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HotRod's avatar
RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

Warbler said:

well, I've decided I'm going to watch the Exorcist.   God help me.

It's just a film ya big baby!!!!

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RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

Honestly, I think you've overhyped yourself to the point where it won't be scary to you.  Personally, I've never found it particularly scary.

Then again, I was an atheist long before I saw The Exorcist, so it didn't affect me in quite the same way as, say, Jaws - it's one thing to not believe in the devil, but quite another to not believe in sharks.

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RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

ChainsawAsh said:


it's one thing to not believe in the devil, but quite another to not believe in sharks.
LOL

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HotRod's avatar
RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

So, you watched it yet man?

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RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

ChainsawAsh said:

it's one thing to not believe in the devil, but quite another to not believe in sharks.

oh, I want that on a tshirt.

 


Anchorhead
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look at Johnny Ringo, man.  If I had to go against that guy it would be an Indiana Jones\Dovchenko event - and I'd be hoping like hell for a bunch of ants.

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RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

Johnny Ringo said:

ChainsawAsh said:

it's one thing to not believe in the devil, but quite another to not believe in sharks.

oh, I want that on a tshirt.

 

Hoopla!

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RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

Aw, damn.  Captain Kirk beat you to the punch!

There is no lingerie in space...

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don't exist... then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks... and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming... Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

The Shat looks like a shorter version (with more 'hair') of my late father in that picture (gone 17 years this week...gosh where does the time go?).

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RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

Shat seems to have mangled the grammar of CA's original text.

As for The Exorcist, yes, watch it. I saw it in the cinema in 1998 (the film was effectively banned in the UK for many years), and it's not as scary as its reputation suggests - in fact I felt it was a little slow in some parts. However, there are some good moments, and its success and influence on popular culture are undeniable.

Reports of people fainting or throwing up, and the tag "scariest movie ever", are often linked to horror films for marketing reasons (so die-hard horror fans will go and see the movie "as a challenge"). Such films generally turn out to be over-rated: see Silence of the Lambs, The Blair Witch Project, and most recently Frozen.

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RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

well, I've seen it.  I didn't find it at all scary.  It was ok.  I think I'm going to watch it again at some point to get a better understanding of what I think of it.

HotRod's avatar
RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

But did you watch it with the lights on???

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RE: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?

No I don’t think you should watch it, unless you happen to be a Mormon. LOLYes it is disturbing when Regan stabs a crucifix into her pussy.

Quote text from the film.

 DemonLet Jesus fuck youlet Jesus fuck you. Let him fuck you.

 

Last edited on October 19, 2010 at 4:04 PM by Jedi Temple34

 

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RE: Warbler has watched The Exorcist(was Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?)

Warbler said:

well, I've seen it.  I didn't find it at all scary.  It was ok.  I think I'm going to watch it again at some point to get a better understanding of what I think of it.

Isn't that what Bettlejuice said? LOL

Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?

 

Last edited on October 19, 2010 at 4:09 PM by Jedi Temple34

 

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RE: Warbler has watched The Exorcist(was Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?)

Moth3r said:

Shat seems to have mangled the grammar of CA's original text.

In the 23rd century grammar boldly goes out the window.

What Jedi Temple is tastefully describing is a rape scene, a rape scene where the assailant is an invading personality and it's meant to be horrific, and it is.

Blatty is pointedly referencing Dracula (much of which has over the years become a cinematic cliche), the crucifix (traditionally the guarding talisman against such creatures) is turned into a weapon and used in a much more horrific way than just killing someone with it.

The only bit I find unintentionally funny is "The power of Christ compels you!" which is almost Pythonesque in it's accidental comic timing, I'm surprised it wasn't adjusted in the redux version.

Last edited on October 19, 2010 at 6:01 PM by Bingowings

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RE: Warbler has watched The Exorcist(was Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?)

Bingowings said:

In the 23rd century grammar boldly goes out the window.

Yeah, right.  And I bet you guys don't use money either...

There is no lingerie in space...

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don't exist... then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks... and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming... Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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RE: Warbler has watched The Exorcist(was Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?)

 

Now go watch "Exorcist III"

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RE: Warbler has watched The Exorcist(was Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?)

TV's Frink said:

Warbler said:

well, I've seen it.

Then you need to update the thread title.

You missed out the colon after "was".

FanFiltration said:

 

Now go watch "Exorcist III"

Or the "other" sequel, Repossessed.

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RE: Warbler has watched The Exorcist(was Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?)

Bingowings said:

Johnny Ringo said:

ChainsawAsh said:

it's one thing to not believe in the devil, but quite another to not believe in sharks.

oh, I want that on a tshirt.

 

Hoopla!

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Anchorhead
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look at Johnny Ringo, man.  If I had to go against that guy it would be an Indiana Jones\Dovchenko event - and I'd be hoping like hell for a bunch of ants.

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RE: Warbler has watched The Exorcist(was Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?)

FanFiltration said:

 

Now go watch "Exorcist III"

I would think it logical to see Exorcist II before that.

Moth3r said:

TV's Frink said:

Warbler said:

well, I've seen it.

Then you need to update the thread title.

You missed out the colon after "was".

oops, I'll go fix that.

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RE: Warbler has watched The Exorcist(was: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?)

Warbler said:

FanFiltration said:

 

Now go watch "Exorcist III"

I would think it logical to see Exorcist II before that.

I've seen a review of it and apparently it has nothing to do with the first movie. So that's probably why FF is suggesting that you watch III...

  

 

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RE: Warbler has watched The Exorcist(was: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?)

Warbler said:

FanFiltration said:

 

Now go watch "Exorcist III"

I would think it logical to see Exorcist II before that.

 Don't. It's just wierd and crummy. Exorcist III is a solid sequel.  

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RE: Warbler has watched The Exorcist(was: Should Warbler watch The Exorcist?)

^Even if it does hide a much better film that was vandalised by the diabolical suits at Morgan Creek.

Warb is ignoring me so it might be nice if someone quoted me here, the first, sort of official (in the author's eyes) sequel to The Exorcist is The Ninth Configuration which isn't a horror film but has the most amazing bar fight and forms the centrepiece to Blatty's trilogy of films about faith (though it may become a trilogy of four parts if the film of Dimeter get's made).

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