Monday, September 19, 2005

I'm halfway through watching Constantine. (Yes, it's that compelling.) And what I'm wondering is, why they felt the need to have the hero be John Constantine? Being as he doesn't wear a trenchcoat (a coat, yes, but a tan trenchcoat, not), is clearly on the side of Heaven, and doesn't crack wise. Let alone, isn't British. Oh, yes, and he's got a little sob story about growing up with the Sight.

John Constantine doing an exorcism gratis, in the hopes it will get him in good with God???

The movie's cool enough, it's just nothing to do with the John Constantine I know. Couldn't they have called Keanu Reeves' character by some other name? Leaving room for a movie about, well, John Constantine?

1:11 PM

5 Comments:

Do you think having Keanu called by another name would have gotten the fans through the door and/or into the DVD sales racks? At least in sufficient numbers?

Personally, I would have loved to see Paul Bettany as Constantine.

By  Cunningham, at 2:24 PM  

Bettany would be an excellent choice... I really hope he play the Joker in Batman Begins 2

I wonder: Would people have accused the Reeves' movie of plagerism if they hadn't called it Constantine?

By  Jason Sanders, at 9:09 PM  

hmm.. I remember watching Constantine not too long ago, but I can't remember why I watched the entire movie.. All I can remember is Keanu smoking a lot..

By  Sass, at 11:58 PM  

I agree Alex. Most of the film has very little to do with the comic book outside of the title. It wasn't bad, you just can't smoke a lot and pose and have a great film. Well, maybe with Bogart.

Mark
Mark's Screenwriting Page

By  Mark, at 2:29 AM  

Just read the link Christopher and I have to say it's a bad sign when the producers don't really know the character they're going to make a movie about.

If this movie had been pitched more along the lines of a PROPHECY meets ANGEL HEART with a lot of THE EXORCIST thrown in then, I think we would have seen more of the darkness that's inherent in the character. It's stupid to lead off with "From the DC-Vertigo Comics series" when that's not the only audience you're going for here.

Another missed opportunity...

By  Cunningham, at 1:02 PM  

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