THE POPE'S EXORCIST is Boring | Movie and 'True Story' Explained

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  • @AmandaTheJedi
    @AmandaTheJedi  Pƙed rokem +47

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    • @bunnyblackwell6107
      @bunnyblackwell6107 Pƙed rokem

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    • @bubblycider
      @bubblycider Pƙed rokem +2

      As an Italian, his accent is horrible, he isn’t even trying
 but ok

    • @andrabook8758
      @andrabook8758 Pƙed rokem

      i love you're version of it with the church memeber's posession. that would indeed be new at least.

    • @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494
      @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 Pƙed rokem

      @@bubblycider Yeah... I'm not Italian, but it sounded pretty stagey to me. And having heard a number of actual Italians speaking Italian, I didn't think it sounded too authentic when he was speaking the language either.
      Sad thing is, I think this IS him trying 😕

    • @josephi9629
      @josephi9629 Pƙed rokem

      You're really touched by the pig huh? I take it you don't eat pork.

  • @Canadian_Alygator
    @Canadian_Alygator Pƙed rokem +1739

    Just the fact they used dragon age inquisitions symbol and not the actual spanish inquisition one makes me lmfao so hard

  • @Ashbrash1998
    @Ashbrash1998 Pƙed rokem +990

    Give me a exorcist story where we find out that the "possessed" person was never holding a demon but was used as a distraction. Because the real demon was possessing the normal appearing helpful person the whole time, using the whole situation to cause more pain and etc.

    • @antrmar1
      @antrmar1 Pƙed rokem +92

      That's what happened in The Seventh Day. The exorcist priest was actually possessed by a demon, and used his position as an exorcist teacher to possess multiple priests he was training with other demons.

    • @Ganymedia9
      @Ganymedia9 Pƙed rokem +22

      ​@@antrmar1 oo, thanks for the movie rec!

    • @Ashbrash1998
      @Ashbrash1998 Pƙed rokem +2

      ​@@antrmar1is it good?

    • @SilverMoon459
      @SilverMoon459 Pƙed rokem +26

      ​@@Ashbrash1998 It got 4.5 out of 10 on IMDb and 17% audiance score on rotten tomatoes so probably not

    • @MinorKey135
      @MinorKey135 Pƙed rokem +7

      There’s a good Doctor Who episode with a similar premise

  • @katharineeavan9705
    @katharineeavan9705 Pƙed rokem +469

    this whole movie is like "the worst horrors the church has committed were actually demons, trust me bro. honestly anything bad was probably the demons, of which there are definitely some" and yet the church didn't like it?
    i wasn't really expecting a retcon of the spanish inquisition when i started watching this. but you know what they about expectations and the spanish inquisition

    • @maybeyourbaby6486
      @maybeyourbaby6486 Pƙed rokem

      At least they answered the question of why we should even fear the demon possessing members of the church when the church is doing bad enough without them lmao
      Yes, everything bad the catholic church has ever done was clearly just because of demon possession. Except sexually assaulting children and then covering it up apparently, but that's only worth mentioning because it traumatizes the abusive priests and gives the demons stronger arguments, right?
      fucking yikes -_-

    • @alyzu4755
      @alyzu4755 Pƙed rokem +4

      đŸ˜‚đŸ˜‚đŸ€Ł

    • @jennacreighton8432
      @jennacreighton8432 Pƙed rokem +2

      I mean, if this makes it look like the Church is claiming every wrongdoing was because of demons, that makes the Church look like bigger jerks. So it makes sense they wouldn’t like it.

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot Pƙed rokem +764

    If you seen one Exorcist movie you seen them all. Arguing with Beelzebub and twisting women up into pretzel like shapes.

    • @shellsilvers
      @shellsilvers Pƙed rokem +32

      The Angel episode about exorcising a demon tho

    • @AmandaTheJedi
      @AmandaTheJedi  Pƙed rokem +162

      Some at least work to keep things interesting, this felt like it had a trope checklist

    • @katharineeavan9705
      @katharineeavan9705 Pƙed rokem +8

      @@shellsilvers came here to say exactly that. the only time i've really seen anything original done with it

    • @salyx
      @salyx Pƙed rokem +5

      @@shellsilvers yes, that is one of my favorites!

    • @linasayshush
      @linasayshush Pƙed rokem

      The only recent-ish one worth watching is The Rite. Actually extremely realistic as to how the Church does things.

  • @greghenrikson952
    @greghenrikson952 Pƙed rokem +366

    Why do they always call a Catholic exorcist? I want "Sven Johnson--Lutheran Exorcist." He'd use passive-aggressive techniques mastered over years. Like serving endless hot dish and refusing to allow the demon to leave. Talking about recalking the tub. Long awkward silences. Horrifically out-of-tune gospel songs.

    • @vesperfromtheinternet5588
      @vesperfromtheinternet5588 Pƙed rokem

      get their asses omfg

    • @nbucwa6621
      @nbucwa6621 Pƙed rokem +26

      Please! I would watch the hell out of that! 😂😂😂😂

    • @onbearfeet
      @onbearfeet Pƙed rokem +34

      As someone who's met multiple self-proclaimed Protestant exorcists, only one of whom was even slightly convincing, I need this in my life.

