My review on The Fall (movie) by Tarsem Singh

One of the reason I made a blog was to give my review on one movie, that I only watched because of my sudden undying love for Lee Pace. I was on IMDb and was checking out all movies he has ever been in, and watching the ones I thought were interesting, when I found The Fall.

If I was talking to someone who has never seen a movie in their life, I would show them The Fall, because it has everything. From action to romance, to beautiful landscapes, lovable characters, and characters you will love to hate. This movie covers everything someone who has never seen a movie should watch, and if you're someone who has seen it all, but not yet The Fall, then you should see it, because I can guarantee to you, you have not yet seen anything like this.

Starting with the basics, the story and the characters. The opening credits will tell you how Roy Walker (Lee Pace), a stuntman, was paralyzed from the waist down. Then you'll meet Alexandria, a little girl with a broken arm. These two meet accidentally, in the hospital they are both patients. Roy promises to tell her an epic story, if she comes back the next day, and she agrees. What Alexandria doesn't know is that, he's depressed, and he's using her innocence to manipulate her, and try to get her to bring him medicine so he can kill himself.

The story he tells her features five amazing, mythical heroes, with completely different background and ethnicities, who are all together on a quest for revenge against the governor. The director claims that there are no visual effects on this movie [source], but after watching it you'll find hard to believe this, because it looks so surreal. But The Fall took four years to be filmed, and the cast and crew filmed it in twenty-eight different locations [source].

And if all this is not enough to convince you this is the best movie ever made, because perhaps the soundtrack might not be all that? Well, I am happy to inform you that the theme for his movie is Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Not artistic enough, is it? Well, the cinematographic poster for this movie, is based on a Salvador Dali's painting"1935_03_Face of Mae West Which May Be Used as an Apartment" [source]

Watching The Fall is not just sitting down for a movie, but entering an magical world, made purely out of real imagination. As I always say, this movie is an cinematographic experience. But if you're still not convinced at how amazing this movie is, feel free to check out the trailer, maybe watch the movie, and leave a comment:

Feminist Music

When I was little I used to love the Pussycat Dolls, mostly because they were so beautiful, and my little self wanted to grow up and look smoking hot like them. But today I was listening to some of their old tracks, and I realized how feminist they were.

This blog is not about feminism, but as one who was born and identify as female, I have to talk about it.

The girls from PDC usued to act in a very sexual way, and that's okay. Women are sexual beings, just like men. It's okay for them to dress like that, and act like that, because they feel confortable and beautiful, and sexy. There's nothing wrong with feeling sexy, there's nothing wrong with wanting to feel sexy. Women should be able to feel and look sexy without being called sluts, but that's a matter for another post.

Another reason why that group is so important is the lyrics of their songs. Believe it or not, and I know some of their songs could be repetitive, and seemed to lack good poetry in their lyrics, but PDC's songs had a message. For example, "Wait A Minute" featuring Timbaland. It's about a man who's flirting with a really sexy girl, buying her drinks and all, and she gives him her phone number. But when he calls, she refuses to engage in sexual acts with him. Nicole, the lead singer, says at one point "You can't buy this/So you can keep that". I don't know, I might be wrong, I no expert in this matter (or any matter, actually), but that's empowering.Detail: when a gentleman buys a lady a drink, there's not law that the said lady must suck his dick. Besides, it's not his obligation to buy her anything, he bought it because he wanted.

I would also like to point it out how "I Don't Need A Man" is so amazing. This song is about girls feeling confident without having a man in her life. It doesn't mean she hates men, and don't want men in her life; feminism is not about hating men. And neither is this song. They dance together, while getting their hair done, and singing how they are going to make it very clear the things they won't do, and how they are able to live without a man. They sing "I don't need a ring around my finger to make me feel complete", again I'm not expert in feminist matters, but this line is pretty awesome.

After listening to all these old songs, I remembered another great video, "How To Be A Heartbreaker", by Marina and the diamonds. Pointing out the obvious, it's full of half naked men. Which is by itself, pretty groundbreaking. And the song is telling girls how to act like a female version of a "player"; breaking others hearts to protect their own.

My whole point with all this was just finding good music to jam to this morning. I am tired of listening to the same old music, where it's all about sex. Sometimes I wanna listen to that, but today I wanted to listen to something more, something with a good message, something that made me feel like I could change something, even if all I do is write a blog.