Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Nyssa Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-05 (Friday) Followup-To: rec.arts.tv Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:29:46 -0400 Organization: At River's End Lines: 102 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 01:29:27 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="896b29b7585f2d1b9d2dc5ae25048260"; logging-data="2751173"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19h5Z7xCgaexMNFVQR37+c0" User-Agent: KNode/4.3.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:rWULQ7as5Rjj8/5B6aiTjy6uRQA= Bytes: 5234 BTR1701 wrote: > In article , > Arthur Lipscomb wrote: > >> On 4/11/2024 12:08 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >> > In article , >> > Arthur Lipscomb wrote: >> > >> >> The First Omen (theatrical) New horror movie that is a >> >> direct prequel to the 1976 "The Omen." It is set in >> >> Rome in 1971 and tells the backstory behind where >> >> "Damien" came from. While it seems a bit of a retcon I >> >> guess it can be said the movie is clarifying details >> >> that were only guessed or assumed before. But it does >> >> at least make it clear why/how priests and nuns had >> >> Damien in the first place at the start of the 1976 >> >> movie and they knew *exactly* what they had and what >> >> they were doing. >> > >> > I didn't like the explanation. >> > >> > SPOILERS: >> > >> > In the original OMEN, the turncoat clergy were >> > portrayed as true believers, actual Satanists who >> > worshipped Lucifer and were rejoicing at the birth of >> > their 'savior'. >> > >> > Here we find out they were just corrupt clergy, upset >> > that young people were turning away from the church and >> > thereby costing the church its power in society, so >> > they 'created' the anti-Christ in some sort of weird >> > quasi science experiment so he would wreak havoc on the >> > earth and drive people back to the church again. >> > >> > No, sir. I don't think I like it. >> > >> Since it's a prequel I watched it first then the >> originals. I had forgotten the church had anything to do >> with it. >> >> > I did think the movie was well done and did a great job >> > of creating an atmosphere of foreboding and evil >> > lurking just around the next corner. >> > >> > The lead actress was appealing and did a good job and I >> > had the nagging impression I'd seen her somewhere >> > before but her IMDb doesn't show her in anything I've >> > ever seen. (And her name-- Nell Tiger Free-- just >> > screams "Thanks mom and dad for being hippies when you >> > had me. Wonderful name you picked there.") >> > >> > I knew the roommate was a baddie from the moment she >> > walked on screen >> >> She wasn't really trying to hide it was she? LOL >> >> > and it didn't take much longer than that before I'd >> > guessed that the troubled girl in the orphanage was >> > just a red herring. (I did momentarily doubt myself >> > when the 666 was revealed in her mouth, but it turns >> > out I was right anyway.) >> > >> > Loved how the moment it was revealed that the baby was >> > a boy-- and therefore the anti-Christ they'd been >> > waiting for-- Goldsmith's "Ave Satani" boldly took over >> > the score. >> > >> > All in all, it was a good movie except for the retcon >> > about the church and, I suppose, the way it >> > contradicted Damien's origins from the original movie, >> > which clearly indicated his mother was a jackal, not a >> > pretty novitiate. >> >> >> Yeah, the jackal retcon became much more obvious when I >> watched the originals. > > The girlfriend actually went with me to see it, even > though she absolutely hates any horror movie about > possession or the devil. > > I was getting ready to leave and she was like, hang on, I > want to go. I was dubious. I said she would hate it and > that this sort of thing freaks her out and she said she'd > deal with it, she just didn't feel like staying in alone > all night. So she went. And of course she was as freaked > out as I knew she'd be, Digging her nails into my arm > every five minutes, and just generally being miserable. > > After it was over and we were back in the car, I found out > that her misery and any subsequent nightmare she would > have were was all my fault. Apparently I should have more > forcefully insisted she stay at home and since I didn't, > I'm to blame for everything. > > Sounds fair to me. Nyssa, who doesn't like extreme horror movies either