    • @tamold3084
      @tamold3084 Pƙed rokem +10

      Sven Johnson brother of Gus Johnson??

    • @greghenrikson952
      @greghenrikson952 Pƙed rokem +25

      @@tamold3084 Oh you know Gus? Yeah that's his cousin over there. He had to get his mower exorcised some years back. It kept bleeding all over and speaking Latin. Craftsman, so that'll happen sometimes with those.

  • @Sailorella
    @Sailorella Pƙed rokem +330

    The Seal of the Spanish Inquisition thing made me laugh so hard. Because that is straight up the just Inquisition symbol from Dragon Age Inquisition

    • @Grim_Sister
      @Grim_Sister Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +8

      To quote Varric Tethras:
      “Well, Shit.”

  • @waywardscythe3358
    @waywardscythe3358 Pƙed rokem +304

    "pope connected to the psychic priest network" wasn't on my bingo card.

    • @brandoncolon1160
      @brandoncolon1160 Pƙed rokem +2

      Oh no it is its on the backside that or just use the free space in the middle

    • @BRBonGiediPrime
      @BRBonGiediPrime Pƙed rokem +3

      Oh yeah, they've got like a phone tree system.

  • @seraphimstarlightt
    @seraphimstarlightt Pƙed rokem +87

    16:25 IT'S NOT EVEN THE SIGN OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION IT'S THE SIGN OF THE INQUISITION FROM DRAGON AGE LMAOOOOOOOOOO

  • @josemaria8177
    @josemaria8177 Pƙed rokem +198

    If a horror film has "based on a true story" as it's tagline then you can be sure it's full of bs. Hell, The Exorcist is a more faithfull adaptation of reality than half of this tripe

  • @ribbonquest
    @ribbonquest Pƙed rokem +271

    The secret demon name is Amadeus?! So I guess exorcists should just run through the most obvious demon names first. Can be finished and home in time for evening prayers.

    • @afckingegg7585
      @afckingegg7585 Pƙed rokem +68

      Right? They could have just played that tiktok sound from a couple months ago that people were putting pictures of their cats over "Asmodeus...Satanus...Lucifer!"

    • @keystohellanddeath
      @keystohellanddeath Pƙed rokem +54

      For once I'd like these exorcist movies to pick a sleeper. I loved how Hereditary didn't pick Asmodeus, Beelzebub, or Satan, and instead picked King Paimon. I imagine Asmodeus and friends are pretty busy, they can't be responsible for every possession. Give me Malphas or something.

    • @strawberryfox8819
      @strawberryfox8819 Pƙed rokem +21

      ​@@keystohellanddeath imagine when they actually possess someone, it's cause they're on vacation from commanding all those hellish legions and such.

    • @hallamhal
      @hallamhal Pƙed rokem +19

      You mean Asmodeus - Amadeus means 'loved by god'

    • @ribbonquest
      @ribbonquest Pƙed rokem +27

      @@hallamhal Now I want a parody demon movie where the fluffy love demon is summoned due to typo/spelling/autocorrect.

  • @anerindreams92
    @anerindreams92 Pƙed rokem +99

    That seal is not the Spanish Inquisition's. It is the seal of Dragon Age Inquisition, the video game.

  • @SoaringLettuce
    @SoaringLettuce Pƙed rokem +70

    You're a better person than me, i would have written the tie in to the sponsor something like "Jesus wouldn't have gotten his feet wet if he used Vessi shoes!"

  • @Claudia000
    @Claudia000 Pƙed rokem +164

    The line "Satan has infiltrated the church" is probably code for: the italian mob, Cosa Nostra, has infiltrated ranks by making sure clergy they control are being promoted. Some controlled by blackmail, some by means Cosa Nostra could pay. (Edited due to failing the Italian language)

    • @gipsiusy
      @gipsiusy Pƙed rokem +18

      It's "Cosa Nostra" without "la". I don't want to be an ass, I swear, but it's its proper name so it doesn't need a determinative article. Is like saying "The Amanda" in casual conversation instead of just "Amanda"

    • @WhosBean
      @WhosBean Pƙed rokem +8

      I know people like him and I promise you they 100% mean the literal devil has infiltrated the Vatican.

    • @Claudia000
      @Claudia000 Pƙed rokem +10

      @gipsiusy thank you! That was embarrassing, but I really appreciate you took the time to tell me so I don't look so dumb 😅

    • @gipsiusy
      @gipsiusy Pƙed rokem +8

      @@Claudia000 nah, you're totally fine!! Don't be embarrassed!

