Review of Wings of Desire (1987) by Josh C — 23 Oct 2018
Disappointment is only one of the feelings you will encounter when you see Wim Wender's extremely drawn out and monotonous film, "Wings of Desire." The overall plot and objective is beaten down by the painful and irrelevant attempt to lengthen the movie.
The ten-minute cuts of people dancing, contributing nothing to the story, are so excessive and hurt to watch. It almost seems like the director took a half-hour show and stretched it out over the course of two hours by adding in useless filler.
It's the equivalent of telling a fifth grader to write five pages about their dog. Eventually, it will get repetitive and boring because they are running out of ideas and trying to reword things differently just to get the word count.
Although the main character, Damiel (Bruno Ganz), is exceptional for the part, his talent is overshadowed by the struggle to keep your eyes open. Watching an angel follow around strangers for an hour just to build up to the two minute climax is a gruesome eye sore.
If it weren't for the movie's overall plot, this would be no interesting than watching the security camera at a Walmart. And honestly, I'd probably rather do that.
This review of Wings of Desire (1987) was written by Josh C on 23 Oct 2018.
Wings of Desire has generally received very positive reviews.
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