Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 3.0
Interesting patchwork
I'm a big fan of the graphic novels, so there was minimal disappointment at a few items. Firstly, there were far too many liberties taken w/the source material. Midnite is neutral: Gabriel is actually sympathetic (1st part of movie). There is much borrowing & mixing of elements. It saddens me that they A. Stripped Connie of his cockney accent, B. Relegated Chas (Chandler) to a young, overeager apprentice (I always moan about sidekicks: it seems to be Hollywood's quickie answer), & C. twisted the story around (L.A instead of London, Connie was a suicide, he uses some kind of holy shotgun, that sort of thing). Hollyweird really needs to stick to the original storyline more often. The FX was pretty good, the storyline w/the twin women was fairly original, which is why I'm giving it 3 stars.