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Everblight posted:The Exorcist is boring and dumb as gently caress. There, I said it. It's not interesting, and however beautiful it's shot or how well its effects work, it's still a bad dumb slow, plodding 70s beast, and has very little to offer someone unless you're a Catholic or some other dumb poo poo. Whoa getta load of this tough guy! The first time I saw the film was only a year ago, and while the old school effects did not seem scary at first, the story lingered in my mind for weeks afterward.
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The scariest part of the story is Chris trying to figure out what's wrong with Regan. Not to take away from the exorcism itself, which extremely well built up to (it's intense, but very simple and short), but the awful medical tests and the possibilities of what would cause this behaviour is the real horror, etched in Chris's face. Brain tumors? Resentment of her job and/or the absent father? Sexual abuse?? (what was Dennings doing in her bedroom anyways) Ellen Burstyn is just fantastic, your heart just goes out to her character.
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May 10, 2015 00:34
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Yeah that doesn't make much sense, actual demonic possession is a fairly fringe belief in Catholicism, at least in the west. As a cradle Catholic, I've never heard any teacher or priest talk about demons or the Devil like they were real/external forces, which is kinda disappointing cuz the mythology surrounding them is fun. I really enjoyed the humanity of the priest characters, but I don't think that's a consequence of being Catholic so much as having sympathy for human beings (as fictional characters) in general.
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