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I thought it was a 7.5, lite spoilers

posted 4 months ago by Puvwall (1364)
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Russel crowe gives a great performance. And so does Nigel. At first I rolled my eyes at the daughters love life angle, but at the end i was happy they went with that kind of couple. the flash back abuse scenes were hard to stomach for me, . his daughters and her girlfriends willingness
to have faith in somthing, makes me hopeful and happy. I thought this movie struck a good balance in that way. If any of that made sense. 7.5 outta 10. Pretty good for these days

[–] ElectricWarlock (111) a month ago

I enjoyed it as well. I think people bashed it simply for being an exorcism film. It is not the most popular horror subgenre these days, as people feel there have been way too many the past 10-15 years and think "they're all the same." It's become trendy to hate exorcism movies just as it was trendy to hate "torture porn" in the 2000s.

But I thought there was a lot to enjoy in this one. One thing that sets it apart is that it is written and directed by the son of Jason Miller, Father Karras in The Exorcist. I felt that helped him bring in a unique perspective, as he would've grown up with the most famous exorcism movie in the world always in the background of his life. And I enjoyed the references to his father's film, particularly "the Exorcist curse." Also, coming from a dysfunctional family with lots of estrangement, the themes of redemption and forgiveness really resonated with me. As did the speech at the ending about how just because someone forgives doesn't mean the pain of what happened goes away, nor does the guilt from knowing the pain you've caused.