    • @maybeyourbaby6486
      @maybeyourbaby6486 Pƙed rokem +7

      I would honestly be more interested in watching a blockbuster thriller about the italian mob infiltrating the church than whatever this is lol

  • @jennawhite1277
    @jennawhite1277 Pƙed rokem +79

    Gotta say the redacted documents don’t surprise me, covering up evil is pretty much the main goal of the Catholics at this point

  • @BH-2023
    @BH-2023 Pƙed rokem +170

    Fun Fact: A vast majority of bona fide 'demonic possessions' needing an exorcist are either cases of severe Schizophrenia or Possession-Form Dissociative Identity Disorder

    • @antonellamR2D2
      @antonellamR2D2 Pƙed rokem +10

      "Fun"

    • @otter.mayhem
      @otter.mayhem Pƙed rokem +48

      Also psychological manipulation in very high stress environments. I've seen it over and over and over in the evangelical circles I was raised in. Take someone with trauma or chronic pain/illness and start telling them its because they're being "afflicted" or "persecuted" by the agents of hell. When your whole worldview hinges on eternal salvation or eternal damnation, being "afflicted " by hellish forces makes many people panic which results in things like heavy weeping, screaming, hyperventilating, becoming irrational, etc. It may not be speaking with the voices of Legion or climbing up walls, but it's what the run of the mill exorcism looks like in evangelical circles and its very disconcerting to see people pushed past their psychological and physical limits "for the glory of god"

    • @AnikMonette
      @AnikMonette Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

      That's why I'm not in love with Exorc!st movies. I have a really hard time suspending my beliefs at what, in real life, would be the totur!ng of a normal person with mental illness.

  • @Cyphynte
    @Cyphynte Pƙed rokem +145

    I'm actually going to lose it at the Dragon Age: Inquisition symbol being used instead of the Spanish Inquisition symbol. Was it intentional??? Was there some inside joke that maybe Amanda didn't get, or did they genuinely mix it up??? Someone please tell me, I need to know

    • @GTSN38
      @GTSN38 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      Who cares ? I'm glad you noticed, that's a fun fact, but does it make a difference ?

    • @Cyphynte
      @Cyphynte Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +3

      ​@@GTSN38I care because it's funny lol, you don't have to. Or have to reply to my comment đŸ€·Not forcing you to care, it's a silly comment on a video about a stupid movie pfft

  • @AmandaTheJedi
    @AmandaTheJedi  Pƙed rokem +54

    Basically what I'm saying is watch TALK TO ME when you can

  • @janemorriss4548
    @janemorriss4548 Pƙed rokem +113

    the kid did a really good job, it must have been so fun to swear and be so gross

  • @megamoviez
    @megamoviez Pƙed rokem +89

    We are living in a goofy era of Russell Crowe between this and Unhinged but I’m here for it honestly

    • @lizk2378
      @lizk2378 Pƙed rokem +8

      Oh how we have forgotten Noah. That's almost 10 years old, and I feel like it's more off the wall than this (and also religious retconning lol). Weird niche for him, but something something nickel, I would have a dime.

  • @TitularHeroine
    @TitularHeroine Pƙed rokem +77

    The Pope suddenly knew Amorth was possessed because Snoke had formed a Force connection between them, and the Pope was about to hand off his lightsaber to Amorth through hyperspace.

    • @aeliatain2727
      @aeliatain2727 Pƙed rokem +1

      underrated comment, made me chuckle

    • @Grim_Sister
      @Grim_Sister Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +3

      But then Frodo threw the pope’s seal ring into the fires of Mordor

    • @TitularHeroine
      @TitularHeroine Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +2

      @@Grim_Sister Until Surtur the fire giant arose clutching the ring, Hell-bent on committing Ragnarok

  • @EnigmaHarper
    @EnigmaHarper Pƙed rokem +34

    I absolutely lost it when they mentioned the Spanish Inquisition, because I grew up on Monty Python.
    Because nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

    • @BooksandBuns
      @BooksandBuns Pƙed rokem +1

      Nobody expects the Dragon Age Inquisition either, at least not in a horror movie

  • @ravenofroses
    @ravenofroses Pƙed rokem +37

    tbh i would watch a pope's exorcist cinematic universe. it would be so stupid, but you also know they'd get into some wild shit eventually. like weird angel/alien hybrid shit, or just straight-up pulling things out of apocryphal texts and making them canon.

  • @IlyTheVampire
    @IlyTheVampire Pƙed rokem +149

    Hey Amanda, Italian here: Russell Crowe doesn't sound believably Italian at all. I mean, it's not the worst fake Italian I've ever heard (that episode of Happy Endings still makes me cringe), but you wouldn't mistake him for Italian. (Also, I only watched a snippet, but it's clear that whoever wrote the Italian dialogues isn't particularly familiar with spoken Italian. It sounds stiff and unnatural)
    (Edit: did I say Italian enough times?)

    • @kronk2.094
      @kronk2.094 Pƙed rokem +11

      Non sai che sollievo sia per me trovare, sotto al video di una delle mie youtubers preferite, un'italiana con cui piangere sull'ennesima volta che ci hanno TRUCIDATO la lingua... 😭

    • @IlyTheVampire
      @IlyTheVampire Pƙed rokem +7

      @@kronk2.094 Inserire meme di Spider-Man obbligatorio.
      PerĂČ davvero, dio mio. Non mi ricordo cosa stavo guardando qualche tempo fa, ma siccome avevo i sottotitoli in italiano, quando parlavano italiano non comparivano sottotitoli (perchĂ© fanculo quelli con problemi di processamento uditivo, suppongo). Il problema Ăš che gli attori l'Italia credo non l'avessero mai vista neanche in cartolina, e non capivo assolutamente nulla di quello che dicevano. Fun times.

