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Posted by Morgan on 11/16/05 17:25
"James Cortez Jr." <KaLunaKimo@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:25608-437B0163-1@storefull-3235.bay.webtv.net...
> Hi Dvders.,
>
> Thanks to the dvd format and a small
> theatrical run (Against "Sith" out of all
> movies to open against!) and thanks to
> Morgan Creek. "Dominion:The Prequel
> To The Exorcist" finally is here.
>
> Now that there is 2 versions of a Exorcist
> prequel and in 2 different versions and in
> 2 different aspect ratios (Dominion in
> 1.85,Exorcist:The Begining in 2.35) and
> 2 different directors:Paul Schrader a filmaker and Renny Harlin a
> moviemaker.
>
> The big question is this: Which version is
> your favorite?
>
> My Pick:Dominion. Have Fun Posting.
> Don't Think About It Too Much.
> It May Make Your Head Spin
> (Inside "Exorcist" Joke).
> James Cortez Jr. Nov.16th.,2005/Wed.
>
> P.S. Here a funny postscript if they
> ever release a box set of
> "The Exorcist Trilogy"
> 1. Dominion:The Prequel To The Exorcist
> 2. The Exorcist (Which I would be happy
> to call "Exorcist II" anyday.) or
> The Exorcist:The Version You Haven't
> Seen.
> 3. Exorcist III (aka Exorcist III:Legion).
> Which would make a true trilogy.
>
> or 'The Exorcist Quadrilogy".
> 1. Exorcist:The Begining Or
> Dominion:The Prequel To The
> Exorcist. (Your choice or preference.).
> 2. The Exorcist or
> The Exorcist:The Version You Haven't
> Seen.
> 3. The Exorcist II:The Heretic (Which
> would become "Exorcist III" or
> banished to video hell and never
> existed.).
> 4. Exorcist III (Would become
> "Exorcist IV:Legion. Where a Legion
> of it's fans would be protesting
> with Gemini marks.).
>
> Please pray for us that there is never a
> another prequel,sequel.remake/update,
> director's/producer's cut. But if there another "Exorcist" how about a
> spoof
> called "Exorcist 5,Devil 0".
>
> "We won. Now set me free."-
> from "Exorcist III". :-JCJ
>
> Because your lovingkindness is better than life,
> my lips shall praise you. Psalm 63:3
>
> :-KaLunaKimo (TheBossJames) 2005.
I thought they were both okay, but Dominion was clearly more superior to The
Beginning (even with the crappy CGI). But in watching Dominion, I
completely understood the studio's reservations about the film. It wasn't
scary enough to be a horror film, too much (fantasy/supernatural?) to be a
straightforward drama, and not thrilling enough to be a thriller. The
Begining had some scary moments, but the overall story was too flawed to
really get into. I kept wondering how the actors felt having to do another
version of the same not-so-hot film; mainly Stellan Skarsgrd, who, I
thought, did the best he could with the material given to him. My big gripe
with The Beginning is it's continuity to the other film(s). The original
film stated he was in Africa and performed an exorcism on a young boy that
nearly killed him. The Beginning looked like it was going that direction
and just throws it way. It negates the other film(s) and I found that, in a
wierd way, disrespectful. The interesting thing that happened was that
after I watched the two films, the next day I saw on CNN that a church was
found buried in Israel believed to be from about 300 AD. I'm not religious,
but that was sort of freaky. The same thing happened after watching Jaws, a
week later there was something like 2 or 3 shark attacks in the U.S. Maybe
I shouldn't watch anymore films...
Morgan
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