Minus that God awful southern accent. Lived in the south my whole life and have traveled to every state except for NM, ive never heard a southern accent quite like that 🤣
Theres a great interview from TFF where Keanu says that this is one of the best movies he's ever starred in and that working with Pacino, who was incredible forecoming, was one of the greatest highlights of his career
One of my favorite scenes, the way he yells at Kevin. "I don't do that Kevin" it's true, he doesn't do anything that you don't want to do. He sets the stage but he doesn't force you, he can't. Kevin took every opportunity and ran with it
The saddest thing about this scene is the most sadistic words in the movie come from Kevin, not Satan. Satan didn't bullshit him for one second in this scene either. He gave Kevin EVERY opportunity with utter honesty to get the fuck off the case. I don't even think it was Satan testing him, I think it was Satan trying to teach his son a lesson in vanity by saying "Hey, you can't win every battle. Some things are more important." Yet... There he is.
+OpenMawProductions Ya, but he also manipulates ripple effects. He knows the case is gonna go downhill without Kevin, he knows Kevin will read the paper the next day get pissed and go back to work again. The Devil manipulates without ever really having to manipulate.
Sure, and I think in other examples in the movie we see him straight up doing the Devil's work. Like the guy on the subway, or Eddie Barzum. But with Kevin, I think he actually cares about him. His son. If needs be, he can make another "Kevin." He can reset the stage for his rise to power. Kevin is special to him, he's trying to show Kevin from his own experience.
irishbreakfast Actually in one case he did lie. During a scene, where Kevin and Him are taking public transit. He gets into an altercation with some Hispanic-American, where he tells him in Spanish, that his wife is cheating on him with his friend and that he should stab her. When Kevin asked what he said. He told him "I told him if he didn't leave us alone, you were gonna kick his ass." A funny scene, but it pretty much shows the Devil's classic "Father of Lies." quote.
irishbreakfast I would tend to agree. He is allowed to do whatever he wants from an influential standpoint, but you must make your own decision in your free will. In terms of the subway scene it is the same thing, he is setting the stage through his level of omniscience, another guy not filled with a violent streak would say it wasn't mean't to be. The most basic example of this is the Book of Job, Satan sets the stage and Job is given the choice of going right or left. The vanity is thinking all of our lives are a product of some dumb luck and we are always directing the course of events.
I'm not a big fan if Keanu, but Al brought out the best in him. This scene was the best of the film. The "I don't do that, Kevin" was brilliantly delivered. The best performance, thus far, of Satan or a Demon was this one by Pacino. No red man with tail and a pitchfork, but a slithering snake corrupting every law by confusing the mind. Ppl who don't believe in spirits, I can understand why they dont, but they would not want to cross them if they do exist. Brilliant and out to destroy
If you want to get biblical in the beginning off men and woman living in a world were there choices was based on sin free until the serpent ( devil) came in and pretty much corrupted there mind by Lies giving them other Choices which is wrong based on god eyes planted the seed of evil and sin for the rest of humanity to be cursed with the power of free will which leaves us knowing the power of sin to be also planted. the devil was basically the teacher of everything that’s fuck up in this world many many years ago so in our days now no we can’t blame him for our choices knowing what is right from wrong but damn this mothafaka built the whole damn football field of plays and this is his game pertty much knowing what we going to do before we even do it.his influence and teachings from beginning do play a big ass main part
I like how he tries to blame the devil in the end and yet he had to know when he saw his wife getting sick that something' else was behind it... the enemy will never give his gifts without a cost..... then mary Ann even said that the money was blood money in another clip when he had her admitted to the hospital.... All he did was just listen and then go back to working!!! Mary Ann represents those who are not submitted to the devil but in close relationships with people who are. They can become the scapegoat that pays the cost for wicked success of the person who is !!! This is very true in real life Wow.. be careful who you have around you bc their deeds can effect you if your both not submitted Christ!
Miton and his silver tongue knew the exact works to push Kevin to his side. Notice Milton always says "its okay to LOSE" in every conversation knowing that Kevin's one big SIN was vanity and would never lose. Played him like a fiddle
The chinese translation, like any translation, is not quite accurate. For example, when Kevin accuses Milton of making the woman lie, he says "I don't do that"....the use in the "present tense" is a contexual subtlety that means that the Devil, Milton doesn't operate in the way Kevin thinks he does...but that meaning is lost in the Chinese translation, because the chinese translation means "I DIDN'T do that" or "I haven't done that" (PAST tense). This is not unusual for nuances to get lost in translation.
I love how when Al mentions Cullen even sound mad at Kevin for defending him...like it was too much "And Cullen...KNOWING HE WAS GUILTY!!! SEEING THOSE PICTURES!!!!"
my fav film of all time so brilliantly written brilliant acting by all really drives home how vain people are and how easy it is to become selfish and greedy in today's world hence being tempted by the devil
To be honest Barbara I could've done the same thing here I've been greedy myself in fact half of the time ( into my own hedonistic imagination) I tried hard to be really successful but atlast I'm pretty much petty a bit crazed jealous egotistical (sometimes) but all in all I do want to change all of that in reality I'm a nice guy but sometimes at my job I'm 50-50.
Damn this movie came out in 1997 I was 9. It's now 2018 I'm 30 and I've seen those all before not in a movie but in real life. I know some of the pit falls of the ego and how that shit can take you under in a heartbeat.
