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[deathpixie]

This review of Constantine seems to sum up the very little I've seen and the much I've heard about the movie. In space they may not be able to hear you scream, but in a crowded movie theatre there's no escape. It'll be a cold day in hell before I even consider seeing this thing - it sounds like not just a bloody awful adaptation of one of the more complex characters in comics, but just a bad movie over all.

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[deathpixie]

We've had this discussion before, Matt*wry grin*, and I know better than to convince you otherwise, but my opinion? It depends on which writer's version of Constantine you're talking about, for one. Ellis' version kind of bugs me, but then again, I'm a Delano fangirl. But the very fact he is a sort of everyman character, in some extraordinary circumstances, is part of the appeal for me. And he is complex. unlike some other comic book protangonists, he doesn't have a stock standard answer to every problem, and doesn't react the same way every time. He makes mistakes, bloody awful ones, can be an utter prick, but despite that still has moments that make you realise he's not a complete evil bastard. He's as human as the rest of us, and that makes him complex, at least to me. And it's the shades of grey and dodgy ethics that the movie seems to have dumped in favour of making another Good -v- Evil Hollywood blockbuster.