Comments on: Amazing Levitation by Chris Angel

By: gavin

gavin — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:13:23 +0000

Maybe its not magic,could be just real. Jesus walked on water, turned water into wine healed people and levitated into heaven. He warned that false prophets whould come in the end times. Maybe criss is part of the satanic trinity. the one who is the false prophet who performs many miracles Revelation 13:3 Just look at the criss angel uncovered in google, Has anyone completed all the so called magic trics that criss has done?? or are they just thoeries?? Give me a page where he is uncovered act by act. People used to think the world was flat, but is it? Have you been above the earth to prove this for your self? It is by faith that you beleive right. Take a close look at his work, I think he is more than a magician.

By: Saleh Ridha

Saleh Ridha — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:04:09 +0000

THIS IS THE TRUTH FOR YOU…

It’s real-in the sense that he is moving from building to building. But he’s being carried by the invisible hand of the jinn-a creature created by God. The jinn are invisible but given great powers by God. In history, many people have been carried around by the jinn-”flying” all over the place. However, it is wrong to use the jinn to do things. Criss is a an evil person, because to get the jinn to help you, he must have done something immoral.

By: Cdiaz

Cdiaz — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:30:54 +0000

I saw the new illusion show where he is a judge a while back. i think it is off the air now. He is hands down the most “bling” accessorized male on TV. When will that fad be over with?

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:32:43 +0000

i could say alot of things about this:
-the shimery thing was his watch or jacket zipper
-if it was camera editing it wouldnt look
so real you could probaby tell if you really
looked at it
-at the end how could he have landed so quickly
on the ledge if it was a crane? &still not be able to
see a little line of obvious string?
-do you see any cranes or helicopters around?

now i know its just an illusion but im pretty sure theres no strings or hooks. ohh&david’s levitation is most likly different than christhopers.

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:14:26 +0000

haaa oh yea
how dare rappers entertain!
oh yeah i a fat guy with baggy clothes
a microphone and i few words a string
together.

only a few rappers actually have talent.

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:11:40 +0000

hahaa okay wow,
first of all its CRISS Angel
its on A&E so its not a christian show
for whoever said that.

im defiantly a fan of his i mean i’ve
done my research and found out many of
his tricks arnt real i’ve played them
over &over &found out the secrets but
seriously

why do you caree?

By: ddmcneill

ddmcneill — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:44:07 +0000

The boy is good and David Copperfield tricks are so lame and so 1970′s. Excuse me but, can you guys please stop drinking all of that hater raid.

By: Chris Angel

Chris Angel — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:07:24 +0000

Stop it all of you! You’ve already made me cry!

By: joe

joe — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:24:21 +0000

at around 2:15, you can just make out a little part of the shadow of the crane moving across the building.

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just kidding.

By: Burl Ives

Burl Ives — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:05:00 +0000

“Chris Angel, you don’t really have magical powers!”
This is what most of you people are saying here. How dare he entertain people. Magic and illusions like this are extremely difficult to arrange and perform correctly and my hat goes off to anyone who can master it to the level that Chris does. All he is doing it trying to entertain folks.

By: yopichoi

yopichoi — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:25:34 +0000

The thing I hate the most about Chris Angel is that he seems to be stuck in the late 90′s with his “nu-metal-crap” style.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:09:21 +0000

I’d be amazed if he did some backflips, like olympic gymnasts do! Now, those olympic gymnasts are people who truly amaze me… and Michael Jordan, who could fly!!!

Since he didn’t do any of that, I call it bullshit! Big time BS.

If he did actually levitate, I’d expect to see him in all the scientific and religious publications, 60-Minutes, Late Night TV shows, meeting with the Pope, meeting with Bush, etc.

By: K

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:41:46 +0000

I am an expert on cranes and various kinds of string/rope.

You can see, at the very beginning as he makes his initial lift, that there is a slight shimmy as the string he’s using (most likely some kind of piano string/fish string) to the side – and that basically gives it away.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:04:50 +0000

No shit, it’s fake. Do you people stand up and scream in righteous indignation at the television when cartoons come on too?

By: priscilla

priscilla — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:09:29 +0000

so judgmental….soooo judgemental.

By: johnald

johnald — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:59:30 +0000

neatorama’s been going down hill recently i must say.
selectivity?..

By: Elliot

Elliot — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:38:27 +0000

I agree with Trey. It’s made for entertainment, but I think he could have done a better job of it.

Spoiler: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uc8nkJrTEsk

By: Trey

Trey — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:46:35 +0000

i know its not real but im intertained ! and thats what neatorama is about ! why is every one mad about ie ?

By: Fazzio

Fazzio — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:14:40 +0000

Hi. I’m a professional magician/illusionist (despite the common sense, itÂ´s the same thing) from Brazil, writer of a book called “Imagica”, about magic Theory and Psichology and want to say something:
Most of magicians donÂ´t like Blaine and Angel style and way of amazing people. They are good sometimes, but most of time, they sucks. When a magician needs fake bystanders or/and camera, special efects or post-edition manipulation of images, he isnÂ´t doing the truly MAGIC ART. Magic is a Art and this guys arenÂ´t good artists.