    • @kronk2.094
      @kronk2.094 Pƙed rokem +4

      ​​​@@IlyTheVampire Figurati che io, qui, ci ho messo un po' di tempo, e svariati "Ma perchù ca**o non mi vanno i sottotitoli?!?!?", prima di capire che se non c'erano era perchù stessero parlando """italiano""". E allora, dentro di me, qualcosa si ù infranto per l'ennesima volta... 😱
      Se penso che Charlotte di Bly Manor si sia prestata a un film del genere... 💀

    • @IlyTheVampire
      @IlyTheVampire Pƙed rokem +4

      @@kronk2.094 Quando l'ho vista ho pensato "nooooooooo, non ti accontentare di niente di meno di Flanagan - ma soprattutto non questo, che stai facendo???"
      Comunque, mi hai fatto venire in mente quando ho visto Big Hero 6 e alla fine Ăš partita Immortal e ho pensato "Oh, hanno fatto fare ai Fall Out Boy una versione in giapponese della canzone, okay." ... Non so quanto ci ho messo a capire che era in italiano... Oooops

    • @AmandaTheJedi
      @AmandaTheJedi  Pƙed rokem +41

      oh man someone down below said it was shockingly good! thanks for the expertise

  • @user-nu5nv1yg5r
    @user-nu5nv1yg5r Pƙed rokem +51

    How cool WOULD it be, if MRIs could detect demonic possession. "Yep, there's a biggun right there!"
    We found the movie quite hilarious.

    • @jennymckenzie5304
      @jennymckenzie5304 Pƙed rokem +8

      Writing "Satan was here" on the sternum or something.
      "Ah these demons, they are so disrespectful, such graffiti..."

  • @AngryHomunculus
    @AngryHomunculus Pƙed rokem +39

    Yeah NGL I think I read the plot summary of this movie after watching Critical's video on it, and I had a problem with Asmodeus being the antagonist demon in this movie.
    Y'know how -King Solomon- you deal with Asmodeus -in the Ars Goetia- ? You put a rotten fish in the victim's bedroom, and because Asmodeus couldn't stand the smell, he just fucked off.
    This entire movie could have been solved by rotten fish!

    • @Grim_Sister
      @Grim_Sister Pƙed rokem +1

      Or just get a Star of David talisman.
      That’s the blanket cure for all demon problems in Judaism

    • @AngryHomunculus
      @AngryHomunculus Pƙed rokem

      @@Grim_Sister honestly didn't know that, despite it kinda obvious when you think about it. Thanks for the information.
      Islam has a Demon cure-all as well, called "Ayat Al-Kursi" (Verse of the Throne).
      Basically a couple of Wikipedia searches would have solved this movie

  • @thefriesofLockeLamora
    @thefriesofLockeLamora Pƙed rokem +38

    Just once I want to watch an exorcism movie where the possessed becomes friends with their demon and is trying to prevent the exorcism. But the demon is draining the life out of them and they need to be exorcised but like eddie and venom, the mc and their demon are basically a couple.

    • @Boggythefroggy
      @Boggythefroggy Pƙed rokem +3

      You might enjoy Blackcoat’s Daughter then, it’s a good slow burn with a different take on possession kinda like this.

    • @strawberryfox8819
      @strawberryfox8819 Pƙed rokem +5

      The Naruto way

    • @rafamopi
      @rafamopi Pƙed rokem

      @@Boggythefroggy i also though of that one

    • @lolatulip3609
      @lolatulip3609 Pƙed rokem +4

      Honestly, why create an agonizing exorcism movie we've all seen before when a possession is a great way to meet new people? I mean think of it, you can be in the comfort of your own home when you encounter them, the demon may help you to cook if you don't know how to since they've gotta keep you healthy, you could learn a whole new language with their aid, you'll get to be *very* flexible, and you can learn countless about ancient matters that the demon would know like the back of their hand. It has the potential to become something *beautiful!*

    • @maybeyourbaby6486
      @maybeyourbaby6486 Pƙed rokem +4

      I mean now that you mention it... Maybe Venom is just unironically the best exorcism movie out there lol

  • @keystohellanddeath
    @keystohellanddeath Pƙed rokem +47

    I think you could do some really cool stuff with Christian iconography and make some powerful horror with it. For example, that shot of Mary rising is super sick, but then it just devolves into something campy and dumb. For once, I would like to see an exorcism movie portray demons not as vulgar jerks, but as truly incomprehensible beings, and do the same for angels. Because if you think about it, if they existed, they would almost certainly be unfathomable to the human mind. People constantly meme about "Biblically accurate angels"-which I should clarify the wheel beings with a thousand eyes are not "angels" according to the Bible, they're something else (seraphim are not angels in the Bible, malakim are, which are men with wings)-but I think you could create a film that's truly haunting if you portrayed these things as nigh omnipotent, eldritch, entities.

    • @maybeyourbaby6486
      @maybeyourbaby6486 Pƙed rokem +4

      It's not quite what you're describing but have you listened to The Magnus Archives? It's not Christianity based but it has a few really interesting episodes that touch on it - I especially recommend episodes 19 and 20 "Confession" and "Desecrated Host".

