The Omen (Film)

The film had some decent scares, but I'm still puzzled by some aspects of the movie. At one point, a couple of characters check out a graveyard and one brings a tire iron. I would have thought a shovel would be more appropriate. Someone does use the tire iron, but how did that person know to bring it? I guess god does work in mysterious ways.

The film is about the spawn of Satan being born and while I had no problem with minions of the devil helping out, I wondered why didn't anyone from the good side lend a helping hand? The film felt off balance to me with the dark side leading the way. It would have been nice to see god not take such a passive role and decide to send some angels to help out and kick some ass. It's another classic horror film remake and I did see the original (I think), but my memories are fuzzy at best. It was nice to see Mia Farrow playing the child's babysitter. She is suitably creepy.

I was also puzzled by the ending and slightly disappointed. To save humanity, the father has to kill his adopted son on the alter of a church. This is the best plan god came up with? I thought the power to kill was reserved for the mighty lord only. I would have liked it more if the father had to find a more humane solution instead. Could not the power of his love for his son be enough to stop the dark lord?

I also discussed with someone who has seen the original and was surprised by how similar the two are. I say why bother doing a shot by shot re-make. Why not make it different. Daimen is birthed from a jackal in both movies, but the birth is never shown. Why not show it for the 2006 version? Really make a statement. I know if I saw a baby coming out of a jackal, I'd say all bets are off and anything goes. Oh well.