The demon is not gone

Ofelia 2022-03-18 09:01:02

Any film that can be released publicly always needs to conform to the prevailing values ​​of society at that time. Even if it is a tragedy, even if the content is satirical, horrible, attacking... But in the end, there is always a glimmer of hope in despair, so that people feel that life can continue before they can get out of the dark movie theater. , Have the courage to look up again to face the sun.

Therefore, the director handled this ending like this, he was smart. Justice must fight evil, and the audience who are willing to believe in this way must be the majority—whether it is relying on God or man’s own power.
(Otherwise, this movie might not be released.)

However, why do you cast an inexplicable depression and shadow on your heart?
Perhaps, the truth of the matter is something we don't want to admit.

Actually, the devil won, didn't he?

His purpose is two priests, think about it, this point can't be clearer.

Demi was lonely and dreamt after his mother died. The necklace kept falling, the devil's face flashed, and his mother turned and went downstairs to leave. At this moment, the heart demon had seen through the young priest and attempted to occupy it.

Demi asked someone to analyze the recording of the girl who was possessed, and he heard Mo Lin's name clearly. At this time, he finally reminded us again of the seemingly unrelated archaeological excavation scene in Iraq that was almost forgotten by us in the opening of the film. ──And the old priest who was swallowing pills with his trembling hands.
It turns out that the devil has longed for him for a long time!


The devil can lie and pretend. So it is difficult for us to tell whether the devil's reaction is true or false when the tap water is spilled on the girl.
How can a devil who can control the movement of objects at will be so easily fixed on the bed with tape and cannot move?
He is waiting for the opportunity.
How did Mo Lin, who depended on medicine, die? The devil didn't need to do it himself. Although the old priest had a firm will, he was finally exhausted.
In the end, the young priest could not escape his own most fatal weakness, and was easily taken by the devil.


As for the poor girl?
Although she escaped back to the world by chance, she thought about the suffering she had suffered before. In addition to all the self-mutilation behind being possessed, it was even more ironic that she was tortured enough by the so-called modern medicine. Think about the scene of lying on the operating table being stabbed with a needle. Do you think that this is actually cruel, more terrifying than turning your head 180 degrees and crawling downstairs?

If science is too arrogant, sometimes it becomes an accomplice of the devil.


Did the devil die with the priest?
Everyone has the answer in their minds.
Hush... Just believe it yourself, don't say it.

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The Exorcist quotes

  • Demon: Give us time... Let the girl die... I am no one... I am no one... Fear the priest... Fear the priest... Merrin... Merrin.

  • [2000 version]

    Lt. Kinderman: You go to films, Father Dyer? You like them?

    Father Dyer: Oh, sure.

    Lt. Kinderman: I get passes. In fact I've got a pass for the Crest tomorrow night. You'd like to go?

    Father Dyer: What's playing?

    Lt. Kinderman: "Wuthering Heights".

    Father Dyer: Who's in it?

    Lt. Kinderman: Heathcliff, Jackie Gleason, and in the role of Catherine Earnshaw, Lucille Ball. You're happy?

    Father Dyer: I've seen it.

    Lt. Kinderman: Another one.