Not bad. Keanue's acting was... well... yeah...

but.. good story... good effects.. :bigok: I'll probably buy it.

 

Whoa [/Keanu]

I personally will probably wait until it's out on video.

 

I just got back from seeing it and it was pretty good.

After it was over I realized that I wish they hadn't cast Keanu in the role though, not because of his acting but because it gives it a rewritten Matrix feel.

Good movie though.

 

His role was the only one that felt miscast.. the few other parts were well filled.... shame that he's the main character... but.. I did enjoy it very much

 

i like keanu. some of my favorite movies...

 

Thats what I figured from the previews...that it would be too Matrix-like. It wasn't as Matrix-like as I thought it would be, but still had a little of that feel. Overall it was a good flick.

 

I saw it at an UltraScreen theater. Kinda like an Imax. That was definitely a plus with all the effects shots and action scenes. Also there was one shot where they walk into the church which on the huge screen really captured the sense of being in a big tall church and that was kind of cool. Some interesting camera angles but after a while the compositions somewhat lost their sense of being unique. On a technical level though it was pretty solid.

Keanu was sort of miscast, but I also think he sorta worked for the part in a way. His character needed to be more pissed off and cynical though. The wisecracks only get the movie so far. Some critics have compared it to Hellboy, and yeah they're both movies based on comic books about demons and whatnot, but they're totally different styles. Hellboy was very much more about the humor, and while Constantine has some wisecracks in it they are more strategic. I'd say the scene when Keanu's talking with the guy in the white suit (don't wanna cause any spoilers) is where I think the cynicism shone through best. There needed to be more of that throughout the movie though. Some of the time he's just too earnest in going about his work of fighting demons when he needed to be complaining more. I think the writing tried a bit too hard for straight laughs when they should have been laughs because what the characters are bitching about is just absurd, and those laughs should have been a bit more infrequent. It tries to have a dry sense of humor, and gives you the sense that's what the intent was, but it's trying a bit too hard and doesn't end up with quite the dry wit that would work best.

I'd say overall it was a pretty good flick. And I'm guessin it's gonna do huge box office numbers.

 

i enjoyed the film.

 

btw why is everyone a comedian these days. some people need to stfu. silence is golden :angry:. everytime i go to the movies theres always that guy that screams random things

 

I thought the movie was pretty cheesy. Even the intro text looked like it was written by a 5th grader or someone with English skills equal in crappiness to my own. h: I did think the movie set up a nice atmosphere and the first half to 2/3 was enjoyable with the acting, dialogue, camera angles, and effects. I have to disagree with fatbooty though because I thought the scene with the "guy in the white suit" was predictable and campy. That scene's cheesiness was beat out though by some of the other scenes that followed closer to the end. To me the movie was almost like The Matrix meets The Exorcist meets Dogma. Basically, I'm glad I didn't pay to watch it but it did have its moments.

BTW, those who plan to watch the movie, there's stuff after the end credits.