tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post8370234547851366455..comments2024-02-21T20:51:54.249+00:00Comments on The Celluloid Highway: The Last Exorcism (2010)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]http://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-81145125140010089612011-06-16T22:11:04.574+01:002011-06-16T22:11:04.574+01:00@Franco; I think that cheapness is not an excuse f...@Franco; I think that cheapness is not an excuse for unimaginative dross. The problem seems to be at the moment that low budgets are not being used in an inspirational way. There is little to distinguish the big budgeted concept horror movies, and the low budget independent ones. There was a time when the latter arena was where revisions to a genre were made. <br /><br />@Cal; I couldn't Shaun (The Celluloid Highway)http://sonofcelluloid.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-52498827235386155322011-06-13T09:35:25.911+01:002011-06-13T09:35:25.911+01:00I agree with you on your thoughts on the original ...I agree with you on your thoughts on the original exorcist-overated, some very well shot scenes but the majority of it's impact lies in the effects, no real fear factor other than thatCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520881675725514554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-25358416948926625002011-06-12T19:53:55.061+01:002011-06-12T19:53:55.061+01:00For the most part, I enjoyed this one, I just hate...For the most part, I enjoyed this one, I just hated the ending. What I enjoyed the most about were the ideas that it explored about religion being something that messes with peoples heads. It had its moments, and some atmosphere...but that ending felt tacked on. Still, the movie manages to put some interesting points across anyways. <br /><br />Agree that the reason why these kind of movies are Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-72866502444416838532011-06-12T19:14:08.001+01:002011-06-12T19:14:08.001+01:00@ J Astro; Thanks for the comment sir! - I couldn&...@ J Astro; Thanks for the comment sir! - I couldn't agree more about Cotton Marcus, a cult character in the making. I was reminded of RACE WITH THE DEVIL as well, there is a shot towards the end of the film that felt as if it was almost lifted from it. <br /><br />@ Brian; I guess my whole gripe with these kind of films is that there is so much unrealised potential. As each one comes along I Shaun (The Celluloid Highway)http://sonofcelluloid.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-18119908087075860272011-06-12T17:51:38.071+01:002011-06-12T17:51:38.071+01:00I honestly expected to dislike this one immensely ...I honestly expected to dislike this one immensely and wasn't paying all that much attention to it while it was on till later in the movie. I started it over and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would especially picking out minor details that foreshadow what will come later. <br /><br />I enjoyed the 'faith' aspect of the story especially in that several signs are thrown into thevenoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-11402431199712349642011-06-12T17:41:31.093+01:002011-06-12T17:41:31.093+01:00I liked it. I thought Cotton Marcus was a believa...I liked it. I thought Cotton Marcus was a believable charmer with his various charlatan tricks, and the early bits of the film were amusing and diverted me from my original belief that this would be just a POV cash-in version of THE EXORCIST. I thought it was effectively creepy and tense throughout. The end for me was more about a doomed, RACE WITH THE DEVIL-style conclusion where the main J. Astrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07572640647802774445noreply@blogger.com