Constantine

[ksmith]

Just watched Constantine. Well, most of it--missed the first hour because of Countdown, but caught the rest.

What a wonderfully whacked film. I remember Keanu Reeves receiving poor reviews, but I thought he was fine. Ok, he's a rangy brunet, so I'm biased, but I still thought he was fine. Tilda Swinton's Gabriel was riveting. Peter Stormare's Satan. I want to rent it to see what I missed.

Comments

[elmunadi.livejournal.com]

Totaly with you - Tilda Swinton is always Bad in White - here, and in Narnia. (That's Bad as in very good at doing Bad - and God help everyone in range if she ever shows up at the Oscars in White-on-white). (Hmmm. I'm not totally with you - I'm a sucker for curvy brunettes, and Rachel Weisz is high on that list).

(I did love the holy-water sprinker-system, amongst other bits that do a great job of capturing the essence of John's attitude and environment).

The visuals in Constantine give me hope that an eventual "Something from the Nightside" movie might actually not suck.

(I suspect that your weather and mine are from different planets, btw - low 80's, sunny, breezy - great day for a bike ride if I didn't have a major head-cold)

[elmunadi.livejournal.com]

arrgh. "totaly" = "totally" as typed by a klutz.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The visuals in Constantine give me hope that an eventual "Something from the Nightside" movie might actually not suck.

The F/X were very cool. Hell was Hell.