12/19/2023 0 Comments Dennis franz 2015![]() ![]() However, it was in the realm of television that Dennis Franz achieved his greatest success. Unlike the last few, though, it’s not required viewing.Caption: Poster of television series “NYPD Blue. How can I watch it? You’ll have to pay a couple bucks to get this one. Here he is, looking at a pear and missing (the now deceased) Meg Ryan. Here he is, looking at a nurse and talking about how great it is to be out of breath! Here he is, STANDING atop that construction site, ready to take the plunge and become human. Here he is, longing for Meg Ryan after she just said goodbye to him… forever? (No, not forever.) Here he is, pondering cigarettes and smoking and perhaps cancer and death and life. Here he is, sitting on top of a plane in a hangar with Andre Braugher. Here he ISN’T, not showing up in a Polaroid picture! (Because he’s an angel, duh.) Here he is, sitting on top of a bird (?) with Andre Braugher. Here he is, sitting atop a construction site, talking about life with Messinger. Here he is, appearing from behind a refrigerator door, finding himself (once again) in that love triangle. Note: as an angel, he has no sense of smell. Here he is, entering the “Smelling Things” section of this essay, smelling a cactus. Here he is, staring over Meg Ryan’s shoulder at his lack of reflection. Here he is, invisibly spying on Meg Ryan taking a bath. Here he is, listening to Meg Ryan singing “Stuck on Band-Aid brand ’cause Band-Aid’s stuck on me!” to herself. Here he is, staring at a man reading an Ernest Hemingway book, “A Moveable Feast.” Here he is, realizing he’s (sort of) in the middle of a love triangle. Here he is, falling in love with Meg Ryan. Here he is, participating in the daily ritual of enjoying a sunrise/sunset. Here he is, helping out an air traffic controller in a time of need. Here he is, basking in the happiness of a worker thinking about her new granddaughter. Here he is with Andre Braugher, talking about angel stuff and sitting on top of an exit sign. Here he is, staring at a dying girl he’s about to shepherd into the great unknown. (My favorite one I didn’t grab was him - or maybe just some other angels - sitting atop the Hollywood sign.) I grabbed a ton of these screenshots, but there were just as many others that I didn’t grab, because he wasn’t really visible in them. That’s why he’s able to position himself in all of these private, intimate moments, or sit in strange places that would otherwise draw lots of unwanted attention. This life of experience doesn’t set Cage up to interact with Meg Ryan any better in the movie, but it does give us lots of shots of him sitting on things, looking at stuff.Īs an angel, he’s invisible - unless he wants to be seen. As an angel, he’s spent eternity watching humanity, observing their behaviors, and (when the time comes) shepherding them to whatever comes next. That’s why, instead of writing too much about this movie, I’m going to present you with a picture essay I call “Cage Sitting on Things, Looking at Stuff.” In City of Angels, Cage plays an angel. But it’s hard for any movie to compete with the lunacy of Face/Off, let alone a romance movie that doesn’t deliver on its premise until about 90 minutes in. There’s a lot to like about this movie - Cage is pretty delightfully weird and creepy (in a kind way?) for most of it, Andre Braugher is great, and Dennis Franz as Messinger is the best part of the movie. There are plenty of great Cage movies to come in #CageClub, but this, unfortunately, was not one of them. We went up, up, up! And then this brought us back down. ![]() The biggest problem with this film is that it’s the first film Cage made after completing his action trilogy. The script is kind of a mess and at times unfulfilling, but I feel like the criticism I can lobby toward it is not the film’s fault at all. It’s a thing that was made that we watched for #CageClub. For the most part, though, it just sort of is. ![]()
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