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Originally posted by Amalthea
Once Upon A Time In The West - Watched it with the commentary track.
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DAMN fine!
I see no problem with that scene in "The Omen" at all. You just have to get into the film and think.
He is a holy man faced with the ultimate enemy, the coming apocalypse, he has lived in dread and fear for years. He knows what is happening when the storm lashes him.
And when he finds that even his church offers no sanctuary he is simply rooted to the spot, not just much in fear, but in defiant resignation.
He knows it's over. He knows he has been caught outside of the protective lifestyle he has led by taking the risk to warn Peck.
If he had stepped aside then lighting would have hit the brickwork where he moved to and crushed him...or whatever!
The film spends all it' time SHOWING you that your fate is determined when you are marked.
And that will never change until the very end of the final film with the destruction of Damian.
One of THE best horror films ever made.