I saw it too and I was TOTALLY pumped about it since I heard it was coming out. I got there, saw it, and left apologizing to my company for making them go see it when they didn't want to in the 1st place
It was awful. You are right-they need to stop trying to re-do things and be better. Not sure ANYONE will ever touch the first exorcist.
Sidebar-I was totally expecting it to be the child b/c wasn't that the original deal? That it was a BOY that was possessed and the original exorcist just made it a girl for some reason?