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The Ouija Exorcism (2015)
Horror Movie? Perhaps. Horrible Movie? Sure Thing!
Not that I expected anything good but the Ouija Exorcism is possibly the worst film I've seen in 2015. Badly made and filled with the most worn out clichés, there is no climax whatsoever. No tension or suspense. The dialogs are simply tedious and I found myself deadly bored after no more than 20 minutes from the credits. The special effects are discouraging, even the sound. The only merit is perhaps having addressed the mysterious Jewish tradition of exorcism but this (like the whole Ouija theme) is only sketched and looks more like a pretext to show scenes from ordinary people's life... with occasional killing.
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
creeping anti-semitism
It took two thousand years, two Vatican Councils and an extraordinary Pope such as John XXIII to develop Christianity into a faith that's not ipso facto anti-semitic. Theologically speaking, this film is a giant step backward and it comes as no surprise that it often inspires anti-Jewish feelings in the simpler hearts. Aesthetically, there are discussable choices in the almost splatter display of Jesus' sufferings, but the point is above all that Gibson, a narcissistic director, tragically unprepared to deal with issues, should just continue to play action movies. In several European countries, other than of course in the United States, there have been groups of racists and Christian fanatics who have seen in the Passion of Christ a sort of manifesto against non-Christian of all sorts. I'm not blaming Mel Gibson about that, but I definitely believe that an artist should be aware of the consequences of his works. Good photography though.