Constantine

Rating: 10/10 (14 September 2005)

Please readers, if you haven't seen the movie 'Constantine' Please do not read any further, as this contains 'Spoilers' and I don't want to ruin it for you...Thank ever so much...Canapril
I think that director Francis Lawrence and superstar Keanu Reeves did one fine job out of this movie..for what they had to work with, that being a comic book character. Yes, I have to agree that Francis Lawrence's directional debut is stunning and that it was really well done. Keanu Reeves acted exactly the way that the character John Constantine really is like especially attitude wise, how he would react to any situation if you've ever followed any of the Hellblazer comics or novel's story. Keanu Reeves' acting is not thought of by his fans, as him having a trademark of wooden demeanor..that terminology was once started by someone...people thought it to be intelligently said, so writers kept using it. Keanu Reeves is indeed an action hero to many, a romantic figure to millions of woman and a hero to many young boys. His acting of the character John Constantine was exactly as it should have been. Constantine, knew he was dying of cancer, he was definitely thinking of trying to get in good with the man upstairs, to earn his way into heaven by doing good deeds...he hated that he had this gift, to be able to see half breeds and demons and he only thought of it as being a curse. He was far from being stoical, he was down right pre-occupied with trying to get to all of those demons and put them where they belonged and he was angry with this gift-curse..he hated being the way he was and knew he had to do good deeds, because he didn't want to go to hell after he dies where half of the people there, were those that he had sent back there. Yes, he sulked and he pondered heavily about the whole thing and searched for ways to get rid of them, even going back to hell in search of Angela's sister Isabelle and he was really emotional while trying to exorcise Angela by the pool and also in his apartment with the tub and water scene. He definitely was not coming across as bemused...he was always on the alert to try to make things right, the terrible things he could see and hear and he had had enough, even throwing the Good Book on the floor in Gabriel's Library den. Thats Emotions and Thats Anger!
Each to his or her own opinions... speaking of emotions, how about when you see his hatred for the demon soldier in the little girl? His disgust for the demon within her...What is that, if not emotions? there were many, too numerous to mention.... but I got a super great charge out of Keanu, when he was thinking of whether or not Rachael should keep her clothes on for the bathtub scene...he truly was giving it some heavy duty thought..even if it was only for a few seconds... it was... Totally Funny!
If you try watching it more than once (I've seen it 4 times)....guaranteed you'll see all the parts you've missed and were not aware of the first time around...you'll get an altogether different perspective on the whole film and you'll see and hear more than you expected or that you did the first time viewing.
Keanu Reeves does not fail in his acting of the character Constantine and neither does the film. If you indeed watched the whole film, you would have known that Constantine did not fail, the son of Satan doesn't survive in Angela, because Constantine exorcised it, so John Constantine gets his wish, he gets to live, because Satan removed the cancer from his lungs. Satan also loses as daybreak comes in and Satan can't be present in the light of God and Satan realizes that John Constantine made a genuine, sincere sacrifice, so Constantine lives! Its a Supernatural Mystery Thriller...Constantine (Keanu) was a fine exorcist and knew how to rid LA area of all these half demons and he was doing a lot of good but his good deed was only recognized by Satan that John Constantine, finally made a sacrifice and that's how Satan loss.
Keanu Reeves is one heck of a fine actor, he is very versatile and flexible in all the roles that he has played throughout the years and at least he tries different roles. Just because he acts a part, that a director wants him to do or performs a certain way, doesn't mean that the man Keanu Reeves is like this at all. He's an Actor and he did a fine job on this one and so did the director and the rest of the cast. There's a saying that goes with Keanu Reeves, you either like him or you don't and I like this actor, cause he's not afraid to try different roles and he's not conceded like many out there, he's down to earth and very polite and he takes time for his fans and the public, so big deal ..he likes his private life private..wouldn't't you? Yes, save your money..and then go buy the DVD and watch it more than once, its totally different each time..by the way after the credit write-ups, there is another scene..or did you stay long enough to watch it?
Note: Constantine is out now on video. I work at a Video Store, I can tell you first hand that 'Constantine' is being rented a lot and sold often. Maybe you didn't like it, but many people do.