tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post179480653736613750..comments2023-03-31T06:55:42.398-07:00Comments on Dinner With Max Jenke: Review: The Last ExorcismJeff Allardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-33454056783756157322010-09-02T19:23:35.271-07:002010-09-02T19:23:35.271-07:00Thanks, Knob - glad I could pique your interest on...Thanks, Knob - glad I could pique your interest on this one. Even though my review was leaning towards the negative, I do think it's worth a look. If nothing else, it's one of the best-acted genre movies I've seen lately. Hope you enjoy it when it come to DVD!Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-46945243217323296382010-09-02T17:58:56.940-07:002010-09-02T17:58:56.940-07:00Once again your writeup of a movie I had no intere...Once again your writeup of a movie I had no interest in now has me wanting to see it. <br />I realize you weren't full on endorsing it but some of the stuff you mention intrigues me and lets me know it's not what I thought it was. <br /><br />I'll still wait for home viewing though.Timmy Crabcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737954661234574830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-53205704478383656682010-08-30T19:35:46.945-07:002010-08-30T19:35:46.945-07:00Well, usually found footage films are about giving...Well, usually found footage films are about giving a sense of rawness but the footage here is so professionally shot - which makes sense because it is supposed to be shot by pros - that it might as well be a 'real' movie. It's well-shot, well-lit, the camera is generally steady, there's even a music score over it. <br /><br />I think that the movie still could've been about Cotton being filmed as the subject of a documentary but just not have that be the format of the film itself - maybe just cutting to that footage occasionally for dramatic effect would've worked better. Who knows?Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-41703944977041248762010-08-30T18:34:43.026-07:002010-08-30T18:34:43.026-07:00Wow, I think part of what I wrote didn't make ...Wow, I think part of what I wrote didn't make sense. I'm going to chalk it up to being a Monday :)<br /><br />I guess what I was trying to say was that the found footage schtick worked more towards building a more honest, 'real' story line rather than a straight narrative. You felt like you were watching real people, with real concerns, reacting to real situations. Despite some of the gaps in logic, I don't see how the film would have worked any other way. But that's just me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-5920169186315216312010-08-30T13:11:46.941-07:002010-08-30T13:11:46.941-07:00Yeah, you're dead on with the barn scene gaffe...Yeah, you're dead on with the barn scene gaffe. But would a straight narrative worked as well? The thing I like about found footage films is the sense of realism it immediately provides. Regarding the end and the actual 'finding' of the footage, the camera man got taken out. I guess one would surmise that the son forgot to take out the video evidence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-21485325058771864192010-08-30T12:11:23.702-07:002010-08-30T12:11:23.702-07:00Sarah, I think this movie will play better at home...Sarah, I think this movie will play better at home. It's definitely worth a look, just not worth paying top dollar for. <br /><br />PoT, I did really like the basic story and as I said in the review, I'm even down with the ending. My biggest problem is that the documentary approach was a big mistake. Had they filmed it in a straight narrative style, they could've punched up the atmosphere, the scares, and the movie wouldn't be suffering from the same gaffes in logic. It's a good story - I just think they should've gone about telling it in a different way.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-5630529855870334552010-08-30T09:34:23.343-07:002010-08-30T09:34:23.343-07:00Wow, I didn't think your review would wildly v...Wow, I didn't think your review would wildly vary from mine. Goes to show you just how subjective horror is :)<br /><br />I thought this film was terrifying and a couple of scenes in particular (the baby doll crying or was it really her? and the multiple voices and perching atop of the armoire) really got to me.<br /><br />Overall, I thought there were some modern religious parallels that could be drawn. And to me, at the end, it painted a pretty bleak picture. It also made the film that much more terrifying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-16762262855121548862010-08-30T08:42:04.374-07:002010-08-30T08:42:04.374-07:00Now I feel okay about waiting for this on DVD or N...Now I feel okay about waiting for this on DVD or Netflix Autoplay. I really did not want to break my months-long rule of "no found footage horror" for this movie. I think the only reason I have a slight interest in it at all is the Southerness of it. <br /><br />Cotton would be an interesting name for a film if it were a film about Cotton Mather. Why hasn't that been done yet?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045762845324520838noreply@blogger.com