Constantine

Constantine (2005)

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Continuity mistake: When Constantine gets the cigarette box he slides it across the table. Later there is a close-up of the cigarette box and we can see it has moved closer to the edge of the table. (00:17:50 - 00:19:00)

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Continuity mistake: At the end of the film when Lucifer has ripped open Constantine's shirt and removed tar, immediately after when he goes back to Angela, the shirt is suddenly done up again. (01:44:35)

Stephen O'Toole

Continuity mistake: In the end when Constantine slits his wrists there is a shot where you see the pools of blood from his wrists. The scene changes for a few minutes and there is another shot where the blood is visible and the pools are smaller than before. If anything they should have been bigger. (01:35:20 - 01:40:50)

Continuity mistake: When Constantine submerges Angela in to the tub he pulls up his right arm from her head. When it cuts to a shot under water he pulls up his arm again. (01:04:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Constantine has a sip from his cough medicine, we see the Vermin Man approaching him in the background. A few shots later we see the Vermin Man is still approaching him but he is still moving in the same spot as earlier. (00:26:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Constantine is heading for Midnite's office, he stops by his door. A man opens the door and walks out passing Constantine. At that time you can see the background is full of people. When it cuts to Constantine walking in the door the background has changed, the people are gone and a blue wall has appeared instead. (00:29:35)

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Continuity mistake: In the X-ray room when Constantine has lowered his cigarette he is standing next to Les and walks away. Their conversation goes on for a couple of shots and then suddenly he is standing right next to Les again and walks away. (00:14:15)

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Continuity mistake: At the end (after the credits), when Constantine place the lighter on Chas' grave, Constantine's fingers on the lighter change position in the close-up view. (01:54:50)

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Revealing mistake: When it's raining a lot and John is taking a cough suppressant, he sees some kind of bird fly by and looks up. There's a shot of his face from above and the rain is falling around him but not on his face. (00:26:40)

Continuity mistake: When Angela is standing in front of the elevator and Constantine asks her what's wrong his hand is not on her shoulder. When it cuts his hand is on her shoulder right before she gets dragged through the wall. (01:14:45)

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Continuity mistake: When Angela walks out of the confession box she grabs her necklace cross and holds it. When it cuts from behind her, both her hands are down. (00:11:15)

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Factual error: When Angela talks to a priest about giving Isabel a Catholic funeral, the priest says that it's impossible because Isabel committed suicide. Even though the church does consider suicide a mortal sin, this rule doesn't apply to people who have a history of mental illness.

Continuity mistake: In the beginning when the Mexican's foot goes through the planks under the sand, a lot of dust comes up. When it cuts from within the hole we can see through it and the amount of dust has decreased. (00:01:00)

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Continuity mistake: When the demon manages to break through the mirror it's stuck in, its hand comes through the mirror. When it cuts its hand is nowhere in sight. (00:08:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Constantine and Chas are heading for Midnite's the first time and Constantine says "You're reading too much, kid. It's a bar", you see Constantine walking with his hands down. When it cuts, he's holding his cigarette to his mouth. (00:28:05)

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Continuity mistake: When the Mexican walks away his friends talks to him while crouching. When it cuts we see his friend in the background but now he is on his knees. (00:01:50)

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Continuity mistake: When the Mexican wraps up the Spear of Destiny he places the Nazi flag with the swastika pointing up. A couple of shots later when the Mexican turns around, the flag is folded in a different way and the Swastika is not visible. (00:01:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Constantine approaches the apartments where the possessed girl is, he meets a woman holding a man while walking in front of him. When it cuts the woman is still holding the man, but now she is behind him. (00:04:20)

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Continuity mistake: When the possessed girl talks to Constantine she has a big lump of hair on her forehead. When it cuts there is no trace of hair on her forehead. (00:05:25)

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Trivia: Jay and Silent Bob (from Kevin Smith's films) get a mention during the movie. When talking about sidekicks, three are mentioned, the first two by name, and the third is a description of Jay and Silent Bob. (00:19:25)

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Question: Even though Isabel committed suicide, shouldn't she have gone to heaven? She willfully sacrificed herself to insure that Mammon couldn't cross on to earth so in a way, she was saving billions of people, so that should have guaranteed her entry into heaven.

Answer: Sin for a good reason is still sin, and as Gabriel says earlier, you can't buy your way into Heaven. Real Catholic dogma, however, doesn't hold the mentally ill as condemned for committing suicide.

Greg Dwyer

Except Isabel wasn't mentally ill. She saw angels and demons just like Constantine did. It was her parents who believed she was mentally ill.

While suicide is a mortal sin, it's shown later (as in major plot point) that sacrificing yourself to save the world is a redeeming act.

