the whole elvis jam. Thoughts? Was it just to ease up on the horror for a moment.
shareIt was cringy, but not as bad as all the comic relief moments in the first one, and the montage of equipment being set up to music reminding us what decade it's set in.
Also not nearly as bad as the comic relief idiot ghost hunters from the insidious franchise, although that's a different film series
I thought it was a nice moment. It gave the audience a chance to breathe for a bit.
- Play with monkeys, put bananas in hidden places -
I think it was a really sweet scene that provided some 'warmth'. I really loved Ed's character in this movie.
shareCringe for me, how they all knelt down in front of him like 3 Victorian children being shown a magic trick. Plus Patrick Wilson cringes me out in general.
shareCringe for me, how they all knelt down in front of him like 3 Victorian children being shown a magic trick. Plus Patrick Wilson cringes me out in general
Might it be a hidden homage to the sound of music? Vera looks at him exactly like Julie Andrews looked at the captain....I thought he was going to start singing Edelweiss!
shareIt was sweet and to me it showed the real Ed Warren. I've gone into details here how my grandparents were good friends of theirs. I often hear stories about them from my grandparents. I met them a number of times as a kid according to my dad but only remember one time. My father and grandparents described them as very devoted friends and religious. They truly cared about the welfare of others. Their work was not for money but to help a family. My grandmother often repeated that to me. She wouldn't talk in detail of their work at all. She once said "I don't sit around and talk about what my other's friends do for work. Why should I do that for them?" They were her friends and that was that.
I didn't learn exactly who they were till my teens and boy was I shocked! I demanded to see Amnityville and then asked my dad repeatedly why he didn't tell me that who they were. He mainly didn't want me questioning my grandmother but he too felt they were his parents friends. He also knew about the claims of hoaxes and told me that really upset my grandmother. He made it clear I wasn't to discuss that with her. As I learned more I read everything I could get my hands on about them and watched tons of videos about them too. But every time I saw a video of them they came across as the people I knew.
One video I think it's from the 80s shows them talking about this case in the movie and Lorraine talks over Ed a few times. He's like "let me talk" and she waves him wanting to tell a part. As he talks she nods in agreement with him and says "yes you are right." Lol It shows who they are perfectly.
My point is they are real people and were devoted to their jobs and those they helped. The people they did help as far as I know never complained or insulted them.
I mean can imagine working such a dangerous job? Think of their museum. It's part of their home where they had a child. Do you know why it's part of their home? They didn't want others in danger so they took the risk themselves and also their child.
It breaks my heart to heard and read bad things about them. I worried how they'd be portrayed in this movie. I was thankful they came across as a real loving and devoted couple. True they were not this involved in the case but if they were I hand no doubt they would have treated with such care and understanding.
So keep that in mind. While Lorraine is the only one left this is her life you are judging. My grandparents are no longer here and I know they'd stand up for them if they had to. I now see why my grandmother often shook her head if I brought up Amnityville it hurt her to even think people didn't believe her friends. She loved them so much.
If you're right, then how did the Warrens make a living?
We know they didn't teach at a real university. No accredited, legitimate university has ghost hunting or demonology classes.
We know they didn't get rich via fees from the church. The Catholic Church takes exorcism incredibly seriously, and your typical parish priest isn't going to know anything about exorcism, much less who the diocesan exorcist actually is. That information is known only to a handful of people. I find it extremely difficult to believe that they'd allow "civilians" not only to be privy to that information, but to act as agents of the church in determining if a case is real.
We know they didn't get rich by charging the people they "helped." Contrary to The Conjuring 2, the Warrens did not travel to London at the behest of Peggy and her family. According to real life accounts, the Warrens showed up uninvited, spoke to some of the people on the periphery of the case, then went home.
They did write books, but it's extremely difficult to make a living as an author unless you're in the big leagues, and even then many authors have day jobs. Even some of the world's greatest and most celebrated novelists take jobs teaching creative writing to college kids to help support themselves.
And finally they have their in-house museum, where $12.50 gets you a tour of their trophy room where you can see (but not touch!) the supposedly haunted artifacts they've collected.
Bigly.
LOL, I actually thought like he was going to be possessed during the singing at a certain point and then sing from there....
shareI thought it was sweet, as was the final scene with the two of them dancing.
It's rare that I think, "Awwwwww, that was cute" in a horror movie.
~~~
"I'm not used to being out in months that don't begin with 'O'."
-The Ringmaster, Dark Harbor