Review of Wings of Desire (1987) by Lucas M — 24 Oct 2018
What I initially thought was an interesting art house drama turned out to be a mind numbingly slow cinematic snoozefest. "Wings of Desire" begins with interesting rules and concepts about angels that set up the next two hours of viewing.
It will intrigue the audience and make them genuinely invested in the main characters and their feelings, but those feelings don't last. For every great scene, there are several awful scenes to drag this movie down.
At multiple points through this film, I become invested in the story and am curious as to where it goes, but it always leads me astray. Damiel has a shift in the movie which made me very excited to see what he would do with his new powers.
Less than 15 minutes later, we are met with one of several painfully long scenes. This film continues to fall on its face because it reverts to these terrible scenes. The scenes are drawn out with no point and it makes me wonder why they are even in the movie.
Wim Wenders was sent two scenes at a time by Peter Handke and it feels like Wenders literally just glued all of these scenes together. Nothing carries over to another scene and everything feels like it's on its own island.
With some redeeming qualities, "Wings of Desire" cannot make up for its horrible flow and boring scenes.
This review of Wings of Desire (1987) was written by Lucas M on 24 Oct 2018.
Wings of Desire has generally received very positive reviews.
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