Yes, but Constantine also said "My parents were normal. They did what most parents would do. They made it worse. You think you're crazy long enough, you find a way out" which could relate to Isabel losing her sanity in a way as well because of her family and how they saw her. The whole Isabel's sacrifice is added by the novelization but the movie is ambiguous about the suicide.

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Except Isabel wasn't mentally ill. She saw half breeds just like John did.

Sacrificing yourself for others isn't a sin.

Answer: If a soldier jumps on a grenade and dies to save his fellow soldiers, it's considered giving one's life for others. To my understanding, that isn't considered a "sin." If it was a mental health issue, a just God would give her a pass. If she was doing it to thwart Mammon's plans, again she was sacrificing herself. If she did it to get Constantine involved to help stop Mammon, again is was self sacrifice. (Notice how she says "Constantine" just before jumping when her sister views the video?). As a plot device, I understand it, but from a theological standpoint it is weak.

Answer: It is shown in the movie that it was Balthazar who whispered into her ear, gave her suggestions. Eventually she committed suicide to escape that, to escape her torment. She certainly didn't sacrifice herself to keep Mammon out because Mammon needed twin psychics, one in hell and one on Earth to do it, which Balthazar achieved for him.

lionhead

The film doesn't give information about the need of having one twin in hell and the other on earth to complete Mammon's plan; the movie states Mammon needs a powerful psychic and God's help. It isn't shown either that Balthazar was the one whispering to Isabel's ear considering she was apparently hearing Hellspeak, but no individual besides her appeared on the death scene; therefore, it was left ambiguous. Otherwise, provide evidence of the statement above.

When John and Angela are walking back to the elevator after taking care of Balthasar they specifically mention Mammon needed twin psychics. The only reason would be for their connection. One is in hell, the other on Earth. Through their connection Mammon is able to posses Angela. As for the second thing. When Isabel commits suicide you both hear Balthasar whisper to her and she has the mark on her wrist, like Hennessy had on his hand palm, the sign of Mammon. They wanted her in Hell.

lionhead

The dialogue, when they are walking towards the elevator, is "Constantine: Beeman said Mammon needed divine assistance to cross over. How's the blood of God's only son? Ángela: The stains on the spear. Constantine: Yeah. Ángela: So he gets the spear. He still has to locate a powerful psychic. Constantine: Not really. Ángela: Twins." Angela says "twins" after hearing Constantine say "Not really." (while looking at her) which made Angela realise that she was Isabel's replacement as a powerful psychic since they had the same gift, but the former's was dormant up until that moment. It's not because the plan needed one in hell and the other on earth. That's never stated as far as we know from the information provided by the film. As for Balthazar, it's never stated it was him who whispered to Isabel. That's an assumption based on hearing the voice alone. Also, the mark appeared on the guy's hand at beginning of the film after he found the spear and Balthazar was probably not there.

It's not an assumption when it's his voice. It doesn't all have to be "stated." And the whole twin part is just a coincidence? Are you saying Gabriel and Balthasar found twin psychics so they have a backup if one of them dies? That's ridiculous. They needed twin psychics specifically, and they make one of them commit suicide. That's not just a random thing, it's what needed to be done. And it's Mammon's sign, not Balthasar's.

lionhead

It's an assumption because there is insufficient evidence to prove it, and there were other voices in the film to assume it was specifically Balthazar's given that Angela heard a similar voice calling her name when she was in hell and Mammon appeared, which could indicate that maybe it was Mammon who whispered to Isabel too but still not clear though. It's more speculation. Yes, not everything has to be stated since some things are implicitly given although it also depends because it can become ambiguous if it lack details which is open to interpretation, but the movie dismisses any possibility of your theory of "one in hell and the other on earth" by stating what the "villain" needed and with that the argument doesn't work. Otherwise, it would be a plot hole for creating an inconsistency with the rules established before. Angela just realised she was the powerful psychic since they had the same gift, so Mammon didn't have to locate another one since it was there in the other twin.

There is no inconsistency with the rules, there is help from god, there is a psychic. All that fits, the Hell Bible just wasn't specific enough, they didn't know the full plan. There is something significant about them being twins. Both because Isabel was killed and Angela and Constantine realise that's what Mammon was looking for.

Now, all that is just speculation, and misinterpretation of what has been explained in the reply above yours. Not continuing the discussion.

Answer: The film itself can't be blamed for that really because it was left ambiguous; the novelization added the part of Isabel's sacrifice to the story. If we go by what the film gave us then Isabel might have been an unstable person considering even Angela didn't back her up about what they could see which could've led her to believe that maybe she was indeed crazy, and as Constantine said "You think you're crazy long enough, you find a way out." Perhaps she just wanted to end everything that was happening to her. There isn't enough information in the movie to confirm or deny it.

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