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Constantine 2005 - Lyesmith

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John Constantine has been one of my favorite comic book characters for years. He's near and dear to my heart. So when I first heard they were doing a movie, I was excited! Until I heard it was Keanu Reeves playing John. Nothing against the former Wyld Stallyn, but I just didn't think he could pull off the almost-charming snark that John so desperately needs. And he didn't. Which brings me to the point of this post. After avoiding the movie because I'd heard it was SO bad, I finally watched it. And I'm kinda glad I did. While Reeves failed to live up to my expectation of who John Constantine is, he didn't fail in /every/ aspect. He brought the "asshole" part of John, I felt. Little things through out the movie that made me go "oh! There's Constantine! I saw him there for just a second!" Like (spoiler alert! Of course, this did come out in 2005. So bite me.) when John's being glided off to Heaven and he flips Lucifer the finger over his