Heh--a guy just gave me Exorcist II to watch--he didn't think I'd make it through the whole thing and I almost didn't. I think I'd seen pieces of it before...omg, it's awful. And amazingly it really does destroy the whole point of the first movie. You wouldn't think it was possible but it does. It's like John Boorman wanted to turn it into some weird new age fantasy series or something and it's just...no.
I haven't seen the remake but that was my feeling about it--I think the only reason they remade it was because somebody realized they could release it around 6/6/06. I do think it's funny David Thewol was in it, though. He does seem like a fitting guy to play somebody who was originally David Warner. But honestly, the cast was always going to be somewhat of a bring-down. As the director said about casting Gregory Peck, he just makes the movie because if Gregory Peck is scared, you're going to be scared too!
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Date: 2008-02-05 09:05 pm (UTC)I haven't seen the remake but that was my feeling about it--I think the only reason they remade it was because somebody realized they could release it around 6/6/06. I do think it's funny David Thewol was in it, though. He does seem like a fitting guy to play somebody who was originally David Warner. But honestly, the cast was always going to be somewhat of a bring-down. As the director said about casting Gregory Peck, he just makes the movie because if Gregory Peck is scared, you're going to be scared too!