For years I thought Keanu Reeves was English

[Oliver_W]

Because the only film in which I'd seen him was Dracula.

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Vanessa]

Because the only film in which I'd seen him was Dracula.

His mother is English. But he was born in Lebanon.
Has Canadian nationality.

[Niamh.]

Dracula is the only film you've seen of his? Wtf? No Bill & Ted or The Matrix or John Wick or Point Break or Speed???

[Mystic Mock]

His mother is English. But he was born in Lebanon.
Has Canadian nationality.

Keanu Reeves was born in Lebanon?

Does he have Dual Citizenship between Canada and Lebanon then?

[Ammi]

…wasn’t Keanu’s English accent in Bram Stoker’s Dracula a bit on a par with Dick Van Dyke’s cockney accent in Mary Poppins…:laugh:…obviously an exaggeration but I don’t recall it as being very good ….I like him, not the best actor ever but a good screen presence and very likeable…favourite of his movies would probably be Matrix/obviously…Speed, Point Break and Constantine…and Bill and Ted is iconic…

[Vanessa]

Keanu Reeves was born in Lebanon?

Does he have Dual Citizenship between Canada and Lebanon then?

I have no idea. He probably does?

[Vanessa]

…wasn’t Keanu’s English accent in Bram Stoker’s Dracula a bit on a par with Dick Van Dyke’s cockney accent in Mary Poppins…:laugh:…obviously an exaggeration but I don’t recall it as being very good ….I like him, not the best actor ever but a good screen presence and very likeable…favourite of his movies would probably be Matrix/obviously…Speed, Point Break and Constantine…and Bill and Ted is iconic…

He was great on Point Break. Probably my favourite movie he's done.

[Oliver_W]

Dracula is the only film you've seen of his? Wtf? No Bill & Ted or The Matrix or John Wick or Point Break or Speed???

Out of those I've only seen Matrix, and that was embarrassingly recent :joker:

[Oliver_W]

…wasn’t Keanu’s English accent in Bram Stoker’s Dracula a bit on a par with Dick Van Dyke’s cockney accent in Mary Poppins…:laugh:…obviously an exaggeration but I don’t recall it as being very good ….I like him, not the best actor ever but a good screen presence and very likeable…favourite of his movies would probably be Matrix/obviously…Speed, Point Break and Constantine…and Bill and Ted is iconic…

Wait, Dick Van Dyke isn't cockney!?

Constantine ... there's a character in DC Comics I love called that, was he a magician of sorts?

[James]

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[Ammi]

Wait, Dick Van Dyke isn't cockney!?

Constantine ... there's a character in DC Comics I love called that, was he a magician of sorts?

…he was an exorcist person, I think he was half angel and was very helpful with supernatural type stuff…maybe he was based on a DC character, I’m not sure actually but that could be so…

[bots]

Constantine has his own series, he is also in Arrow and Legends of tomorrow

[Ammi]

…I might start a thread…For years I thought Keanu Reeves was half angel…

[Niamh.]

…wasn’t Keanu’s English accent in Bram Stoker’s Dracula a bit on a par with Dick Van Dyke’s cockney accent in Mary Poppins…:laugh:…obviously an exaggeration but I don’t recall it as being very good ….I like him, not the best actor ever but a good screen presence and very likeable…favourite of his movies would probably be Matrix/obviously…Speed, Point Break and Constantine…and Bill and Ted is iconic…

Was going to come back to the thread to say this, his English accent was ridiculously bad in Dracula :laugh:

[Niamh.]

Out of those I've only seen Matrix, and that was embarrassingly recent :joker:

You've got some catching up to do young man :nono:

[Niamh.]

…he was an exorcist person, I think he was half angel and was very helpful with supernatural type stuff…maybe he was based on a DC character, I’m not sure actually but that could be so…

Oh The Devils Advocate with Al Pacino was really good too I thought

[Quantum Boy]

You HAVEN'T SEEN "SPEED"?? This is absolute madness. Watch it immediately.

[Ammi]

Oh The Devils Advocate with Al Pacino was really good too I thought

…oh that would be an excellent re-watch that I might have because I barely recall his character in that….but I know that I liked the movie at the time I watched it…

[Niamh.]

