The Exorcist: Believer | 2023 Movies RANKED - Episode 45

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast#theexorcist #theexorcistbeliever #exorcist #exorcistbelieverFollow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list.Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List:1. Oppenheimer2. Beau Is Afraid3. Infinity Pool4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 35. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One7. John Wick: Chapter 48. Tetris9. Gran Turismo10. Air11. Creed III12. Sound of Freedom13. A Haunting In Venice14. The Creator15. The Flash16. Fast X17. Asteroid City18. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse19. Shazam! Fury of the Gods20. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves21. M3GAN22. missing23. The Machine24. Barbie25. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny26. Scream VI27. The Super Mario Bros. Movie28. Dumb Money29. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania30. Renfield31. The Equalizer 332. Blue Beetle33. Evil Dead Rise34. The Pope’s Exorcist35. Magic Mike’s Last Dance36. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts37. Knock at the Cabin38. Insidious: The Red Door39. The Nun II40. The Last Voyage of the Demeter41. Plane42. Haunted Mansion43. Cocaine Bear44. Knights of the ZodiacThe Exorcist: Believer ups the exorcism ante by giving us not one possessed little girl, but TWO possessed little girls. It follows the original Exorcist film’s true to life approach, honing in on the human drama of the characters and using this knowledge to heighten the intensity of the exorcism scenes. But does it go far enough? Not quite. Like Creed III, the final fight feels just a beat short of truly earning its payoff.And that payoff was designed to come down to a simple choice that the odd team of exorcist superfriends (a witch doctor, a catholic priest, a baptist minister, the parents, etc) were forced to make, only that choice was written as to be stacked in the favor of one of the girls over the other, thereby weakening the emotional significance and intended tragedy of the climax.So just like The Creator, the movie is very effective and creepy up until the third act where it comes off as rushed and contrived, and therefore doesn’t hold a votive candle to its predecessors. Speaking of which, they brought back the original characters and for some stupid reason did absolutely nothing with them.Support the show by using these affiliate links:GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWPIf you enjoy our work,here's our crypto tip jar:BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooeOur individual channels:Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHackerMcCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423