tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post1852034089049154443..comments2024-02-14T05:39:29.497-06:00Comments on HELL BURNS: MOVIES: "THE RITE"Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-75164660531068469912011-01-28T19:35:23.783-06:002011-01-28T19:35:23.783-06:00Sister I really enjoyed this review. Thank you for...Sister I really enjoyed this review. Thank you for your insights into demonic possession. Hopefully atheists will read this. It is an eye opener. Sadly there is a tendency among some teenagers to dabble in the occult. Unfortunately they just see it as fun. The OTHER STUFF in the post is also particularly interesting. Sadly too many people doubt the existence of the devil with predictable consequences.John Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492900180819129920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-58972567416537419382011-01-26T23:04:08.509-06:002011-01-26T23:04:08.509-06:00Dear Craig, Fr. Lucas even asks the seminarian: wh...Dear Craig, Fr. Lucas even asks the seminarian: what were you expecting, pea soup? ha ha haSr. Helena Burns, fsphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-66961258080752630412011-01-26T22:07:38.356-06:002011-01-26T22:07:38.356-06:00Dear Sr. Burns,
Thanks for this positive review. I...Dear Sr. Burns,<br />Thanks for this positive review. I was cautiously optimistic that it would not take the typical 'Hollywood' approach to Excorcisms (split-pea soup variety).<br /><br />I read 'Hostage to the devil' by Fr. Malachi Martin (RIP) early in my Catholic conversion 12 years ago and it was an eye-opening experience.<br /><br />God Bless,<br />CraigCraighttp://catholicservant.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-86384707980361240162011-01-26T12:40:08.293-06:002011-01-26T12:40:08.293-06:00Dear Tap,
Thanks for these insights! Yeah, maybe i...Dear Tap,<br />Thanks for these insights! Yeah, maybe it was sarcasm. The devil's good at that. ha ha. <br />The movie makes it clear he's being sent to learn to be an exorcist (partly because he was a mortician and isn't "squeamish," ha ha). <br />I've written screenplays, too, and it ain't easy!!! And sometimes you just want to use some "just go with it" device and hope people don't notice/call you out too strongly on it!Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-20170799232591037172011-01-26T12:39:14.605-06:002011-01-26T12:39:14.605-06:00Actual exorcism accounts and transcripts which wou...Actual exorcism accounts and transcripts which would greatly behoove Catholics to read:<br /><br />http://www.ewtn.com/library/NEWAGE/BEGONESA.htm (Iowa)<br /><br />http://www.tldm.org/news4/WarningsFromBeyond.1of3.htm (Switzerland)<br /><br />As to this movie, Sister (hi, sister!) wrote about it: <br /><br />"Is this a film about faith? Yes, but not just religious/theological faith. It’s also about human faith in our fellows, in ourselves, and in where “life” leads us."<br /><br />Sister, what you describe is the pablum of gnosticism and humanism: that's what hollywood considers faith, even when it (hollywood) makes its best attempt, e.g. this movie, at pondering True faith, which is sinful man can achieve nothing through faith in self, in fellow sinners, in "fate"/"life"; sinful man is rescued, without merit, by the grace of the Trinity.Bradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-36717466790176419722011-01-26T12:29:23.107-06:002011-01-26T12:29:23.107-06:00Notes from another Catholic geek:
1) Ordained migh...Notes from another Catholic geek:<br />1) Ordained might have been too much for a secular audience to understand; the word vow is used often as a alternative to committment.<br />2)The 'priest' was certainly on the path maybe it was used more in sarcasm than the reality?<br />3)Maybe a priest would be sent there to learn not necessarily to become an exorcist, but more like being sent to a monastery as a learning experience?<br />4)You have to give the screenwriters some leeway when writing a script its a tiring time and things can slip through the cracks or get added because it looked good on paper and afterall they wanted to finish the darn movie! :-)<br />Blessings<br />Tapestry<br />ps will pass this on to others that weren't sure if this was a good movie to see or not!Taphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159006109175472513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-4864835036057931892011-01-25T17:16:14.038-06:002011-01-25T17:16:14.038-06:00Read the transcript of the exorcism in 1928 titled...Read the transcript of the exorcism in 1928 titled "Warnings From Beyond"<br /><br />Then see the movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-58046401938738319632011-01-25T10:09:27.880-06:002011-01-25T10:09:27.880-06:00The trailer is way more scary, intense and suspens...The trailer is way more scary, intense and suspenseful than the movie! It MADE me want to see the movie! (Along with the good dialogue bits.)Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-69885891412413314962011-01-25T06:47:54.419-06:002011-01-25T06:47:54.419-06:00Thank you sister for your review. I thought the p...Thank you sister for your review. I thought the previews seemed too sensational so I wasn't going to watch the film but after reading your review I think I might just go ahead and watch it anyway.Badger Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389147035157025445noreply@blogger.com