I liked Constantine. I did. He certainly has an otherworldly light to him.
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Sugarminx — 11 years ago(July 02, 2014 10:31 PM)
Using 'Keanu' and 'wooden' in the same sentence is like saying you love The Godfather. It just means you're too scared to think for yourself so you just repeat what you've heard everyone else say.
Love this!
It's so boring when people jump on the Keanu is rubbish bandwagon. He's no Laurence Olivier or Alec Guiness or Daniel Day Lewis but he's not Jean Claude Van Damme either!
I think he's very good at certain things and that he excels when he is given strong direction.
He was great in Speed, Parenthood, The Matrix, The Gift and in this film.
Someone above disparaged his performance in Something's Gotta Give, but I thought he played that role really well. Diane Keaton was a fool, a FOOL for picking crusty old Nicholson over Keanu's suave and charasmatic doctor.
Of the films I've seen him in, there's really only one I'd call a poor performance - and that was Bram Stoker's Dracula. But as I've said, I believe the actors didn't get much in the way of performance direction from Coppola on that one.
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MovieRevolt — 16 years ago(February 16, 2010 09:59 AM)
I do agree. He's an easy target. \Is he an Oscar worthy actor, i wouldn't say so, but he's good in action. In two of the greatest action movies of his day with the Matrix and Speed. Not saying he's the reason those movies are good, but he did his part.
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washbrook45 — 16 years ago(February 18, 2010 08:38 PM)
Not Oscar worthy? Simply an action movie star?
Apparently no one has seen My Own Private Idaho or The Devil's Advocate. . .
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trinity-destler — 15 years ago(July 23, 2010 08:54 AM)
Devil's Advocate is
almost
really, really good, but that penultimate scene is just too much. You know the one. If that had been toned down a couple thousand notches, the film might have been a real critical success.
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joeman-12 — 13 years ago(February 24, 2013 12:35 PM)
I can only say that I don't believe a single move or line he said in the movie. The overacting is, to my eyes, and most people whose obective opinion I respect, agree with me. I am talking about this Keanu and Constantine. There is no natural move, face, corporal language I see in him that looks legit. Same thing I found in matrix, but that movie didn't have much acting to be notorious.
I'm watching it right now, despite I like the movie, I cannot detect a single sight of good acting, everything he does or says has that small overacting, exageration, lack of sutilty that natural movement or expresion have.
I don't think a critic where the work "like" is involved can be considered as such. Whatever I like is irrelevant to measure the quality of something, because queality parameters are set and can be measured, disregarding my taste or even if I agree of those parameters. Of course I can make a mistake or get confused
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pinhead666 — 16 years ago(March 07, 2010 10:45 PM)
well in the comics john Constantine is a prick, a really big prick so i think thats what he was going for. now i'm not a big fan of keanu reeves but i'm the rare Alan Moore fanboy who liked this and most of the movies based on his work.well except watchmen i've tried watching that beep sack three or four times and can't make it more then 20 min in
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AndyWarth — 15 years ago(April 15, 2010 04:44 PM)
It is not undeserved. He destroyed one of my favorite comic books and now he ios going to dothe same with one of the most amazing anime series ever - Cowboy Bebop.
BUT Hellblazer is in my opinion a kind of difficult movie to be made very dark, complex and with a lot of mythology to be explained before you can actually enjoy it I don't know, maybe for the general audience It's sad they took one of the finest horror comics ever written and dumbed it down for the masses
Keanu deserves all the hate he receives for this movie and in fact, I think he deserves more, given the fact that most people who haven't read the comic think he was great here So triste!
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calimie_niphredil — 15 years ago(May 10, 2010 05:30 AM)
But many of the changes of comic-film were not his fault. He wasn't a producer. I don't think it's fair to blame him for, say, the butchering of Chas or the completely different view they two Constantines have for Heaven/Hell.
I'm not saying he was great in this movie but I think, generally, people blame him not for his performance but for the product overall.
It happens the same thing with Pride and Prejudice and Keira Knightley. Did the movie have faults? Yes. Is she to blame for all of them? No!
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TheAnimalMother — 15 years ago(June 05, 2010 01:38 PM)
"I think Keanu takes a lot of undeserved grief."
Like when he was accused of being the killer in The Gift? Well he was a wife beating red neck at least.
"He certainly has an otherworldly light to him."
He's from Canada. He just needs to spend more time in the sun and away from the igloos, and that pale look will soon cease.
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slayerjmk95 — 15 years ago(July 17, 2010 03:16 PM)
I thought that this was a great comic book adaptation and i thought that Keanu did a great job as Constantine. I don't know if i can see anyone else playing the role as well as he did
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Zero_Wolf — 15 years ago(November 10, 2010 07:55 AM)
I think he's a pretty limited actor, in terms of the range he seems able (or willing) to portray. I do however think that his limitations had no bearing on this part. I think it worked perfectly for the part of Constantine.
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Ihateyoumike — 15 years ago(December 13, 2010 07:40 PM)
I happen to agree.
He kind of reminds me of Nic Cage, he's not the greatest of actors out there, but somehow I seem to enjoy pretty much every movie he's in.
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Bubbly_Millionheiress — 14 years ago(June 28, 2011 10:15 AM)
I second this opinion. Nicholas Cage is also one of my favourite actors, yes he's not the best actor in the world with acting skills that make you go "wow!" but there is that charisma & likeability he has that makes his films enjoyable. Keanu Reeves is cut out from the same mould.
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Katiedot — 15 years ago(March 28, 2011 10:25 AM)
I don't think he's a particularly versatile actor, but in this film he was absolutely spot on. That smirk when he's in the lift and she asks him if he's going down . . .
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