Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
From the exorcist to the movie Legion, as a moviegoer myself, I had always wondered whether these types of movies take away the spiritual essence of Abrahamic faiths. In my understanding of movies, it is surely about entertainment, an appeal to our senses to stimulate us in the drama of action, suspense and even sorrow. I feel sometimes the imagery that is presented in film somehow takes away the seriousness of both doctrine and the metaphysical elements that are associated with divine providence. Don't get me wrong, these movies are quite entertaining, but in all seriousness if I'm going to take demonic possession seriously, then perhaps films like the following (which I find exhaustively hilarious) do in fact comically interrupt the spiritual essence of "God's message":