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Post by Limity (BLM) on Jan 3, 2016 9:37:31 GMT -5
So I'm watching this movie on Netflix, and I've always really liked it. And I've also always been surprised at how many other people don't. Did it come too close on the heels of The Matrix movies, and everyone was still on the let's hate on Keanu Reeves bandwagon? Was it a comic book movie before its time, too obscure even for comic book fans?
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Post by Hurbster on Jan 3, 2016 9:47:41 GMT -5
I dunno, maybe the fact that they turned him from a quintessentially British guy to an American in the movie ?
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Jan 3, 2016 9:47:55 GMT -5
My issue is that it strayed a little too far from the source material. That and Keanu was more wooden than usual
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Post by wakko on Jan 3, 2016 10:21:02 GMT -5
I liked it so I got no complaints.
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Post by Juice on Jan 3, 2016 10:57:46 GMT -5
I liked it a lot, but there's a big difference between that movie and the Hellblazer comics. I will have to watch it again now that it's on Netflix. Also if you like it, check out the show and subsequent crossover with Arrow. I thought that despite being tv friendly they are really good.
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Post by britishbulldog on Jan 3, 2016 11:03:03 GMT -5
It's one of my favorite movies. I know nothing of the source material so I was never offended by it. Still a movie I watch often, it's fun.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jan 3, 2016 11:03:55 GMT -5
alright, if kinda forgettable movie. Keanu Reeves was comically miscast, though. a truer-to-the-source movie would've been better and this movie didn't have any balls.
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Post by nm on Jan 3, 2016 12:36:05 GMT -5
i saw it in the theater when i was like 14 so i cant really remember
all i remember is him going "I'M JOHN CONSTANTINE, BITCH" but i dont think thats true because theres nothing in google that corroborates that he actually said that
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Post by revolver86 on Jan 3, 2016 14:03:01 GMT -5
Even as a huge DC Comics nerd, I remember being pleasently surprised by how much I enjoyed this flick. Sure, it's not Hellblazer, but it's still a fun movie despite that.
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Jan 3, 2016 14:17:22 GMT -5
not a horrendously bad film, liked it enough to buy the bluray cheap.
liked what I saw of the now cancelled tv show more though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2016 14:24:35 GMT -5
as an adaptation of the comic, it sucked big time.
as a dark fantasy action film, it was f***ing awesome and I loved it alot. The cast was terrific and Keanu played a grizzled supernatural PI pretty well.
Stormare as the devil. Swinton as Gabriel the angel. Wiez as the detective. Hounsou as the club owner.
In fact, I'm gonna watch it right now.
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