the rite (ritual)
Monday, May 9, 2011
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is nothing new to the horror genre seems to have abandoned any effort to reach audiences with an original, creative or at least, for quite some good time. With few exceptions (generally European), I am among those who believe that since The Blair Witch Project (1999), the genre went into a coma from which has not yet come, or seem to like it. But there is a big leap between a film with no original ideas, and one that is directly a collage made with snippets of arguments from other similar films. Sadly, The Rite is among the latter.
The Rite In , Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) is a young priest, is challenging her faith, reason is sent to meet a veteran Jesuit Trevant Luke (Anthony Hopkins), met in Rome to practice exorcisms daily. Trevant will be responsible for rethink on Kovak real and eternal conflict between good and evil, God and the devil, seeking to recover his young faith while trying to save the life of the Reagan girl ... eh? How there is no Reagan in this movie character? I'm not telling the plot of The Exorcist? Ok, I think I was clear: The Rite is essentially a rehash of The Exorcist (1973) but much lower quality, like the vast majority of films about demonic possession came later (of which The Rite also steals ideas). Perhaps some blame to be allocated to William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist for having launched the genre with a very high standard. The truth is that compared to the jewel of Friedkin, all pale exorcism movies, with some attempts a little more noble, The Exorcism of Emily Rose 2005 for example, and attempts that do not seem to even try; The Rite as an example of the latter.
Perhaps one of the fundamental problems of this film is the inability to have the audience to connect with the internal struggle Kovak. O'Donoghue's performance is flat and other cardboard, poverty exceeded only by Alice Braga, who plays a journalist who decides to help Michael. In this off with the protagonist, we are forced to focus on ways in other places, trying at least to enter the dynamic and scary tense confrontation between good and evil, but the terror does not come, and a premise that should play much more the psychological level and climate generate, is formed with three or four flights scares more typical of a slasher A film of demonic possession.
Hopkins, who is possibly the reason why 90% of people come to this movie, it is correct as always, but far to shine as he can. Her portrayal of a priest possessed is less frightening than any scene where Hannibal Lecter leather (even the sequels) and actor also continues to add Fillers humorous at times of stress, thinking for some reason they make the character more frightening. This annoying habit began with "okey dokey" of Hannibal (2001), and this time we add a "Oopsie Daisy" and another (I promise to find and add to comments). I find it incomprehensible, and I believe that Hopkins is so because no one dares tell him that it is ineffective.
There is one The Exorcist and will probably never be replaced, we can still see or give opportunities to new surprising horror. Hopefully happen someday, but for now this is what we have.
1.5/5.0
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Gonza
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