Movie Review: Exorist III

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 8/5/18, I am checking out the Exorcist III.  It stars George C. Scott, Ed Flanders and Brad Dourif.  "A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward."

• Since they do not make anymore of these flicks the Locus market must have dropped big time!
• That is weird, just a random guy standing there....oh its a dream
• I like that the priest in these flicks are mostly flipped
• What the hell was the point of this scene
• What in the hell?  Who buys lemon drops at the movies!
• Carp?  I did not know people ate carp 
• George C. Scott was a great actor!  Only he could do that carp scene and not make it horrible
• Wow, Scott just basically said what I say about God. 
• That lady sounds ancient...and fake
• That was a weird cut and trying to figure out what happened, good thing my wife was here it explain it!
• Jesus!  That killer is sick
• That hospital is horrible!  I sure would NOT want to be there
• I like that the corner was wearing sunglasses to start with, then take it off all dramatic like
• Who takes dance classes at 10p?
• How many drugs was the writer on during this dream scene?
• Nice to see Fabio in a flick, he needs more work
• So many weird camera shots in this flick
• I do NOT think it was such a wonderful life
• Well the flashing scene did nothing really
• Why does the doctor need to rehearse the speech?
• Brad Dourif is SO weird looking
• Good grief these flicks are LONG

Well that was a trainwreck of a movie!  I can only guess the inclusion of George C. Scott keeps it at such a high rating.  It was...well all over the place.

The crime aspect of the flick was well done and the idea that they thought they had the killer dead yet he is back is not a new concept but one that can be done well.  

Everyone performances are good to very good.  I cannot fault them, it is just the exorcism and the inclusion of it seemed very forced.  Hinting that this was a demonic possession would have been better if you ask me.

Overall I cannot give this more than a 4.  The craziness of the script and the forced feeling of several aspects kind of ruined it for me! 

Top 250: #16: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 10/7/18, I am checking out One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.  It stars Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and Will Sampson.  "A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients."

• I can say my brief visit to the ward was not like this...I would have liked some classical music however during medication time
• THAT IS WORMTONGUE!
• Look how young DeVito is!  I know it is 1975 but wow!
• Dear lord that Scanlon guy looks like I will in a few years!
• Dear lord I hate group therapy even in movies
• This cast is full of stars
• So this is the 16th best movie ever huh?  I am not seeing it thus far
• I am actually kind of bored with this flick
• BORED!
• Wish I had more to say but honestly I feel like NOTHING of importance is happening.  Just random scenes barely connected
• How long is this movie?  I think I have had a birthday watching this flick
• Another 52 minutes?  Seriously?
• Shock therapy huh?  Interesting enough it is still used in extreme cases today; glad I'm not "extreme"
• Okay I will say a few of Jack's "one liners" are funny
• Is that Sloth?  Fucking Sloth from Goonies?
• Wait...So Sloth did NOT really look like that?  But other movies had a Sloth character did they not?  Mad Max?  This one?
• Did they not have an editor for this flick?
• Oh Billy
• Wait...what?  I don't understand what I just saw

Well once again I realize that I like bad movies better then "good ones".  I was BORED throughout this flick.  It had moments but overall I did not feel that this flick had any flow.  It seemed like it was random scenes.  I realize that it was all about RP but overall I felt it lacked cohesion.  It lacked a narrator or a storyteller I guess.  

Overall I would argue against its current 8.7.  I give it a 6/10 mostly because the cast was good.  They did a wonderful job of making me believe.  However the storyline was missing.  I cannot say to run out and watch this but if you have over two hours to spend watching an "okay" flick check this out.