Film Review: The Fall

Hello again sorry for the length it has taken for me to write another review i know you all have been waiting patiently. well since my last film review post there have been several great films that have been released with the likes of Inception, The Social Network, Scott Pilgrim vs the World and Iron Man 2. All of these i may get around to reviewing but i would like to talk about one of the greatest films i have ever seen, this film is called 'The Fall' which was made in 2006 and directed by Tarsem Singh.

The film is based in 1920's Los Angeles, about a young girl 'Alexandria' who is in hospital after breaking her arm and she meets a young stuntman 'Roy Walker' who can't move anything below his waste after an accident. Roy wants to end his life as he feels he will permanently paralysed from the waste down, so when he meets Alexandria he starts to tell her a story in exchange for her getting him pills to end his life though he tells her its to help with his pain. The story he tells her is about several heroes who have been stranded on a small island by the same man and they all swear they will get there revenge, so they travel there way to seek revenge, the story he tells her he uses people from the hospital to portray the characters in the story he tells Alexandria.

This film doesn't boast an impressive or well known cast which is probably the reason why i hadn't heard of the film until word of mouth as i can't even remember it being advertised. The acting was brilliant though this was a film that actually bought out emotion in me, it actually bought a tear to my eye while watching this which is hard to tell you why without spoiling the film. Though it also has action and slight humour in this emotionally powerful film.

The most impressive thing i notice about this film though is the colour used, it was incredible both in the settings and the costumes used. We had the colour of the colours overpowering the scenery unless it was some significance in that scene. Though the locations where also incredible especially shots in the desert with a very wide angled, long shots of the characters and the desert hills. The film was very well written so it had an incredible storyline and shot amazingly well, this film i say is a perfect example of a film makers film, everything done to perfection with use of shots, techniques and colour.

My rating for this film i give a 10/10, yes a very big rating/praise but all very much deserved as i can't think of anything wrong with this film at all. And also the fact it actually bought out a real emotion and tear to my eye which hasn't happened in many, many years. A must see for all film lovers out that.

My Bad!!

As you will of noticed if someone does actually follow this blog you will have noticed i haven't written anything since january and the reason is, well ..... i have no reason but i will soon be starting this up all again so for now here is just a little info about what's happened and/or happening over the past several months.

Well i passed my second year of university so am now a 3rd year which is nice and in the past few months i directed my own written script from the first semester though it didn't turn out well at all in my opinion but i see it as a good learning curve as it was my first directed short student film. I am hoping i am able to upload it up on here soon but it never seems to allow me to upload on my blog, probs why i haven't been on for so long.

Apart from that i have done pretty much typical student life to be honest and continue to work for Boots though since summer i've been working full weeks for past month or so which not really enjoying but needing the money. Everything else in life is the same really suffered a big loss this year as well which has had a big impact on me.

Well my reviews etc should be up and running again soon for the probably imaginary people that follow it, Byes

Back at University!!

Just an update about my life at the moment, well as from the title it says i have just returned for the second semester of university and am anxious to find if the script i wrote will be made so i would also be directing it, fingers crossed. Though projects outside of university are popping up as well with several of my own ideas and collaborations with fellow student film makers on two short films, so a busy year it looks, the only free time i will have looks to be when half the group goes New York while im stuck in this wet miserable country but leaves me more time to finish of work and not have a stressful deadline fortnight like usual. Apart from that there really isn't much else to say as i lead a pretty boring life at the moment always in but everything is ok with me and wishing for a stress free few months (if only).

Guilty Pleasure Television

Now my guilty pleasure television program is very much a guilty pleasure, when i went home for the holidays in the summer and again over christmas, my sister watched Disney Channel constantly and i found one show (above all the other garbage kids are shown nowadays) was a show called Wizards of Waverly Place. This show is about a family of wizards growing up and learning about magic as they have to compete against there other siblings in the wizards competition for only one to be a fully fledged wizard and the other two loose there powers, though keeping it hidden from the real world and there every day lives'. Now the shows lead is Alex Russo (played by the disney star Selena Gomez) and her on-screen siblings of Justin Russo (played by David Henrie) and Max Russo (played by Jake T. Austin) with parents Jerry and Theresa Russo (played by David DeLuise and Maria Canals-Barrera respectively).

Now i know what your probably thinking a young man of 20 like myself and im basically watching a kids television program which is well .... true. It is a nice break from typical kids TV in my opinion and makes me actually interested in the characters unlike where i complain about how poor other kids shows are today compared to my time. This show has even shown an up and coming star and it isn't a cast member above, it was a fairly new actress who guessed starred as a vampire called Juliet Van Heusen (played by Bridgit Mendler) who is one to look out for in the future which she has now her own sitcom released in spring of 2010 called Good Luck Charlie which is said to compete with shows aimed at young adults as well as keeping the younger generation audience, a good actress already and am looking forward to following her career.

But back to Wizards of Waverly Place, this show has a lot of humour and yes its humour for the unintelligent audience in all fairness with cheap jokes but it works because the show doesn't take itself to seriously, except for moments of high emotional scenes like ones you will see with Justin Russo and Juliet Van Heusen (David Henrie and Bridgit Mendler's character's). Overall i wouldn't say its a must watch because it isn't and something that many people i know would not understand my liking for it but it takes me out of my own life and enjoy the comedy it has to offer.