The Fall

The Fall is stunning not only for it's epic visual style but also for it's intimate emotional scenes. Lee Pace and Cantinca Untaru provide the heart of the story as patients at a California hospital who become friends. Pace's character Roy spins a fascinating yarn for the young Alexandria (Untaru) as he tries to gain her trust. The scenes of the "bandit" story showcase director Tarsem's signature work with color and landscapes. All-in-all the film is delightful, with it's unexpected touches of humor and whimsy and the completely unaffected performance by Untaru.

Magnifico! A most beautiful phantasy story around a 'real life' hospital friendship of a 5 year old immigrant girl (the 'actress' is from Romania, her movie script family seems to be Bulgarian (?)) and a suicidal injured stuntman in California during silent movie times. The man tells the girl stories, which drag them both into colourful adventures all over the world and which get more and more mixed up with events in the hospital and the friends' real life. A major source of charm is the little girl Alexandria's cute immigrant English. (is not gibberish! is English!)
I did not expect to like the film so much; my daughter convinced me that I needed to watch it by pointing out that Darwin and Wallace have parts in it and that it is partly set in Bali. Among other photogenic locations.

I absolutely love this movie! The story is really unique and the visuals are stunning.

Blu-ray is a great thing; the image is crisp and beautiful. However, up to this point, I had only seen one thing that I would say had to be seen in blu-ray. That was Planet Earth. The Fall is now the second. This is one of the single most beautiful films you will ever see.

When I initially watched the film, I didn't like it very well. I watched it a second time (approximately 1 week from the first viewing) and it was better for me.

I was anticipating a 'Disney-type' film with a dramatic twist, but find it better if I remove all expectations and simply watch it for what it is...

However, I wouldn't consider it a 'block-buster,' merely a film that is good from a 'b-list' perspective.

Cheers! ;)