Man. I remember seeing this when I was 11 this always stuck with me as one the first Al Pacino movies I watched before I got older then I got more into his work. This role terrified me at that time
There is no evil worse than the one inside a man's heart, kindled by selfishness. Thank God for Jesus Christ. Thank You God for loving us even when we don't deserve it. Isaiah 9:7
The devil gives them a playground....and watches them destroy themselves and each other. Doesnt even even have to lift a finger to make it happen. Thats humanity. The devil didnt make you do it....you WANTED to do it
"The minute you got to New York, you started lookin' at better deals" Reminds me of what I did, safe to say 10 years ago. Don't know if it was the Devil or me being 20 years old. Good thing is, she is still alive...and I'm serious about it Love this dialogue !
In this moment, Devil knew that Kevin would never leave the case: he has already work hard for it and he was confident they were going to win, so the Devil uses one of his tricks to give Kevin the illusion of two choices, like he can leave now and take care of his loved one, but in reality, almost all the people would choose to go on with the job instead of quitting, because it is hard for a human to give up something he has worked his ass off for and is almost finishing it, it would make us get pissed if we quit and sometimes it can make us depressed, that's why most of us work very hard to achieve our goals and sometimes forget to pass some time with family. Devil knows how to use every psychological trick on humans, he knows their weaknesses, and he was testing Kevin here...since Kevin fell prey to this trick, the Devil knew he would be his slave after that
What’s interesting is when he chooses the case over his wife, Pacino looked genuinely disappointed. It was as if he was telling him, before this gets to the point of no return, choose love. To love is to be free. The only way out in the end was for him to kill himself and begin again. Had he chosen love, reality completely changes.
Right here is a fine example of this movie showing the true nature of how Satan/Lucifer treats his children. He knows that Kevin loves Mary Ann and that she is getting sicker by the day, he tries to talk sense to kevin and tells him that he will support him no matter what, it is the fateful decision that kevin makes that destroys everything not Satan/Lucifer.
It is like a quote from the Vertigo graphic novel Lucifer. "My theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth and he lets you find your own way to Hell.
@@Firstborn0Raz Satan is the father of lies. Tell half-truths is still considered a lie. Twisting the truth or bending the truth is still a lie. When Satan told Eve that she will think like god, in a way that happened because Eve knew the knowledge of good and EVIL. But Satan left the part out, of being cursed by God, but curses is an image of evil.
Like he said.....he's no puppateer....he only sets the stage. You make ur own choices. The Devil can't make anyone do anything in the end. Free Will...yes, it is a bitch. semper Fi
sorry but entrapment is not free will. nor is dwindling the choices down to rocks and hard places. that is the trick he is selling you all on, sadly. and most people identify and have sympathy for the devil through the use of "do as thou wilt" under that guise, pride like vanity, can reign supreme in the individual. we must all face this in ourselves. some overcome it while others do not. this is the battle between good and evil. both sides make their case "in the court of life" and while one side has more toys, the other side has more discipline and restraint. if we are serving ourselves as true supreme, then we will always choose one side over the other. if we listen to ourselves and know that it is connected to all of existence and the possibilities in existence, we serve something called "truth, accuracy, and honesty" this is something that serves us, so it goes round and round each time it is served. to serve truth is to serve the whole, which we are included in. and of course we have chosen a side in doing this, whether we know it or not. many things can be true at the same time, but that is in our categorization of things, not the thing itself. if we serve truth, accuracy and honesty and we are not those things, we become those those things and that serves us as well, even though it didnt seem to start out serving ourselves.... this is how we defeat the devil within. by choosing to serve something other than our first response ego/superego vanity is an extension of pride, like he says "self love"
@@rishkabees anyone that sets the stage for this kind of decision is entrapping another. he still had choices, but they were limited because of what the devil chose to do. that, my friend is entrapment. i know what you mean, though, still it was set up and done with intention and so it is entrapment. Definition of entrapment 1a: the action or process of entrapping b: the condition of being entrapped 2: the action of luring an individual into committing a crime in order to prosecute the person for it 3medical : chronic compression of a peripheral nerve (such as the median nerve) usually between ligamentous and bony surfaces that is marked by pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness
@@rishkabees manufacturing consent & entrapment is not synonymous with free will, period. all else, we could choose, but like the movie "saw" it is choosing from a jaded position, which we did not choose for ourselves to be in. gargantuan difference. then it is a trick of words or ideas of "free will & choice"
Depends on how you look at it. Pacino gave Keanu all the freedom to walk away but he didn't because he is in fact vain and needs to win. Pacino never forced Keanu to do anything which was clearly stated in the movie.
@@thekingsson1757 No he wasn't. It was all Kevin and his free will. Pacino basically begged him to leave the case and take care of his wife but he didnt. He wanted glory.
