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question about the devil...is she?

posted 15 years ago by gemini6591
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i always thought that elizabeth hurley was really an angel and just said she was the devil because at the end she lets go of the contract, she ends up teaching him a lot and helps him with his confidence and all that stuff, teaches him to stand up for himself, and that guy in jail when he was in jail was talking about God. And at the end shes playing chess with that guy that was talking about God in jail...and he ends up with the girl that looks just like his dream girl. Did anyone else think that? It seemed like throughout the movie they made little hints that she was really there for him from God, not the devil herself.

im confused. is she an angel or the devil?? does anyone else kinda see what i mean??

[–] Jnbfwc 15 years ago

At the end, she explains that heaven and hell aren't very far apart.

The story had NOTHING to do with Satan and God. It was just a message to be true to yourself.

[–] thespanishdutchman 15 years ago

She gave Elliot her business card, that should speak for itself, düh.

[–] rendrag-2 15 years ago

Satan is a fallen angel. Cast out from heaven for hubris I believe.

Winners don't even know they are in a race. They just love to run.

[–] njf0 15 years ago

Precisely. Satan is an angel who wanted more respect. This was made much clearer in the 1967 version.

[–] BoultersCanary 14 years ago

This was made much clearer in the 1967 version.

Everything is clearer in the 1967 version. The 1967 version has a proper ending too, genuinely funny and satirical instead of the ghastly new-age psycobabble and 'happy ever after' Hollywood drek we get here.

"The hour is come but not the man"

[–] sinceworld 14 years ago

yes of course if a book says it it just MUST be true

[–] sleepless-dancing 15 years ago

The guy that Elliot met in jail actually was God.

[–] petmysnaake 15 years ago

Thats exactly what I was thinking

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[–] AlexMorgan13 14 years ago

God would NEVER claim to be the devil... only the devil woudl claim to be God or a god....

and yea the devil was a fallen angel so knows God well...

[–] TheManInOil 12 years ago

How do you know what God would do? Are you God?

"I'll book you. I'll book you on something. I'll find something in the book to book you on."

[–] glock78 10 years ago

When someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"!

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[–] Dragndex 14 years ago

My thought was that Elliot was having problems figuring out who he was.
Both God and the Devil stepped in to help him become the person he truly was inside. To realize his "inner self", which was actually a combination of all of the aspects of his wishes.
His inner self was powerful (drug lord), sensitive (beach guy), smart and witty (the author), athletic (basketball)and at the end he showed he was caring enough to give away his last wish. Each aspect taken to the extreme was what went wrong, but a little bit of each incorporated into the whole being is the balance he was looking for at the beginning and ultimately made him a better person.
Once he realized that, he was happier with himself and that opened the door to meet the woman of his dreams-- Nicole.

I think that the Devil and God are both working together to bring out the best in humanity. God entreats us to be altruistic, and the Devil tempts us with selfishness. It is up to us to rise to the challenge or fail.

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[–] Rockhound6165 12 years ago

Fictional book, huh.You 100% sure about that? And is this that liberal open mindedness I heard tell about?

[–] keiya_27 12 years ago

Rockhound don't misunderstand what open mindedness is.

A skeptic isn’t someone who merely holds doubts. A skeptic, is the one with the truly open mind. A skeptic will believe anything as long as it is supported by data, sound science and a logically consistent argument.

[–] glock78 10 years ago

A skeptic will believe anything as long as it is supported by data, sound science and a logically consistent argument.

No. A skeptic will question anything that ISN'T. And some things that are.

[–] TheChamCham 8 years ago

If that was the woman of his dreams, he still didn't get a happy ending. That voice and her babbling would have made anyone nuts after one day and that's if she was beautiful ,which she wasn't.

Rescue the damsel in distress, whip the bad guy, save the world.

[–] jeffpk 14 years ago

She is the devil... your getting confused by classical roman theology, which rather bent the concept of Satan into a foe of god.

Satan is derived from "Ha Satan" which is Hebrew for "the accuser." It was a position in the Judaic court that is roughly equivalent to the District Attorney today. Ha Satan is not evil. In fact he/she is an essential *part* of the heavenly court system. It is his/her *job* to make the case against the accused. (Such as in the story of Job, where he/she is making the case against humanity in general)

Modern liberal christian theology now supports a notion that heaven and hell are the same thing... that it is our choices and perceptions that make it one or the other. It is this view that is very much represented in this movie.

For another movie that plays with similar theological concepts, see "Jacob's Ladder."

[–] yusef-ghanima 9 years ago

there is another theory that satan is from the arabic word shaitan, which mean the rebellious and also refer to the devil as the enemy of god, who made a deal with god to seduce evil humans, and will join them in hell.

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[–] evrw92 8 years ago

The devil is an angel but not all angels are the devil...