The Fall

So, tonight I saw a movie and it was INCREDIBLE. I am constantly going to the movies and I own like a million, so I am always looking for a new favorite to add to my collection. Well, The Fall is probably one of the best I have seen in a long time. It is hilarious, and sad, and beautiful. Mostly, it's beautiful. The director made the imaginary world so vibrant and colorful and every aspect of it was amazing and eye catching. It engaged your senses creating visual texture, playing with sounds, juxtaposing visual elements, and I'm sure that if the theatre had a machine to produce smells and food could be passed around he would have done that as well. The story moves from the real world, and transitions into the world of fantasy through the story being told by one of the characters. It is breathtaking. The film combines the gothic, sublime, picturesque, and surreal, into one incredibly beautiful film.

I recommend everyone go an see this movie. It is inspiring because it provides a new way to look not only at the world around you, but into another world completely. Who is to say that mountains can't be purple. Why can't there be towns with all blue buildings? Why does the basis on whether a movie is good or not depend on how realistic it is? "Oh, that's stupid, that could never happen in real. He'd be dead by now." That is why it is a movie. It is an escape from the real life, if it was meant to be like real life then it wouldn't be fun, it would be depressing.

The point is, that if you're looking to see the world from a child's eyes again, to color outside the lines, and be amazed, then I highly recommend you see this movie.