Constantine

[MrDude]

Who wants to see it? I sure do. It won't be anything like the comic but I think it will be a very good movie none-the-less.

 

[Lithium Hobo]

I'm going to go see it. Any movie that is influenced by the bible (i.e. Battles of heaven and hell, only really) are pretty cool. Though, I wish they would stop putting Keanu (sp) Reeves in movies. He's just so dry.

 

[2lplvr]

I'm not a fan (didn't know it was based on a comic book) but because it seems like a reasonable picture of what spiritual warfare is like, we are going to see it.
Under the R rating, it actually says demonic images.

 

[InnerPhyre]

This movie isn't Bible based, folks, and it's not a reasonable picture of spiritual warfare. In the movie, God and the devil make a bet of who can get more souls without having any direct contact with mankind. Theologicaly bankrupt.

 

[2lplvr]

This movie isn't Bible based, folks, and it's not a reasonable picture of spiritual warfare. In the movie, God and the devil make a bet of who can get more souls without having any direct contact with mankind. Theologicaly bankrupt.

It hasn't been released yet so why so skeptical of it (aside from the bankrupt theology)?
As I said it's not my genre in movie going but people I care about are drawn to movies like it. I think it can be great starting place (despite the inaccuracy of the equality between good and evil) to talk about the very real battle that exists in the spiritual realm.

 

[Lithium Hobo]

This movie isn't Bible based, folks, and it's not a reasonable picture of spiritual warfare. In the movie, God and the devil make a bet of who can get more souls without having any direct contact with mankind. Theologicaly bankrupt.

Okay Mr. Technical, it's inspired, if not influenced, by the bible, or rather its respective religion. I doubt it's a movie about the bible, so don't judge it on its accuracy on the religion it's inspired by.

 

[Stellar Vision]

I'm going to see a free sneak preview of it next Wednesday at my university cinema. Maybe I'll let you know how it is after I see it.

 

[Kentucky_Girl]

Anyone know what the story line is? It is really hard to tell from the previews.

 

[2lplvr]

here's the website, click on synopsis:
http://constantinemovie.warnerbros.com/

 

[Wroth]

It has really no connection with the Bible aside from God and the Devil being mentioned as "beings" with powers to influence us and who have servants to do their will. And how many other movies like that are there? Tons...

This is based of the Hellblazer comic book series with John Constantine being played by Reeves. Here's the synopsis from the official site:

John Constantine has been to hell and back.

Born with a gift he didn’t want, the ability to clearly recognize the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin, Constantine (KEANU REEVES) was driven to take his own life to escape the tormenting clarity of his vision. But he failed. Resuscitated against his will, he found himself cast back into the land of the living. Now, marked as an attempted suicide with a temporary lease on life, he patrols the earthly border between heaven and hell, hoping in vain to earn his way to salvation by sending the devil’s foot soldiers back to the depths.

But Constantine is no saint. Disillusioned by the world around him and at odds with the one beyond, he’s a hard-drinking, hard-living bitter hero who scorns the very idea of heroism. Constantine will fight to save your soul but he doesn’t want your admiration or your thanks – and certainly not your sympathy.

All he wants is a reprieve.

When a desperate but skeptical police detective (RACHEL WEISZ as Angela Dodson) enlists his help in solving the mysterious death of her beloved twin sister (also played by Weisz), their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldly events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost.

 

[marsmx]

im kinda late here but i think the movie may be pretty interesting. If anything, its a step in the right direction with the way movies are headed nowadays

 

[Lizzi4Christ]

I'm alittle iffy about this movie. It looks like a wanna be Matrix kind of movie from the previews that I've seen.

 

[RedneckAnglican]

I really want to see this movie...I've been reading the comic for awhile...this is going to be good...

 

[Stellar Vision]

Well I'm no movie critic, and I haven't read the comic, and its going to come out tomorrow, but I thought it was pretty good. Entertaining, though at some points the action kind of stops. Mostly shows fighting the demons and we can see the 'land of fire and brimstone' a couple of times while heaven only once. The plots not much to rave about, but there does seem to be one (read synopsis).

Trick is not to take it too seriously (although the mood makes it out to be). It's based on a comic book for one thing. Second of all I'm sure Hollywood has stretched and distorted these parts of religion as far as they will go. Don't worry they do that to science and history too among other things.

Overall I enjoyed it. It didn't deviate too much from my expectations in the previews.

 

[Fangtastic]

waiting until its on dvd. im burned out on keanu reeves and the whole matrix thing but if there's nothing else on the shelf i'll rent it.the effects look great i'll say that.

 

[peanutbutter12]

Movie looks good. Comes out on friday. Will be going to see it.

CJ