I haven't been paying attention to my NetFlix queue and Constantine arrived yesterday. Is it any good? I'm trying to remember why I added it. (Aside from the fact that I can be a sucker for Keanu Reeves, as long as he doesn't try to speak with an accent. Or, you know, act too much.)
Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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Amy - Jul 01, 2007 1:48:55 pm PDT #9763 of 10001
Because books.
Beverly - Jul 01, 2007 2:14:42 pm PDT #9764 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Tilda Swinton is an absolute delight in that movie, Amy. I liked it. It's a bit odd, and all the comics fans familiar with Constantine as a character objected to Keanu's casting.
I happen to like Keanu in everything but Dracula. I even liked him as Don John in Much Ado. And I don't read the comics, so his miscasting didn't bother me. I liked the movie. It wasn't what I'd call a good movie, but it was diverting, and odd enough to provoke a few thoughts. I wouldn't send it back unwatched.
DavidS - Jul 01, 2007 2:26:52 pm PDT #9765 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and Constantine arrived yesterday. Is it any good?
I really liked it. Keanu was nobody's idea of John Constantine, but if you just watch the movie as its own entity, it works very well as a supernatural action flick. The effects are great, the story is interesting, the acting is good. There are some really strong, iconic visuals.
Amy - Jul 01, 2007 2:31:50 pm PDT #9766 of 10001
Because books.
Yay! I am completely unfamiliar with the comic (as I was with Hellboy, and I really enjoyed that movie), so that's a win, I bet. I love Tilda Swinton and I have a huge, hopeless girlcrush on Rachel Weisz, so ... yay!
Keanu in Dracula is just ... wooden.
lisah - Jul 01, 2007 2:38:06 pm PDT #9767 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I haven't been paying attention to my NetFlix queue and Constantine arrived yesterday. Is it any good? I'm trying to remember why I added it.
We just read the first Hellblazer collection in my bookclub (we're doing all first volumes of series this year). And my friends who'd read and loved the comics before and saw the movie when it came out said it was surprisingly good. They had very low expectations going in, given the casting and the reworking of the story but they really enjoyed it. And made me promise to put it at the top of my queue.
erikaj - Jul 01, 2007 2:42:59 pm PDT #9768 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I thought it was kinda weird...half "Angel", half "Aliens"
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 01, 2007 3:19:07 pm PDT #9769 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The trick is to put the comic book John Constantine out of your mind if you're familiar with him. As an adaptation it's a horrible failure, but in its own right the movie is pretty good, just like David said above.
Well, Shia Lebeouf as Chas is abominable whether you're familiar or not, but he's more than made up for by Djimon Honsau and Tilda Swinton.
Amy - Jul 01, 2007 3:23:03 pm PDT #9770 of 10001
Because books.
Djimon Honsau
Oh! I LOVE him. (And I know this will sound weird, but I've always thought he looks just like Brad Pitt. Or maybe Brad Pitt looks like him.)
Atropa - Jul 01, 2007 4:32:06 pm PDT #9771 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Keanu was nobody's idea of John Constantine, but if you just watch the movie as its own entity, it works very well as a supernatural action flick. The effects are great, the story is interesting, the acting is good. There are some really strong, iconic visuals.
nods
As long as you keep telling yourself it has nothing to do with the comic, it's a fun movie. Plus, Tilda Swinton! Being menacing and bad-ass!
Laga - Jul 01, 2007 8:00:07 pm PDT #9772 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Or maybe Brad Pitt looks like him.
They share a certain wolfish stance and stare.
edit (nevermind that was Taye Diggs)