it's difficult to know what to say about this film... it'll polarize audiences, I think, as it's not what you expect it to be at all.
I like it. It took a couple of go's as for some reason I thought it might lean towards zany Army of Darkness style OTT goofiness, so I had to change my mindset before I could really get into it, as that's not what this film's about at all. In fact, I thought they played it pretty straight, sincere and low key. Its essentially a character piece and the whacked-out story is really just incidental, although there are definitely a few good laugh-out-loud moments.
It really is hard to classify... it's not horror and it's not comedy, it's a kind of character driven arthouse movie that touches on both of those genres but never fully embraces either of them. Once you can get your head around what exactly it is they're trying to do, rather than what you
expect it to be, you can really appreciate it more. It's slow though, it moves at the same pace as Elvis and JFK do in the movie, which to some will equate to being "boring", I guess.
That's what I got from it anyway. It's Bruce Campbell's best performance to date, that's for sure, and Ossie Davis is excellent too.
I'm not surprised nobody wanted to distribute it for a long time though, I really don't think studio heads would be able to understand what Bubba Ho-Tep's about at all... even if there
are a couple of explosions

. I've read Anchor Bay have the UK rights and intend releasing it theatrically over here... can't really see it making any money though, despite the fact that I think it's probably one of the most original and interesting films I've seen in quite a while, with some great performances to boot. It's certainly not going to be everyone's cup of tea though.