The undeniable tragedy of the downfall of the human soul, is when even the Devil himself points out to us, our own choices that WE made, and as to how it led to our very own demise! The Devil is, admittedly, a liar, but he also has his way of telling us the truth, when he points out to us that we indeed made the choice to do something evil. He doesn't make us sin, no...he makes the suggestion of evil, in it's many forms, to us. However, he can't FORCE us to sin. We make the choice between right and wrong ourselves! You could argue that the Devil has his own sense of justice. If we fall into the trap of doing what he suggests to us, he owns us, and will suggest more and more evil to us. Which, much more often than not, leads us to our own damnation! Meanwhile, the Devil is laughing at us human fools for being stupid enough to damn our own souls! Inwardly, he hates us, and he hates God. He'll do everything in his power to separate us from God, but ultimately the choice is ours, as to whether to listen to him, or not.
@@sonamtashi7706 We'll have to agree to disagree. No disrespect intended towards you. Nowhere in the Bible, or any other Writing, do you find that Satan forces us to do what he wants us to do. He can manipulate...but ultimately, the choice is ours, as to whether we do what he wants us to do, or resist, and say no. What you need to understand, is that he'll mix just enough truth in his deception, to entice you to partake of his offer, or refuse. The choice is ours.
“They say the devil is the father of all lies. But for someone whose original sin is meant to be pride, you’d think that lying would leave something of a bitter aftertaste. So my theory is that when the devil wants something from you, he doesn’t lie. He tells you the exact, literal truth and let’s you find your own way to hell.”
Lust of the flesh .. lust of the eyes .. pride of life .. the third, is difficult to overcome, compared to the first two, I think, for many. Pride of death? "Watch me reject this peanut butter banana fried sandwich... thank you. Thank you, very much." - Elvis. See, 1 john 2:15-16, kjv.
3:57 I share the same problem as Kevin, even though I'm not an Advocate but a Civic Economist. If I set a goal, I have to reach it no matter what. I have to win and I can't stand losing. This sin has had a hold on me all my life and even though I mostly try to stay humble, it just keeps coming back, fueling me up and setting myself on fire. It's a curse and a gift but mostly a curse if I don't win because I become impossible to deal with.
This is the ultimate tipping point of the movie. The meaning of this movie is the Sins of the Father should not pass to the child. Milton may have been The Devil BUT He didn't want his Son to be like him. BUT He wanted him to understand. The entire movie never really happened. it ain't time travel at the end. The Devil is giving Kevin a Glimpse of where this road leads him.
Then why did the Devil make another try for his soul at the end? The human realm is just a playground for the devil. He just enjoys screwing around with the mortals.
For example even in this scene at the end where Kevin has his moment of self awareness the Devil then changes track & says it’s not his fault & to not be so hard on himself. He’s just yanking Kevin back & forth on the argument. All to leave him disoriented & reeling so that he can be vulnerable for his final pitch.
@@sonamtashi7706 one thing the devil knows Is human nature. He knew everything Kevin was gonna do and everything he was gonna say. And he pushed all the right buttons to get the results he wanted. Everything was apart of the the plan.
The way this movie ends... There's no way that Milton would have won. Especially after the line where he mimics the reporter. "It was a good run Kev, had to close out sometime, nobody wins em all." After that, you knew Kevin put it together that Milton was disguised as the reporter and he would never have gone near him after that. Not even Mary Ann would have been able to convince him otherwise.
Al:"Maryanne in NY? face it- you were started looking to better deal her the minute you got here." Kevin: "that's not true. you don't know what we had;you don't know anything about it." Al: "aaaayyyyyyy. I'm on your side." the way Al delivered that "aayyyyyy" was pure evil and condescending.
Don't act like the devil is the key ,but it's very hard not to mimic and pretend we are gods, but that's why we are here on earth , now get out there and be somebody Good luck
Lucifer Loves our weakness, enjoys using it against us. That SIN YOU did !! I am With you, I understand , God hates it, but I don't. I don't care WHAT you do, as long as you NEVER know JESUS ! I will give you ANYTHING you want, this is MY world until that time comes ! Trust me it WILL end, do you want to end up with me?? or with HIM? your choice You owe me that, and in the end you will NEVER forget it.
Actually that's the complete opposite of Christianity, a person conceding that they're a wretched sinner and accepting Christ as their saviour is probably the most fundamental tenet of the faith. It amazes me that people are so ignorant on these most basic things, especially given that his mother, who was the only real christian person represented in this film, is exactly like that and the opposite of Keanu Reeves character.
In this film the nutjobs are right. And Kevin WAS set up. Did he take the bait? Absolutely. Hook, line and sinker. But keep in mind he was just a dude going up against a supernatural con man with millenia of experience who knew all his weaknesses.
Solar Reaper Yet, at the end of the day Satan didn't do anything except set the stage and set Kevin loose. It was Kevin who choose to push ahead with the case knowing the guy was guilty, it was his choice to let the molesting piece of shit teacher go free, having seeing how he was rubbing the table while the girl was recounting her experience. Kevin WANTED to win, it was always about his career, his desire to win. Yes, Satan messed around with Mary Ann, torturing her into insanity. Thats just his average sunday. But at the end of the day, it was always Kevins choice. Kevin could have taken her and gone home. He could have been with her at the party, but left her after promising her to stay with her. It was always him and no one else.
The truth is we are always given free will. Sure, the devil always whispers sinful hunger in our ears, but at the end of the day it will always be your choice whether to do it or not. We have no one to blame but ourselves. Our own selfish delusions and the need to always feed our ego.
A psychologist said this: nobody wakes up a bad person. It comes from tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest. So, it is a struggle between our self-respect and our self-interest.
