I know everyone else hated it, BUT...

Rating: 7/10 (14 July 2005)

Look. I used to be a die-hard comic fan. I know how INTENSE all you kids are looking for your comic book movies to be...but Christ! LOOK how awful Daredevil was! If you liked the original Superman movie w/Christopher Reeve...and if you liked the FIRST (and only, as far as I'm concerned) Crow movie, and IF you liked the most recent installment of Batman (circa Batman Begins)...give the rest of us a break, 'eh? Yes, Tim Burton's Batmans were above and beyond the rest of the CRAP that Joel Schumacher dared to release. Yes, Superman 1 and 2 beat the hell out of the rest of the franchise, and yes, only one Crow movie truly exists to us hardcore fans. But come ON! Tilda Swinton is a GENIUS in Constantine! She's a genius in EVERYTHING she does, all the way back to Orlando, as far as I'm concerned. Her role here in Constantine is no less impressive as Gabriel, and even Keanu moved me as the tortured soul who isn't ready to submit to Hell even as he battles the earthly confinements that refuse to relinquish his soul one way or the other.
Give Hollywood a break on this one, kids...did you NOT jump out of your seat in that opening scene w/the knife and the immigrant when he gets hit by the car? That's good stuff!!!!! Rag all you want, but this is FAR from the worst comic book adaptation done thus farly...in fact, I call it highly imaginative (despite the spider in the glass error), and the demons gave me nightmares several nights in a row. I call that...progress!!!! Personally can't wait until this comes out on DVD, and if you want something worse than this, watch ANY Wes Craven movie, or Freddie movie, or Jason or Michael movie...HO HUM. Old and tired and boring. At LEAST Constantine offers a fresh perspective on the fairy tale tip...when's the last time YOU saw dragon's breath in a film? Screw you guys...I LIKED this movie.