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JOHN WICK?

2014-11-27 03:38:24

Fair enough. Thanks! :)
Constantine

2014-11-27 03:34:36

As far as "mysterious ways" goes... for me, the brilliance of this movie, and what really turned me from a fan to a raving fan was Constantine's prayer. He gets to the second act climax, Chaz goes down, the true villain is revealed, and he realizes the truth: he can't do this alone. He is out of his league.

That he would turn to prayer seems so perfect, because it represents a true breakdown of his outer shell and a return -- not to faith -- but at least an acknowledgement that there are powers higher than the ones roaming the earth, and only they could help.

The prayer itself works, and the answer God gives him? Brilliant on so many levels (although I will say, based on viewings of the deleted scenes that they clearly struggled with how to set up what came next organically).

It's one of the best "religious" scenes in all of cinema, as far as I am concerned.

JOHN WICK?

2014-11-27 03:12:43

Luca, as the reviewer you just mentioned... I have a question about "not getting it?"

First, to establish the obligatory geekcred all discussions like this must have, I'll state for the record:

Constantine is my favorite Reeves movie.
I think the last thing Neo should have said to Agent Smith in Matrix Revolutions was "the name is NEO" -- to bring all three films full circle.
And, it's true. Chicks DO dig scars.


Ok.. So, what did I miss? What didn't I get?

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