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A winner!
Nicolas Cage is superb as an angel named Seth who suddenly finds himself guarding Dr Maggie Rice(Meg Ryan) from when her daughter dies in the film's opening scenes. From then on he finds himself drawn closer to the point of sacrificing his immortality to spend the rest of his life with her. Will he or won't he? I saw the UK version of this DVD with my wife and we were both very impressed. In spite of a predictable ending, the journey there is a visual delight, with unseen angels walking atop city skyscrapers, taking a break atop freeway bridges, all in a very surreal but spectacular fashion. The cinematography, with the aerial shots, is excellent, a show in itself. And the story is thought-provoking at times - just what will one sacrifice for true love? This is definitely one of Cage's best movies, much better than recent efforts such as BRINGING OUT THE DEAD and the dreadful SNAKE EYES.

LIVE EACH DAY AS IF IT IS YOUR LAST; ONE DAY IT WILL BE
This movie is a priceless work of art: the script, cast, soundtrack, cinematography-- everything! It is also likened to an Aesop's Fable; there is a definite moral/lesson to be learned! (See above title.)

We watch the story of an angel (Seth played by N. Cage) fall in love with a Doctor (Maggie played by M. Ryan) of a heart surgery patient who was not supposed to "make it" and doesn't. While Maggie is trying to save her patient, another nurse says, "He's going." To which she looks dead at Seth and says "He's not going anywhere." Whether she actually sees him or not we don't know. Seth thinks she does; this snowballs his thinking and he begins to question his existence.

Near the end he makes a choice after some counseling from Dennis Frantz. "Free will brother," is his advice. So Seth goes for it. He becomes human and finds Maggie; they share what all humans search for and few find: a physical connection that is so deep it transcends into the spiritual. They are each others' soulmates.

This movie reaches out from the screen and captures your heart (if you still have one. If not, it reaffirms that we all have free will and we can choose to open our hearts to love again.) If you have a broken heart watch how Seth deals with his; truly an inspiration. Remember "some things are true whether you believe them or not."

"Now abide faith, hope, love these three; but the greatest of these is love." From THE HOLY BIBLE, I CORINTHIANS 13:13.

The Heavens over L.A.
Why is it that movies about angels and heaven and death intrigue us? Is it because it is something untangible? something we all believe in but are not sure what it actually looks like?

City of Angels is a remake of the German movie "Der Himmel über Berlin" (The heaven over Berlin). That movie starts with the angel sitting on a broken church (Gedächtniskirche) in Berlin. Nicolas Cage sits on a skyscraper, America's cathedral.

He tries to get alive so he can feel and love. He is helped by another fallen angel played by a magnificent Dennis Frantz. He gets his wish, gets the girl but then...

Meg Ryan is superb as ever.

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