The Exorcist is my favorite movie of all time, so of course I was skeptical about this one, so I didn't even bother going to see it. I just rented it today and now I'm wondering why so many people didn't like it. It wad much better than I'd heard. Maybe in time it will be viewed differently. It had a lot to live up to and I think maybe people put too much anticipation into it, expecting something more. I really liked it.