Constantine's cultural meaning

Justus 2022-03-19 09:01:03

My evaluation of this film is still good. The whole movie can be clearly stated in one sentence of Nietzsche: "God is dead".

However, after Nietzsche sentenced God to death, he did not give an effective value orientation. People know that "God is dead", "God is betting, God is playing with mankind", "All miracles are nothing but God's family farce." The whole movie reveals the hypocrisy and unreality of these religions. Keanu has been despising the so-called "God" and "rules" from the beginning to the end. He is just a "hero" with no emotions that uses social conventions and rules to operate. This set of rules cannot be destroyed for the time being. As long as new cultural norms do not appear, religion will still have its own vitality. Although we know it is full of loopholes, we have no choice but to believe it. "We're fucked." This is also the thinking that the film brings to people: In this era of great cultural changes and a value-oriented vacuum, where should we go?

Let me state my solution. I think this era needs a great man, a genius with a strong understanding of philosophy, who alone can lead mankind out of confusion and escape from embarrassing situations. This is true of Confucius, so is Jesus, and all spiritual leaders in history are like this

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Extended Reading
  • Herminio 2022-03-24 09:01:19

    Crazy movies, boring to death, should be talking about smoking can cause lung cancer, cherish life, stay away from cigarettes?

  • Shanon 2022-03-22 09:01:16

    A comic-modified fantasy detective film full of film noir colors, exorcism lone ranger saves the world at the time of collapse, full of strong punishment-salvation complex-even if you have selfishness to avoid suffering after death, you will never regret walking to hell and sacrifice. Revelation and resolution of the conspiracy are profound: hypocritical angels and false gods cooperate with opponents to do evil, true and evil Satan is afraid that the quilt will seize power to clear the door and oppose peacekeeping, the positions, actions and results of the representatives of good and evil appear interesting twists (throw the heroine before There is the sound of flapping wings in the background sound of the aerial footage, Gabriel has been exposed at that time); Constantine is astute and rebellious, second time suicide summons, and Lucifer’s middle finger... can always use “bad actions” to achieve “good ending” , The gods and demons all want to use him, but they are all used by him; different from the protagonist group's causal contradiction, the supporting role is fatalistic-the alcoholic priest died of wine, and the love worm died of worms. The low voice of all the staff is distinctive. Looking at the tidbits, Keanu Reeves's version seems to be very different from the original comic book "Zha Kang" whose teammates are bisexual. The whole film is more like a fan, with the male lead and the mixed blood female demon completely deleted. No wonder the male and female masters did not kiss the scene. (Have colored eggs

Constantine quotes

  • Angela Dodson: I guess God has a plan for all of us.

    John Constantine: God's a kid with an ant farm, lady. He's not planning anything.

  • [first title card]

    Title Card: "He who possesses the Spear of Destiny holds the fate of the world in his hands."

    Title Card: The Spear of Destiny has been missing since the end of World War II.