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February 22, 2005
Constantine
Constantine (2005), Francis Lawrence:
Ok, so the movie has a terrible pedigree. MTV director, the writer of the yet-to-be-released Summer '04 thriller Mindhunters, the writer of Suburban Commando. Regardless, it's still exciting seeing the Vertigo logo onscreen.
The movie was actually pretty good. I'm not up on my Hellblazer, but I know the basic story enough to know they probably butchered it. The movie also doesn't try to hard to subvert convention, or at least push the genre to its purest form (Spider-man 2 is still the gold standard). What's with the sidekick? Also, I can't stand a directory/writer/producer who can't come up with something better than
"Where are you going? Midnite's? You know that he's a witch doctor that runs a establishment visited by good and evil, but entirely neutral?"
or something completely copouty like that.
What's good? Lots. It's very entertaining. Keanu Reeves was good. Tilda Swinton was easily the best part of the movie (Emily's been smitten ever since The Beach). I really think they nailed the feel of the Vertigo universe, if not his particular character. If you take the stupidity for granted, it's a lot of fun. If it's not a Good Movie, it might as well be enjoyable.
11/15
Posted by bing at February 22, 2005 11:18 PM