    • @addisonb.1356
      @addisonb.1356 Pƙed rokem +3

      Your kinda right, Seraphim aren't angels but they angelic beings that are considered higher ups then angels according to Judaism

    • @lavernebennet7395
      @lavernebennet7395 Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci

      the term "Biblically accurate angels" is misleading as the Bible and the Tanakh (the "Hebrew Bible") describe them in several different ways including as Just Winged Guys.

  • @KassWinnie
    @KassWinnie Pƙed rokem +9

    Listen, I was raised in a very traditional catholic environment, and Father Amorth was like, this really hardcore figure for us, kind of a hero... seeing this video with my background makes it twice as funny

  • @NotDavDraws
    @NotDavDraws Pƙed rokem +25

    09:24 "It's always nice when they do that" was quite cute for a review of a movie involving exorcisms

  • @sgt.sweetcheeks
    @sgt.sweetcheeks Pƙed rokem +20

    "The popes exorcist cinematic universe" really got me just i had literally just paused the video and said "this sounds like if marvel movies were bankrolled the the catholic church instead of the us military"

    • @caithenry8429
      @caithenry8429 Pƙed rokem +1

      This is criminally underrated

    • @christianwise637
      @christianwise637 Pƙed rokem +3

      Wouldn't that basically just be the Conjuring cinematic universe (only somehow even worse)?

  • @st.anselmsfire3547
    @st.anselmsfire3547 Pƙed rokem +3

    I've been stationed on Guam. It's a beautiful tropical island in the western Pacific that's just modern enough to be convenient but just isolated enough that nobody messes with you. Being reassigned there is *not* punishment!

  • @hms21793
    @hms21793 Pƙed rokem +9

    I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition to come into play, but nobody does I guess

  • @samaccardi
    @samaccardi Pƙed rokem +7

    Fun fact, the symbol of the "Spanish Inquisition" from this movie was actually just yoinked from the internet, and it's actually the symbol of the Inquistion from Dragon Age.

  • @benzaiten933
    @benzaiten933 Pƙed rokem +194

    the fact that there apparently still are 'real' exorcists in 2023 is just sad.

    • @patrickbohn5235
      @patrickbohn5235 Pƙed rokem +26

      ​​@Blended Circuit to their credit the Catholics at least do fully believe in mental illness in the modern day and if something can be explained by that they wont perform an exorcism, theyll recommend psychiatric help. Are the people that receive exorcisms still having a psychiatric episode? Probably. But the church will at least try to acknowledge mundane answers before they turn to supernatural ones

    • @aliaab123
      @aliaab123 Pƙed rokem +2

      @@theashwoodfaerie I actually had a study unit about this and my lecturer was an exorcist mentored by the guy this movie is based on and he says that actual demonic possession is very rare and solemn exorcisms are a last resort. They go through every avenue before that, they consult physicians and psychiatrists and they try deliverance and less taxing methods because solemn exorcisms are very traumatizing.

    • @maikamikaela3144
      @maikamikaela3144 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

      If you're interested in modern exorcists, I recommend the podcast Oh No Ross and Carrie, specifically their episodes on Bob Larson (start with the episode "Ross and Carrie Get Some Exorcise: Teenage Exorcist Edition"). It's a very good investigative journalism podcast run by two ex-christians. The Bob Larson episodes go from ridiculous and funny to just downright horrifying. Bob Larson is an American exorcist who has been active for a very long time and he's honestly a total piece of shit. They attend a couple of his events and the shit he says and does is pretty bad. It's hard to believe that that kind of person is still out there making money off of vulnerable people

    • @maikamikaela3144
      @maikamikaela3144 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +2

      There are a couple people in the comments pointing out that modern exorcists always make sure to check for mental health issues first. While it might be true for some of them, it's also important to note that priests are not mental health experts. It also definitely does not apply to all exorcists. People like Bob Larson don't take those things into account which can become quite dangerous and lead people further into psychosis

  • @talismanskulls2857
    @talismanskulls2857 Pƙed rokem +30

    Most of it bored me, but yes, when the "titties" thing happened almost everyone busted out laughing. Including myself. Then everyone was cracking their own jokes at different scenes which was the first time I didn't hear anyone shhh someone at the theater.

  • @RnaWinchester
    @RnaWinchester Pƙed rokem +29

    I was honestly confused while watching the movie, but it did keep me laughing from start to finish 😂

  • @joannesuzieburlison7128
    @joannesuzieburlison7128 Pƙed rokem +7

    I wanted to tell you this before I forget, the scene with the possessed boy and the 'you used to feed me mommy' think reminded me so much of a SNL skit you will have probably not scene because you are young and I'm old. Anyway its got Richard Pryor as the younger priest trying to push the devil out of Regan. At some point she says 'your momma eats kitty litter in hell' and that's a classic line. Followed up by 'dont you be talking about my momma'. Anyway I would put a link but I'm not sure that's allowed, track it down and watch it, you'll be amazed by the resemblance. Also Thanks! This was a great episode or show.

    • @lavernebennet7395
      @lavernebennet7395 Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci

      hah, reminds me of the German Club Nintendo comic where Wario summons demons (those comics were weird) and when one of them possesses Princess Peach she says "your mother cleans the bathrooms in Hell"

  • @Jasmin-rb2ob
    @Jasmin-rb2ob Pƙed rokem +8

    Edward Cullen covering up the tittie grab ended me, I almost spitt out my drink 😂

  • @WhosBean
    @WhosBean Pƙed rokem +19

    In the next movie the Pope should use Cerebro to track down all the priests.

