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War Is Less Hell In The Future Of Sgt. Rock
Constantine 2 Not Abandoned Yet
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War Is Less Hell In The Future Of Sgt. Rock |
Constantine 2 Not Abandoned Yet |
11/11/09
11/10/09
They probably don't see any marketing value in another WWII movie. Instead they may try to make it modern so that the movie can connect with the youths who have grown up watching the Afghan and Iraq War.
11/10/09
"aw hell naow!"
in expectation of the subsequent development that, once you start down the slippery-slope of making it more action-y and sci-fi-ish, you inevitably end up with Will Smith in the title role.
By rights the part belongs to Tom Sizemore. "Saving Private Ryan" was a goddamned 2 hour audition tape for Sgt Rock. #sgtrock
11/10/09
Otherwise this just sounds like the comic book movie disaster equivalent of Speed Racer.
04/22/09
04/22/09
That said, I really did not enjoy Constantine the movie. Gave the DVD to a friend immediately after watching it who then donated it to our local library. I suppose if I had never read Hellblazer I might have enjoyed. But I did read it and so the comparisons to the source material was inevitable. And Constantine the movie came up short. Very short.
I think this is why adaptations of comic books always fail. They simply can't live up to the emotional investment I have in the series and characters. The only ones that have worked is Iron Man (who I had no emotional investment in) and Darkman and The Incredibles (which are movies about comic book characters that don't exists so again, no emotional investment).
Final note: my fantasy casting for Constantine would be Rutger Hauer circa 1986, minus the accent.
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I still think it was pure genius casting to have Gavin Rossdale as Balthazar and Tilda Swinton as Gabriel.