…oh that would be an excellent re-watch that I might have because I barely recall his character in that….but I know that I liked the movie at the time I watched it…

Ohh if we can find a link for it maybe we could resurrect the movie club with this one? It's been a long time since I've watched it too

[Ammi]

Ohh if we can find a link for it maybe we could resurrect the movie club with this one? It's been a long time since I've watched it too

…yeah I’ll check over the next few days if it’s on any of the main streaming sites and it would be a good starter…

[Ammi]

…will Oliver watch it, though…:laugh:…

[Niamh.]

…will Oliver watch it, though…:laugh:…

He better!

[Zizu]

This is my favourite film of his .

Knock , knock .

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[Ammi]

Ohh if we can find a link for it maybe we could resurrect the movie club with this one? It's been a long time since I've watched it too

…so far, I haven’t found this to watch…they do have it on Amazon Prime but it’s a paid for movie… Netflix aren’t showing it…

[Quantum Boy]

Constantine ... there's a character in DC Comics I love called that, was he a magician of sorts?

It is indeed the DC Constantine - though I'd say the CW Legends of Tomorrow version is a more faithful adaptation of the character. It's from 2005 i.e. pre-Iron Man i.e. back when comic adaptations were a little looser than they tend to be now.

Standalone it is a decent enough film though. I've heard they're doing a sequel, presumably with him as a more "seasoned" Constantine and thus closer to the source material.

[Quantum Boy]

Not to be a geek also but Constantine (cononically) is not a magician or exorcist (though he does do magic and exorcisms) - he is a Warlock, i.e. a sorcerer who uses dark/demonic magic (albeit in this case mostly to do good things).

This is an important distinction if you happen to be someone who is a little obsessive about these sorts of details :joker:

[Oliver_W]

…he was an exorcist person, I think he was half angel and was very helpful with supernatural type stuff…maybe he was based on a DC character, I’m not sure actually but that could be so…

It is indeed the DC Constantine - though I'd say the CW Legends of Tomorrow version is a more faithful adaptation of the character. It's from 2005 i.e. pre-Iron Man i.e. back when comic adaptations were a little looser than they tend to be now.

Standalone it is a decent enough film though. I've heard they're doing a sequel, presumably with him as a more "seasoned" Constantine and thus closer to the source material.

I've since looked into it, and while he's based on the same character, I'm not surprised they took some liberties with the material - I wouldn't have thought Keanu would be playing him as a bisexual chainsmoking potty-mouthed Scouser :joker:

A while back I was quite into CW, but it fizzled out when I didn't have the resources to watch it all :laugh: I didn't get to LoT before that point, but I've heard it's great.

[Oliver_W]

Not to be a geek also but Constantine (cononically) is not a magician or exorcist (though he does do magic and exorcisms) - he is a Warlock, i.e. a sorcerer who uses dark/demonic magic (albeit in this case mostly to do good things).

This is an important distinction if you happen to be someone who is a little obsessive about these sorts of details :joker:

Oh I am, I'm sure I've bitched here before about adaptations not being comic-perfect :laugh:

My favourite thing said about Constantine was when Tim Hunter said "he'd probably trap the demon in a packet of Silk Cut and then forget about it" :joker:

[Quantum Boy]

A while back I was quite into CW, but it fizzled out when I didn't have the resources to watch it all :laugh: I didn't get to LoT before that point, but I've heard it's great.

The first season was OK, then it had a couple of absolutely great seasons (genuinely the best of CWDC along with the first few seasons of Arrow). The last season and a half wasn't as good unfortunately, a lot of the core cast dipped out and the replacements just weren't up to scratch.

CW Constantine is indeed a bisexual (not unusual for The CW) potty-mouthed (semi-unusual for the CW) chain-smoking (EXTREMELY unusual for the CW) working-class... English person. IIRC I don't think he's Scouse, or if he is it's a very light accent. Turns out being from Liverpool was the stretch too far :joker:.

[Quantum Boy]

Oh I am, I'm sure I've bitched here before about adaptations not being comic-perfect :laugh:

My favourite thing said about Constantine was when Tim Hunter said "he'd probably trap the demon in a packet of Silk Cut and then forget about it" :joker:

Funnily enough I think there's a Legends episode where it turns out he has a demon trapped in a painting under an old sheet in his attic that he just sort of lobbed up there and forgot about for decades. I wonder if it's a reference to that quote...