I thought I would never see a movie that was such a waste of time and attention as Step Up 3D, but little did I know that they were going to release The Last Exorcism. First off, right off the bat let me let it be known that you should save your money and the 87 minutes of your life that I have wasted and can never get back. It is such a horrible waste of time and all that if I can stop one person from going to see this movie then I have done a good service to the world.
The Last Exorcism (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320244/): Basic idea, a young preacher decides to give up exorcisms and lets a documentary crew follow him on his last exorcism so that he can try to debunk the whole 'scam' that he feels exorcisms really are. Not really much else to that description since that is only what it is. The acting is pretty basic and about the only one in the movie that does show some serious freaky acting would be the girl that is 'possessed' and even that is sketchy. The full capacity of her acting in this movie is giving totally blank and empty expressions at the camera one second and then in a blink of an eye lunge at the camera and attack. I have seen this same blank look and empty expression on many a young kid sitting on the bus or at the mall so not really a HUGE stretch for acting ability required there since she is born in '86. The only horror that exists in this movie is similiar to the jumping fright that you get when you are walking down a hallway and a little 7 year old (or your significant other who has the maturity of a 7 year old) jumps out at you from the dark doorway screaming "YAAAHHHH!". My reaction in this movie was the same as that. I jump, I gasp, I get my breath and laugh at the stupidity of it and then it is gone. Not like the terror and fear that you feel from a really great horror movie where you jump, you gasp and you try desperately to get your breath back and when you get home you sleep with the lights on for weeks or check your shower/car for strangers/monsters cause the thought of that movie still lingers in your mind.
It is also shot in the format of a documentary. You have the preacher and then the boom lady/interviewer who you see quite often and then there is the camera man that you don't see at all, though you hear his voice. While it doesn't have the same jerky seasickness feel that the Blair Witch Project had it is more in the feel of The Fourth Kind.
So, not really much else to say about this movie except do NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT go and see it. If you feel that you must go and see it then I highly suggest that you wait till it is on video and one of your friends buys it and you get it for free from them OR you wait till the library in your area gets it and you borrow it for free. I saw it on a $7.99 night and I feel I was robbed of the whole amount. It isn't even worth a $2.00 movie night cheap seats. If you have to pay a penny for this movie you are being robbed of your good hard earned cash. It is bad enough that you are being robbed of 87 minutes of your life, don't add insult to injury and lose cash to this movie.
Did I happen to mention that I thought this movie was horrible?
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