@@otisbeck5327 That is so dumb and your Psychologist clearly does not know what he or she is talking about. ALL humans operate in self-interest. What, you think people really care or something? Oh, they care alright when it's in THEIR self-interest. Nobody gives a flying fuck about kids starving to death in South-Africa every day, but they sure as hell care when some of their favorite actor or singer dies. And those very people who died got where they were because of vanity. So in a sense, this sin pretty much rules our everyday lives, especially now with social media. So the more you embrace this sin and become famous or something, the more people will "care" about you when you leave this earth.
@@Kruppt808 Yeah. Milton said it himself. The hunger to win and succeed in life could as well be the sword that slays you and your loved ones in the end. Very ironic.
I have a friend that's an Anglican Priest and he used Al Pachino's monologue about god from the end of the movie to make a point about how people act with Trumpism.
Onde Deus tem que tomar o Santo Trono Dele? Na minha mente. Se não agirei como Rodrigo Maia Rocha que em 2005 disse para eu perguntar para ela. Pecado: VAIDADE.
The comment which suggested it has been deleted, it was the one I was responding to. I was only refering to it and ridiculed it, not actually suggesting that he is in fact playing a vampire.
All Brian needed with some kind of family and love. . They even stole his family heirlooms while he was telling law enforcement that they were doing so. . Law forcement doesn't give a fck because he's poor. .... It doesn't matter that they stole his citizenship in money. . He can't afford a lawyer now
Is it me, or did Al Pacino actually help make Keanu Reeves a better actor? Keanu hits a range here we don’t normally see
O that Keanu
So true
Minus that God awful southern accent. Lived in the south my whole life and have traveled to every state except for NM, ive never heard a southern accent quite like that 🤣
Theres a great interview from TFF where Keanu says that this is one of the best movies he's ever starred in and that working with Pacino, who was incredible forecoming, was one of the greatest highlights of his career
His fake southern accent is so distracting
One of my favorite scenes, the way he yells at Kevin. "I don't do that Kevin" it's true, he doesn't do anything that you don't want to do. He sets the stage but he doesn't force you, he can't. Kevin took every opportunity and ran with it
We produce our own escape...or our own damnation, just through the power of choice.
" I don't lose I don't ever lose I win that's my job " - " maybe it's your time to lose " " the world would understand "-
Exactly. Satan manipulates, but, he can't interfere with free will.
You blaming me for MaryAnne? Oh I hope you're kiddin'...
Brilliant.
The saddest thing about this scene is the most sadistic words in the movie come from Kevin, not Satan.
Satan didn't bullshit him for one second in this scene either. He gave Kevin EVERY opportunity with utter honesty to get the fuck off the case. I don't even think it was Satan testing him, I think it was Satan trying to teach his son a lesson in vanity by saying "Hey, you can't win every battle. Some things are more important." Yet... There he is.
+OpenMawProductions Ya, but he also manipulates ripple effects. He knows the case is gonna go downhill without Kevin, he knows Kevin will read the paper the next day get pissed and go back to work again. The Devil manipulates without ever really having to manipulate.
+OpenMawProductions Yes, especially when he asks Kevin if the thought of leaving this case ever crossed his mind and he says no.
Sure, and I think in other examples in the movie we see him straight up doing the Devil's work. Like the guy on the subway, or Eddie Barzum.
But with Kevin, I think he actually cares about him. His son. If needs be, he can make another "Kevin." He can reset the stage for his rise to power. Kevin is special to him, he's trying to show Kevin from his own experience.
irishbreakfast
Actually in one case he did lie. During a scene, where Kevin and Him are taking public transit. He gets into an altercation with some Hispanic-American, where he tells him in Spanish, that his wife is cheating on him with his friend and that he should stab her. When Kevin asked what he said. He told him "I told him if he didn't leave us alone, you were gonna kick his ass." A funny scene, but it pretty much shows the Devil's classic "Father of Lies." quote.
irishbreakfast I would tend to agree. He is allowed to do whatever he wants from an influential standpoint, but you must make your own decision in your free will. In terms of the subway scene it is the same thing, he is setting the stage through his level of omniscience, another guy not filled with a violent streak would say it wasn't mean't to be. The most basic example of this is the Book of Job, Satan sets the stage and Job is given the choice of going right or left. The vanity is thinking all of our lives are a product of some dumb luck and we are always directing the course of events.
this is one of the best movies ever made.
@@goognoog392 No it is not, and video you posted is dumb.
I agree, a true classic.
Movie and especially Pacino were underrated
@@goognoog392 please stop saying that. Its very annoying.
I'm not a big fan if Keanu, but Al brought out the best in him. This scene was the best of the film.
The "I don't do that, Kevin" was brilliantly delivered. The best performance, thus far, of Satan or a Demon was this one by Pacino.
No red man with tail and a pitchfork, but a slithering snake corrupting every law by confusing the mind.
Ppl who don't believe in spirits, I can understand why they dont, but they would not want to cross them if they do exist.
Brilliant and out to destroy
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
He exsists in us everyday always, as does god. The battle never ends.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that there are 3 in heaven although there's just but 1 God.
Don’t blame the devil for you’re own choices god already gave us free will so why act like the devil is controlling you
They play a part... In your life... Dont be a fool... Nor blind to it.... They are your shadow... Walking each step with you....
