Middle America's Worldview

Constatine is a heavily CGI film depicting halfbreeds (angel/demons mixed with humans) that get their butt kicked back to hell. The movie started out pretty good. I was thinking I might actually buy this one to keep but as the movie dwindled to a closing, I thought..nah.

I won't digress in the inaccurate theology (my opinion), nor the inaccurate account of Jesus death. I won’t even point out once you enter heaven or hell there is no turning back. No 2 way ticket on those rides. If you can overlook these main themes in the movie, you can enjoy the show.

Constatine was born with a gift/curse to be able to see half-breeds (demon-human) that influence us human kinds for our souls. The struggle between good and evil lies in the Earth where the quest for souls is the prize. Constatine unsuccessfully attempts suicide, thus puts his soul in the possession of hell. Regardless, he attempts to work for his acceptance in heaven as long as he lives here in Earth.

The show isn't bad as a storyline goes for entertainment. However, I wonder how many people will actually watch this and wonder if there is any truth in it. This is my primary dislike of the show. It is built around the concept of a persons actions to gain access to heaven by works. I realize this is the same concept as most if not all but one religion. This is not the fact of the truth, in the concept of Christianity. Biblically, the only means to attain Heaven is by accepting you're a sinner and ask Christ to take your place (as He did on the cross) for your sins. I digress.

I thought Keanu Reeves did well playing Constatine, considering the given character. Keep in mind I never knew of this character till the movie. I also enjoyed seeing Keanu with Rachel Weisz again. I liked them together in the movie Chain Reaction.

All in all it was a decent movie and entertaining to watch. The cool main website is found here.