Thumbs

On Sunday i went to see the movie Constantine. This is another in a long line of movie that have been adapted from a comic book. Now these movies have been a little hit and miss. From the grand heights of Spiderman 2 to the depths of crapness and maybe even further below that was Elektra. Where Constantine fits is i think on the better side of things.

Constantine is based on the comic book Hellblazer. It is about the demon slaying John Constantine(Keanu Reeves). He was given a gift to be able to see the angles from heaven and the deamons from hell. Constantine is about the devils sons plan to cross over from hell onto our plane of existance. John discovers this plan when he is trying to send more deamons back to hell, in doing this he hopes to be excepted into heaven.

I think Constantines strong point for me was that i didn't know much of the back story. Unlike Spiderman or xmen this was all new to me. Keanu Reeves is really one of the coolest people in hollywood. He now seems to know what roles suit him and Constantine is differently one of them. He bring the character to life and plays all the important parts of the movie just perfect.

I hope with my fingers crossed that they find a way to do another one of these films. it had everything. It was pretty, well cast and although the script was a little corney it still didn't let the movie down all that much. This movie is one of the good comic book ones, i just hope that there is a few more this year.