If you want to get biblical in the beginning off men and woman living in a world were there choices was based on sin free until the serpent ( devil) came in and pretty much corrupted there mind by Lies giving them other Choices which is wrong based on god eyes planted the seed of evil and sin for the rest of humanity to be cursed with the power of free will which leaves us knowing the power of sin to be also planted. the devil was basically the teacher of everything that’s fuck up in this world many many years ago so in our days now no we can’t blame him for our choices knowing what is right from wrong but damn this mothafaka built the whole damn football field of plays and this is his game pertty much knowing what we going to do before we even do it.his influence and teachings from beginning do play a big ass main part
@@jamesonberrios882 are you a Christian?
Nope
Is no god
I like how he tries to blame the devil in the end and yet he had to know when he saw his wife getting sick that something' else was behind it... the enemy will never give his gifts without a cost..... then mary Ann even said that the money was blood money in another clip when he had her admitted to the hospital.... All he did was just listen and then go back to working!!! Mary Ann represents those who are not submitted to the devil but in close relationships with people who are. They can become the scapegoat that pays the cost for wicked success of the person who is !!! This is very true in real life Wow.. be careful who you have around you bc their deeds can effect you if your both not submitted Christ!
Wow. I never thought about it like that. That's a good take
Miton and his silver tongue knew the exact works to push Kevin to his side. Notice Milton always says "its okay to LOSE" in every conversation knowing that Kevin's one big SIN was vanity and would never lose. Played him like a fiddle
Fortunately there was the chinese translation so that I understand better
lol
LMFAO!!!
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The chinese translation, like any translation, is not quite accurate. For example, when Kevin accuses Milton of making the woman lie, he says "I don't do that"....the use in the "present tense" is a contexual subtlety that means that the Devil, Milton doesn't operate in the way Kevin thinks he does...but that meaning is lost in the Chinese translation, because the chinese translation means "I DIDN'T do that" or "I haven't done that" (PAST tense). This is not unusual for nuances to get lost in translation.
Well you have me the dragon of course he is considered holy in China
I love how when Al mentions Cullen even sound mad at Kevin for defending him...like it was too much
"And Cullen...KNOWING HE WAS GUILTY!!! SEEING THOSE PICTURES!!!!"
my fav film of all time so brilliantly written brilliant acting by all really drives home how vain people are and how easy it is to become selfish and greedy in today's world hence being tempted by the devil
To be honest Barbara I could've done the same thing here I've been greedy myself in fact half of the time ( into my own hedonistic imagination) I tried hard to be really successful but atlast I'm pretty much petty a bit crazed jealous egotistical (sometimes) but all in all I do want to change all of that in reality I'm a nice guy but sometimes at my job I'm 50-50.
Totally agree. Very well written, and Pacino at his best.
Go fight win Vanity Lives!
Why would anyone blame 'Satan' for their temptation.?People choose temptation then display moral cowardice by blaming a 'third party',SATAN
@@davidsimpson9647 satan is not the third party... He is the party....
Damn this movie came out in 1997 I was 9. It's now 2018 I'm 30 and I've seen those all before not in a movie but in real life. I know some of the pit falls of the ego and how that shit can take you under in a heartbeat.
Man. I remember seeing this when I was 11 this always stuck with me as one the first Al Pacino movies I watched before I got older then I got more into his work.
This role terrified me at that time
one of the best movies ever. Only a few movies have I seen where no one talked on the way out. saving P ryan and joker. and this master piece
Free will + common sense. Always at battle with each other, today, tomorrow either ones hand is at the wheel, always deciding what will be.
Close, but no.
Common sense only guides free will to honorable and forthright choices when selfishness is expunged from the soul.
And this scene says that bettering yourself (or even thinking about bettering yourself) is a bad thing.
4:05 you know it's bad when even the devil's impressed by your vanity
One of my all time favourite movies.
HE’S AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD!
He manipulated kevin by appealing to his ego. Now Kevin is still responsible because as human beings we have Freewill.
There is no evil worse than the one inside a man's heart, kindled by selfishness.
Thank God for Jesus Christ. Thank You God for loving us even when we don't deserve it.
Isaiah 9:7
My favourite fictional novel.
Should have thrown in the clip at the end too. "Vanity, definitely my favorite sin."
Zachary Rose its my favoritr sin also
The script writers got it wrong. The devil's favorite sin is actually pride.
@ Its technically same, cause vanity is resulting of Pride.
@@ccrdcd38 It's the worst sin, it always ends up bad. Pride cometh before the fall.
The devil gives them a playground....and watches them destroy themselves and each other. Doesnt even even have to lift a finger to make it happen. Thats humanity. The devil didnt make you do it....you WANTED to do it
Amen to that!
"The minute you got to New York, you started lookin' at better deals"
Reminds me of what I did, safe to say 10 years ago. Don't know if it was the Devil or me being 20 years old. Good thing is, she is still alive...and I'm serious about it
Love this dialogue !
In this moment, Devil knew that Kevin would never leave the case: he has already work hard for it and he was confident they were going to win, so the Devil uses one of his tricks to give Kevin the illusion of two choices, like he can leave now and take care of his loved one, but in reality, almost all the people would choose to go on with the job instead of quitting, because it is hard for a human to give up something he has worked his ass off for and is almost finishing it, it would make us get pissed if we quit and sometimes it can make us depressed, that's why most of us work very hard to achieve our goals and sometimes forget to pass some time with family.
