The midwinter 'Blah's' continue to hang over my head like an apathetic grey cloud. Life has consisted mostly of day-to-day living lately. Oh, I got a haircut over the weekend. Film at 11.
The wife and I went to see "Constantine" last night. My review, in two words: Don't. Bother. It is more or less accepted in this day and age that the world portrayed in Hollywood adheres to different physics laws than our own. And it's certainly not uncommon to find movies with Christian theology that does not match the bible. But to find a movie that uses bad physics AND bad theology, well that is really something.
There are so many ways that I could rip this movie:
-The dialogue (Reeve's deadpan 'reading off a cuecard' voice, reciting moronic lines, such as "God is just a kid with an antfarm")
-The hokey props (At one point Reeves beats the crap out of a demon using a set of "Holy" brass knuckles)
-The character flaws (Satan knows and shows up exactly when Reeve's character is going to die, yet somehow he is unaware of a ritual to bring his son into the world without his consent, taking place in the next room, even though every demon in the greater LA area seems to be in on it.)
Yes, I could rip this movie but I would hardly know where to begin. Plus my midwinter lethergy leaves me not caring enough to really try. But in closing I will say this about "Constantine": I have never seen a movie where the angelic and demonic beings were dressed more stylishly.
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