On Labor Day, I went to see Exorcist: The Beginning. I guess that makes it the last of the summer movies. I had low expectations, but it turned out better than expected. Certainly much better than the sequel that came out a few years after the original. The sequel was not only incomprensible, but even worse it was boring. In The Beginning, the priest, who was the older priest in the Exorcist, has his first contact with the evil demon or demons. He has lost his faith during the brutality of World War II and no longer believes. After confronting the demon, his faith is restored in the power of God. The special effects were kind of cheesy, but the plot was at least much clearer than in the sequel. I particularly liked the performance of the Priest as he goes from someone who is embarrassed by his earlier devotion to God, into someone who feels the presence of God and is strengthened by it. In todays world it is very easy to lose ones faith. At times, it seems like God is very distant. But when that happens, it is good to realize that God hasn't really moved, we have. I just wish that more films displayed priests as role models, rather than the Dirty Harry, Rambo, and Kill Bill types. Killing everyone in site is not the solution.