Author: Anne McCormick
Date: 29 April 2020
Do angels exist? They do, and they live among us, ordinary people, protecting us, and making us happy. They are beautiful and immortal. But their immortality has a price: they can't be like people. The angels can't experience feelings, love, be loved; they can't know the taste of a pear and the bitterness of morning coffee.
The movie contains lots of details and great shots about the lives of angels. Their daily gatherings at sunrise on a beautiful beach, tasks to save, or guide a person to heaven are all depicted in the City of Angels as something so bright and kind. From the technical point of view, and taking into consideration the fact that the movie came out in 1998, it is excellent. The scenes of the city, rooms, and the actors satisfied my aesthetic needs.
The movie "City of Angels" talks about the story of one angel called Seth (brilliantly played by Nicolas Cage). At the beginning of the movie, he comes to a surgery room. The goal of Seth's arrival is to take a dying human patient with him and guide that patient into the world of the dead. In the surgery room, Seth meets a surgeon called Maggie Rice (amazingly played by Meg Ryan). This event later turns out to be fateful for both of them. There is something unfair, and almost unforgivable, in the fact that Maggie is so lonely. She is so beautiful, so strong and kind, and yet, still lonely. How could Maggie see the angel when others couldn't? And, well, how could she resist Seth's charms and eyes? This angel has something so helpless in him that makes the viewers root for him and be kind of scared for him as well. Your heart aches from foreboding.
The angel Seth decides to do something significant and reckless for his love Maggie. He decides to jump and become human. All of the mortal dangers can now affect him. I won't spoil the movie much. The morale of The City Of Angels is to appreciate life the way it is, with all its hardships and feelings, and even to enjoy death, a part of life.
For a few days now, The City of Angels wouldn't leave my brain and my thoughts. I recommend the movie to everyone who loves melodrama. It is sad, beautiful, emotional, like life itself. And although the film is pretty tragic, it leaves its bright and beautiful mark on you. After the movie, the first thing you want to do is buy some pears, eat these pears, and feel the juice and sweetness of them.
Meg Ryan was born in the USA in 1961. She played in many movies, one of the most memorable ones was The French Kiss of 1995. Meg Ryan also played several roles in famous movies like You've Got Mail of 1998, Kate and Leopold of 2001, and Sleepless in Seattle of 1993.
Nicolas Kim Coppola (known as Nicolas Cage professionally) was born in the USA in 1964. He rose to fame after a movie Leaving Las Vegas (1995), where he played a loser. You can confidently say that Cage's career hasn't been like the one of a loser. Cage is an actor full of talent. His acting and personal style always has an impact on the viewer and will make you think at all times.
Brad Silberling is a producer, director, and scene writer. He was born in the USA in 1963. His rise to fame came with this movie, The City of Angels. It is a movie remake for another very famous movie called Wings of Desire. Silberling created a film that is capable of changing your entire world view.
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