#I'm just saying maybe in the exorcist 'the power of christ compells you' is uhhhhhh not actually compelling the demon at all

[andthebeanstalk]

Anytime a demon shows up in a movie, it's always "oh no! get a priest! get holy water! get some crosses!"

and never "hey guys what makes us think that the Catholic Church as an institution is prepared to fight evil? Particularly when it relies upon the existence of perceived evil in order to maintain its power??"

Or "Hey, why does every story about magic and the Catholic Church also tend to canonically validate Christianity as the one true religion??"

And Wendall & Wild is like, "don't worry, y'all. We got you covered."

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Anyway, this is yet another reason I love the portrayal of the Church in this movie. This is the most thematically coherent animated American film I've seen in a thousand years.

#i mentioned this in the tags of my other post and was like fuck it that's its own post #wendall and wild #wendall & wild #father level bests #james hong #was fantastic as this character #original #i was just gonna say animated film and not animated American film but then i remembered i watched miyazaki like two days ago #so much thematic garbage being pumped out by disney and other mega corps #but mr. peele always fuckin comes thru on thematic cohesion #his art always has something awesome to say and says it so GOOD #horror movies have shit theming just dog shit. but not his. not his. #I'm just saying maybe in the exorcist 'the power of christ compells you' is uhhhhhh not actually compelling the demon at all #why else would they have to scream it literally like 50 times?? like y'all christ isn't compelling shit go get a rabbi or something #get some Buddhists and Taoists and give them a shot this demon CLEARLY has NO ISSUE with crosses #actually now that i think of it that may be the exact reason those priests have such a bad time in that film #picture an ancient Mesopotamian demon from like 1000 BC and these two dudes are like JESUS COMPELLS YOU #and u r just like who the fuck? #i mean oh noOooOoooooo no hiiiimmm!!! #[projectile vomits battery acid for fun]