Talk:Bedazzled (2000 film)

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Contents 1 hit 2 Trivia 3 Music 4 question 5 mysterious stranger == God?

[edit] hit

I can't believe there's no discussion about this film...

Maybe nobody was interested enough on the movie to talk about it... But it could also be a movie so complicated that nobody understands it. A remake as big as this is really rare.

Maybe there's a reason why it wasn't a big hit... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Caue.cm.rego (talk • contribs)

Does anyone know what the name of the house is in the Colombian drug lord scene?

[edit] Trivia

About the spanish spoken in the druglord section, there it is Iberian accent, mainly by the buttler. But the accent that the contributor atributes to argentina might be colombian as well. Colombian paisas (as the people on Medellín) use the singular second person "vos" instead of "usted" or "tu" like some argentinians.

[edit] Music

does anyone recognise the guitar music that plays during the prison scene? I find it really haunting - let me know what it is, please. --Riaan 22:31, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

"When the emotionally sensitive Elliot is playing guitar for Allison, the playing we hear is actually that of Harold Ramis." - imdb.com that might help Bud0011 18:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] question

"?The Devil reacts negatively to this, stating that if he does not live out his final wish at once then by the terms of the contract his soul will be ceded to her at once" I don't think she stated that she would get his soul if he didn't make the wish. Bud0011 18:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Now it's hopefully fixed. --Caue (T | C) 03:55, Friday 2006-08-18 (UTC)

[edit] mysterious stranger == God?

That the mysterious stranger == God is just one interpretation.

• The mysterious stranger could be another fallen angel (many christians believe the devil is a fallen angel).
• Or the mysterious stranger could be an unfallen angel.
• Or the mysterious stranger could be some kind of mystic, who had figured our enough of the supernatural mysteries of the world, that although mortal, he could interact, as an equal with the christian devil.
• Or, who says the christian supernatural pantheon is the only one? (Rhetorical question: christians, of course.) The mysterious stranger could be a supernatural being from some other pantheon.

My point is that it is a mistake for the article to conflate the mysterious stranger with God.

1. This interpretation is not the only interpretation.
2. This interpretation is unattributed.

I have no objection to the article saying something like: "One interpretation is that the mysterious stranger is Jesus himself." — so long as all the subsequent references to the mysterious stranger refer to him as the "mysterious stranger".

If no one offers a convincing explanation as to why this error shouldn't be changed I plan to do so in the near future.

Cheers! -- Geo Swan 14:04, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

The most simple answer is, most of the time, the correct one. While there may be other interpretations, the most plausible one is an interpretation where the "mysterious stranger" is god himself. On the other hand, assuming that the stranger is god when other interpretatios are available seems a little off to me. I propose we add something like what you said, but a little more convincing that this is the most simple and plausible theory. Or we could just name him "The black dude" Acglaphotis 15:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

IMBD's credits list the character as "Elliot's Cellmate/Angel", and their quotes section as "Elliot's Cellmate". Unless the actual credits say something different, or there's some other secure reason for making the equation, I think the equation with God seems a bit speculative and "OR"ish. Alai 19:17, 8 April 2007 (UTC)