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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 12:55 AM
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Just watched "Constantine". Two hours I'd like to have back.
Boring, weak script, crappy acting, sound was terrible. Like they recorded it in a gymnasium. :puke:
Really bad!
Except for Rachel Weisz.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 12:56 AM
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1. But Peter Stormare played a good Satan.
He portrayed him as a complete nutter.
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 01:16 PM
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22. I liked Peter Stormare as well
(Also, the oft praised--and deservedly so Rachel Weisz)

Although her acitng here didn't really knock me out or anything, it was good, but the role hardly gives her room to blow up or any such thing.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 12:57 AM
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2. LOL!! "Two hours I'd like to have back" THAT'S funny.
:rofl:
You're right, it was incredibly bad...Lame story.

Who the hell ever told Keanu he could act?? :shrug:

:hi:

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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 12:59 AM
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3. Needed Sting.
Got Keanu. How does that happen?
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:05 AM
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4. That's what I thought
It's sometimes visually interesting, but totally pointless and boring as hell. I fell asleep and never bothered to watch the end before I took the DVD back.
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dr.strangelove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:08 AM
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5. Rachel Weisz made it worth watching
She is so HOT!:smoke:
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:11 AM
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7. Amen to that!


:D
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dr.strangelove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:15 AM
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8. THANK YOU!
That was a nice thing to see. I am so attracted to her!
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:20 AM
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9. No problem!
I sure wish I was that snake. :evilgrin:
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dr.strangelove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:30 AM
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11. I would donate my "snake"
to her any time
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:33 AM
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13. LOL!
:rofl:
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:28 AM
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17. did you see the Constant Gardener?
she's great in that.

But you guys weren't talking about her acting skills, now were you? ;)
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dr.strangelove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:45 AM
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19. She was GREAT in The Constant Gardener
And you got to see a little bit of her acting skills and her other assets as well. She is one of the most talanted and beautiful actresses on the "A-list scene" right now. She looked just as beautiful pregnant as she did before her pregnancy. A great actress and a sexy woman.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 12:55 PM
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21. Thats why I tolerated the whole thing!
It was all for Rachael.
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:10 AM
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6. I was disappointed.
:hurts:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:28 AM
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10. But it's....a Keanu Reeves movie!
That, of course, automatically signifies that's a pleasure from the very beginning to the end credits.

Well, now I'm disillusioned. :cry:
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dr.strangelove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:32 AM
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12. prior to The Matrix series
I had a rule about never seeing a Keanu film. I watched that surfer bank robber film and was scarred for life. The Matrix made me trust him again, that Constantine threw me right back into my anti-Keanu mood.
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Monkey see Monkey Do Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:23 AM
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16. Richard Linklater (who I love) cast him in the lead for his adaptation
Edited on Fri Apr-14-06 09:46 AM by Monkey see Monkey Do
of "A Scanner Darkly". Hopefully the animation effect will enhance his acting prowess:



I'm the same as you -- keep swearing off Keanu movies (Johnny Mnemonic was my absolute final straw for years) but occassionally he'll be in something where he's passable and you drop your guard. I saw Thumbsucker last week which he's only in for about 5 minutes, but it's such a painful 5 minutes it brings down the entire film.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 08:37 AM
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14. Not even Rachel Weisz in a wet white tshirt could save it
sigh
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:00 AM
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15. Yeah, that movie was awful!
:puke:
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:34 AM
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18. I've seen worse
and from him, as well. He was good in Johnny Mnemonic. I've seen many of his films and he is improving in his acting skills, albeit slowly.

I thought the story was interesting and visually it was quite beautiful. The images of hell and the demons were intriguing. But I think he's been typecast in these types of films.
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Ramsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:49 AM
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20. Good to know
I'll take it off my Netflix list!
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