    • @TitularHeroine
      @TitularHeroine Pƙed rokem +1

      😂😂

    • @wandauriel
      @wandauriel Pƙed rokem +2

      I love comments like this one 😂👌 this and every mention of the the Force

  • @Carpetf
    @Carpetf Pƙed rokem +12

    i enjoyed the film a lot more than you did - once we had Russell Crowe doing that accent and riding around on his little Vespa i knew i shouldn't be taking it too seriously. plus Ralph Ineson as the voice of the demon!
    oh and 'the books are good ' was a callback to something Amorth had said a few times earlier in the film

    • @AmandaTheJedi
      @AmandaTheJedi  Pƙed rokem +5

      Russell is absolutely a highlight and the main point of enjoyment for the movie. it really is just the sequence of events that feel bland to me

  • @FranNyan
    @FranNyan Pƙed rokem +5

    "We don't have any income!" / Moves to a new country (which is insanely expensive) instead of just getting a job/selling the place via a brokerage. Perfect logic, no notes. /s

  • @ingridlia8908
    @ingridlia8908 Pƙed rokem +4

    I really like that this implies that there’s some like hive mind aspect to the catholic church. Like one guy gets possessed and they’re all like “a disturbance in the force!”

  • @feathersflight
    @feathersflight Pƙed rokem +24

    I don't remember the last time you've been so *mad* about a movie. Absolutely fabulous.

  • @crushedparkinglotcandy
    @crushedparkinglotcandy Pƙed rokem +5

    I think part of the problem is that nobody told Russell Crowe that they spent the entire budget on him.
    One of the few flicks with a bad movie but neat ending

  • @lapqtp
    @lapqtp Pƙed rokem +3

    13:23 "My nightmare is France winning the World Cup"...that makes two of us.
    Greetings from Argentina ⭐⭐⭐

  • @Jhayzer021
    @Jhayzer021 Pƙed rokem +6

    This movie is trying to be like John Constantine and Van Helsing but not great and fun like those films.

  • @helenasscents
    @helenasscents Pƙed rokem +2

    Let's add another layer of fun: Russel Crow actually sounds like an american trying to speak italian and in particular, he sounds like Kevin Costner in a 90s italian tv commercial (for a shoe brand) that is still mocked to this day because of Kevin's super strong american accent

  • @insipidwallflower565
    @insipidwallflower565 Pƙed rokem +14

    Love your videos! It would be awesome if you covered Lockwood and co. It’s a critically acclaimed teen supernatural series that was just cancelled by Netflix. However the show has tremendous support behind it and the fans are trying to get a new streaming service to pick it up. The cinematography and acting is fantastic, and the writing is just as good. Would love to hear your take on it, especially now that Netflix is axing a lot of their sci fi shows, I think it would be interesting to hear your take on whether that’s been good decision making on their part or not

  • @TYCOM125
    @TYCOM125 Pƙed rokem +1

    "Chill Babycake"
    -- Zeus, Thor: Love and Thunder
    I had fun with him at least.

  • @wandauriel
    @wandauriel Pƙed rokem +7

    The funniest thing in this movie still remains that "Spanish Inquisition" symbol 😂 Dragon Age Inquisition! I love how many comments are about this ❀

  • @JPFalcononor
    @JPFalcononor Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +1

    The kid playing Henry would make a perfect Gollum..yup, that is all I thought during all of his scenes.

  • @Primalintent
    @Primalintent Pƙed rokem +5

    For the record, Catholicism does NOT believe that demons can meat puppet your dead body, or control you when you are sedated. But that's also because their demon lore is incredibly inconsistent, partly because they believe learning too much about demons will corrupt you, so it's better to be ignorant of how they work and just rely on God and being holy.
    Catholic Demonology is boring as shit and you shouldn't use it as a basis for a film. Use Occult Demonology and Medieval Demonology, it is more interesting. But also never cite Supernatural as a guide to any mythology ever please.

  • @TheRoguePenguin
    @TheRoguePenguin Pƙed rokem +6

    Father Amorth, loading a double barell shotgun: "Let's go...to Hell."
    *cue the Doom soundtrack*

  • @Mr_Starkitty
    @Mr_Starkitty Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    “Puking up a cardinal” is a sentence I never thought I’d hear
like ever

  • @Jopeth23
    @Jopeth23 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

    What made me laugh out loud was during the final showdown with Asmodeus, Amorth and Tomas were side-by-side chanting the exorcism prayer together. It's such a Dragonball Z moment, like exorcist Goku and Gohan doing a combined spiritual kamehameha against the devil, lol.

