Constantine is going to be on in half an hour. I'm prepared for that fact that it totally pisses on everything the comic book stands for. On its own merits,ignoring its source, is it a good movie? I'm thinking of using it as my movie to watch while working out.
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Typo Boy - Oct 28, 2007 5:30:21 pm PDT #1883 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2007 5:33:52 pm PDT #1884 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Keanu Reeves is still in it, Gar. I made it 20 minutes. YRachelWeiszMV.
Juliebird - Oct 28, 2007 5:34:43 pm PDT #1885 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Besides the fact that it has the same end as another more (deliberately) silly movie that I won't name lest I spoil the end, it's a semi-guilty pleasure for me. Never read the comics. It's kinda bad, kinda fun, maybe a little dragging in parts from what I remember, Tilda Swinton is *cough* divine.
Typo Boy - Oct 28, 2007 5:47:05 pm PDT #1886 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Ah, I forgot the Keanu. Oh well, I'll start with it, channel surf when I can't stand it anymore. That should get me through 45 minutes.
Laga - Oct 28, 2007 5:53:58 pm PDT #1887 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Gah yeah I had very fond memories of amovie I used to watch a lot when I was younger, The Prince of Pennsylvania. I even told people that Keanu was not that bad in it when I ordered the DVD from Amazon. Ugh was I wrong.
BigDuluth - Oct 28, 2007 6:07:43 pm PDT #1888 of 10000
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
I even told people that Keanu was not that bad in it when I ordered the DVD from Amazon. Ugh was I wrong
Yeah I had the same kind of discussion yesterday about an early 90's movie. And I remembered it being "not that bad" and "pretty funny". Upon further thought and discussion I realized I haven't seen it since the mid 90's. From there things added up and I realized that if I seriously watched it now it might pass as endurable.
Laga - Oct 28, 2007 6:15:44 pm PDT #1889 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
endurable.
Yeah. Oddly enough some of the least tolerable parts were the wooden deliveries of what used to be my favorite quotes from the film.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2007 6:38:43 pm PDT #1890 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I like Constantine and own the video which I got for all of 4.95.
BigDuluth - Oct 28, 2007 6:41:48 pm PDT #1891 of 10000
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
I like Constantine and own the video which I got for all of 4.95
My SIL msg'd me tonight and said my brother finally watched it tonight and thinks I'll like it. I usually trust his judgment enough to give something a try (firefly comes to mind...) I may get it from Netflix.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2007 6:46:12 pm PDT #1892 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's a way better than average comic book movie.
Keanu is not who I would've cast for Constantine. And I don't think he gets the character. But the character he does play is perfectly credible.
The effects are fantastic, the performances are good, the suspense is there. None of it is laughable. It's a well told story.