lildovefeather
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Middle of the '90s brought angels on our TV screens and closer to our hearts, mine included.
From the first time I saw the show Touched By An Angel (TBAA), I was hooked. This was the kind of thing a not-so-religious person like me wanted in a religious showunpretentious, not super-in-your-face-preachy wagging an invisible finger and saying "You are such a sinner and you will burn in hell if you don't repent!", with a sense of humor even in the midst of drama (it did always make me cry and feel for the characters involved in each episode). You can't even hate any of the "guest characters" (well, sometimes) because TBAA made sure to show the why's and the how's of things that happened to people. What's more interesting, sometimes, there's some mystery involved and the audience was made to think and try to figure it out.Now that I'm thinking, maybe it took off from where Michael Landon's Highway to Heaven series left off...
But I'm going forward already. Rewind.
The story starts when an angel appears in the desert. She is Monica (Roma Downey), a child-like and innocent newbie angel who is on probation and going to her on-the-job training on earth to become a full-fledged angel. Her main role, of course, is to help humans who are at or about to be at the crossroads of their lives. Being wet behind the ears, she often needs a lot of guidance and learns her lessons the same time as the people she tries to help learn theirs. Sometimes, she wonders what she is supposed to learn from it all especially when she feels so down and vulnerable. But always, God sends her her own guiding angel.
It is in the form of Tess (Della Reese) who is older, tougher and much wiser as she had her lessons, too, long before Monica's time. Tess is Monica's loving guide slash teacher slash friend slash "mother". She can be feisty, strict and mad, too, when needed be especially when Monica is being stubborn (which is rare) and/or unwittingly affects people's lives and makes things worse.
This team-up, however, is made complete and sometimes more complicated when Andrew (John Dye) joins their merry li'l group. While the appearance of Andrew could be a welcome sight as he is a funny, friendly fellow angel, it is marred by the fact that Andrew is the Angel of Death. So when he appears, there's usually something looming, and you know what that is. Nevertheless, he is also sent to assist the duo and as part of the trio, Andrew is an additional helping hand.
So that is--was--the premise of the show. It was such a darling little show that I will forever miss. Both Monica and Tess were darlings. I liked Monica for her simplicity, innocence, sometimes naiveté, sweetness, sunny disposition and human emotions. And she's cute wearing her Sunday's dress. I liked Tess for her toughness, wisdom, wonderful singing voice (!), motherly traits and even feistiness. I'd like an angel like her to guide me. I liked Andrew mainly because he wasn't bad as people often thought Death would be. I liked that he gave Death his own heart and point of view.
I liked the show so much that I even wrote to ask for the stars' autographs and some years ago, I bought an old copy of People with them on the cover. Also, two of my first angel figurines, I named "Monica" and "Tess" (ha ha!). Mostly, I liked the whole show, not just the characters, not just the stars.
I wish producers would still come up with uplifting, feel-good shows like this once in a while, shows that make a difference.If this show ever gets re-shown, I would definitely watch it all over again. Or if I can get my hands on videos, that would be nice, too.
It's lovely just being touched by an angel!
From the first time I saw the show Touched By An Angel (TBAA), I was hooked. This was the kind of thing a not-so-religious person like me wanted in a religious showunpretentious, not super-in-your-face-preachy wagging an invisible finger and saying "You are such a sinner and you will burn in hell if you don't repent!", with a sense of humor even in the midst of drama (it did always make me cry and feel for the characters involved in each episode). You can't even hate any of the "guest characters" (well, sometimes) because TBAA made sure to show the why's and the how's of things that happened to people. What's more interesting, sometimes, there's some mystery involved and the audience was made to think and try to figure it out.Now that I'm thinking, maybe it took off from where Michael Landon's Highway to Heaven series left off...
But I'm going forward already. Rewind.
The story starts when an angel appears in the desert. She is Monica (Roma Downey), a child-like and innocent newbie angel who is on probation and going to her on-the-job training on earth to become a full-fledged angel. Her main role, of course, is to help humans who are at or about to be at the crossroads of their lives. Being wet behind the ears, she often needs a lot of guidance and learns her lessons the same time as the people she tries to help learn theirs. Sometimes, she wonders what she is supposed to learn from it all especially when she feels so down and vulnerable. But always, God sends her her own guiding angel.
