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domingo, 31 de julho de 2011

10 Movies with Angels


According to the Judeo-Christian tradition, angels are heavenly beings who serve as helpersand messengers of God.They are usually portrayed with a delicate beauty or child, with bird wings and halos.The films explore angels of all shapes and variations such as bad-angels, angels of the guard, the angels and the fallen-angel-of-death.I selected 10 films that have angels in the center of the story.

1 -    It's a Wonderful Life (James Stewart is a nice guy, always helped everyone, but pressed by the machinations of the richest man in the city is contemplating suicide by throwing himself off a bridge. A truechain of prayers for him makes an angel who 220 years ago is hoping to win his wings, descend to Earth to try to convince him to give up. through flash-backs, it shows its importance in the community. great movie by Frank Capra).





 2 - Don't Tempt Me (the sky is in decline, more and more empty, so the local manager - Fanny Ardant -Penelope Cruz highlights the angel to save the soul of a boxer, but she will have to contend with another angel - Victoria Abril - Representative of Hell , who also wants that soul for strategic reasons. entertaining comedy Spanish).







 3 - Der Himmel Uber Berlin (in the post-war Berlin, two angels roam the city comforting the sad souls that are there, until one knows for a trapeze artist who falls in love and who let his condition immortal, to live theearthly joys and emotions. one of great films by Wim Wenders). 








 4 - Michael, A Seductive Angel (two reporters from a tabloid go to a town to interview a woman who claims to live with anarchangel. but the angel - John Travolta - is not what they expected. bohemian and a drunkard, he agrees to go with them, since they drive for the city and the only way he gets into trouble. the premise is better than the movie).







 5 - Dogma (two angels - the so inseparable Ben Affleck and Matt Damon - have been cast out of heaven, but have a plan to return: to cross the portal of a church in New Jersey and be forgiven. only to return to paradise break the dogma of the infallibility of God - AlanisMorissette - and endanger all humanity. good Kevin Smith plays with the dogmas of thechurch).






 6 - Barbarella (Century 41, a beautiful astronaut - Jane Fonda - is assigned to catch the criminal DuranDuran. in their quest she seduces an angel blind - John Philip Law - that follow. erotic comedy by Roger Vadim, based on a comic book . was a box office failure deserved, but agreat marketing success).







 7 - A Life less Ordinary (in heaven, the angel Gabriel is under pressure because of the large number of divorces that occur on Earth. so he highlights two angels - Holly Hunter and Delroy Lindo - to make anunlikely couple fall in love. if they fail, will be trapped in earth. one of the worst films of DannyBoyle).







 8 - City of Angels(American version of Wings of Desire, is a film made to cry. an angel - Nicolas Cage - it helps the souls of a hospital falls in love with a doctor - Meg Ryan - and decides to become human in order to stay together).








 9 - Constantine(born with the gift of angels and demons recognize hybrids that roam the earth, Constantinetook his own life to end his views, but was resuscitated against his will and lived as an exorcist, sending the evil spirits back to hell . in the company of a detective, have to walk to the world of demons and angels that exists in Los Angeles and face the devil and the angelGabriel. the film is somewhat complicated, but it looks amazing).





 10 - Prophecy(a cop who'd won the priest, but lost the faith, is faced with a war between angels.nonconformist soul for God has given to humans, Gabriel - Christopher Walken - is rallyingan army of souls, but another angel - Eric Stoltz - was sent to confront him. confusing, butyielded two sequels).