Movies with theological plots

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So last night I went out and saw "Constantine." For anyone who has never heard of this movie you can find the plot by clicking the following link

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I'm amazed - the word on my street is that its a Hollywood abomination.That said, has anyone seen thew movie who is also familiar with the original Hellblazer graphic novels?http://www.insanerantings.com/hell/index1.htmlMy fave line: "I've never undertsood why people think angels are beatific, they always scare the shit out of me."

I think Hellbalzer is good, very good. Admittedly the quality is quite variable, and some of the gags are rather British, but I still enjoyed it. I'm a bit torn as to whether to see it, now, just to know how much the kept and how much they changed. And I agree, it may only be poor if you already have expectations, and thats not always valid.

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I've heard of Hellblazer, that site didn't give much information, are they making a movie or just another series of comics?

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A movie conversion. But everyone I know who knows the comics went BLEH when they heard he has a magic shotgun. I don't think he was ever armed in the comics - very British.This message has been edited by contracycle, 02-24-2005 11:40 AM

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What I don't like is when that occult-Nazi background is exploited in movies that aren't about Nazis, just for the sake of fan service

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Thats a fair point but I have an alternative proposition for you: its no fan service so much as an established element of the Conspiracy genre.The spear and related oddities like Ultima Thule have a life of their own in the endlessly self-recycling world of Conspiracy publishing. And this occurs at two levels, as there is the "real" conspiracy stuff, and then there is secondary fiction that exploits the prominence of conspiracy tropes. Most of the things you mention fal into the latter category - I can see how it can be annoying, but there are many endlessly recycled tropes, and this one does not bother me much.The ones that bug me most are when SF and demonic fantasy are used together, like the movie Event Horizon or the Doom games.
--A friend of mine familiar with the Hellblazer series has now seen Constantine and reports it is not nearly as bad as was feared, and that the whole shotgun thing is understated. So I'll probably be seeing it on the weekend.