Constantine
Well, I finally got off my lazy ass to go see the movie Constantine with Megan last night. It was pretty good. Although I was disappointed. It was good, but not a good as I expected, but I guess that's what happens when set you expectations up high. I've never read the comics, Hellblazer, but Constantine did make an appearance in a Sandman comic a bit back, I don't remember which issue, but whatever. First of all, he has blond hair, in Sandman he had blond hair. In all the pictures I looked up in google, he has blond hair. Now either I'm colorblind, but it looked to me that Keanu Reeves had black hair. I just think that they could've cast him a lot better instead of Keanu "no expression since the Matrix" Reeves. I mean, honestly, I had no pity for him when Lucifer comes to get his soul, because honestly he had as much expression and growth in that movie as a cardboard box. The one kid actor that portrayed him had more expression in his 30 second shot than Reeves did in the entire movie. And then there was Lucifer Morningstar. Portrayed by a FAT MAN!!! Dear Lord, did these people not even bother do do their research? They do a fucking movie of heaven and hell and they don't even bother to read the fuckin' bible!! Ezekiel 28:12-17 "You were stamped with the seal of perfection, of complete wisdom and perfect beauty. In Eden, the garden of God, you you were, and ever precious stone was your covering Of gold your pendants and jewels were made, on the day you were created. With the Cherub (My note: Cherub was used only in reference to angels, thus we know that God is talking about Lucifer and not a human) I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God, walking among the fiery stones. Blameless you were in your conduct from the day you were created, Until evil was found in you, the result of your far-flung trade; violence was your business, and you sinned. Then I banned you from the mountain of God; the Cherub drove you from among the fiery stones. You became haughty of heart because of your beauty," Now if you didn't catch what I was trying to point out, it says clearly in the BIBLE that Lucifer was of "perfect beauty" and I'm sorry but a fat man in a white suit doesn't really bring to mind the words perfect beauty, or of a fallen angel. And don't even get me started on Gabriel. A half-breed? Gabriel. Gabriel is an archangel, not the highest of angels (the Metatron) but still a hell of a lot higher than a half-breed. Although I really did like the idea of Lucifer having a son. I think they should have followed that idea more. Who was the mother? That would make for some interesting bit of storytelling. I personally would use Lilith as the mother, (type Lilith in google to find out who she is, I'm too lazy to explain the whole story) and that would probably be a good movie in itself. I liked the movie's version of hell, didn't like heaven. Too stereotypical. I didn't like how they explained the backstory to the Spear of Destiny in one sentence while walking down the hallway... The special effects were really good. Liked the special effects. And the one kid from Even Stevens, I think he definately has potential. Unlike most of his peers *coughHilaryDuffcough* I think he'll go on to be a really good actor. For some reason he reminds me of Tim Mapoles. I have no idea why. Absolutely loved the exorcism scene. But now I'm gonna stop cuz I could rant about this movie for ages. Must be my strict Catholic upbringing, and my interest in theology (It's odd, I'm not really religious, but the Bible and Catholic mythology fascinates me to no end). But if any of you have seen Constantine and wanna talk about it, drop me a line. Especially if your views conflict with mine. I love having a good debate. Especially over good movies. On an offnote. I love Fischerspooner. Listen to it. NOW!!!