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emmuzkaWent to see Constantine tonight.
As a person who started reading Hellblazer over ten years ago, first in horror comic magazine Kalma and after that in albums, I was of course feeling a certain superiority and pity towards the movie. It's certain that one can't put ten years worth of comics in one movie, but still.
Of course, the choice of Keanu Reeves killed the main character completely. Firstly, the obvious things, like the real Constantine being British, blond, in his forties and talking with accent. Secondly, John Constantine is a son of a bitch and they should have chosen someone like Kallum Keith Rennie or Owen Wilson to play him.
The Archangel Gabriel was the sexiest thing ever. Just, wow. Lucifer and Balthazar the demon were great, too, all following the comic. The main female character, sadly, had no charisma and you just didn't believe that she could be as powerful as they tried to made her be. No surprise that she doesn't have a counterpart in the comics.
The movie was ok. Not great like, let's say the first Matrix, but okay. I didn't like it when they managed to completely fuck up the cancer plot. In the comics, he gets cancer and cheats death by selling his soul to several demons. In the end, the demons have to let him live to avoid fighting with each other for his soul. In the movie, he makes a deal with god, who is *way* too high being to make deals like that.
As a person who started reading Hellblazer over ten years ago, first in horror comic magazine Kalma and after that in albums, I was of course feeling a certain superiority and pity towards the movie. It's certain that one can't put ten years worth of comics in one movie, but still.
Of course, the choice of Keanu Reeves killed the main character completely. Firstly, the obvious things, like the real Constantine being British, blond, in his forties and talking with accent. Secondly, John Constantine is a son of a bitch and they should have chosen someone like Kallum Keith Rennie or Owen Wilson to play him.
The Archangel Gabriel was the sexiest thing ever. Just, wow. Lucifer and Balthazar the demon were great, too, all following the comic. The main female character, sadly, had no charisma and you just didn't believe that she could be as powerful as they tried to made her be. No surprise that she doesn't have a counterpart in the comics.
The movie was ok. Not great like, let's say the first Matrix, but okay. I didn't like it when they managed to completely fuck up the cancer plot. In the comics, he gets cancer and cheats death by selling his soul to several demons. In the end, the demons have to let him live to avoid fighting with each other for his soul. In the movie, he makes a deal with god, who is *way* too high being to make deals like that.
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Date: 2005-03-04 11:09 pm (UTC)So, righteous movie Constantine, hm... That's movie logic at work, I guess.
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Date: 2005-03-04 11:20 pm (UTC)