Army of Darkness

Bruce Campbell. Sam Raimi, dir. Universal, 1992

For me, personally, here's a case of misplaced nostalgia. I thought this movie was great when I saw it in the 80's, and it's only so-so now.

But then, according to the box, it wasn't even MADE in the 80's. But I swear I remember watching it in theatre that was torn down in '88 to make way for a hyperspace bypass, so I think I've finally reached the age where I can't really trust my memoires or my mind.

Beyond that, though, this movie is NOT as good as its predecessors. No matter what my misplaced nostalgia says. I know it's meant to be cheesy, tongue-in-cheek, however you call it, but even with the homage to the bad stop-motion effects of the skeletal army, it's still a ho-hum film.

Leaves me wondering if the rest of my misspent youth was really that incoherent.

VG