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The Devil always gets the best lines.
The Devil always gets the best lines.
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Al Pacino's Response to Theodicy
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Great scene. Devil's Advocate
Al Pacino represents the devil in the form of an attorney convincing man that God is his enemy and that he should join him. Basically what they are saying is that the devil is much like an attorney. He will use every trick in the book to convince man to turn away from God. Once you do so, that is when he gets you, and you're screwed. Everything he said to you was a lie to convince you to turn away from Jesus. Interesting movie.
Al Pacino represents the devil in the form of an attorney convincing man that God is his enemy and that he should join him. Basically what they are saying is that the devil is much like an attorney. He will use every trick in the book to convince man to turn away from God. Once you do so, that is when he gets you, and you're screwed. Everything he said to you was a lie to convince you to turn away from Jesus. Interesting movie.
"I'm a fan of man!"
Quite the effective points, no?
Quite effective indeed. That is the point of the movie. That is why they call it Devil's Advocate.
It portrays how the devil uses Attorney tactics to cause people to follow him to their very destruction. Of course Neo never takes the bait in the end.
It portrays how the devil uses Attorney tactics to cause people to follow him to their very destruction. Of course Neo never takes the bait in the end.
He doesn't need to use attorney tactics. His message alone is persuasive enough for you to feel sympathy for him. He pleads his case against God honestly, for he honestly believes in his own righteousness. This is the classical portrayal of the human predicament as a constant battle between good and evil in a nutshell; if the distinction between true good and evil was so clear, people would not feel compelled, even justified, to do evil.
But this is a literary observation, not the point of the thread, which you may have missed.
But this is a literary observation, not the point of the thread, which you may have missed.