Good, But A Little Dated

Rating: 6/10 (6 January 2020)

This is the first time I'd seen the Exorcist and as anyone who is a fan of movies knows. This is considered by many to be not just one of the greatest horror movies of all time, but one of the greatest movies of all time period. In terms of pure film making and pushing boundaries of the culture it was made in there are a lot of things to be admired. However the one thing that the Exorcist wasn't in my opinion was scary. Now since fear is a completely emotional reaction it's impossible to say with 100% what is or is not scary. So I'm sure that someone else was shaking in their seat watching this. However that person isn't me. I would go as far as to say that the "HORROR/SUPERNATURAL" scenes in this movie range from okay to hilariously meme worthy. I suppose that this is the consequence of when your pushing boundaries. Anyone who looks into the history of this film and the media circus that surrounded it upon it's release will understand that this movie triggered a lot of people at a time in American history when belief in Religion and cultural definitions of what is moral, funny, and fit to show on screen were completely different to how it is now. So when watching this movie I had to have two minds about it, I think back to how a 1973 American would react to this, and I imagine a person throwing up or walking out offended and traumatized by what they had just seen while clutching their pearls. However from a modern stand point those same scenes come off as something an edge lord kid would be screaming at you over Xbox live from his moms basement, or what some internet troll would be spamming to people on social media. I also found the ending to be a big What? moment as well, didn't really get the point if even their was a point to get. There were many moments were I genuinely was invested which is do credit to the character drama and the actors performances as well as the directing which is excellently done. I quiet enjoyed this movie despite its flaws and would defiantly recommend it to everyone to watch at least once. Even if you don't find it that scary, it's very entertaining.