[ihatepazuzu]

I have to go against the grain here. While most of you are calling Dominion “art” and ETB “schlock” I don’t think that is an accurate description of either film.

I can really see why the studio shelved Dominion. It was boring. When we finally get to the exorcism, a young Merrin versus the devil himself – we get all of a single slap and a “temptation” that shows that things would have turned out worse in Holland had he acted differently.

While I don’t go to see an Exorcist film hoping for a gore fest – I do expect there to be a dramatic confrontation and Dominion did not deliver.

Oooh, the devil made a cripple boy well and then he floated around in the lotus position. Yay. Ooh, watch how Gabriel Mann “channels” Judge Reinhold!

ETB on the other hand, had a lot of great elements.

1) I thought the idea of the place where Lucifer fell was interesting. The two battles really showed that a place could be possessed – just like a person.

2) Pazuzu. The statue, the leather impression – it tied it to the first film very well. As Sparky said – when you saw in the original how he reacted to the discovery – you knew it must have been quite a story. At least ETB tries to tell it.

3) I think Skarsgard played Merrin as much more weary in ETB than in Dominion and it fits the character. How much of that was planned and how much of that was having to film the same story a 2nd time I don’t know, but it worked. I loved the final scene with the hat and the bag…

[ihatepazuzu]

“Removed by the user”?

How about putting it back?

Thanks.

[ihatepazuzu]

Very very cool. Thanks for posting these.

I love Japanese programs, they often have different photos because the Japanese journalists were on the set different days than US or European press.

[ihatepazuzu]

I did find a review of all 3:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/exorcist25thanniv.html

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