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Constantine 2 and Point Break 2 Forgo Their Keanu
After much badgering by Co-host, I finally went back and rented the 2005 film Constantine and watched it again. Apparently, he felt that my original 'rental' rating of the film was 'totally gay' and required re-thinking or at least a baseball bat enema. Now while I usually put more stock in my homemade chicken soup than in Co-host's bizarre and often borderline offensive opinions, he wasn't the first who accused me of being too hard on the film.
You see, I'm a hard core fan of the comic on which the film was based, Hellblazer. One of the finest and darkest stories in comic book land, the tragic and cruel journey of the deeply flawed anti-hero John Constantine is a fascinating one. He has a complexity to him, a studied exploration of the dark side inside us all that is unlike almost anything else ever written in comics. So, I felt almost immediately that Keanu Reeves was gonna be the wrong choice to play him. Not to mention John is English. Like, essential to his character, REALLY REALLY English. Anyone who ever saw Keanu in Bram Stoker's Dracula knows that this is a bad match up.
Thankfully, Keanu chose to forgo the accent, and all things considered, even with the weird mashed-up script they had, he didn't do too bad a job...although I never for a moment felt he was the John Constantine I know. He was more of a sort of bitter Neo aftershock; a Neo from a parallel universe that lost his war and wanders around the ruins of civilization.
Fast-forward to now...the slowly growing fan base for the film, as well as the original film's director Francis Lawrence, has been ranting and raving about wanting a Constantine 2. Mr Reeves has made clear that if it happens, it ain't gonna be with him. All I can say is...eh.
I'd personally love to see another Constantine film, done with more care and adherence to the original character with perhaps an actual Englishman in the role. I don't have the hate-on for Keanu that lots seem to, but this really was a case of preposterously bad casting. Keanu ain't gonna be in 2009's Point Break 2 either. No more sequels for Captain Whoa. Can't blame him really after the reception to the Matrix 2 and 3.
To bring this full circle, I still give a big rental 'meh' to the film Constantine. What good ideas are in the film are pathetic shadows of the brilliant source material. It's just a badly CG-animated reminder of how rarely Hollywood gets these translations right. But I always have hope and I say try again. Make another one. Start afresh. If they can do it with The Hulk, than certainly John Constantine deserves another shake.
SOURCE: Slashfilm
You see, I'm a hard core fan of the comic on which the film was based, Hellblazer. One of the finest and darkest stories in comic book land, the tragic and cruel journey of the deeply flawed anti-hero John Constantine is a fascinating one. He has a complexity to him, a studied exploration of the dark side inside us all that is unlike almost anything else ever written in comics. So, I felt almost immediately that Keanu Reeves was gonna be the wrong choice to play him. Not to mention John is English. Like, essential to his character, REALLY REALLY English. Anyone who ever saw Keanu in Bram Stoker's Dracula knows that this is a bad match up.
Thankfully, Keanu chose to forgo the accent, and all things considered, even with the weird mashed-up script they had, he didn't do too bad a job...although I never for a moment felt he was the John Constantine I know. He was more of a sort of bitter Neo aftershock; a Neo from a parallel universe that lost his war and wanders around the ruins of civilization.
Fast-forward to now...the slowly growing fan base for the film, as well as the original film's director Francis Lawrence, has been ranting and raving about wanting a Constantine 2. Mr Reeves has made clear that if it happens, it ain't gonna be with him. All I can say is...eh.
I'd personally love to see another Constantine film, done with more care and adherence to the original character with perhaps an actual Englishman in the role. I don't have the hate-on for Keanu that lots seem to, but this really was a case of preposterously bad casting. Keanu ain't gonna be in 2009's Point Break 2 either. No more sequels for Captain Whoa. Can't blame him really after the reception to the Matrix 2 and 3.
To bring this full circle, I still give a big rental 'meh' to the film Constantine. What good ideas are in the film are pathetic shadows of the brilliant source material. It's just a badly CG-animated reminder of how rarely Hollywood gets these translations right. But I always have hope and I say try again. Make another one. Start afresh. If they can do it with The Hulk, than certainly John Constantine deserves another shake.
SOURCE: Slashfilm
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Comment by Diana on March 27, 2008 at 4:12am
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@Cyrus... you probably blocked out that memory because of Statham horrible american accent. Anyway. You can see Statham with a wig in London and Revolver. Not blonde wig, he's lightish brown, but suffice to say... he's better off bald.
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Comment by Cyrus on March 26, 2008 at 10:51pm
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Wow, I totally forgot Statham was in The One.
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Comment by Nathan on March 26, 2008 at 9:19pm -
How bout 'The One' with Li and Statham. I really liked that movie, for no other reason than it had two Jet Li's kickin holes in each other and Jet Li using a whole motorcycle to beat a guy up.
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What, because of "War"? Might as well have said Vinny Jones (woulda made more sense what with him having been in two movies with Statham). Now that I think about it, VJ probably would make a pretty cool demon. Or even, the DC character, THE Demon. Yeah, yeah...that's the ticket.
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Comment by Nathan on March 26, 2008 at 8:52pm
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Cyrus: Does that mean Jet Li plays a demon or something? ;-)
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Mikey B: I always thought this could be the more serious franchise character I'd like to see Jason Statham take on, but I don't know how I'd feel about him in a blond wig.
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Comment by The Mighty Celestial on March 26, 2008 at 5:53pm -
I own this DVD, but have never watched it.
To be honest, I don't actually plan on ever watching it.
mann...I don't even remember buying it.
And now that I think about it....
how the hell did this damn thing end up getting into my house to begin with....?!
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Comment by blaqqbastard on March 26, 2008 at 5:18pm -
shit i just watched constantine a few days ago i love damn near everything about it except for keanu he was trying to act like a seasoned detective and hes just not that guy and did anyone notice how he would do these slightly spastic movements w/ his entire body
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Comment by Mikey B. on March 26, 2008 at 4:53pm -
Just out of curiosity Cyrus. What actor would you see as Constantine?
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Comment by Beau on March 26, 2008 at 2:21pm -
Yes, Keanu can't possibly do Constantine 2. He's ging to be far to busy ruining yet another unnecessary Hollywood remake of a classic Sci-FI flick: The Day the Earth Stood Still. Fuck me.
Anyway...RELAUNCH. Let's get this happenin' people!
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