[Oliver_W]

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

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

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.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

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……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]

Originally Posted by 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……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]

Originally Posted by 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……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?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

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…

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

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.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by 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……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

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Keanu Reeves was born in Lebanon?

Does he have Dual Citizenship between Canada and Lebanon then?

I have no idea. He probably does?

[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???

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by 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???

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

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

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

You've got some catching up to do young man

[James]

Youtube video

[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…

[user104658]

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

[Zizu]

This is my favourite film of his .

Knock , knock .




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[user104658]

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

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Soldier 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

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

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"

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

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

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"

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...