Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Rite

Well, I went to see the rite...its had a lot of bashing in the media, Christian sceptics, and people who said it was just plain bad.

I must confess, I was raised Catholic, and have always had an obsession with the occult, and no, not in that way, I just love reading about demons and angels and the supernatural. The mythos has always been an interesting thing to me, and I have a large library of books relating to the occult, all about the devil and his ways, however, this movie was a bit of a dissapointment, but not terrible!

I think everyone is being a bit too cruel as Anthony Hopkins' character said: "What were you expecting, heads turning around and pea soup?" This is based on a true story, how closely I dont know, but it seems like THIS is what exorcisms should be like, I wont spoil anything, but the story is good. I predicted many of the plot twists, but that didnt retract from the enjoyment I experienced.

If you're a fan of the supernatural or even "Supernatural" you may be dissapointed or entertained, it depends what you think, I'll just say it's worth a watch just for the conversations it'll kick off afterwards.

Many people like a quick summary at the end in the form of a number etc. So I guess for those people I'd give "The Rite": 6.5/10
It couldve been done better with more research, and its a shame they didnt use all the proper exorcism texts etc.

16 comments:

  1. I didn't plan on watching it. From what I've heard, your 6.5 is generous.

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  2. It always makes me wonder when they say "based on a true story"

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  3. i enjoyed this movie. little predictable though.

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  4. definitely gonna watch this flick

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  5. I haven't seen a good horror film in a long time, the last one I really liked was The Ring...

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  6. I might check this out. Haven't seen any good movies in a while, this good be worth a shot.

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  7. I wasn't particularly impressed with the movie... but it didn't suck either.

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  8. looks like a freaky movie. Not sure if I can watch something like that.

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  9. Thanks for the review. Guess I'll check it out.

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  10. Anthony mothafuckin hopkins AKA hannibal lecter, ill check this out.

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  11. Why do they alwats try to do exorcist-like, it's neveu as good...
    Oh, and I like your blog. I follow! Hope you'll write other movie articles!

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  12. i didnt know the guy from prison break was in that show! ill have to check it out

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