Necessary or suitable?

Rating: 5/10 (1 April 2005)

I have just got back from watching Constantine at the cinema. I had been desperate to see it and thought it looked fantastic and have eventually just seen it. I can not make my mind up what I though of it. Yes it was quite possibly a good film, the special effects were excellent (I normally hate special effects with a passion, but these were very very good), but I felt a lot of the subject matter was offensive, disturbing, and quite unnecessary. I felt extremely uncomfortable throughout the film and found a great deal of it hard to watch. There was a surprising amount of references to suicide and mental health difficulties. This was my problem. I do not think it was necessary to have so many links to suicide, or to show them in detail or treat the issue in the way they did. The was one part in particular, I think it was quite probably the most triggering scene I have ever seen in my life- where he puts a cigarette out in his own blood after he had slit his wrists.. I really don't know how they managed to get that shown so easily with no objections. I think it is the most disturbing thing I have ever seen, I just sat shaking in my seat afterwards not sure what to do. Have other people thought this or is it just because I have similar problems that they upset me? Either way I think people should be more aware and considerate of these things.