I'm not some huge fan the original Exorcist, however I do respect it. Jason Blum and David Gordon Green also worked on "reviving" the Halloween franchise and I had much more of an attachment or nostalgia for those movies. With that being said I did not go into this movie with any expectations or any deep attachment to the original, and yet I still left disappointed.
This movie felt like any other modern possession movie, meaning it felt soulless, unoriginal, and not very scary. It was very middle of the road with none of the feeling or atmosphere of the original. I can understand why this has such low ratings because you can't just make a cookie cuter possession movie and then slap on the Exorcist title, because it is a beloved movie/franchise. This all seems so odd to me because while the newest Halloween series felt inconsistent you could still see the references and felt some of the spirit of the original franchise, and here none of that is present. You would think that with all the problems Green had with that trilogy he would learn from it. I believe he intended this new entry to be part of a trilogy, I hope he steps it up.
This movie felt like any other modern possession movie, meaning it felt soulless, unoriginal, and not very scary. It was very middle of the road with none of the feeling or atmosphere of the original. I can understand why this has such low ratings because you can't just make a cookie cuter possession movie and then slap on the Exorcist title, because it is a beloved movie/franchise. This all seems so odd to me because while the newest Halloween series felt inconsistent you could still see the references and felt some of the spirit of the original franchise, and here none of that is present. You would think that with all the problems Green had with that trilogy he would learn from it. I believe he intended this new entry to be part of a trilogy, I hope he steps it up.
