What a difference 40 years make

Rating: 5/10 (16 August 2015)

When I was 11 I sneaked into my local theatre and watched this through my hands...at one point pretending to tie my shoelaces so I didn't have to watch what was happening on the screen. I listened to the critics and the media about passing out and the clergy outside the theatres with placards and I think as a child I had to believe the hype.
Now...after growing up and watching again I can't understand what all the fuss was about.On recent viewing I thought actually that it was all a bit ...well....silly and overdone.I think what could have been an amazing story of the usual teenage angst tale could be interleaved with the mother reaching out to religion was just a bit too childishly over gorified..( yes..I meant gorified)!Green vomit over a vicar???? come on....The scene on the bed with the crucifix was quite laughable really too. Don't get me wrong..the structure of the movie was very very good..I like the directors commentary about the use of stairs up and down to show heaven and hell pretty awesome...and I think if anyone noticed this without listening to the commentary they are telling porkie pies. Just goes to show that as an 11 year old I believed the hype and was terrified...but as a grown up i have seen scarier things in my handkerchief.
Still a good movie tho!!