I am not a die hard fan of the original, because I disagree 90% of the cuts and edits.
The original, however, is a classic, and the actual exorcism scene is well done.
The trailer of The Excorcist: Believer is well executed and got me fooled that this would be a great experience, unfortunately it wasn't.
This so called sequel has nothing to do with the 1973 version besides desperately trying to show a nonsensical connection to it. The story is so thin that I stopped questioning it after half of the movie has passed, because there were too many plot holes.
The first half however I found enjoyable because it felt like they were actually building up a story, while the second half was just really bad, and didn't explain or conclude anything.
Bringing back Ellen Burstyn was absolutely pointless for the storyline.
The exorcism scene tries to copy elements from the original, which felt forced and unnecessary. It was just a big eye roll for me. As a matter of fact, that's when the acting fell apart, too. I think the writing is to blame for it.
The worst part was, bringing all these religions together, but none of them really interacted with each other. They did their own thing. I thought we would get an "The power of three will set us free" kind of moment, and that would have made sense bringing all of them together, but it was a really poorly written scene, that was not only overacted but also very boring. I even laughed twice because it seemed pointless and ridiculous at times.
It's a shame, because I actually enjoyed the overall atmosphere in the beginning more than the original, but in the end it fell super flat und never managed to get back up.
Maybe they tried to leave a lot of questions unanswered for the planned trilogy, but it didn't capture my attention enough to care to even want to see another part. Sadly, the same happened when the Halloween Triology came out: I watched one part and left the rest alone.
The original, however, is a classic, and the actual exorcism scene is well done.
The trailer of The Excorcist: Believer is well executed and got me fooled that this would be a great experience, unfortunately it wasn't.
This so called sequel has nothing to do with the 1973 version besides desperately trying to show a nonsensical connection to it. The story is so thin that I stopped questioning it after half of the movie has passed, because there were too many plot holes.
The first half however I found enjoyable because it felt like they were actually building up a story, while the second half was just really bad, and didn't explain or conclude anything.
Bringing back Ellen Burstyn was absolutely pointless for the storyline.
The exorcism scene tries to copy elements from the original, which felt forced and unnecessary. It was just a big eye roll for me. As a matter of fact, that's when the acting fell apart, too. I think the writing is to blame for it.
The worst part was, bringing all these religions together, but none of them really interacted with each other. They did their own thing. I thought we would get an "The power of three will set us free" kind of moment, and that would have made sense bringing all of them together, but it was a really poorly written scene, that was not only overacted but also very boring. I even laughed twice because it seemed pointless and ridiculous at times.
It's a shame, because I actually enjoyed the overall atmosphere in the beginning more than the original, but in the end it fell super flat und never managed to get back up.
Maybe they tried to leave a lot of questions unanswered for the planned trilogy, but it didn't capture my attention enough to care to even want to see another part. Sadly, the same happened when the Halloween Triology came out: I watched one part and left the rest alone.
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