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Originally posted by mikeywalsh
I agree with the last poster that there are a fair few special effects in it, not just the CGI that younger folk expect in a horror movie now. I do think it's a genuinely chilling film, there is a marvellous air of malevolence and the crucifix masturbation scene still, in my eyes, causes shock.
I do have a major problem with the film however. I was raised Catholic but am quite anti-christian now for all sorts of reasons and I find the way the film puts the Catholic Church in the role of supernatural saviour to be quite distasteful. In the US and UK at least the way that priests interact with children has come up for much scrutiny and criticism in the last 5-10 years, besides which as all intelligent, right-thinking folk know there is no God or Prime Mover or Supreme Being so I don't believe in gods, angels, devils, demons or Pizuzu but still the film freaks me if I'm watching it on my own.
Could I ask any other athiests how they respond to films like The Omen and The Exorcist where the existence of God/Satan is taken for granted (I realise most films expect us to suspend our disbelief in monsters, ghosts etc, the difference with God is that some people believe in it 100% all the time, which few folk do with vampires or zombies)
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I'm trying to think of a way you could come off as any more of a dumbshit...but I honestly can't think of anything. Maybe if you did the same post, but wearing a funny hat...