9/12/04 "Exorcist: The Beginning"

curious..not bad at all for a THIRD sequel

9-12-04 Exorcist:the Beginning

Notes from the Red Book

trailers-Team America:World Police, Constantine

creepy upside down crucifix
he's like Indy Jones
good English/American accent
sanatorium reminiscent of first Exorcist
Father Gianetti? Sounds familiar....
NO WAY would I go down there.
hmmm...a shower...how Psycho
so he just happens to have all his stuff with him?
yay! awesome repentence scene.

So, this movie is the third sequel, actually a prequel, to "The Exorcist", and I didn't think it was bad at all. It was certainly better than "Exorcist II: The Heretic", which made me want to beat John Boorman many times about the head with a heavy silver crucifix. It's about Father Lankaster Merrin's first encounter with the demon Pazazu in the desert at the excavation of an early Christian church which appears to have been buried the day it was completed. Father Merrin, due to horrors he witnessed during WWII, has renounced his faith in God. But he soon realizes that he will need God to defeat the evil that lies buried under the church.
I guess this movie went through two directors and got a lot of flack. But I didn't think it was too bad. I've certainly seen worse. It was interesting to see Merrin's beginnings, and the film made many references to the original. No references were made to Exorcist II, thank goodness, which was a bad acid trip covered in silvery Boormanistics. Cruumy CGI, though. Some good jumps, but I found the ending to be a bit predictable. Oh well.

Until the next time, this is Sarah saying, "God may not be here, priest, but entertainment is!"