  • @PKAmedia
    @PKAmedia Pƙed rokem +2

    "Were just a regular old family who inherited a haunted New York downtown sky scraper with an abandoned asylum in the basement and an abandoned nunnery on the top floor, so me and my family are just going to live there while I do some renovations, maybe put in a nice front door, see If I can find a nice welcome mat, I don't know. What no, it's fine my children are only a little possessed.
    Anyway got to go, been randomly hearing some weird choir of children singing from the morgue on the third floor, as soon as the power goes out again might go check it out. "

  • @jessielallier9483
    @jessielallier9483 Pƙed rokem

    Oh Amanda, you're always such a treat. I love the way you make fun of movies

  • @poem2myself
    @poem2myself Pƙed rokem +6

    MRI's can't detect demonic possession, except for the movie The Possession (2012) apparently!đŸ€ŁAlso, The Rite (2011) is probably the most realistic exorcism movie I've ever scene. Not that I've scene an exorcism before, but it wasn't as off the walls with the theatrics as other films which is why it's my fav exorcism movie.

    • @Boggythefroggy
      @Boggythefroggy Pƙed rokem

      The Rite is one of my favourite traditional sort of possession movie, some of the scenes are so dread inducing, I love ‘em.

  • @gustsword6588
    @gustsword6588 Pƙed rokem +2

    The posessed kid was looking a lot like Gollum and it's funny af

  • @Ineedgames
    @Ineedgames Pƙed rokem +2

    I just stuck with Evil Dead Rise.
    The only exorcism that truly works is a Chainsaw and Boomstick.

  • @JackieAC1
    @JackieAC1 Pƙed rokem +3

    Not the Bart Simpson choke 14:50! they can’t be serious lol

  • @animalperson999
    @animalperson999 Pƙed rokem

    This video has the most concentrated sarcasm and sass I've ever seen from Amanda, and i love every second

  • @nickricketts7229
    @nickricketts7229 Pƙed rokem +5

    I watch this movie on the big screen and my showing was exclusively old people who seemed to think it was a much different movie, I absolutely cracked up at the breastfeeding joke though, I was only the only one to laugh

  • @kathryngordon5115
    @kathryngordon5115 Pƙed rokem +14

    The guy beleived he was posessed and so he acted on that beleif {I mean obviously he was nuts - the entire thing was practically ripped right out of the exoricsit which he admited he had seen on tv - which might also explain the english.} By killing the pig he was able to make the guy beleive he wasn't possesed anymore - boom, "fixed". It actually makes sense sort of on a psycolgy level, and as far as sacraficng the animal porky was going to be bacon eventually anyway - two birds one pig.
    That said, I'm with you - i hated this movie.

  • @mei-chan1337
    @mei-chan1337 Pƙed rokem +3

    I just couldn't with the little boy when he was possessed. He looked so unthreatening, I just laughed every time he tried to be intimidating 😂

  • @kaistephens2694
    @kaistephens2694 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +1

    4:27 "Iiiii Am Legionnnn."
    No! It's "WE are Legion"! That's the goddamn point of Legion, that he's 30-something fused demons! They couldn't even get THAT right?!

  • @jasonhare8540
    @jasonhare8540 Pƙed rokem +2

    Every time I see the phrase based on a true story I assume that maybe the first or last name could be correct but the rest is going to be nonsense đŸ€Ł

  • @mafiacat88
    @mafiacat88 Pƙed rokem +6

    Honestly, while this sounds just...so dumb, I *am* genuinely interested in reading some of Amorth''s books.
    I'm very much not religious, but it's always fun reading things from wildly different viewpoints, and that kind of stuff CERTAINLY qualifies.
    Also yes to a exorcist cinematic universe. I want like 20 of these, fast and furious style. I want to see how stupid things get.

  • @nolanddean5680
    @nolanddean5680 Pƙed rokem +3

    Ah,
    So in this movie about the cathlic Church, the little boy se$ually harasses people.
    And the poor church was tricked into doing the spanish inquesition.
    ...
    Thats a cinematic choice.

  • @saanasalonen8684
    @saanasalonen8684 Pƙed rokem

    imma give you a like already in the beginning because that vessi commercial! hilarious and very relatable!

  • @justgeorgiaw
    @justgeorgiaw Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +1

    Yeah I gotta say when I walked into this movie I certainly was NOT expecting
. Spanish Inquisition apologism?!?!!?!? Truly wild stuff

  • @nathancrossen2224
    @nathancrossen2224 Pƙed rokem +1

    The Vatican thought about solving the problem right away but instead they chose to simply relocate the demon, assuming they would change their behavior and it would never happen again.

  • @Flagellawiggler
    @Flagellawiggler Pƙed rokem +2

    I feel like I really agree with you about it not mattering if the host body is just a corpse 
 because demons frequently seem to abuse their hosts in ways that would surely kill a mere non-possessed human. I mean, just take what has to be at least a top 3 favorite of turning ye olde head 180 degrees. Generally not a great move for the living. đŸ€·â€â™€ïž

  • @sajohnson09
    @sajohnson09 Pƙed rokem +4

    I had a weird relationship with this movie. Like I was looking for a recipe for pork chops and the ad that played for it was the trailer for this, I was so damn confused.

  • @aussiedragonz
    @aussiedragonz Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +1

    i'm late to the party, but i hope they make more, it was so stupid that i actually enjoyed it.

  • @snailwithatophat
    @snailwithatophat Pƙed rokem +2

    mount your vespas soldiers
    we ride at dawn

  • @DeniseDutton
    @DeniseDutton Pƙed rokem +6

    Maybe the real demons were the priests we made along the way?

