Sam exhibits his black sense of humor and some wild camera tricks that give these B-movies a unique look.
But it's Evil Dead II where everything takes off, and Bruce Campbell really comes into his own. Where Evil Dead pits a bunch of stupid college students against 80,000 years of dead demons, #2 just gives us Ash. He survives and destroys everything evil because, frankly? It just doesn't matter. Just set up the obstacles; Ash knocks them down like he's bowling for dollar$.
Ash is also one of the most quotable movie characters ever. The quotes themselves aren't that memorable, it's just that he speaks to everyone like he's going to have to kill them or he's going to have sex with them.
One of my favorite fight scenes ever is between Ash and his possessed hand in Evil Dead II. It's a little gory, but pretty damn funny.
First on my list is Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams.
"Klaatu barada N... Necktie... Nickel... It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word! "
Bruce Campbell's Ash is not just the hero of the Evil Dead movies, he's the quintessential hero of all movie-time. James Bond needed gadgets and put vermouth in his martinis, Indiana Jones was a Screaming Suzy around snakes and slept with Calista Flockhart...Ash sawed off his hand and affixed a chainsaw to kill the undead. *Groo-vy*.
The first Evil Dead movie is Sam Raimi's first, it came out when he was 22. He went to high school with Bruce Campbell, and in high school, I imagine that Bruce Campbell held up school buses to save virgins. And the first movie is a low-budget thrill ride, where Sam exhibits his black sense of humor and some wild camera tricks that give these B-movies a unique look.
But it's Evil Dead II where everything takes off, and Bruce Campbell really comes into his own. Where Evil Dead pits a bunch of stupid college students against 80,000 years of dead demons, #2 just gives us Ash. He survives and destroys everything evil because, frankly? It just doesn't matter. Just set up the obstacles; Ash knocks them down like he's bowling for dollar$.
Ash is also one of the most quotable movie characters ever. The quotes themselves aren't that memorable, it's just that he speaks to everyone like he's going to have to kill them or he's going to have sex with them.
One of my favorite fight scenes ever is between Ash and his possessed hand in Evil Dead II. It's a little gory, but pretty damn funny.
posted by stinkrock at 8:26 PM
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The first Evil Dead was on endless repeat in our dorm room VCR. That and Sleepaway Camp. No matter what time of day or night we'd come back to the room it'd be on and someone would be watching it. Brilliant flick...
I like Army of Darkness, but then again, I got a thing for Knights - somebody get me a can opener!
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