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Constantine |
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Year:
2005 |
Rated:
PG-13 |
Runtime:
Insert
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Starring:
Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda
Swinton, Pruitt Taylor Vince |
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Directed
by: Francis Lawrence |
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Written
by: Mark Bombeck, Frank Cappello |
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Based
on the comic Hellblazer by:
Jamie Delano & Garth Ennis |
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Music
by: Klaus Badelt, Brian Tyler |
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Movie
Studio: Warner Bros. |
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By BJ
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I was not sure what to expect from this movie. I knew it was
based on a Vertigo comic book, so basically it meant adult
situations and language (compared to what you would see in Superman
or Batman)and potentially a thought provoking story. |
| Well, Constantine delivered. The movie was chock full of
symbolism and theological questions. Is God really so strict that if
someone tries to commit suicide, no matter what the reason, they are
banished to hell with no chance of redemption? Do the highly devout
really believe that they know everything there is to know? Just how
much don't they know? Does God care if you do things for God because
you want to go to heaven when you die, as opposed to doing them
because you feel you should? Is it better to actually know there is
a God, or is it better to know through faith? These are just a few
of the questions raised.
As for the story telling, this is not the movie for your casual
movie goer. The movie begins quickly by raising a whole lot of
questions and then slows down to get the characters introduced. You
will find yourself asking "what does that mean?" or "what was that?"
at different points in the film, only to have it explained shortly
there after, or sometimes much later. Even in the last 10 minutes I
asked myself "what was that in Satan's hands?" and I got my answer
right before the credits began to roll. |
| The best way I can think to put it is to think of Constantine as
classical literature (IE: Paradise Lost). It isn't an easy read. It
makes you think during it and it makes you think when it's done.
(Too bad it was a comic book and not pros written a few hundred ago)
If you like movies that are not your average American action
flick (all explosions and a simple A,B,C plot) Constantine is for
you.
If you want to see Exorcist meets Dogma meets a comic book,
Constantine is for you.
If you don't want to have to think while you watch a movie and
don't want to think after watching the movie... Constantine is not
for you.
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