The Exorcist

[JC 101 FM]

Since they are releasing a new movie in this series, I was wondering what your thoughts are on this movie. Is this a Christian film? Should this be a film shown to teens? Do you think this movie is helping the cause for Christ?

 

[InnerPhyre]

The movie shows a group of priests praying to an absent God and in the end, being completely incapable of deafeating evil. Whatever this film may be, it is not Christian.

 

[esther18]

havent watch it!but i love to watch exorcist.
:fixed:

 

[MentosTheFreshmaker]

Since they are releasing a new movie in this series, I was wondering what your thoughts are on this movie. Is this a Christian film? Should this be a film shown to teens? Do you think this movie is helping the cause for Christ?

its a film about goood vs. evil (like some horror movies are) if a teen is Mature! mature being the big key word there.... enough to handle it then yeah i think its fine. no pre teens should ever watch horror movies though! thats a big no no for me

 

[lucypevensie]

Besides being gross, disgusting, and freaky, as a Christian I find the movie very frustrating. I agree with InnerPhyre. The people don't seem very confident in the power of GOD. I hate the movie, watched it once and never will again, bleah!

 

[Yahweh Nissi]

I thought that it was an outstanding movie. It is certainly scary, but that is the point! The plot, the acting, the dialogue, the scenes, the camera work, everything is excellent IMHO.

I thought that in the end it was pretty clear that they did defeat evil - although at great cost. Their faith may have struggled, but it held in the end and God used these priests to defeat the Devil. It cost them their lives, but that is a sacrifice that God may call us to make. Why do you think God is absent? There may not be any obvious external signs of His presence, but then there rarely are in anything He does - obvious miracles are very rare occurences outside of specific time periods like the Exodus and the Incarnation.

One of the things I like most about this film is that it shows the Devil as He really is - totally depraved. There is a popular idea of the Devil as a somewhat mischievous, fun loving guy who just wants to stop God being such a stick-in-the-mud. This cuts right accross that, and shows him as un utterly malevolent being who thinks nothing of murder and visiting the most horrible degredations upon an inocent young girl. In the process, the film certainly has some pretty horrific scenes, which is why it has an 18 certificate, and I would not advocate it being shown to anyone younger then that - certainly not younger teens.

God bless,
YN.

 

[fragile one]

Since they are releasing a new movie in this series, I was wondering what your thoughts are on this movie. Is this a Christian film? Should this be a film shown to teens? Do you think this movie is helping the cause for Christ?

I thought it was a pretty good movie, but I had no burning desire to become a Christian after seeing it. In fact, I was a bit put off. God seemed pretty weak to me in the movie.

 

[Kristi1]

I seen the orignal back on TV when it came out. I won't see this type of movie again ever!!

I think a lot of movies profess to know God and they are wrong with their teachings, only One Book can answer all the questions. The Holy Bible!!!


Blessings, \o/

KristiAnn

 

[esther18]

i just think that the movie sucks well its quite ok though.not that scary

 

[d0c markus]

I thought it was a pretty good movie, but I had no burning desire to become a Christian after seeing it. In fact, I was a bit put off. God seemed pretty weak to me in the movie.

Take it with a grain of salt - its dangerous to close your heart because of what you're seeing in horror flick..If your gonna put off, be put off on something with a bit more foundation.

Havent seen the movie. Most movies like this are truley offensive to me.

 

[oldrooster]

Probably not, but I need to be entertained as well. If all you watch is Christian movies, Ill bet you are about as interesting as a doorknob.

 

[fragile one]

Take it with a grain of salt - its dangerous to close your heart because of what you're seeing in horror flick..If your gonna put off, be put off on something with a bit more foundation.

LOL...that will be the day when I base my religion or lack of on a horror film. My basis for rejecting Christianity is MUCH more concrete and personally relevant than that.

 

[d0c markus]

LOL...that will be the day when I base my religion or lack of on a horror film. My basis for rejecting Christianity is MUCH more concrete and personally relevant than that.

That was how you made it sound anyways



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MT 7:24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

 

[SUNSTONE]

I just watched this for the first time last night.
I was amazed at how well they made this movie.
The level of detail, the acting, the camera work,etc.

I read that it took 244 days to make this movie. That's a VERY long time to make a movie.

Billy Graham said something like "demons are in that movie reel" or something like that. He definitly didn't want Christians to watch this movie.

It was banned in several countrys.

It was nominated for 12 oscars, only winning 2(best screenplay, and I forgot the other)

The language in this movie is extremely bad!

It didn't scare me much at all, but I was mesmorized through the whole movie.

 

[Breaking Babylon]

It was a secular movie with Christian tones, as well as demonic tones, in my opinion. It fulfilled it's purpose at being a 'shock horror film', but I wouldn't buy it. And I doubt I'll watch it again.

Some of the things "Satan" said through that little girl in the movie was too blasphemous for my tastes.

Gotta hand it to them, though. They did make it scary.

 

[lordvoldemort]

good movie, graphic images and some language.

Good story overall i thought it was well made.

 

[radhead]

I met someone who was scared back into going to church after watching the original movie.

 

[shezshy]

I thought it a good warning of what the devil can do and be ready but I also don't like to say it's a good film.