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Don't you love when you see a movie and it's just as good as you wanted? I saw Tarsem's The Fall Wednesday night and it was just as amazing as I wanted it to be. Does Tarsem focus a little too much on the cinematography? Yeah, but when every shot looks like a beautifully crafted photograph, it's worth it. Most of the sets are not CGI and I applaud the efforts the filmmakers have taken to show the natural beauty of the world and the places man has created (other than skyscrapers and modern cities)

Here's the trailer.

The move has been floating around the film festival circuits for the last two years and was filmed almost four years ago (and most notably, filmed in 26 countries). Currently, it is playing in two Manhattan theaters with an extended release now to one theater in Brooklyn. I'm not even kidding on this one.

The gist. In 1920s Los Angeles: A little girl (played by Catinca Untaru - a Romanian girl who I don't think was acting and is just the most adorable ball of pudge every to hit the screen) who has broken her arm meets Roy, a stuntman who tried to kill himself via movie stunt. Roy is played by my future husband Lee Pace (you may know him as Ned on Pushing Daisies - one my favorite shows and it makes me wonder if I just love Ned, yeah, I love Ned). They meet and Roy creates a fantastic story about revenge in order to trick the little girl into getting him drugs. I won't talk more about it because you have to see it for yourself. The story within a story format isn't at all confusing. Truth, fantasy, past and present all collide and you get further into the two main character's mindset as the story moves on.

Most reviews found the movie pretentious and self-indulgent. I disagree. I thought, despite the fantastical settings, it was a basic and heartwarming story. It really isn't complicated and the filmmakers don't make it anything else than what it is. However, the self-indulgent part....eh, I can see that. Tarsem is a great artist; he knows it and shows it off. But as a viewer of the movie, it's worth it - being transported into another place is sort of what half the movies in existence are all about, aren't they?

Anyways, write to your theater, beg them to show it - I assume that seeing on the big screen is waaaaay better than on your TV or laptop. Go see it and enjoy the awesome hotness of Lee Pace's gorgeous face and body...I mean, the well-crafted film making of Tarsem.


I assume this will be the first of several posts today because no one is at work. When was it okay to take Friday off? I want to take Friday off...again. I don't want to work a full week. I want to call in at the last minute and say, *cough cough* I'm sick. Boooo.