I liked Constantine. I did. He certainly has an otherworldly light to him.
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turock — 16 years ago(February 05, 2010 10:43 PM)
Yeah he does get a lot of flack from people, though i will say that his performances all come across as flat and unemotional, it just so happens that that makes his characters appear to have more depth.
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MrPink101 — 16 years ago(February 10, 2010 07:16 AM)
Totally agree, although I can laugh and understand when people say he his flat/unemotional I still enjoy his perfomances and like you, feel like there is a depth to him.
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madonna-7 — 16 years ago(February 14, 2010 01:46 AM)
I love Keanu, he is certainly not the best actor in the world, but as one said on the board, he has an aura, a softness, a depth to him which comes across the screen, and he is soooooo good looking, its ridicoulous. And i also like that you NEVER see him on pictures in magazines going to parties, like all the others do, i think he doesnt like the attention, that makes him likeable. Sorry for my spelling, Im from denmark, i do my best. I LOVED Constantine, i think its underrated, I really enjoyed it for its fantasy world and darkness.
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eeleyebrown — 14 years ago(October 06, 2011 12:51 PM)
"Yeah he does get a lot of flack from people, though i will say that his performances all come across as flat and unemotional, it just so happens that that makes his characters appear to have more depth."
I agree, Reeves' acting is very flat and it was very much evident in "Something's Gotta Give" where he had to act in a mature romantic comedy alongside Oscar winners Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand and Jack Nicholson. He needs to stick to genre movies but even this movie could have used a little more flesh and blood in the lead role. Would have been interesting to see what Cage could have done with this. -
tsuobachi — 14 years ago(February 04, 2012 10:07 PM)
Using 'Keanu' and 'wooden' in the same sentence is like saying you love The Godfather. It just means you're too scared to think for yourself so you just repeat what you've heard everyone else say.
For those of you who actually have an open mind and/or like Keanu, check out his roles in 3 movies no one ever talks about when they mention him:- Much Ado About Nothing
- A Walk in the Clouds
- Thumbsucker
Oddly enough although so many people love to derogate Keanu for being in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, the whole REASON everyone makes fun of him for that movie is because he was so convincing in the role. It's not his fault he was so great at playing an idiotic stoner that many people were never able to come to terms with the idea that he was an ACTOR. They play different rolesit's kinda what they do.
Sean Penn played an idiotic stoner too, and that role has followed him like a curse for years. Maybe no one should ever play an idiotic stoner during the beginning of their acting career.
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True-South — 13 years ago(July 11, 2012 03:39 PM)
I wouldn't recommend "A Walk in the Clouds". It's so cheesy (IMHO), I felt embarrassed for Reeves.
The other two are still in my queue.
I would recommend the following Reeves movies:
A Skanner Darkly. Some people don't like the way it's done technically, I mean the animation thing, but I tend to side with those who say it contributes to the story.
Street Kings. People say it's like Training Day, but I don't remember that one much, I just remember I didn't really like it. Street Kings is a really cool movie though, in my opinion.
The Devil's Advocate goes without saying, and everybody has seen it anyway. Reeves gives the best performance of the whole cast there, I think. Theron's character is just a crazy lady (you don't get recognition unless you play a crazy person, why is that?). Al Pachino's character really reminds me of some other role of his, I just forget who exactly so I'm not amused by him in this movie.
Feeling Minnesota used to be popular too, and it's somewhat entertaining. You just have to remember that it's a comedy - they tried to make a Coen Brothers movie out of it. Romance part is just weird, but I do love the scenes of the two brothers fighting, the ones in the second half of the movie. Reeves is funny in it, with all the fainting, and throwing rock and chairs at his brother, and committing crimes
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learimfroste-558-593590 — 12 years ago(October 27, 2013 07:24 PM)
A scanner darkly is me favorite reeves movie. Phillip k Dick is one of the best sci fi writers and a scanner darkly is one if his best works. The movie really captures what it would be like to fall captive to dissociative drug.
"That's nothing. Once I waited a whole year for September."- Fozzie Bear
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True-South — 12 years ago(November 13, 2013 02:52 PM)
Oh, and since then I watched "The Gift" - Reeves REALLY kicks ass in that one. The scene on the pond, when he watches the cops do their job - oh man, all the emotions on his face really gave away his storyline that gets uncovered later in the movie. Good stuff.
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Sugarminx — 11 years ago(July 02, 2014 10:31 PM)
Using 'Keanu' and 'wooden' in the same sentence is like saying you love The Godfather. It just means you're too scared to think for yourself so you just repeat what you've heard everyone else say.
Love this!
It's so boring when people jump on the Keanu is rubbish bandwagon. He's no Laurence Olivier or Alec Guiness or Daniel Day Lewis but he's not Jean Claude Van Damme either!
I think he's very good at certain things and that he excels when he is given strong direction.
He was great in Speed, Parenthood, The Matrix, The Gift and in this film.
Someone above disparaged his performance in Something's Gotta Give, but I thought he played that role really well. Diane Keaton was a fool, a FOOL for picking crusty old Nicholson over Keanu's suave and charasmatic doctor.
Of the films I've seen him in, there's really only one I'd call a poor performance - and that was Bram Stoker's Dracula. But as I've said, I believe the actors didn't get much in the way of performance direction from Coppola on that one.
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MovieRevolt — 16 years ago(February 16, 2010 09:59 AM)
I do agree. He's an easy target. \Is he an Oscar worthy actor, i wouldn't say so, but he's good in action. In two of the greatest action movies of his day with the Matrix and Speed. Not saying he's the reason those movies are good, but he did his part.
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washbrook45 — 16 years ago(February 18, 2010 08:38 PM)
Not Oscar worthy? Simply an action movie star?
Apparently no one has seen My Own Private Idaho or The Devil's Advocate. . .
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trinity-destler — 15 years ago(July 23, 2010 08:54 AM)
Devil's Advocate is
almost
really, really good, but that penultimate scene is just too much. You know the one. If that had been toned down a couple thousand notches, the film might have been a real critical success.
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joeman-12 — 13 years ago(February 24, 2013 12:35 PM)
I can only say that I don't believe a single move or line he said in the movie. The overacting is, to my eyes, and most people whose obective opinion I respect, agree with me. I am talking about this Keanu and Constantine. There is no natural move, face, corporal language I see in him that looks legit. Same thing I found in matrix, but that movie didn't have much acting to be notorious.
I'm watching it right now, despite I like the movie, I cannot detect a single sight of good acting, everything he does or says has that small overacting, exageration, lack of sutilty that natural movement or expresion have.
I don't think a critic where the work "like" is involved can be considered as such. Whatever I like is irrelevant to measure the quality of something, because queality parameters are set and can be measured, disregarding my taste or even if I agree of those parameters. Of course I can make a mistake or get confused
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pinhead666 — 16 years ago(March 07, 2010 10:45 PM)
well in the comics john Constantine is a prick, a really big prick so i think thats what he was going for. now i'm not a big fan of keanu reeves but i'm the rare Alan Moore fanboy who liked this and most of the movies based on his work.well except watchmen i've tried watching that beep sack three or four times and can't make it more then 20 min in