**spoiler alert**
Saw the movie and I wouldn't recommend it.
Simply, because it seems to me that it is a celebration of something evil. There is no actual story, it is instead the tale of the hunting of prey by a predator.
There is no good vs evil fight, struggle or even suggestion of it. It is simply put, a movie where satanic rituals are the reason for the existence of this film, isn't it dandy?
At least in "The Exorcist" you knew that although the priests were fighting something way above their capacities, they tried, however frightening it was, even if that meant risking their lives.
You also saw in "The Conjuring" how the Warrens tried to get to the bottom of things, even if that also put them in a position of danger, however that may have been. And you could also argue it was naive of them, or on the contrary courageous. But you had a story, and the story had all the elements of which you can relate to at some level.
This is not what we are dealing with here, it is just like a documentary on how the characters, weak and flawed, opened the doors to their demise, falling into the hands of a weird satanic-like cult and get destroyed as consequence. Although THAT could have been the story, and a real good one, there is no third balancing force that would make this lesson apparent or even to suggest it. Simply there are no good guys here in a thousand miles around.
The movie is explicit enough on the hopelessness of the fate of the characters that it is depressing, is this a good terror movie? Is this what a good terror movie is about? This is an honest question.
Yet the argument could be made that this is why we think Hollywood is rotten deep into the core. I mean, while the movie gets praised everywhere, I could only think of how in hell (no pun intended) this could be considered a fair example of good story telling, or even something desirable to watch?
The word "programming" came to mind as well, I guess you couldn't ask for a better way to advertise the capacities of satanic-like cults. It is explicit in content and message as it gets, and being wrapped in good photography, lighting, editing, scripting and directing, makes it more palatable for critics and the mass of viewers.
This left me with a foul taste in the mouth and a headache that I identified as anger at the fact that this piece of garbage exists.
Don't waste two hours for a movie that will bring absolutely nothing to your lives.
Saw the movie and I wouldn't recommend it.
Simply, because it seems to me that it is a celebration of something evil. There is no actual story, it is instead the tale of the hunting of prey by a predator.
There is no good vs evil fight, struggle or even suggestion of it. It is simply put, a movie where satanic rituals are the reason for the existence of this film, isn't it dandy?
At least in "The Exorcist" you knew that although the priests were fighting something way above their capacities, they tried, however frightening it was, even if that meant risking their lives.
You also saw in "The Conjuring" how the Warrens tried to get to the bottom of things, even if that also put them in a position of danger, however that may have been. And you could also argue it was naive of them, or on the contrary courageous. But you had a story, and the story had all the elements of which you can relate to at some level.
This is not what we are dealing with here, it is just like a documentary on how the characters, weak and flawed, opened the doors to their demise, falling into the hands of a weird satanic-like cult and get destroyed as consequence. Although THAT could have been the story, and a real good one, there is no third balancing force that would make this lesson apparent or even to suggest it. Simply there are no good guys here in a thousand miles around.
The movie is explicit enough on the hopelessness of the fate of the characters that it is depressing, is this a good terror movie? Is this what a good terror movie is about? This is an honest question.
Yet the argument could be made that this is why we think Hollywood is rotten deep into the core. I mean, while the movie gets praised everywhere, I could only think of how in hell (no pun intended) this could be considered a fair example of good story telling, or even something desirable to watch?
The word "programming" came to mind as well, I guess you couldn't ask for a better way to advertise the capacities of satanic-like cults. It is explicit in content and message as it gets, and being wrapped in good photography, lighting, editing, scripting and directing, makes it more palatable for critics and the mass of viewers.
This left me with a foul taste in the mouth and a headache that I identified as anger at the fact that this piece of garbage exists.
Don't waste two hours for a movie that will bring absolutely nothing to your lives.