It is in the form of Tess (Della Reese) who is older, tougher and much wiser as she had her lessons, too, long before Monica's time. Tess is Monica's loving guide slash teacher slash friend slash "mother". She can be feisty, strict and mad, too, when needed be especially when Monica is being stubborn (which is rare) and/or unwittingly affects people's lives and makes things worse.
This team-up, however, is made complete and sometimes more complicated when Andrew (John Dye) joins their merry li'l group. While the appearance of Andrew could be a welcome sight as he is a funny, friendly fellow angel, it is marred by the fact that Andrew is the Angel of Death. So when he appears, there's usually something looming, and you know what that is. Nevertheless, he is also sent to assist the duo and as part of the trio, Andrew is an additional helping hand.
So that is--was--the premise of the show. It was such a darling little show that I will forever miss. Both Monica and Tess were darlings. I liked Monica for her simplicity, innocence, sometimes naiveté, sweetness, sunny disposition and human emotions. And she's cute wearing her Sunday's dress. I liked Tess for her toughness, wisdom, wonderful singing voice (!), motherly traits and even feistiness. I'd like an angel like her to guide me. I liked Andrew mainly because he wasn't bad as people often thought Death would be. I liked that he gave Death his own heart and point of view.
I liked the show so much that I even wrote to ask for the stars' autographs and some years ago, I bought an old copy of People with them on the cover. Also, two of my first angel figurines, I named "Monica" and "Tess" (ha ha!). Mostly, I liked the whole show, not just the characters, not just the stars.
I wish producers would still come up with uplifting, feel-good shows like this once in a while, shows that make a difference.If this show ever gets re-shown, I would definitely watch it all over again. Or if I can get my hands on videos, that would be nice, too.
It's lovely just being touched by an angel!
Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain, Le (2001).
Translated as Amelie from Montmartre. Direct translation: The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain (well, I'm guessin' here). Actual known title: Amelie...Sheesh.
Set in Paris, the story features the main character Amelie (Audrey Tautou), a rather lonely but sweet and quite imaginative (read: weird) young woman. Through the invisible Narrator's eyes, we follow and silently applaud her as she does one good deed after another (if the receivers deserve it) and, sometimes, exacts her own brand of creative revenge (for herself and other underdogs). But always, she does these in secret. She is contented being some kind of secret modern-day Robin Hood and making others happy until she meets someone and realizes that she, too, needs her own miracle.
I do not exactly know how to categorize this movie. An adventure-mystery-comedy-fantasy-romantic story. Yes, in that order. Or if I may make it more general, it is a feel-good piece of art.
An original story, told in an engaging and different manner, the story takes us to the world of Amelie and the people around her. One does not have time to be bored even for a single second. Wonderful, interesting and very creative story-telling. Wonderful, interesting and very creative cinematography and stunning visuals. Wonderful, interesting and very creative protagonist. Wonderful, interesting and very creative Audrey Tautou.
"Wonderful, interesting and very creative." That sums it all up. So if you need a dose of feel-goodies, Amelie is a very good medicine. Amelie is certainly one heck of an eye- , and even heart-, candy.
Definitely.
Translated as Amelie from Montmartre. Direct translation: The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain (well, I'm guessin' here). Actual known title: Amelie...Sheesh.
Set in Paris, the story features the main character Amelie (Audrey Tautou), a rather lonely but sweet and quite imaginative (read: weird) young woman. Through the invisible Narrator's eyes, we follow and silently applaud her as she does one good deed after another (if the receivers deserve it) and, sometimes, exacts her own brand of creative revenge (for herself and other underdogs). But always, she does these in secret. She is contented being some kind of secret modern-day Robin Hood and making others happy until she meets someone and realizes that she, too, needs her own miracle.
I do not exactly know how to categorize this movie. An adventure-mystery-comedy-fantasy-romantic story. Yes, in that order. Or if I may make it more general, it is a feel-good piece of art.
An original story, told in an engaging and different manner, the story takes us to the world of Amelie and the people around her. One does not have time to be bored even for a single second. Wonderful, interesting and very creative story-telling. Wonderful, interesting and very creative cinematography and stunning visuals. Wonderful, interesting and very creative protagonist. Wonderful, interesting and very creative Audrey Tautou.
"Wonderful, interesting and very creative." That sums it all up. So if you need a dose of feel-goodies, Amelie is a very good medicine. Amelie is certainly one heck of an eye- , and even heart-, candy.
Definitely.