[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…

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…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

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…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]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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…

[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.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…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…

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

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

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

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

A while back I was quite into CW, but it fizzled out when I didn't have the resources to watch it all 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 .

[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