Devil knows how to use every psychological trick on humans, he knows their weaknesses, and he was testing Kevin here...since Kevin fell prey to this trick, the Devil knew he would be his slave after that
What’s interesting is when he chooses the case over his wife, Pacino looked genuinely disappointed. It was as if he was telling him, before this gets to the point of no return, choose love. To love is to be free. The only way out in the end was for him to kill himself and begin again. Had he chosen love, reality completely changes.
Right here is a fine example of this movie showing the true nature of how Satan/Lucifer treats his children. He knows that Kevin loves Mary Ann and that she is getting sicker by the day, he tries to talk sense to kevin and tells him that he will support him no matter what, it is the fateful decision that kevin makes that destroys everything not Satan/Lucifer.
It is like a quote from the Vertigo graphic novel Lucifer. "My theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth and he lets you find your own way to Hell.
@@Firstborn0Raz Satan is the father of lies. Tell half-truths is still considered a lie. Twisting the truth or bending the truth is still a lie. When Satan told Eve that she will think like god, in a way that happened because Eve knew the knowledge of good and EVIL. But Satan left the part out, of being cursed by God, but curses is an image of evil.
Al Pacino, my favorite actor. He plays Satan perfectly.
“You started looking to better deal her the minute ya got here!!”
Keanu Reeves does an amazing Hank Hill impression.
Like he said.....he's no puppateer....he only sets the stage. You make ur own choices. The Devil can't make anyone do anything in the end. Free Will...yes, it is a bitch. semper Fi
So true.
sorry but entrapment is not free will. nor is dwindling the choices down to rocks and hard places. that is the trick he is selling you all on, sadly. and most people identify and have sympathy for the devil through the use of "do as thou wilt" under that guise, pride like vanity, can reign supreme in the individual. we must all face this in ourselves. some overcome it while others do not. this is the battle between good and evil. both sides make their case "in the court of life" and while one side has more toys, the other side has more discipline and restraint. if we are serving ourselves as true supreme, then we will always choose one side over the other. if we listen to ourselves and know that it is connected to all of existence and the possibilities in existence, we serve something called "truth, accuracy, and honesty" this is something that serves us, so it goes round and round each time it is served. to serve truth is to serve the whole, which we are included in. and of course we have chosen a side in doing this, whether we know it or not. many things can be true at the same time, but that is in our categorization of things, not the thing itself. if we serve truth, accuracy and honesty and we are not those things, we become those those things and that serves us as well, even though it didnt seem to start out serving ourselves.... this is how we defeat the devil within. by choosing to serve something other than our first response ego/superego vanity is an extension of pride, like he says "self love"
@@rishkabees anyone that sets the stage for this kind of decision is entrapping another. he still had choices, but they were limited because of what the devil chose to do. that, my friend is entrapment. i know what you mean, though, still it was set up and done with intention and so it is entrapment.
Definition of entrapment
1a: the action or process of entrapping
b: the condition of being entrapped
2: the action of luring an individual into committing a crime in order to prosecute the person for it
3medical : chronic compression of a peripheral nerve (such as the median nerve) usually between ligamentous and bony surfaces that is marked by pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness
@@rishkabees manufacturing consent & entrapment is not synonymous with free will, period. all else, we could choose, but like the movie "saw" it is choosing from a jaded position, which we did not choose for ourselves to be in. gargantuan difference. then it is a trick of words or ideas of "free will & choice"
I love Keanu his mastery of accents is impressive
This is a joke, correct?
@@sundog8772 what do you believe in your heart?
@@sealteamryx6758 I feel like it was a genuine complement.
@@sundog8772 bingo 😁
His accent in this film tarnishes his performance
He was being played without even knowing it.
Depends on how you look at it. Pacino gave Keanu all the freedom to walk away but he didn't because he is in fact vain and needs to win. Pacino never forced Keanu to do anything which was clearly stated in the movie.
@@True38 devil was playing him like a fiddle toying with him.
@@thekingsson1757 No he wasn't. It was all Kevin and his free will. Pacino basically begged him to leave the case and take care of his wife but he didnt. He wanted glory.
man that intro for the video! such honest and innocent times on TH-cam :)))
This is prob best film of the decade!
1st version of the matrix
More accurate: Matrix - Scar Face crossover.
I like that
Choise-free will is just an illusion , created between those with power and those without. - Merovingian
DzaMiQ being quoted is an illusion
More like Constantine, face it, from Pacino to Stormare...we were looking to better-deal "Devils" the moment we hit town.
The undeniable tragedy of the downfall of the human soul, is when even the Devil himself points out to us, our own choices that WE made, and as to how it led to our very own demise! The Devil is, admittedly, a liar, but he also has his way of telling us the truth, when he points out to us that we indeed made the choice to do something evil. He doesn't make us sin, no...he makes the suggestion of evil, in it's many forms, to us. However, he can't FORCE us to sin. We make the choice between right and wrong ourselves! You could argue that the Devil has his own sense of justice. If we fall into the trap of doing what he suggests to us, he owns us, and will suggest more and more evil to us. Which, much more often than not, leads us to our own damnation! Meanwhile, the Devil is laughing at us human fools for being stupid enough to damn our own souls! Inwardly, he hates us, and he hates God. He'll do everything in his power to separate us from God, but ultimately the choice is ours, as to whether to listen to him, or not.
