There I was, all bundled up on the couch ready to watch my daily does of Cage, not knowing anything about this City of Angels movie. It starts: there is Nic Cage, he’s clearly playing the part of an angel floating around Los Angeles. A little girl dies in the ER, Cage takes her off to heaven, they roll the opening credits, and then the worst thing EVER happens: Meg Ryan.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Ask anyone who knows me, they know that my least favorite actor in Hollywood is, without question or even a hint of hestiation, Meg Ryan.
I can’t stand her face, her voice, her acting style. We all have that one actor we hate with a passion for no apparent reason, Meg Ryan just happens to be mine. It was naive of me to think that in 70 films I would be able to avoid her. At least I know the worst is now behind me!
Fun fact: that raging song Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls, you know, that one that gets stuck in your head immediately! Yeah, that was written specifically for City of Angels. Thanks a lot guys, I’ll be fighting this one off all week!!
This movie was predictable as fuck: Cage is an angel who can’t be seen by humans, he falls in love with Meg Ryan, becomes a human for her, and SPOILER ALERT: Meg Ryan dies.
Of course they had to get this song in on the soundtrack:
Veeeeeeery clever guys, I see what you did there! See, he’s an angel, and she’s laying in his arms, so it totally works!
Cage has a classic weird me out moment, which I’ve come to expect. Here he is super excited because he just changed from being an angel to being a human:
Is this some special song that only angels know? Why “down and down and down I go” This movie was fucking weird.
Also, all of the angels wear black trench coats and they meet up at the beach. To be honest, they came off as creeps more than angels, stalking people . I’m pretty sure the makers of City of Angels are taking all of the drugs!
Next up is SNAKE EYES!