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LA Is Totally Awesome

Posted May 31st 2009 by Adrian DeHerrera.

Well actually it's kinda cold and there was a frightening Asian he-she call girl outside of our hotel, but it's already been a great start to E3 2009!

After surviving the trip from the airport to our hotel (thanks Chaosangel!), we arrived in Hollywood. And boy are there a lot of piercings. And tattoos. And boobs. And you can't throw a rock without hitting a wonderfully-smelling panhandler asking for money - not that N-philes would ever condone such a thing.

We stopped at a random Italian fast food joint and scarfed down some tasty gyros and pizza slices and decided to catch a movie at the Arclight Theater.

15 dollar ticket?  Totally worth it.  After hearing good things about the film, we decided to go to take in Sam Raimi's new horror movie Drag Me To Hell.  First of all, there really isn't a bad seat in the house.  We were in the last row and could still see the digital projection clearly.  The seats are comfortable and the crowd was pumped.

Overall, the film was much better than I anticipated.  Raimi has again woven humor with terror with the kind of flare only the director of the Evil Dead films could do.  Although the movie is littered with "scare" scenes, it doesn't rely on them to carry the film; the actors themselves, particuarly, Alison Lohman, do the job just fine.

The film is shocking, disgusting, hilarious and outrageous all at the same time. It's one of the most fun times I've had at the movies in a while and I would absolutely suggest seeing it in a theater that has the best sound and picture possible.

Not sure what tomorrow will bring, but once Daisy and Deacon get here I'm sure we can find some trouble to get into.

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