Constantine: Ambiguous, Conspiratory

Finally I get a chance to put up a post!! Before I go into my rant about Constantine, here's a quick update into the "Days of my Life". Someone recently asked me, "What's up?"...and my lame-trying-to-be-funny answer to that was "Midterms, midterms...and...oh yeah, midterms!" Have you ever felt "being in the flow"? It's when you do something so much, so intently, that suddenly that "thing" you're doing comes so easily and moves very swiftly. That pretty much sums up how I've been going at it for studying lately - in the flow. Classes in the morning, lunch after classes, and studying after lunch. At night, just to make sure I can stay awake, I actually drank energy drinks!! (they work by the way!)

But anyhow, I got through that - today finished the 2nd last of my gruelling midterms (the next one's quite far away)!! So we ("we" meaning my roommate and me) decided to go celebrate by watching a movie at the theater in the mall...and we picked: "Constantine".

Quick background: Based on a comic book by DC Comics about a character who has the ability to see "half-breeds" (not complete demons or complete angels - just halfway between either one)...and is set out to send them back to Hell. The whole irony of the situation is that he's bound to go to hell because he committed the one sin that sends you straight to hell (according to Catholics anyway) - suicide. Now, his life's mission is to "buy his way back" to Heaven!

Synopsis: In the movie, Constantine (obviously the character's name) is played by Keanu Reeves, and the hottie starring next to him is Rachel Weisz (babe from the Mummy and the Mummy Returns). They are both connected through the suicide of Rachel Weisz's twin, Isabel. Apparently, the death of her twin is some ploy of Memon (alleged Son of the Devil) to come onto the Earth and rule, because he's too impatient for his father. The catch is, demons and angels aren't allowed to come directly onto this plane (thus, the half-breeds)...but there's some loophole Memon can use (something about the use of Divine Intervention).

The Ambiguity: Why Rachel and her twin? It was very weird...the movie brushed through the explanations of all the mysteries so quickly, it seemed the director or scriptwriter hardly knew himself/herself what they were trying to show.

The Conspiracy: If I tell you this, you're gonna curse me for ruining the twist in the movie!!! Let's just say that it doesn't really make Heaven and Hell look as grand as it is made out to be.

Overall, I guess it's a decent movie. To be honest though, very little action actually happens...but it's still engrossing because there's a lot to think about. But it's a movie you'll probably have to watch twice to really get.

That's pretty much all I have for this post...keep checking in to see what else happens in the Days of my Life!