Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 4.0
A fun movie that is taken too seriously.
I for one actually quite enjoyed this movie. I agree that you are going to either like or hate this type of movie full of CGI the old worn out good versus evil plot and an actor in Reeves who is hated as much as he is admired. I for one am in the first group and think he does very interesting movies that suit his acting style and the characters he likes to play. Constatine is loosely based on a poupular comic book about a man with a special gift who is trying to redeem himself in order to get into heaven. Along the way he meets a detective who badly wants to avenge her twin sisters death and they work together batteling evil with allot of interesting characters on the side. I think critics of this movie took it too seriously. Purists think it ripped the comic book off when in fact it makes me interested in tracking it down. Second the Heaven versus Hell plot while done a million times is done well here with a few viewpoints I can actually find intriguing. The special effects are excellent and the pacing of the movie was good as it wasn't too short like some of Fox's horrendous adaptations of comics like Daredevil(which got saved by a GREAT director's cut) and Elektra. I enjoyed this movie even if the subject matter is a little tiresome to some I found it to be fun. Shine on!