Review of Wings of Desire (1987) by Jack G — 15 Dec 2010

I think this is the kind of movie you either go for, or you don't. I mostly went for it, and the poet in me liked a lot of the words that came out in the voice-overs. It's a very humanistic movie and if nothing else it can be praised by that.

.. actually, it's the visual scope that dominates and triumphs (I'd like to take this DP out for a beer). If only Wenders could back off just a little from his super-Berlin-poetry and get back to the story it would really be something.

I have to recommend it for its beauty, but I didn't find it to be quite the masterpiece most do. I apologize on behalf of my brain not taking in all of the supposed awe-inspiring words spoken by people (almost everyone has the poetry of a master, and many of them just sound like they're reading as opposed to naturally speaking), but it's just how I took it in.