Actually, this looks to me a lot like someone slamming a movie to give themselves egoboos with their own vocabulary and cleverness. The root criticism could be said about any movie. We could insert the movie Die Hard or Million Dollar Baby into this article and it would still work.
I am very upset that they've changed the fact that Constantine is an asshole, but by casting Reeves we all knew that was coming. He's too sincere of an actor - and you must admit, he's getting a LOT better as an actor. Not to mention, while Constantine the character IS a jerk, he's really more of a poser than anything else. When the chips are down, he has shown himself time and time again to be sincerely against evil. Even if Reeves hasn't read the book, his adaptation, or as much as he was allowed to come up with himself, does have solid roots.
Now, being nice to a bird for the sake of being nice is a far stretch, admittedly. But give the movie a chance. It CANNOT be worse than the Hulk. It CANNOT be worse than Daredevil. I plan to go see it tomorrow night. I'll let you know if it's worth seeing. =)
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Date: 2005-02-17 06:27 am (UTC)I am very upset that they've changed the fact that Constantine is an asshole, but by casting Reeves we all knew that was coming. He's too sincere of an actor - and you must admit, he's getting a LOT better as an actor. Not to mention, while Constantine the character IS a jerk, he's really more of a poser than anything else. When the chips are down, he has shown himself time and time again to be sincerely against evil. Even if Reeves hasn't read the book, his adaptation, or as much as he was allowed to come up with himself, does have solid roots.
Now, being nice to a bird for the sake of being nice is a far stretch, admittedly. But give the movie a chance. It CANNOT be worse than the Hulk. It CANNOT be worse than Daredevil. I plan to go see it tomorrow night. I'll let you know if it's worth seeing. =)