  • @virgospirit9933
    @virgospirit9933 Pƙed rokem

    Hey Amanda!
    Just wanted to suggest that you should def do a video about White lotus season 1&2! I think it's perfect chaos show for your chanel and I would love to hear what you think about it.
    Love you and keep being yourself ❀

  • @charles_himmel
    @charles_himmel Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

    I'm like 4 months too late, but a guy in my church started watching this movie on a bus trip
    A Catholic guy
    I'm in tears, I feel so sorry for him

  • @danielled8665
    @danielled8665 Pƙed 28 dny

    Ive been seeing a lot of these soulless "checklist" movies lately. It was what was wrong with Wish, with Madam Web, with Eternals, etc. They just feel like a board room making a script based on a list of "successful movie features" and go along checking boxes with no passion or art.

  • @alipmh8088
    @alipmh8088 Pƙed rokem

    Wow, how well you speak, very expressive and fluent đŸ‘ŒđŸŒđŸ‘đŸ»đŸ‘đŸ»đŸŒș

  • @ConclusiveConfusion
    @ConclusiveConfusion Pƙed rokem +1

    ngl "I'll pray for Guam." made me chuckle.

  • @alwaysemployed656
    @alwaysemployed656 Pƙed rokem +2

    I don't see how they keep making these demonic possession movies thinking there's an audience for it. Yes, the original The Exorcist is a classic, but that film was kind of a one hit wonder. The concept of it all is laughable.

  • @ramonlrey99com
    @ramonlrey99com Pƙed rokem +3

    It wasn't dumb is more of a "been there done that" however Russel Crowe's character was really fun to watch.

    • @AmandaTheJedi
      @AmandaTheJedi  Pƙed rokem +2

      I think the premise around the family being there dumb, and the rest being too similar to every other exorcist movie - but yeah, really enjoyed Russell in this

  • @Awoosa
    @Awoosa Pƙed rokem +1

    Imagine being the prop designer, making Spanish inquisition for the wall design in a big(?) Hollywood movie, and then posting it to Twitter or something. And hours later bombarded with replies from people excited for a video game adaptation called Dragon Age that you never heard of and definitely isn't working on.

  • @sylviafrida819
    @sylviafrida819 Pƙed rokem +3

    My boyfriend tried to read the books. They're not good.

  • @ThisIsSwannie
    @ThisIsSwannie Pƙed rokem +3

    The thing that annoys me the most about the American family going to the dad's abbey in Spain is that in a Catholic country like Spain you can't inherit a (formerly) religious building, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. 😂 Setting the whole thing in England would have made more sense because at some point in the past the Anglican Church DID give such properties to certain civilians (noblemen, high ranking military people). But I guess then we wouldn't have the montage of Russell C arriving by motorbike 😂

    • @lavernebennet7395
      @lavernebennet7395 Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci

      I know in England (or maybe it was Wales? Somewhere in the UK) there's that church that got turned into a Tesco but it had some kind of partial historical building status that meant they had to keep some of the Churchy Stuff, so there's like, stained glass windows behind the checkout

  • @chirar910
    @chirar910 Pƙed rokem +1

    love his little Ferrari sticker on his scooter - good to know that the popes exorcist is a tifosi lol

  • @mitchellhouser1572
    @mitchellhouser1572 Pƙed rokem

    Great video! And that shirt looks wonderful on you!

  • @MetalCharlo
    @MetalCharlo Pƙed rokem +2

    Best thing to come out of this is the Wrestlemania match between Edge and Finn Balor

  • @JDotWill
    @JDotWill Pƙed rokem +1

    I’m so jealous you’re at Cannes! How do you get to go to all the festivals?!

  • @addisonb.1356
    @addisonb.1356 Pƙed rokem

    The last exorcism and the blackcoats daughter will always be my favorite exorcism/demon possession movies

  • @tmamone83
    @tmamone83 Pƙed rokem

    The Cult was a great band. "Oh, the heads that turn/ make my back burn/ and those that turn/ make my back, make my back burn."

  • @fleathan4572
    @fleathan4572 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    watching this in the cinema with some friends was one of my favourite experiences, whole crows was laughing

  • @marshalhammel5065
    @marshalhammel5065 Pƙed rokem +2

    This kinda seems like a horror movie made for a general audience instead of a horror movie for horror fans and enthusiasts. Like there's enough to maybe startle someone with little to no experience with horror content, but not enough creativity and bite for those with more experience with horror content. Generally speaking, exceptions are always a thing.

  • @nabilnasran8077
    @nabilnasran8077 Pƙed rokem +13

    It’s dumb, but it’s actually fun. 😂

    • @TarisLuna
      @TarisLuna Pƙed rokem

      That's the best kind of dumb.

  • @Tekkame
    @Tekkame Pƙed rokem

    The sudden and smooth transition into the sponsor plug slapped me

  • @drawbyyourselve
    @drawbyyourselve Pƙed rokem +2

    Youd think a MOVIE ABOUT CHRISTIANITY would know that an upside down cross is the holy symbol of the pope, as the first pope was crucified upside own, but who would read up about facts or stuff like that.

  • @thecactiu
    @thecactiu Pƙed rokem

    Anyone else think Crowe's "accent" reminiscent of Benicio del Toro as Freddie Four Fingers from Snatch