How could this movie be better? Firstly, it could take itself a little less seriously.
There are some early homages to the Exorcist (nice) but little in the way of nods in Director William Friedkin's direction: it's almost as if the writers want the audience to believe they invented vomit a la pea soup all on their own. A little wink to the audience would have created a nice feeling of cameraderie here, which I think would have helped the movie incredibly.
The problem I had was that, after the initial setup, the story just delivered the same thing over and over again. We could have (and should have) skipped the entire 2nd and 3rd acts and shot forward to our Will Ferrell-lookalike taking over the Vatican.
Perhaps the budget wouldn't allow it, after all they couldn't seem to even afford the right sound effects for the tolling of the bell (see goofs). But early on I was geared up for some Devil-on-Pope action. It would have been fresh and original... instead it quickly transformed into Evil Dead without the humour.
Good try, they got the first bit right. Shame they threw away that setup to deliver a yawn-fest of zombie demons.
There are some early homages to the Exorcist (nice) but little in the way of nods in Director William Friedkin's direction: it's almost as if the writers want the audience to believe they invented vomit a la pea soup all on their own. A little wink to the audience would have created a nice feeling of cameraderie here, which I think would have helped the movie incredibly.
The problem I had was that, after the initial setup, the story just delivered the same thing over and over again. We could have (and should have) skipped the entire 2nd and 3rd acts and shot forward to our Will Ferrell-lookalike taking over the Vatican.
Perhaps the budget wouldn't allow it, after all they couldn't seem to even afford the right sound effects for the tolling of the bell (see goofs). But early on I was geared up for some Devil-on-Pope action. It would have been fresh and original... instead it quickly transformed into Evil Dead without the humour.
Good try, they got the first bit right. Shame they threw away that setup to deliver a yawn-fest of zombie demons.