Posted by Shoe Polishman at spider-wi053.proxy.aol.com on November 28, 1999 at 01:27:39:
In Reply to: spoiler question about ending posted by Kayhallie on November 27, 1999 at 23:04:34:
: This is definately a spoiler so please don't this read this if you haven't seen the movie!!
: Okay: I just saw the film and liked it a lot (though I could do without all the swearing), but I was confused by the ending. Both angels became human and died. So, will they go to heaven, hell, or cease to exist? Bartleby may have been forgiven by God before she killed him, but I wasn't sure. Anyone know?
First of all, angel or not, Bartelby was forever cast out of Heaven. Why would he go to Heaven now that he's killed large groups of people? C'mon now! I see Bartelby and God's encounter as God saying 'goodbye, bartelby' because Bartelby would no reside in a place without God's presence. There is no doubt in my mind Bartelby went to hell.
Loki, on the other hand, I'm not quite sure. He did kill people, but at the end he's repented. Either he goes to hell, or he will 'wait outside the gates of heaven for all eternity' like he would have if he still had been alive when time ended.
Either way, neither of them go to Heaven.