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<blockquote data-quote="LMLDallas78" data-source="post: 394085" data-attributes="member: 55682">I watched The first Omen last night and being such a huge fan of the previous Omens I was so excited. I didn&#039;t realise it was a prequel, as soon as I saw the title I booked my seat.I really wanted to like this film but I struggled to. It was a long drawn out film with not much happening, just for the last 10 mins to be anything that gave me nervous butterfly&#039;s.Omen 1 and 2 were done so well for their time, this is not done well for it&#039;s time. It doesn&#039;t appear authentic for so say being 1971.Trainee Nun (I won&#039;t spoil) is sent to a &quot;bad church&quot; to take the veil&nbsp; where the other nuns smoke, play on the trampoline and turn a blind eye to abuse and torture. The idea sounds strong but it&#039;s not played out so.I don&#039;t get why modern films have to portray the devil as a beast. So much better when it&#039;s a &quot;use your imagination&quot; force. This film was so slow and I didn&#039;t want anything fast paced but it needed something. At times the whole audience would laugh at something which was meant to add tension and terror. I didn&#039;t want to laugh but it certainly didn&#039;t add what it was meant to. Omen wasn&#039;t like this.Good enough cast although I want to giggle when I see Bill Nighy in a serious role because I know how funny he can be, but that&#039;s not his fault.I feel this film did the originals such a disservice. I&#039;m so disappointed. Just my opinion of course. Maybe my expectations were just too great. I would love to know what other people&#039;s opinions are.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LMLDallas78, post: 394085, member: 55682"] I watched The first Omen last night and being such a huge fan of the previous Omens I was so excited. I didn't realise it was a prequel, as soon as I saw the title I booked my seat. I really wanted to like this film but I struggled to. It was a long drawn out film with not much happening, just for the last 10 mins to be anything that gave me nervous butterfly's. Omen 1 and 2 were done so well for their time, this is not done well for it's time. It doesn't appear authentic for so say being 1971. Trainee Nun (I won't spoil) is sent to a "bad church" to take the veil where the other nuns smoke, play on the trampoline and turn a blind eye to abuse and torture. The idea sounds strong but it's not played out so. I don't get why modern films have to portray the devil as a beast. So much better when it's a "use your imagination" force. This film was so slow and I didn't want anything fast paced but it needed something. At times the whole audience would laugh at something which was meant to add tension and terror. I didn't want to laugh but it certainly didn't add what it was meant to. Omen wasn't like this. Good enough cast although I want to giggle when I see Bill Nighy in a serious role because I know how funny he can be, but that's not his fault. I feel this film did the originals such a disservice. I'm so disappointed. Just my opinion of course. Maybe my expectations were just too great. I would love to know what other people's opinions are. [/QUOTE]

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