this is a mediocre movie…who agrees with me?
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cuttingedgenyc — 20 years ago(January 23, 2006 08:00 PM)
My thoughts exactly. This movie was slightly better than mediocre for me but I liked the Devil's Advocate much, much better. And in fact I had the same thought after finishing Angel Heart just today.
Same thoughts here about Pacino as the devil vs. Deniro. I think Deniro also did a great job but the director didn't really do a very good job showcasing just how "evil" Cypher (and the whole situation) was. I know, the movie wanted to be "subtle" - but I am not sure a movie like this should rightfully BE subtle. It was so scary and gross and frightening leading up to the end that I was very let down by the non-explosiveness of the ending itself. -
doubleohlinsey — 20 years ago(January 26, 2006 04:07 AM)
That's interesting. I really felt like the whole romantic situation (i.e. the explicitness of the "love" scene) vs real situation (you've seen it so I won't spoil it for others) between Angel and Epiphany worked really well as displaying Cypher's evil without needing him to be present. For myself, didn't need more than that, but we're all different folks so I can see your point.
I thought both films had fascinating demonic characters, but A.H. more of a tinker-at-the-start-and-watch-it-grow evil vs D.A. is more of a devil-with-his-fingers-in-everything evil. I liked both in different ways. -
DarkRealityX — 20 years ago(February 06, 2006 01:59 AM)
I personally love this film, but I don't put it up on a pedestal, and I do see some of its faults. It's really all about the ending - once you see the ending, you really ought to see it again, within the next week or so, to make everything really fall into place. But up until the ending, the pace of the film could have been a lot better. I liked the start of it, but once he got to New Orleans, it just slowed down. I felt uninterested in Angel finding Favourite. Overall, the film dragged. But once you get to the ending, and once you understand it, it becomes a lot better.
"The Devils Advocate" wasn't as good as "Angel Heart" - not by a longshot. It had a lot going for it, and I did like it a lot. But though the two are similar, I found myself liking them for different reasons, and it's hard for me to compare them. One fault I had with Devils Advocate was the confrontation between Reeves and Pacino - I dunno, either it was too long or otherwise didn't go over well.- Dark Reality
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wolfman_rory — 20 years ago(February 15, 2006 11:20 AM)
This was better than the devil advocate, hands down. Keanu Reeves is a terrible actor, only thing I watched in which he had any personality was Bill & Ted (WILD STALLIONS!)
This whole movie creeped me out from start to finish, and it didn't need to employ any special effects to do so, hell with a big enough budget I could make a few creepy faces and scary eyes, it'd be just as scary as in DA.
As for DeNiro's character I thought he was pretty good, the scene with the egg is about as evil as he gets but I still think he kicked ass. He made a more convincing baddie than Pacino, remaining mysterious and pretty sinister throughout the film. The thing with his name kicks ass too. -
BERGDORF — 20 years ago(February 20, 2006 11:40 AM)
ANY moron who even suggest that ANGEL HEART is mediorce needs to banned from watching movies altogether! ANGEL HEART is and always will be the most intelligent, intriguing, macabre and sensual horror movies EVER made!
True evil is in everyone and for those who go looking for it they WILL find it.in their own soul. So the scary part is that anybody could have sold there soul to the devil and realize it only after it is too late!
"WE DON'T LIVE IN THAT KIND OF A WORLD THELMA" -
sborges — 19 years ago(April 01, 2007 05:20 PM)
Keanu Reeves - ?!?!?! Up against Rorke & DeNiro in their prime - this must be a joke, right? This movie is exceptional, brilliant - one of the best films to come out of the 80s - as for the devil's advocatejust another piece of beep by mr. reeves.
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m-slovak79 — 19 years ago(March 10, 2007 01:34 AM)
i just seen this movie it was pretty bad to be honest devils advocate is FAR FAR FAR FAR better than angel heart angel heart it just flat out booring to sum it up. i cant believe people can say this is better than devils advocate, theres no comparison!
i give angel heart a 4/10 (5 TOPS) devils advocate is MUCH MUCH MUCH better, i give devils advocate a 9/10. i dont understand how this movie can get a 7.1/10 , dont make sense to me.
considering deniro was in this movie it was pretty bad and he's barely in it to top it off. i was not going into the movie expecting to much but it turned out worse than i was expecting i was going into the movie expecting to rate it around a 6/10 area but i was wrong.
p.s. those who think keanu reeves cant act i dont even get that crap cause he obviously can even if you dont consider em a top level actor he's still pretty good in devils advocate. -
cadgemeister — 19 years ago(March 16, 2007 10:07 AM)
Everyone's got thier own opinions, but I personally loved it. I loved how the atmosphereic film that Parker managed to create (especially in the beginning) which was heightened by a brilliant score, I also thought De Niro was spot on playing "Louis Chyphre". Rourque and the rest of the cast were really good as well, but for me De Niro stole it.
That said, I am also a huge fan of the Devil's Advocate, Pacino was superb as the devil and the only real problem I had with the film was the bit near the end where all the jazz music started playing, that was a bit cheesy. -
FollicleMan — 15 years ago(September 02, 2010 12:52 AM)
Jazz music? You mean "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones?
While I enjoyed Devil's Advocate alright, it never for an instant impacted me on the level of Angel Heart. I mean, talk about tension and atmosphere. Also, I thought DA was really condescending to the viewers. Backstage they must have been thinking, "Okay, how can we remove all ambiguity and mystery and make this movie as obvious as possible so the idiot test audiences will get it?" -
d_killa_b — 16 years ago(September 24, 2009 04:35 AM)
lol some people just don't get subtlety.it eludes them.they need everything to be over-the-top hit-with-a-hammer to get it.that is why hollywood is for you and good films are for people who can grasp nuance.
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keria1979 — 20 years ago(February 25, 2006 07:14 PM)
and i was convinced much more from "devils advocate" which had more suspense and seemed to be much more interesting.and pacino scared me much more than de niro as the devil.
dude,,devil advocate was 1997 year,,and this movie 1987!!
why are you compaire,,like this?
the movie was realy goodfor 1987!