I’ll admit it - I went into this movie with low expectations. Now I’m wondering why I watched it at all. I guess I just wanted to see how bad a comic book turned movie could be.
Guess what - this movie sucked. The story was muddled. The mythology was a hodgepodge of traditional Catholism with a mix of other silliness - who knew that you could use a cat and bucket of water to access hell. I live with two cats - so now I’m afraid I’m accidentally going to go to the neterhworld on a rainy day.
There was one part of the film I thought was funny - near the end Satan shows up. He offers to light a cigarette for Keanu. He strikes the zippo and then he keeps moving it so Keanu can’t quite light the thing. Yes fold - that was the best part of the movie - Satan being annoying and childish.
Bottom Line: See the first Matix for Sci Fi/Special Effects or My Own Private Idaho if you just want to Keanu act - or if you want acting, special effects, comic book stuff, and style - see Sin City - but what ever you do don’t see this movie.
September 10th, 2005 at 6:55 pm
DC has the first Hellblazer comic book as a pdf http://www.dccomics.com/features/hellblazer/intro.html
September 15th, 2005 at 8:43 am
Hey… how do I insert pictures onto my blog if they’re not on-line and just on my computer? Is that possible?
-Downey
(mdowney@brownsburg.k12.in.us)