The Devil isn’t a liar, he’s a manipulator & the best manipulations are the ones that are founded on facts, on truths.
@@sonamtashi7706 We'll have to agree to disagree. No disrespect intended towards you. Nowhere in the Bible, or any other Writing, do you find that Satan forces us to do what he wants us to do. He can manipulate...but ultimately, the choice is ours, as to whether we do what he wants us to do, or resist, and say no.
What you need to understand, is that he'll mix just enough truth in his deception, to entice you to partake of his offer, or refuse.
The choice is ours.
“They say the devil is the father of all lies. But for someone whose original sin is meant to be pride, you’d think that lying would leave something of a bitter aftertaste. So my theory is that when the devil wants something from you, he doesn’t lie. He tells you the exact, literal truth and let’s you find your own way to hell.”
Lust of the flesh .. lust of the eyes .. pride of life .. the third, is difficult to overcome, compared to the first two, I think, for many. Pride of death? "Watch me reject this peanut butter banana fried sandwich... thank you. Thank you, very much." - Elvis. See, 1 john 2:15-16, kjv.
3:02 That was a pretty impressive acting, two different persons in less than 6 seconds
3:57
I share the same problem as Kevin, even though I'm not an Advocate but a Civic Economist. If I set a goal, I have to reach it no matter what. I have to win and I can't stand losing. This sin has had a hold on me all my life and even though I mostly try to stay humble, it just keeps coming back, fueling me up and setting myself on fire. It's a curse and a gift but mostly a curse if I don't win because I become impossible to deal with.
This is the ultimate tipping point of the movie. The meaning of this movie is the Sins of the Father should not pass to the child. Milton may have been The Devil BUT He didn't want his Son to be like him. BUT He wanted him to understand. The entire movie never really happened. it ain't time travel at the end. The Devil is giving Kevin a Glimpse of where this road leads him.
Then why did the Devil make another try for his soul at the end?
The human realm is just a playground for the devil. He just enjoys screwing around with the mortals.
For example even in this scene at the end where Kevin has his moment of self awareness the Devil then changes track & says it’s not his fault & to not be so hard on himself.
He’s just yanking Kevin back & forth on the argument. All to leave him disoriented & reeling so that he can be vulnerable for his final pitch.
@@sonamtashi7706 one thing the devil knows Is human nature. He knew everything Kevin was gonna do and everything he was gonna say. And he pushed all the right buttons to get the results he wanted. Everything was apart of the the plan.
@@sonamtashi7706 he didn't. It's just about interpretation.
The way this movie ends... There's no way that Milton would have won. Especially after the line where he mimics the reporter.
"It was a good run Kev, had to close out sometime, nobody wins em all."
After that, you knew Kevin put it together that Milton was disguised as the reporter and he would never have gone near him after that.
Not even Mary Ann would have been able to convince him otherwise.
Al:"Maryanne in NY? face it- you were started looking to better deal her the minute you got here."
Kevin: "that's not true. you don't know what we had;you don't know anything about it."
Al: "aaaayyyyyyy. I'm on your side."
the way Al delivered that "aayyyyyy" was pure evil and condescending.
Aaaayyy, you thought you could fool a Corleone, Carlo?
The only demons are those within us.
Al Pacino's character Milton was really well written and well acted.
1:44 Al reminds me of Michael Corleone in this scene!!!
I thought so too
This movie, release in the 90s just predicted the cause for addiction to FB, IG, Twitter etc..
I like it film very good
Don't act like the devil is the key ,but it's very hard not to mimic and pretend we are gods, but that's why we are here on earth , now get out there and be somebody Good luck
Lucifer Loves our weakness, enjoys using it against us. That SIN YOU did !! I am With you, I understand , God hates it, but I don't. I don't care WHAT you do, as long as you NEVER know JESUS ! I will give you ANYTHING you want, this is MY world until that time comes !
Trust me it WILL end, do you want to end up with me?? or with HIM? your choice
You owe me that, and in the end you will NEVER forget it.
" I rest my case!".........Game, set and match....
Vanity...my favorite sin
Such a brilliantly written scene. Kevin is a like a every religious nutjob blaming satan/shaytan for his wrongdoings.
Actually that's the complete opposite of Christianity, a person conceding that they're a wretched sinner and accepting Christ as their saviour is probably the most fundamental tenet of the faith.
It amazes me that people are so ignorant on these most basic things, especially given that his mother, who was the only real christian person represented in this film, is exactly like that and the opposite of Keanu Reeves character.
In this film the nutjobs are right. And Kevin WAS set up. Did he take the bait? Absolutely. Hook, line and sinker. But keep in mind he was just a dude going up against a supernatural con man with millenia of experience who knew all his weaknesses.
Solar Reaper Yet, at the end of the day Satan didn't do anything except set the stage and set Kevin loose. It was Kevin who choose to push ahead with the case knowing the guy was guilty, it was his choice to let the molesting piece of shit teacher go free, having seeing how he was rubbing the table while the girl was recounting her experience. Kevin WANTED to win, it was always about his career, his desire to win. Yes, Satan messed around with Mary Ann, torturing her into insanity. Thats just his average sunday. But at the end of the day, it was always Kevins choice. Kevin could have taken her and gone home. He could have been with her at the party, but left her after promising her to stay with her. It was always him and no one else.
