Pendragon
09-04-2006, 08:34 PM
Allright I admit it, I didn't go see it when it was in theatres, because I already determined in my head it would be a bad movie. Certain movies in my mind just shouldn't be screwed around with even with pre-quals. The Excorcist is one of my all time favorites, as far as horror, it is #1.
So I didn't go to the theatre and see it, and all this time it's been out on dvd I never bothered to rent it, I usually found something else. But the other night, my curiousity just got the better of me, and last night I watched it, around midnight of course. (any other way to watch horror?)
I was pleasantly surprised. It was a good little movie, with some thought put into it. More so than any of the horrendous sequals, even the attempt at a halfway decent one with the Late George C. Scott. This was well made. However it had some problems, especially the final fight/excorcism was just not what I was wanting. The film never achieved the same feeling as the first. While I cared for the characters, the overall explanations at the end left me a little underwhelmed. Maybe that's the problem. In the original a lot of points are thrown at you and never explained.
Why this little girl? Why now? What was the signifigance of the defilement of the statue in the church? Yes most fans have all kinds of theories, and some of them make so much sense it seems silly to assume anything else, but there never were answers. Sometimes the most horrible things in life happen for no reason, no sane one.
The special effects were pretty good, but as usual (my biggest problem with a lot of movies nowadays) they relied to much on shocking you with the F/X and not enough time spent on the actual suspense, or horror of what was really happening.
Still I enjoyed it, got me thinking, and made me want to share my thoughts and get everyone else's ideas. Also made me realized I shouldn't be too soon to pre-judge a movie based on pre-conceived ideas. :thumbs:
So I didn't go to the theatre and see it, and all this time it's been out on dvd I never bothered to rent it, I usually found something else. But the other night, my curiousity just got the better of me, and last night I watched it, around midnight of course. (any other way to watch horror?)
I was pleasantly surprised. It was a good little movie, with some thought put into it. More so than any of the horrendous sequals, even the attempt at a halfway decent one with the Late George C. Scott. This was well made. However it had some problems, especially the final fight/excorcism was just not what I was wanting. The film never achieved the same feeling as the first. While I cared for the characters, the overall explanations at the end left me a little underwhelmed. Maybe that's the problem. In the original a lot of points are thrown at you and never explained.
Why this little girl? Why now? What was the signifigance of the defilement of the statue in the church? Yes most fans have all kinds of theories, and some of them make so much sense it seems silly to assume anything else, but there never were answers. Sometimes the most horrible things in life happen for no reason, no sane one.
The special effects were pretty good, but as usual (my biggest problem with a lot of movies nowadays) they relied to much on shocking you with the F/X and not enough time spent on the actual suspense, or horror of what was really happening.
Still I enjoyed it, got me thinking, and made me want to share my thoughts and get everyone else's ideas. Also made me realized I shouldn't be too soon to pre-judge a movie based on pre-conceived ideas. :thumbs: