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You have high-quality friends, Sumi.
Well, she really thought what Alibelle thought: that given Gladiator, Troy and Alexander we were in for another sandals and swords historic epic. She had also never heard of John Constantine. I just assumed that she had. (I've only come across him in his cameos in one of the Sandman books that I read.)
I am hoping Constantine turns out to be good. We're due.
cue bitter, bitter laughter
ita always brings the pretty pretty boy pictures.
Thanks, ita.
I am hoping Constantine turns out to be good. We're due.
I think at least Djimon Hounsou will be good. And what I've heard about the movie's twist on metaphysical cosmology will be interesting to see, though it's nothing like that of DC Comics.
I think at least Djimon Hounsou will be good.
Mmm... good point.
The Constantine ad says to me "Matrix meets Devil's Advocate." Which sounds like I'd like it, but not that it would necessarily be good, per se.
Heh. Yes, this.
Mostly, I hope the script is at least marginally better than the trailers VO, which is sucktacular even by comic-book-movie-trailer standards.
Now that I have gotten my 76-years-old-and-not-media-savvy mom to join Netflix, we are having some very interesting conversations.
That's a cute story about your mom. I think someone should write a paper about netflix and how it changes the ways people interact with movies. I don't use their new 'friends' feature (I don't care for it) but my friends and I will email each other weird or nostaglia-inducing things we find on it and it's a lot of fun. Plus, it's given me access to things I never would have seen before and I'm watching about three movies a week. I don't know if everybody has the same experience, but it's swerved my life a little bit.
I think that Jack Davenport could have made a good Constantine. He can do world weary and he can do a British accent (what with being from Suffolk and all). OK, he's not blond, but if there's any kind of good left in the universe Keanu won't be either.
I don't see the razors in Jack Davenport. Or, well, I haven't. That's why I like CKR so much.
I'd give Alexis Denisof a shot too.
Clive Owen would have been a good Constantine, as a bleached blond.