Lori and I went to see Constantine on Sunday. Before we went into the theatre we played some air hockey at the local putt putt and she won. Woo hoo!
What a disaster Constantine was. There were a few good scenes that kept me interested in the beginning. But about half way through I started noticing how uncomfortable the chair was, how my butt was getting numb, how big the theatre was, how far away the screen was. These are not good signs. I was definitely not sold on this movie at all. Several times I considered getting up and leaving out of sheer boredom.
I could tell you about the plot and what not, but seriously, who cares? When we got home Lori had a look around the movie sites and found that there was an extra scene in the credits. Apparently it's a big deal. But is it worth two hours of butt-numbing hell to get there. Uh, no.
Constantine is certainly not something you want to see in the theatre. I'm not even sure it's worth your time on DVD. When it comes to HBO on the infinite repeat just watch the first couple of scenes. Those are alright. After that, it's all just boring pap deeply in need of serious editing.
Speaking of HBO. Lori and I are, well I don't know if you can say fans exactly, but watchers of Carnivale. You will think to yourself; "Come on! That's just another David Lynch style dustbowl show where all of the characters are twisted sweaty magical carnies. There are lots of those!" Well, duh, yeah, that's true. And usually there isn't much to talk about. There is the usual episode twist at the end, and then a one-two punch for the finale.
Last night the show just exploded, or imploded, or something. The confrontation we had been waiting on for two years just bam, happened, as if it were nothing, followed by the quick death of another character. Or at least a maybe-death, or something. Hell if I know.
The really strange part is that it wasn't the finale. Damned if I know what they are going to do next week. Maybe drill a whole in the middle of the earth with a giant mechanical carnie digging machine and use their magical powers to get the core spinning again.
Posted by jherr at February 22, 2005 08:18 AMI'm concerned that you thought this was going to be a good movie!:) Sorry it was a waste of time--but at least you and Lori got to spend some time together.
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