Pieces of Flair

I think Constantine is getting a bad rap. I saw it today and found it to be pretty decent. It's not Million Dollar Baby or Hotel Rwanda, but no one should be expecting much from a comic book movie. It may not match the X-Men or Spiderman movies, but it's sure as hell better than Electra, Van Helsing, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Daredevil, Catwoman, and whatever other superhero-crapfests I may have neglected to mention. It's certainly on par with, if not better than, Hellboy and The Hulk. At the least, it's something to tide your scifi nerd needs over until Batman Begins, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Serenity arrive. (Sidenote for the Serenity-obsessed: the Serenity trailer which was originally supposed to premier with Electra is now slated to appear with The Hitchhiker's Guide in early May. Despite the delay, I take this as a good sign.)