A Spiritual Take

Rating: Null/10 (28 September 2006)

Taking the movie at face value and not as a supposedly poor rendition of a comic book, it was very interesting how accurate some it's story was to Christian theology. In the same way that Dogma had a solid basis in theology with a puree of quasi-Christian mythology heaped on top, Constantine was a success as far as showing the dual universes we live in. The writer's concept of angles and demons being non-intrusive "whisperers" is a completely valid one, as well as the idea of possession by demons, although they take the idea and run a bit too far with it. The idea of redemption for access to heaven as opposed to buying your way in is also a valid point and as flawed as the character Gabriel's belief system is (she is supposedly an angel), nearly everything she says to Constantine is true. All in all as a conservative Christian, I was impressed with the lack of Hollywood's usual slanting of the Christian religion.