The joy of watching movies.

Some people are blatantly bias against Keanu Reeves, some people aren't. I just happen to be someone who aren't.

Admittedly, he really sucked in the last two Matrix movies. The only thing I liked about those two movies were the French woman and the French man. Go them. But honestly, I blame the crappy script a lot more than the actors. It is hard to have a good preformance when you are stuck with a God awful script.

Luckily, although not perfect, the script for Constantine was not all together horrible. I am somewhat disappointed John Constantine is no longer British, but I guess for this movie, it works. I have read some of Hellblazer. Not everything, but I read enough to get the gist of his character: bitter, sarcastic, cynical. John Constantine in the movie was not too far from how I imagined. Reeves even got the whole chain smoking thing right... I wonder how much they paid him to smoke that much.

I do not really like the Angela character. I hate how she keeps thinks a stupid gun is useful on demons. That and the fact she does not listen to warnings. John Constantine specifically told her to stay in the freaking car, but nooooo she just has to leave the car without the pendant. How stupid can you possibly get?

Here are some highlights for me:

1. When Constantine found out he had late stage of lung cancer. From the top of my head the script was something like this:

Constantine: After all my battles with full fledge demons, my journeys to hell and back, I am going to be done in by none other than this. *show a cigarette* Hell. *takes out a cigarette and smokes*

2. Coughing to his death due to lung cancer, Constantine saw a billboard that said: Your time is running out. Get your Chevrolet.

Laina's comment: Aw but that seems so personal.

3. Angela was leaving the hospital. The elevator's door is closing.

Angela: Hold the door.
Constantine: Not if I can help it.

4. Chad, and his taunts to the bouncer after Constantine knocked him out.
5. Constantine talks with Gabriel. For example.

Gabriel: All one have to do to unite with God's kingdom is to believe. That is all you have to do. But you don't believe, Constantine.
Constantine: For Christ's sake I believe!

6. Constantine tricked a demon into believeing he was doing the final rite on him. After he successfully tricked the demon:

Constantine: You have to believe for that to work, Asshole.

7. Constantine fingering Lucifer.
8. Constantine did not kiss Angela at the end.
9. Hell is pretty cool looking.
10. Demon killing scenes
11. Constantine trapping a spider under a glass and then blew cigarette smoke inside the glass.

Constantine: Welcome to my life.

Lowlights (is there such a thing?) for me:
1. Angela did not die.
2. Constantine stopped chain smoking at the end. (What the hell?!)
3. Chad, Father Hennessy and Beeman dropped dead like flies. (Where will Constantine get sidekicks for Constantine II?)
4. The whole heaven thing with shining light looks so cliche.
5. Constantine kissed Angela once. (why?)
6. Constantine actually redeemed himself. (He is not suppose to be able to)
7. Constantine never used the dragon breath thing to kill demon
8. Constantine did not cough enough for someone who had final stage of lung cancer
9. Angela really likes falling into the water wearing a white shirt and a black bra doesn't she?
10. Some scenes looked too much like scenes from the Matrix.

Overall, I thought the movie was not bad. Can improve, but definately worth watching. I can see myself possibly buying the movie in the future because all the special effects amused me greatly.

2 Comments:

• At 2:03 PM,  Anonymous said…

  What Constantine says in the elevator scene is:
  Angela: Are you going down?
  Constantine: Not if I can help it.

   

• At 10:08 PM,  Peter said…

  Pretty cool "review" of the movie. I enjoyed it as well (there were only 4 people in the theatre when I saw it) and for alot of the same reasons as you. Just wanted to say cool.

   

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