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"That's too much a vulgar display of power", says the unnamed demon (Pazuzu) inhabiting the body of 12-year-old Regan MacNeil when quizzed by would-be exorcist Father Karras about his puzzlingly limited worldly abilities. Why not simply kill everyone in the room? Or in the city? Or swallow the sun? The Archfiend's answer --that one line-- singlehandedly closes any loopholes an astute audience member might find when examining the plot, and, more broadly, the concept of demonic possession. It…

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Things I liked the most during previous viewings of The Big Lebowski (there are too many to name, but some highlights):

*One of the many faces of Jeff Bridges, but arguably the most iconic.

*John Goodman was born to play Walter Sobchak.

*Julianne Moore's outrageous femme fatale affectation.

*Philip Seymour Hoffman as Brandt is a riot. During the scene where he hands The Dude the ransom note, he literally does an impression of a robot powering down since…