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I want a spinny head and some floating above the pews dammit!

It doesn't look that bad.

*shrug*

Bit confused, isn't 'Exorcist II: The Heretic' the direct sequel to 'The Exorcist'.

Are they doing a Superman Returns move and just ignoring the films that came after?

Originally posted by Robtard
Bit confused, isn't 'Exorcist II: The Heretic' the direct sequel to 'The Exorcist'.

Are they doing a Superman Returns move and just ignoring the films that came after?

The director is retconning the sequels just like he did the Halloween films he made.

Oh, it can.

I confess I have only seen the first Exorcist (I think I've seen it twice). I have never seen any of the sequels.

i hve never ever watched the original and this prolly free of charge

^^^How tf have you never watched The Exorcist?

Do so immediately.

Originally posted by riv6672
^^^How tf have you never watched The Exorcist?

Do so immediately.

well when it originally aired i was maybe 2 or 3 i think... over the years i've never been interested in watching.

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
well when it originally aired i was maybe 2 or 3 i think... over the years i've never been interested in watching.
^^^I was 5 and watched it in the theater!

Scarred Me for life.

i^^^ i will watch but when i've no idea

Originally posted by Impediment
The director is retconning the sequels just like he did the Halloween films he made.

I got no problem with them retconning sequels, When alot of them end being shite.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I confess I have only seen the first Exorcist (I think I've seen it twice). I have never seen any of the sequels.

I've seen them all and I barely recall them. Largely forgettable films after the first.

After seeing The Exorcist III for the first time I decided to dive into this.

This is... fine.

Everything is basically obvious, no subtlety. Obvious characters, obvious premise, obvious plot, etc. An exorcist film should be more punk rock than this and it just plays it so safe. Have the possessed girls take a pedo dig at the Catholic priest or something. But nope, nothing edgy. There just wasn't really anything clever or unexpected. I think that's why I enjoyed III is because it was a more original idea and required a bit more subtlety. I think David Gordon Green's style kind of worked for the Halloween series a little more, the trashy slasher premise. But The Exorcist needs a bit more elegance to not come across so generic.

I did really like the opening in Haiti with the earthquake to establish the characters. That felt a bit creative and interesting. If that didn't establish the film then it REALLY would have sucked.

Ellen Burstyn's appearance feels very tacked on just so the film can technically be a legacy sequel. This is a reboot masquerading as a sequel.

Jesus, and he's going to do 2 more of these? But why? (Other than an attempt to make $$ of course)

I loved it. It was good.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Ellen Burstyn's appearance feels very tacked on just so the film can technically be a legacy sequel. This is a reboot masquerading as a sequel.

Jesus, and he's going to do 2 more of these? But why? (Other than an attempt to make $$ of course)

That was the only way to keep it from being a bad topple, if they would have tried to make it into an obvious last edition, it would have backfired. Why? Because most of the original actors are dead. This was the only way to keep it from burning out. Two stories, yet connected; made it genius

Genius? Really?

Fine. It's fine. Good actors and performances working with mediocre, corporate boardroom material. Genius is going WAY too far. It's another mediocre soft reboot.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Genius? Really?

Fine. It's fine. Good actors and performances working with mediocre, corporate boardroom material. Genius is going WAY too far. It's another mediocre soft reboot.



Because they could have made it all about Regan, but that would have been to obvious and the distance between the first couple of movies is off. You would need more of the original actors and same scenery to make it a legitimate series triquel.

My friends told me this movie was deep fried cat shit.

Wow, you really CAN deep fry anything. eer

Same i've heard this movie is dogshit

and the director even said he wished William Friedkin could've seen it before it died, What so he could complain about it too.

Originally posted by Impediment
My friends told me this movie was deep fried cat shit.

It was good. He lies

Originally posted by Impediment
My friends told me this movie was deep fried cat shit.
Originally posted by Kazenji
Same i've heard this movie is dogshit

Cat shit, dog shit... which IS it??

But in all seriousness, it's not bad, per se. It just feels too calculated and not artistic like the 1st and 3rd. And shoehorning in Ellen Burstyn so terribly hurts it. Especially since the marketing really emphasized her return...

so yeah.. maybe it IS house-hold pet shit.

I think RLM nailed it...

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