The Exorcist

[PsychoSKfan]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
I haven't seen the new version with the added scenes yet.

You should. It does nothing but make the movie that much better! :D

-Liz

[The STE]

are you KIDDING ME?! The "spiderwalk scene" doesn't work within the context of the full movie (good scene on its own, but it's too much too soon, and it wouldn't fit in anywhere later in the movie). And the extended ending is a complete fucking travesty. The original ended on the absolute perfect note, and then they add in some lame-ass conversation about Wuthering Heights or something.
If ANYTHING, they make the movie WORSE

[mothermold]

Originally posted by PsychoSKfan
Even my generation is starting to comment about the lack of visuals -Liz

dick smith is a genius! a man amongst men,he followed in the footsteps of jack pierce and the craft (f/x) would'nt be where it is were it not for dick smith.the effects are superb and this film remains my high water mark for possession movies.

[PsychoSKfan]

I actually agree about the ending to the new version. That did suck. I had forgotten about it when I typed this up.
I guess it was so horrible that I blocked it out. ;)
I did like the stair scene though...very much!

-Liz

[The STE]

oh, yeah, good scene, it's creepy, but it doesn't fit within the context of the movie. I think it's been seen so many times before the new version came out and was so popular then that everyone automatically still likes it. Its pre-theatrical fame has skewed the fact that it just doesn't work when its IN the movie

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by mikeywalsh
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.

So anybody that believes in God is unintelligent and wrong-thinking?:rolleyes:

[The STE]

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)

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...

[AUSTIN316426808]

LoL...nice.

[Angelakillsluts]

Originally posted by The STE
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...

hahaha :D

[mothermold]

who the hell is Pizuzu?