Rating of
2/4
PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR
shutterspeed777 - wrote on 04/23/09
AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THIS IS AN EASY ONE. BUT IT'S NOT. I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN MINISTRIES OF DELIVERANCE (ONE OF WHICH IS 'EXORCISM'), AND SOMETIMES THE TRUTH IS A LOT WEIRDER THAN FICTION. I CAME FROM THE PHILIPPINES WERE DEMONIC MANIFESTATIONS WERE A DAILY THING. AND SO MY PREDICAMENT IS HAVING TO ANALYZE THIS MOVIE IN LIGHT OF THE SCI-FI/HORROR GENRE, WHILE MY BIO DICTATES THAT IT IS MORE A REALITY SHOW. WHEN I PURSUE IT FROM THAT ANGLE, IT TURNS INTO COMEDY! WHO'S REALLY MORE POSSESSED? LINDA BLAIR OR THE PRIEST? IT'S ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS!
I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN. THIS IS A FICTIONAL HORROR MOVIE. AT LEAST FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES OF DOING A MOVIE REVIEW. OBVIOUSLY THE CATHOLIC SYNOD PROHIBITS ANY CLERGY FROM EXERCISING EXORCISM WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE HIGHEST ECCLESIASTICAL ORDER. I THINK IT HAS CHANGED NOW. SO THE PRIEST SYMBOLICALLY CARRIES WITH HIM THE FULL MANDATE FROM THE VATICAN TO CARRY OUT THE RITES.
WE REMEMBER THE SONS OF SCEVA (BOOK OF ACTS - BIBLE) WHO TRIED TO EXORCISE A DEMONIAC AND ENDED UP BEING POSSESSED BY THE DEMONS THEMSELVES. SUCH IS THE RISK THAT THESE MEN OF THE CLOAK WERE TAKING. GOOD NEWS: LINDA BLAIR WAS SET FREE. BAD NEWS: AT THE PRICE OF TWO DEAD PRIESTS.
ANOTHER MISSING INFO IS THIS: WHERE AND WHEN DID THE DEMON PAZUZU ENTER INTO REGAN (LINDA BLAIR) ? ALSO...WHO DID WIN ULTIMATELY? PROBABLY THESE UNANSWERED QUERIES HELP TO BUILD THE SUSPENSE INTO AN ANTI-CLIMACTIC END...
NOW YOU KNOW I'M NOT JUST GOING TO END THIS REVIEW WITHOUT GIVING YOU A PIECE OF MY MIND. FOLKS, IN REALITY, NOBODY HAS TO DIE. SOMEBODY ALREADY DID. THE DEVIL HAS ALREADY BEEN DE-THRONED. BUT EN-THRONED IN HEARTS OF THOSE WHO IGNORE
GOD. IT'S REALLY YOUR CHOICE. EITHER LIGHT OR DARKNESS. READ "THE BOOK"...
