Number 10....
The Fall
Have you ever known one of those guys that just tells amazing, albeit fantastical and non believable stories that completely captivate you? That is Lee Pace's character in this movie. You will leave this movie wanting him to tell you more stories.
The story is a cool one. A young girl fell picking oranges and found herself in the hospital with a broken arm. A 20 something man finds himself having fallen in a stage accident when he was a stunt worker. The girl is bored and imaginative and finds the man. He agrees to tell her a story but he eventually starts using the story to manipulate her into getting morphine for him.
And this stuff is powerfully emotional, but what is really amazing is the connection to the story our hero, played by Lee Pace, tells and the two fallen's real lives in the hospital. and this story is pure breath taking majesty. If you can see it on a big screen do it. The bigger the better because the movie is incredibly visual. It looks fantastic. The next best viewing mode is on blu ray. The vibrant colors of this film look great and are going to really catch your eye.
Lee Pace is brilliant. Especially in this movie! But really his work is fantastic. He conveys all of the levels of emotions he needs to as both Roy and as the Bandit in the story. The use of the story's characters as metaphor for both Her and His lives is so interesting and great on many levels. Even the climax of his story is big and vibrant and over the top, but it works in favor of the movie.
The locations on this movie look perfect. And they better damn well since their filming is what delayed this movie and made it cost wayyy more than it ever should have. except maybe the hospital set, I do not believe there is more than a single set in the picture and it truly grasps that grand power of a child's imagination to create this fantastical lands out of such a less descriptive story. It might be Roy who is telling the story, but it is through her eyes that the visual of the story is lensed. There are some elements where you might question the nature of their relationship but there is nothing dirty or perverted to this friendship so take your mind out of the gutter. The film technicly doesn't even have a really happy ending. It has a resolved ending and everyone lives, and gives the impression of the happy hollywood level, but when you think about the fact that he is likely not going to be able to work in his field anymore, and she is forced back to the groves they both are returning to things that aren't going to be good on either of them, but ultimately that is not what the film is about. The film is about belief and the power of it.
Ultimately I suggest this movie for anyone(except maybe young young children because of the violence) because the film addresses tough, interesting issues on many levels allowing different intellects and level of involvement and enjoyment at each of them.
10.0
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