OT: Constantine

[MikeVic]

Just came back from watching Constantine. I thought it would be crazy action, no thinking... boy was I surprised. I think it was a very good movie. I don't know if it stays true to the comic it's based on, but as a movie it was solid.

The end was kinda dragged out (not as bad as it seems, I was just fooled as to when the movie would end). But nowhere near as dragged out as the last Lord of the Rings movie. :)

There's quite a bit of religion stuff, but I think the movie does a good job of explaining everything so that everyone can understand.

In summary, I recommend it.

[Calis]

The comic is actually my favorite comic out there, I can't imagine how horrible it's been massacred though..the casting alone makes me shudder.

I'm afraid to watch it.

[Poli]

In summary, I recommend it.

Funny, my roommate and I were allowed to see a sneak preview of the movie at the naval base for free. Neither of us liked it. In fact, I heard a number of people as we walked out say they were glad they didn't pay to see the movie. I don't recall hearing anyone say they liked it.

[Arles]

Normally free previews entice people to watch something they would normally not be interested in. My guess is that people that have payed their $8 because they liked the premise of the movie would be better than a group heading to a free screening primarily because it was free.

I was offered a free preview to The English Patient a while back and didn't like it one bit. But many people (who paid) loved it. The reality was there was no way I would have seen the movie had I been forced to pay so I probably wasn't a good person to base an opinion of the movie on. As an aside, how many people do you think would have paid to see this movie that were in the free screeing?

Oh, and this is by no means an endorsement of Constantine as I haven't seen it. I've just always felt that free screenings are a bad way to gauge the interest level of a movie.

[Poli]

Normally free previews entice people to watch something they would normally not be interested in. My guess is that people that have payed their $8 because they liked the premise of the movie would be better than a group heading to a free screening primarily because it was free.

I was offered a free preview to The English Patient a while back and didn't like it one bit. But many people (who paid) loved it. The reality was there was no way I would have seen the movie had I been forced to pay so I probably wasn't a good person to base an opinion of the movie on. As an aside, how many people do you think would have paid to see this movie that were in the free screeing?

Oh, and this is by no means an endorsement of Constantine as I haven't seen it. I've just always felt that free screenings are a bad way to gauge the interest level of a movie.

I probably would have gone seen it with my roommate even if we had to pay. He seemed pretty excited about the movie before we went.

[Arles]

I probably would have gone seen it with my roommate even if we had to pay. He seemed pretty excited about the movie before we went.
I'm not saying everyone in the theatre wouldn't have seen it otherwise. I was simply stating that I would be surprised if a majority would have seen it if they had to pay. Here's what Rotten Tomatoes has:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/constantine/

They have it at 45% (slightly rotten). The presounding sentiment is that a big chunk of the reviewing public doesn't think Reeves can act (and haven't for years). So, if you didn't have too big a problem with Reeves' other movies, my guess is you will get past the big stumbling block for the reviewers.

[Anthony]

i don't have a problem with Reeves' acting (or, according to the majority - lack thereof). to me he's no worse than Jack Nicholson, who essentially has been playing the same character the last 20 years or so. at no point in time do i look at a Nicholson character and can say "i'm not looking at Nicholson". Christoher Walken is also the same way - like Nicholson he is essentially the same character, and whenever you see him in a movie you don't see the character, you see Christopher Walken (and it's got worse over the last 10 years, now he's just a cartoon character of himself). i'm able to do that with Johnny Depp (watch Pirates of the Caribean - you don't see Johnny Depp in a pirate costume, you see Capt. Jack Sparrow).

i saw Constantine. i didn't know it was based on a comic book so i had no preconceived notions. i wanted to see the movie cuz i thought the trailers were kick ass. i give it a 6 out of 10 (10 being good). anything under a 7 in my book and i don't go buy the DVD. if i don't want to go buy the DVD the second the movie ends then usually there was something off about it.

i liked the Witch Doctor character, i thought he was the coolest character in there. that boy is quickly becoming one of those actors that ruins a film. he was annoying in "I, Robot", and i didn't like him in this movie.

i hope you guys stayed till the end of the credits, there was a final scene. a quick one, but there was something else at the end.

[Poli]

Honestly, I can't remember if I did.

[Honolulu_Blue]

i don't have a problem with Reeves' acting (or, according to the majority - lack thereof). to me he's no worse than Jack Nicholson, who essentially has been playing the same character the last 20 years or so. at no point in time do i look at a Nicholson character and can say "i'm not looking at Nicholson."
I agree with your point about Jack basically playing the same character more or less over the last twenty or so years, but to claim that Reeve's is as good (or bad) an actor as Nicholson is preposterous, ridiculous, and insane. In any ten minutes of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", Nicholson shows more acting chops than Keanu has (or will) his entire career. Please man. Please...

[Anthony]

well, ok, i'll give you that i made a bad connection. but i'm talking about range. Jack, Keanu, Walken - they're all in the same group when it comes to actors not wanting to leave their "safe" spot and do an entirely different character. Woody Allen is the same thing, he's probably even the leader of that group. but my bad. i jsut think Keanu gets a bum deal every movie, people seem poised to bash the movie whenever he signs on to do a film. he made the Matrix movies, a sign of a good job is when you look back and say "i can't picture anyone else playing that part".

i liked him in Point Break and Bill and Ted and obviously the Matrix movies.