[ReganMacNeilfan]

And oh oh yeah I just wanted to know which prequel you liked better instead I get damn history lesson! If I wanted that I would of went to the library for that. It was just a simple question and answer. *sighs* 🙁

[hatter76]

thanks Granville

[hatter76]

ReganMacNeilfan said:

And oh oh yeah I just wanted to know which prequel you liked better instead I get damn history lesson! If I wanted that I would of went to the library for that. It was just a simple question and answer. *sighs* 🙁

 

 

you talken to me?

[ReganMacNeilfan]

Both of you hatter and beezle. 😉

[hatter76]

Oh, sorry about history Lesson.

 

I really wanted to like Exorcist The Beginning, and I do like alot of it asthetically speaking,  it was moodier, more atmospheric, I like Merrin's Ruggedness,   but ultimately I personally Prefer Dominion, because although it may have lacked alot of things,  it was closer thematically to what I had hoped for, and it was able to be a stand alone movie.

but thats just me.

[hatter76]

now 2 things that I truly dislike about Dominion,  is the Death Scene for Father Francis, Which had the Demon enetr him in the Clinic after the Exorcism,  that scene was shot.

 

and Che-che's disapearing act, when the Demon is cast out and the screen turns white, the body disapears, but when it cuts back the the inside of the cave, Che-che is laying there.

 

I really think they should of had him engulfed by lite, because that shot looks really bad.

 

but I don't think there was much money to work with for completeing visual effects,   never the less it is a rather simple thing from an editorial standpoint

[Jagged]

For my money both films were serious disappointments. However Dominion was the better by a country mile. It at least had a level of artistic integrity and was attempting to say something about the nature of good and evil.

Beginning was just mindless, generic pap from an awful director and a desperate distributor with no clue how to handle the subject matter.

[gobolts]

Sorry if I posted this already. But which film prequel do you prefer?

I actually liked The Beginning better. Dominion bored me terribly. I totally understand why the studio remade it.
I do wish Harlin had not made some of Sarah’s dialog somewhat silly & he could have made the exorcism scene much scarier, but still it was an ok movie.

[granville1]

gobolts said:

Sorry if I posted this already. But which film prequel do you prefer?

I actually liked The Beginning better. Dominion bored me terribly. I totally understand why the studio remade it.
I do wish Harlin had not made some of Sarah's dialog somewhat silly & he could have made the exorcism scene much scarier, but still it was an ok movie.

I prefer Dominion because it's more cerebral than The Beginning, i.e., it is truly about the specifics of Merrin regaining his faith, and the cover art shows it: a silhouette of Merrin kissing his Rosary, in contrast to Beginning's “scary demon face”. Fr. Francis eloquently confronts Merrin for denying to others a hope he himself once cherished. It's a slow film and should be watched when the viewer is fully allert. Coffee might help. But the overall effect is rewarding – IF the viewer can stick with it and pay attention.

[ReganMacNeilfan]

gobolts said:

Sorry if I posted this already. But which film prequel do you prefer?

I actually liked The Beginning better. Dominion bored me terribly. I totally understand why the studio remade it.
I do wish Harlin had not made some of Sarah’s dialog somewhat silly & he could have made the exorcism scene much scarier, but still it was an ok movie.

I prefer Dominion because it’s more cerebral than The Beginning, i.e., it is truly about the specifics of Merrin regaining his faith, and the cover art shows it: a silhouette of Merrin kissing his Rosary, in contrast to Beginning’s “scary demon face”. Fr. Francis eloquently confronts Merrin for denying to others a hope he himself once cherished. It’s a slow film and should be watched when the viewer is fully allert. Coffee might help. But the overall effect is rewarding – IF the viewer can stick with it and pay attention.

I like the beginning better too.

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