Trailer Park Apr 11 2008 @ 05:04 pm
TRAILER PARK: The Fall
The Fall
I don’t know how long this trailer for The Fall has been around, but I just stumbled upon it over at Quicktime today. Apparently The Fall made its original debut in September 2006 at TIFF and has been released in various places around the world before starting its limited release here in the US of A on May 9. The first time I watched the trailer, some of the fantastical visuals turned me off … it reeked of artistry run a muck. But when I took the time to consider the possibilities I was a lot more hopeful. Seeing the trailer, I’m assuming the title references a fall from innocence and could be an intelligent tale about the power of the imagination and the importance of story. The visuals may serve their purpose well even though it is directed by Tarsem Singh, the man behind the 2000 J. Lo vehicle The Cell. It also stars Lee Pace who helped make television a brighter and better place last fall with Pushing Daisies, one of the most underrated TV series in recent memory.
Looks like a mixed bag. It could be a masterpiece, or it could be a load of crap. Download the HD trailer and decide for yourself (YouTube provided below but not recommended).
on Apr 12 2008 @ 7:46 am 1. Sean said …
Pushing Daisies was very awesome. I do hope it makes a comeback.
I didn’t like The Cell, I could watch it again being a little older and a little wiser and might change my mind, but if my memory serves me well it just made me sleepy. That being said, this movie looks like it might be trying to deliver something bigger than maybe the actors can deliver, but the movie looks intriguing and I am no less willing to watch it.
The story looks great and gives me the same feeling as Pans Labyrinth, or even something like The Never Ending Story or The Princess Bride. That could have to do with the way the story is told of course.
So with your first impression being, “some of the fantastical visuals turned me off … it reeked of artistry run a muck.” does that mean [to you] movies like Hero and Curse of the Golden Flower are vomitous piles of artistic doo-doo?
on Apr 12 2008 @ 7:48 am 2. Sean said …
Darn… where’s the edit button?
on Apr 12 2008 @ 10:04 am 3. Evan Derrick said …
Revising the comments section and making it more user friendly is on the docket for future revisions. You know, when I can get around to it.
I’d give this a shot. There are few too many ambitious films in Hollywood, and I’d rather see an ambitious failure than a safe success (actually, that depends more on my mood at the time, but you get what I mean).
on Apr 12 2008 @ 3:30 pm 4. Luke Harrington said …
Dude…this is totally Dali. And given that Disney is likely to never make good on their promise to release Destino on DVD, this might have to do. Count me in.
on Apr 12 2008 @ 10:29 pm 5. Phillip Johnston said …
So with your first impression being, “some of the fantastical visuals turned me off … it reeked of artistry run a muck.” does that mean [to you] movies like Hero and Curse of the Golden Flower are vomitous piles of artistic doo-doo?
Oh no. I haven’t seen The Curse of the Golden Flower yet, but I loved Hero and didn’t think it was overwrought. It’s just that some of the visuals in this trailer looked lavish to the point of being cartoonish when I first watched it. I’m definitely going to see it though … hopefully on the big screen.
Luke, I remember thinking about Dali a lot when I watched Pan’s Labyrinth. You’re right: this looks even more like his work.
on Apr 14 2008 @ 4:42 pm 6. Daniel said …
I’ve avoided the trailer for this because I want to experience the visuals in the theater for the first time. The jury really is out on this, isn’t it? I’m starting to get worried, but I’ll still see it at first chance.
on Apr 17 2008 @ 4:24 pm 7. Sean said …
“Oh no. I haven’t seen The Curse of the Golden Flower yet, but I loved Hero and didn’t think it was overwrought.”
I see. Well definitely see CotGF, its yummy good. Not quite Hero and it drags a little but once you get whats going on (which admittedly took me two watch-thru’s) it doesn’t seem to drag so much. Its more that the plot set up seems to take a while, thats all really.