At the end of the day none of it would have happened without the devil's involvement.
Blaming just Satan? What about the other half? God? Both only exist in our heads.
This is the best movie in the world
You made a choice adam.™
The audience? When I'm fucked with too! Lol you deal with the lawyers! There, hahahahaha
"Don't be such a fucking chump. Stop diluting yourself!"
Definitely something people should be telling themselves more often. Don't BS yourself.
And then al pacino looks at keanu and says: say hello to my little friend! And blast him away
I have a question for those who keep talking about free will: If our subconscious mind is difficult to control then how free is our will exactly?
The truth is we are always given free will. Sure, the devil always whispers sinful hunger in our ears, but at the end of the day it will always be your choice whether to do it or not. We have no one to blame but ourselves. Our own selfish delusions and the need to always feed our ego.
The worship of Satan is the worship of self.
Satan..Call me dad!
Self-hate, leads to self-improvement. Wherefore, if you want to love yourself, hate yourself
Kelly KitKat im good thanks however
That's pretty dumb
ArtjomGlad real self hate leads to self destricrion.
A psychologist said this: nobody wakes up a bad person. It comes from tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest. So, it is a struggle between our self-respect and our self-interest.
@@otisbeck5327 That is so dumb and your Psychologist clearly does not know what he or she is talking about. ALL humans operate in self-interest. What, you think people really care or something? Oh, they care alright when it's in THEIR self-interest. Nobody gives a flying fuck about kids starving to death in South-Africa every day, but they sure as hell care when some of their favorite actor or singer dies. And those very people who died got where they were because of vanity. So in a sense, this sin pretty much rules our everyday lives, especially now with social media. So the more you embrace this sin and become famous or something, the more people will "care" about you when you leave this earth.
Brilliant metaphor 🤘
one of my favorite movie sayings vanity is the devil's favorite sins
He put his career in front of his clearly in need of help wife, that's so crazy to me. How people do things like that in real life.......
Vanity. Have you ever wanted to win so bad you would die for it? You can't understand this till you have been in Kevin's position
@@tafadzwagonera Vanity definitely my favorite sin....... haha
Horseshit... U another azzclown in disneyland
@@Kruppt808 Yeah. Milton said it himself. The hunger to win and succeed in life could as well be the sword that slays you and your loved ones in the end. Very ironic.
I like movies that make you think. Just like the Matrix.
Someone said your name on the TV yesterday. They used to do that with soap opera stars
DJ.DEB.USA HERE SAYING YOU SOW WHAT YOU REAP...... XOXO SENDING LOVE, LIGHT, HEALING , AND KISSES... 7/22/2019
I have a friend that's an Anglican Priest and he used Al Pachino's monologue about god from the end of the movie to make a point about how people act with Trumpism.
Man oh man @4:03 Daddy Satan played Kevin like a fiddle. He proved to Kevin that the devil within was his downfall.
Top my list, vanity
He gave him a choice but he didn't fully understand what was going on the whole time! "Deep"
Crazy as hell how young Keanu Reeves looks here lol
DONT BE SUCH A FUCKIN CHAMP!!! Al Pacino's way of speaking is so fkin awesome
1:38
There was never going to be a “then,” there was just going to be another case. And then another, and another, and another.
its never too late to be a vampire
Get. A. Nightmare 😂
THIS STORY CAN.MAKE.A.MARK ON. A MAN.
" I am the wellspring from which you flow. When I am gone, you will have never been."
Woo
where that from
where that from
Conan the Barbarian.
Thulsa Doom.
Onde Deus tem que tomar o Santo Trono Dele? Na minha mente. Se não agirei como Rodrigo Maia Rocha que em 2005 disse para eu perguntar para ela. Pecado: VAIDADE.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN ANGELS 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 & DEMONS ???
He is beginning to believe
If I see you, what is it? Are you afraid? I hope so.
25 percent the horseman... that coffin...
The comment which suggested it has been deleted, it was the one I was responding to. I was only refering to it and ridiculed it, not actually suggesting that he is in fact playing a vampire.
It’s called genetics ,, been like that since the dawn of time
Hate her for getting better by his care from him giving up his vanity. Did I nail it for the lamen?
Funny how bad choices can always catch up with you, huh?
far toooooo late, everything VANITY
Right.
Ego , PRIDE,LUST, ENVY THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF ALL ALCOHOLICS & DRUG ADDICTS
Sleep. On. It😂
The devil was right in this case. But, God will always prevail.
France, Vanity is my new art name for a male NY artist
Suzuki
Get. A. Night. Cap😂
Have. A. Wet. Drive 😂
All Brian needed with some kind of family and love.
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They even stole his family heirlooms while he was telling law enforcement that they were doing so.
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Law forcement doesn't give a fck because he's poor.
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It doesn't matter that they stole his citizenship in money.
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He can't afford a lawyer now
Also the person dressed up in the black guy in the black top also represent in a code black
Sign... vanity... the flower... u 2...
Pacino is the best devil in film.