| The Omen is a film that was released on, of all dates, | | | | some scenes that add little to the plot, and serve to lull |
| June 6th of 2006. This was a major promotional | | | | the audience into a stupor until the next opportunity for |
| opportunity, due to the fact that the date in numerical | | | | a scare comes. Also, much of the movie is predictable, |
| format was 06/06/06. A remake, the original Omen | | | | and the scares are few and far between. While a |
| was created in 1976 and directed by Richard Donner. | | | | few scenes may make you pop out of your seat, |
| These films were based off of a novel and the new | | | | there are no that many and they are usually elicited by |
| movie was directed by John Moore. The film focuses | | | | surprise rather then fear. The boy is played by a |
| on the life of a young boy named Damien who may or | | | | young Harvey Stevens, who really knocks it out of the |
| may not be the son of the devil. With heavy religious | | | | park when it comes to playing a one-dimensional |
| overtones, this film plays on our sense of fear by | | | | creepster. The film also features a priest, played by |
| presenting a quiet, evil, and calculating young boy. The | | | | Patrick Troughton who continuously warns the father |
| main conflict found within the movie is the disbelief of | | | | of the coming circumstances he will face. While his role |
| the boy's father that his son could be the son of the | | | | isn't in a whole lot of the movie, he helps to add an |
| devil. It is a moral dilemma faced by the man, played | | | | authentic feel to the film with his stellar performance |
| by Liev Schriber and his wife, played by Julia Styles, | | | | as a man of the cloth. Without going into detail, it is |
| who truly gives a performance that you can | | | | safe to say that the film could have ended better. I |
| sympathize with.This movie definitely lacks in certain | | | | was quite disappointed by the final minutes when I |
| areas, including the fact that the viewer is in disbelief at | | | | watched it, and it really leaves a sour feeling in your |
| how much a man could put up with without beginning | | | | mouth that won't be soon forgotten. |
| to think that what everyone is saying is true. There are | | | | |