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Movie Review: Dominion - Prequel to the Exorcist
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| Movie Review: Dominion - Prequel to the Exorcist |
| 03.17.06 (12:21 pm) [edit] |
Available to rent and/or own on DVD
Rating: 1/5
Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar
First, I must explain to you the reason I decided to watch this boring piece of goat tripe. The reason was Rick Warden's total of 45 seconds of screen time. I have taken it as my life's mission to watch every film he is in, no matter the physical, emotional and psychological damage they might cause. That's what you do to show support. That's love, people. Love.
Anyway, back to the abomination that is Paul Schrader's Dominion. To say that it is an improvement to Renny Harlin's shiatty cesspool Exorcist: The Beginning really isn't saying much. The film has some merit. The 1/5 was earned single-handedly by Stellan Skarsgård. Every other actor deserved to go to Hell, including Gabriel Mann as Father Francis, who never knew a line he could not over-deliver. Every scene with him felt like I was stuck in some horrid high school play where the football quarterback had to come in as the male lead's understudy at one-afternoon's notice. Oy vey!
Even the devil/demon was a joke. There was nothing ominous or frightening about him. He floated through the air as harmlessly as a genie let out of its bottle. At least they stuck to the modern day perception of the devil as some androgynous imp.
I have to say that it's a rare film that goes out of it's way to make the British army look like a bunch of pussies. That disgusted me to no end.
Overall, I hated this film. Hated it. Adding to my hatred was the marginalization of Rick's role of Corporal Williams. In order to not have to pay Rick a decent wage for his work, they never had him utter an audible line when it would have made perfect sense for him to do so. He is asked a question point blank on screen and then, just when you think he's about to utter a line, he tilts his head towards his co-star and whispers in his ear. I guess since they blew their entire budget on Cheche's fugly make up, they had to cut back on the number of speaking roles. It's a shiatty thing to do to an actor of Rick's calibre. Very shiatty.
Hated it.
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posted by: dustyjumpwings (reply)
post date: 03.19.06 (10:34 am)
I would never, never, NEVER see a movie like this. *BARF* Although, cool Stellan Skarsgård is in it (he's the one I mixed up with Sarrrrrrrrrrrsgarrrrrrrrrrd). Stellen's gonna be Bootstrap Bill!
posted by: dangerkitty (reply)
post date: 03.20.06 (12:39 pm)
Wouldn't it be awesome of Skaaaaaarrrrrrsgaaaaaarrrd and Saaaaaarrrrrrsgaaaaarrrrrd were in a film together?
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