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...been able to recognize the ghoulish “half-breeds,” who, as hybrid demon-human creatures, can cross the border between heaven and hell and upset “the balance” between God and Satan’s bid for human souls. Young Constantine??s terrifying visions classify him as a psycho. As a result of the trauma of his visions and equally horrific “therapy,” he commits suicide...
...been able to recognize the ghoulish “half-breeds” who, as hybrid demon-human creatures, can cross the border between heaven and hell and upset “the balance” between God and Satan’s bids for human souls. Young Constantine??s terrifying visions classify him as a psychotic, and as result of the trauma of his visions and equally horrific “therapy,” he commits suicide...
...point, Constantine??s sidekick Chaz wonders aloud why this divine gorefest doesn’t match up with the Biblical lessons in which he’s been brought up. The world-weary Constantine brushes aside all questions of discrepancy between traditional Christianity and the film’s unorthodox interpretation with a characteristically curt, “It’s not like the books...
...pseudo-religious shenanigans of Constantine, its most astounding trick thus far has been its successful evasion of criticism from Christian media watchdog groups. Since Constantine??s release last Friday, the usual religiously conservative voices of outrage at pop-culture blasphemers have largely been silent. In recent years, movies taking similar liberties with religious content have drawn highly publicized protest: the 1999 comedy Dogma, for example, spurred the Catholic League to circulate petitions and run New York Times ads calling for a boycott of the movie. The outrage at 1973’s The Exorcist was so widespread...
...laborer who discovers the one artifact all WASPier scholarly types have been hunting. Then the information that the Spear of Destiny was last seen during World War II —it must have been the Nazi backup plan after the whole Holy Grail debacle in Alexandretta. Constantine??s ride, the Angel City cab, even uses the transportation-name-as-witty-commentary trick of A Streetcar Named Desire, or more recently, The Royal Tenenbaums’ Gypsy Cabs. Then the exorcism—wait, was that Sigourney Weaver from Ghostbusters lying possessed...