{"id":4345,"date":"2010-08-04T09:52:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T07:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=4345"},"modified":"2010-08-04T09:57:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T07:57:20","slug":"city-of-angels-starring-nicolas-cage-and-meg-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/city-of-angels-starring-nicolas-cage-and-meg-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Angels starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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City of Angels starring Meg Ryan and Nicolas Cage. Made in 1998. Image via http:\/\/www.dizimatik.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seth (Nicholas Cage<\/a>) is an angel, conveniently located in the City of Angels, Los Angeles. His job is to appear to dying humans and take them with him in a friendly manner. He has the ability to appear to the humans \u2013 whether they are dying or not. He has no sense of touch or pain. He doesn\u2019t feel fear and he is pretty much an immortal.<\/p>\n

Maggie (Meg Ryan<\/a>) is a pretty and sensitive doctor who is in a semi-serious and not so passionate relationship with a fellow doctor named Jordan (Colm Feore) from the same hospital.<\/p>\n

Observing Maggie, Seth becomes fascinated by this pretty, humane and emotional woman. Maggie finds herself attracted to this mysterious stranger as well. Obviously an angel is not supposed to fall in love, but it is already too late for Seth. But he can\u2019t just exactly ask her out. And soon Maggie will want to know more information than he volunteers.<\/p>\n

Help comes in the form of a hospital patient called Messinger (Dennis Franz), who also can see Seth. But unlike Maggie, this middle-aged man has a pretty good idea about what Seth actually is. As it happens, this man used to be an angel as well. But when he fell in love with a woman, he chose to be a regular mortal. It all takes one big jump. So, Seth has to choose between the world he knows and Maggie…<\/p>\n

City of Angels is undoubtedly a sappy love story but it does come with Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan. And it is story was somewhat more refreshing than Meg\u2019s other romantic roles. The movie also has a great slow-rock soundtrack featuring U2, Alanis Morisette, Goo Goo Dolls and more. Being the romantic that I am, I do love the unconditional love aspect of the story \u2013 and how these two really connect and see through each other\u2019s souls. But there is one element that can make up for sappiness and this is what the movie lacks: a good ending. But I\u2019ll get to the that in a minute. ,<\/p>\n

Written\u00a0 by Dana Stevens- based on the German film Der Himmel \u00fcber Berlin (incorrectly translated as Wings of Desire) from 1987. The German screenplay was written by Peter Handke,\u00a0Richard Reitinger and Wim Wenders. City of Angels was directed by Brad Silberling.<\/p>\n

Rated 6.4 on IMDB. Without the ending, my vote is a 6 or a 7. With the ending, I can even go as low as a 4.<\/p>\n

And now, for those who have already seen the movie or the ones who just don\u2019t mind major spoilers, here is why the ending breaks the movie:<\/p>\n

Now, obviously there are many people who hated or disliked the movie as a whole or loved the film and found the ending to be just perfect. But as for me, I liked the movie a lot but despised the ending. Not just because an unhappy ending really renders Seth\u2019s whole reason of being a human pointless but because the writer(s) chose the stupidest unhappy ending possible (I haven\u2019t seen the German film so I don\u2019t know if I am just blaming Dana Stevens or the others). What Meg Ryan does… I mean who does that? Seriously? Who rides a bicycle, eyes closed on a busy highway??? Even a suicidal or a masochistic person would prefer something else. But she is not even suicidal or masochistic, is she? She is blissfully happy….<\/p>\n

If they were going to kill Meg Ryan, they could and should have at least gone with something less stupid. But I\u2019d rather have a happy ending. Not just because I am a hopeless romantic \u2013which I am- but I am a fun-loving, entertainment-obsessed romantic. So it is precisely because I love to have fun or at least get lost in a good story, I do demand a good ending. If it is going to be unhappy, it has to feel natural in the context of the story. I shouldn\u2019t feel like the writer created tragedy for tragedy\u2019s sake- which is a specialty of Nicholas Sparks<\/a> and I really can\u2019t stand how he ends his stories.<\/p>\n

If you are a hopeless romantic, this is a must for you. If you have liked anything with Meg Ryan or Nicholas Cage<\/a>, watch this. If you have a soft spot for tragic endings, by all means- this is the movie for you. But if you do want to watch something depressing yet naturally tragic with Nicholas Cage (where you probably wouldn\u2019t have wanted or rationalized another ending) watch Leaving Las Vegas. If you want an in-your-face, realistic and very impressive Cage, watch Lord of War. And if you do want to watch a different kind of Meg Ryan movie, watch In the Land of Women, where the movie is definitely not about her ending up with the love of her life.<\/p>\n

Other Posts on Nicolas Cage<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice starring Nicholas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Teresa Palmer<\/a><\/p>\n

Knowing starring Nicolas Cage<\/a><\/p>\n

Favorite Actors to Play Villains feat. Nicolas Cage, John Travolta and more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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