Monday, November 14, 2005

Something different has got to give


You will not expect what The Exorcism of Emily Rose is to be like as in the other horror movies until you have watched it.
The movie is not entertaining – I’m saying in a general way, no explosion, super duper visual effect, big casts etc. Those who have watched the movie would claim it is more like a courtroom drama than a horror movie. Indeed, the focuses on the courtroom scenes are more than the horrifying scenes in the movie.
The movie is trying to convey a message: Beliefs and what lies beneath the facts. The 2 main characters in the movie, Father Moore and Erin Bruner, the lawyer, with 2 totally different beliefs, one was a servant of God; one claimed herself agnostic.

Whether believing in God/Demon or not, everyone holds on to one’s believe. At the end of the movie, Emily didn’t survive from the exorcism and she died. We would think the exorcism failed and the demon had won the battle. But maybe not, the movie tried to convey that it could be as God’s will – that the death of Emily can be in a way to be His testimony. As in fact, the real Emily Rose, Anneliese Michel, her grave has become a place of pilgrimages of those who believed she actually fought the demon bravely.

The possibilities of the other side. Most of the time it just doesn’t intrigue our mind.
An above average good movie, it leaves you something after you watched it. If you expect something different, it’s worth the while to watch this movie.

If you believe in light, it is because of the obscurity.
If you believe in God, it is because of the devil.

For more read up about the real Emily Rose click here.

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