The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Unrated (Special Edition)
I don't know if it's the unknown or the fact that it's not commonly accepted, but I've always loved a good ghost story and that includes stories of exorcisms. So a new take on another exorcism story, I'm just thrilled.
After having watched the movie:
(Possible spoilers below)
I didn't realize the plot of the story would focus around a courtroom battle against the priest who attempted to release Emily of her demons. So I did a little digging into the movie, the story, and Emily Rose. I found out, according to IMDB and Wikipedia, Emily Rose is a fictional character based loosely on Anneliese Michael, a German girl. Anneliese Michael who like 'Emily' had died after unsuccessful attempts of exorcisms while taking prescription drugs typically prescribed for those who suffer from epileptic seizures. Here's where we start to realize that, “based on a true story” isn't maybe as based on a true story as we might suspect.
One of the things that I think the movie fails to mention, and it's something I've not really seen in many movies, is the process that goes into performing an exorcism. For the Catholic Church to become involved there has to be witnessed possessions, a long and detailed investigation, and then the priest who has agreed to perform the exorcism has to begin a long period of fasting, praying and meditating to prepare himself for the process. It's a lot more than deciding, "Oh dear, she has the devil inside her!" throwing holy water around and making a couple signs of the cross. Of course I realize that in movies there isn’t the time allotment to show these things; I just always feel a little cheated whenever it's skimmed over.
Overall though, I loved the movie. I think Jennifer Carpenter is an amazing actor and did an amazing job portraying Emily Rose. Another fun fact to share is that she is double jointed, so the configuration she was found in by her best friend in college was something Jennifer Carpenter is able to do because she is double jointed. Double jointed people kind of weird me out because it's not normal and I don't know, maybe I feel that way because I'm not double jointed.
Final thoughts: Just simply put, I liked the movie a lot. I thought it was a great exorcism movie and really dug the new take on the story by focusing around a courtroom trial.
OFFICIAL COUNT 70 DOWN 295 TO GO
Next up: Fantastic Mr. Fox
1 comment:
You love it because it's scary, and it's scary because it's unknown. Dumbledore said it himself, "It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing else."
And then he goes on about Voldemort assuming Harry isn't a powerful enough wizard to get through his horcrux traps, because he isn't of age yet. It's in the 6th book. That's why it's my favorite book. I used that quote for an entire english essay last year. I did well.
Miss you. Wanna kiss you. But I can't right now and that's the issue. Girl, you know I miss you. I don't really know the words to the song. Love you!
Post a Comment