By: George

George — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:08:39 +0000

Jeez this is totally lame.

By: Steve H.

Steve H. — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:51:17 +0000

Well, he’s an illusionist, it’s his job to perform illusions. Anyone that’s outraged at him being fake is sort of missing the point. I did the David Blaine levitation thing once for a couple of people and their faces went white, it was hilarious. I was just a bit scared at what people are prepared to believe though. As soon as I explained how I did it, they were like “oh, man, I am so dumb,” but still…

By: c-dub

c-dub — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:11:21 +0000

He’s a “fake”? As opposed to people who perform actual magic? I don’t understand the distinction.

By: Cori

Cori — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:01:39 +0000

David Blaine has my vote.

By: Johan

Johan — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:35:44 +0000

His last name is “Angel” because “Iamatalentlessdouche” wouldn’t fit on his driver’s license.

By: Kristian

Kristian — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:47:00 +0000

I loved it, it was much better than Cats….

By: Andrew32

Andrew32 — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:40:29 +0000

Chris Angel, proving that white people can be cool too.

By: L

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:08:28 +0000

It’s still a neat ILLUSION. Taken as that, and nothing more, it’s pretty cool.

I was pretty impressed with some of his other skills that he showed when he was on Oprah, but they weren’t any more “magical”… reading body language, for example. It takes skill, but most people could probably learn to do it.

By: Yum-Yum

Yum-Yum — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:46:55 +0000

Smoke and mirrors…Smoke and mirrors…

Yeah, this is definetely edited. Anyone who believes this man can single-handedly defy all laws of physic should get their head examined.

By: maury

maury — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:10:16 +0000

amen to flatluigi. this has nothing to do with magic. this is all done with editing, special effects, wire removal rotoscoping, etc. i love good magic and even good street magicians. love it! but this is crap.

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:06:43 +0000

hehe would have been more “authentic” looking if he faked a fall at the end. Something to make it look like he was really trying.

By: DIM67

DIM67 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:37:47 +0000

This guy is a fraud, dont post these lame clips here please.

By: Dodgyd55

Dodgyd55 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:23:32 +0000

video editing and paid actors

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:50:17 +0000

I can do that.

Come on ya’ll; it’s on YouBube; it must be real.

By: biltmore

biltmore — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:37:34 +0000

Vonskippy Says:

Proving once again:

â€œSimple minds ARE easily amusedâ€.

DAMN STRAIGHT!

Was this crap posted on some Christian channel by the way? Cause it sure smells like it.

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:31:39 +0000

I’d much rather see a less-amazing illusion done by skill and tricks by the magician than an amazing one done through the skill and tricks of the cameras.

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:27:22 +0000

Proving once again:

“Simple minds ARE easily amused”.

By: Jason S

Jason S — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:01:49 +0000

It’s all true what they say above.
A bit of a shame though that we all can’t believe in magic.
J.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:45:47 +0000

Angel is fake, period. All of his “illusions” appear to be done in front of regular bystanders, but those bystanders all act a little too surprised by what they’re seeing, and they go WAY overboard in trying to appear authentic for the camera, “WOWEE!, OH MAN LOOK AT THAT!!, THAT IS THE MOST STUPENDOUS AND LEGITIMATE THING I’VE EVER SEEN!!, AND ITS REALLY REAL, BELIEVE ME!!” . Actors? Simply in on the trick? I don’t know, but it all smells like BS to me.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:36:46 +0000

He performs the same illusions as many other illusionists/magicians. He does perform them quit well actually but the thing that bothers me about his television show is the level to which they try and sell the “real magic” angle. Not the kind of thing I thought I’d see on Neatorama.

As for this video it employs a pretty common technique where he performs an illusion and the crowd reaction is filmed, then special effects are edited in. The same thing is done in all of David Blane’s television shows. I like the commentary of “are you getting this” as if if were shot by a passerby who happened to have multiple cameras at every angle

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:59:25 +0000

“Criss gives us an example of why his last name happens to be Angel.”

Not quite…his real name is Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos.

He’s OK, I guess. But he gives me the strong impression he’s trying to out-glamour David Seth Kotkin–er, I mean, David Copperfield…

–TwoDragons

By: TheGoodReverend

TheGoodReverend — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:57:37 +0000

Yeah, Criss does do some legitimate (and pretty skillful) in-person street levitation illusions, but this appears to be fancy camera editing and probably some wires.

More than likely, he did do some sort of levitation illusion for the crowd, but the more spectacular parts of this video were edited in later.

By: chrissy

chrissy — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:53:09 +0000

Look at all those normal everyday people being amazed! I sure can relate to them! If I were there Id be amazed too! People like me wouldnt lie about this kind of stuff! Gee-wizz, this really must be true!
That chris angel guy sure is weird looking. Look at all those alternative clothes and jewelry! I aint never known anybody who looked like that, he must be magic!

By: mrgoodbar

mrgoodbar — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:48:00 +0000

Neatorama: we post any bullshit we come across

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:46:47 +0000

A crane.
Carefully picked camera angles
Carefully picked crowd.