Dispointing Movie. Too many slow moments and not the greatest action. Reeves was replacable, liked him in movies like Something's Gotta Give much more. Stormare and Swinton were both pretty bad. Some of the effects were nice to look at tough. The movie was entertaining tough. Just nothing memorable. B-

Nothing Special. Some cool Effects and Reeves fits the Role of Constantine pretty well. The Rest is mediocre.
Buy your Popcorn and have a nice time. For that its ok.
I grade it somewhere between 5/10 and 6/10

After some thinking I give definately 6/10

Its a cool nonbrainer

Hmmmm not looking promising. Look for BIG 2nd weekend drops.

Just checking on your B- based on the bolded above? It is just based on your whole review I expected to see closer to a C-.

So if a B- is true, it seems it is still worth a viewing.

B- is true. I was entertained by it, just not as much as I hoped for. I'm not saying it's pure crap. It just had it's flaws.

This movie was a major disappointment, and it's going to drop like a stone at the BO. It was just not a well made film at all.

The plot is poorly executed, the characters have no life, and it's impossible to care about any of them. My advice is to save your money, or go see Million Dollar Baby instead. For those of you who do go to see it after reading this, please let us know.

D

The movie has a very intriguing plot. The pace is slow, but is worth watching. I Liked Rachel Weisz and Keanu's roles and it is not a horror movie (Hellboy is a good comparision)

B+

Constantine



A

http://www.worldofkj.com/Zingaling-Constantine.php

I did say that you shouldn't have your hopes up.

Hopes up ????? / Disappointed ?????. You remember you graded it a B.

There is a big difference between your B and Mav's D. Isn't a B review a PRETTY GOOD but not great movie. Unless, of course, you are just an easy grader or your grades don't make sense? Which I guess is possible?

What the hell are you talking about? Lecter just thought it was a decent movie.

the movie is abit slow, but still quite entertaining. i never read any Hellblazer before. but i like Reeves character in this movie, i love how he played as John Constantine. i think it's a worth watching movie. the SFX are nice. i give it an A-. maybe i'll be seeing it again in DVD.

A+ I luved every minute of it.
I especially luved Satan,Gaberial and Belthzar wished there were more scenes of them.
Keanu was cool as usual in these kinds of movies.
I'm going have to pick up the comics and read up on the 'real' constantine.

Meh...Nothing Special...I had to much anticipation

Characters sucked


C-

I thought the movie was pretty good. It moved a bit too slow for my tastes but it kept me interested throughout the movie. The SFX were amazing and Reeves character grew on me as the story moved along. I hope this does well enough to make the sequels.
B+

After seeing how dreadful Catwoman and Elektra were, and what a dissappointment that Blade 3 turned out to be, I lost faith on most comic book movies till Batman Begins hits. Well I came inside not expecting too much from the movie, I was drawn into the movie even though I was expecting some action flick and ignoring other users comment that it plays like a horror detective series. It was no action flick but what I saw I really liked, you can say it had alot of elements from eXistenZ, the Matrix, Men in Black and the Exorcist. The movie does a good job playing out philisophical aspects of Heaven and Hell which kept my attention most of the time. I do agree with others that it plays out too slow in the beginning but eventually it builds up gradually that you have your eyes glued to the screen. Although its probably no Matrix but it definately is a good comic book movie on par with the original Blade.
An A-
8.5/10

Incredible movie, Zing summed it up pretty well.

What happens during the credits though? I missed it :-/

*spoilers*

After (not during) the credits, Constantine puts his lighter on Chas' gravestone. Chas then flies down and appears, with a set of wings. Obviously he became an angel when he died.

I finally saw Constantine last night, and to say I was impressed would be an understatement. I was completely and utterly blown away. Those of you who have said it's more of horror film than an action film are totally right, and I honestly wouldn't want it any other way. It plays perfectly as a horror film. It has such an amazing story that to dilute it with random, five minute long action sequences would be a crime. And oh man, what a story it is. There is seriously enough nuances and subtexts in the film's story to spawn it's own cult following. It's not just the story that is loaded with these little touches, either. The film itself has them, too, and they just add this incredible layer to the film. For example, a man carries the Spear of Destiny north to California which would be a fairly pedestrian event in most films, but in Constantine he walks past a "Got Faith?" billboard, gets hit by a car (a stunning and shocking image, sort of like the "Rabbit In Your Headlight" video from that band UNKLE a couple years back) and walks away unscathed, and has livestock dropping like flies as he walks by them. Also, a cursed priest finds that alcohol bottles refuse to empty their contents into his mouth but as he throws them to the floor they empty out, Satan himself leaves footprints of tar on a tile floor, and a witch-doctor-turned-bartender (the bar he owns is an incredible sight, as it's lite with a harsh, glowing red light and filled with "half-breeds" doing bizarre things to one another) lends Constantine a haunted electric chair so he can literally go to hell. Speaking of hell, the hell portrayed in this film is one of the most unique i've ever seen (time stops when you die, and hell is the exact place you've died - just filled with demons with half of their heads cut off and fire and brimstone). Looking back on this review, I realize it's become more of a description of all of the cool things in this film. It may seem like i'm grasping at straws here, but i'm really not. Constantine is the kind of film that you just have to see to believe. I've never had such a hard time writing a review for a film that I absolutely loved, because the reasons I loved it were the "little things", and those are so hard to put into words. Just know that that nearly everything about this film just works - the visuals (which have a great film noir look to them) are stunning, haunting, and beautiful on a consistent basis that i've seriously never seen before (Francis Lawrence is a huge talent to watch out for), the film itself moves at a great, slow pace and just lets things build to a crescendo and let's things move naturally without the use of annoying action scenes. It's the first comic book based film i've ever seen that isin't made for ADD youth, but for adults that can let a film build naturally and beautifully. So, yeah, I loved Constantine. I think it's a tremendous film, and I can't wait to see when (and if) a film will top it this year. I give it an A-.

Makeshift, your review sounds like an A+, yet you gave it an A-, so what was actually about it that you didn't love?

I was a religion major in college and I loved this movie. There is so much theology going on; concepts about hel and heaven; about the nature of angels and satan; subtle philosophies about god and humanity. Then throw in some spectacular visuals.

Not the best ever (Stigmata remains my favorite movie dealing with Catholic "horror") but damn good.

B+

Well, I would have liked for it to have a bit more of an emotional punch to it, and Keanu is still and always will be a terrible actor.

But, Keanu was the bomb in Sweet November, yo.

Sweet November: One of the many, many bad movies that Charlize Theron was the best thing about (also see (or don't): Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Reindeer Games, Mighty Joe Young, The Yards, Trapped, The Astronaut's Wife and Trial and Error).