"The Fall" Review

What “The Fall” promised the viewers with its amazing trailer (shown below) was a one of a kind experience taking you to a fantasy land that you cannot even dream of. What director Tarsem did was just that, he redefined the word cinematography in this movie with the most vibrant colors and the most alive pictures you have ever seen in film. After watching the movie you realize that taking him 4 years to finish it was justified. The movie was shot in 24 locations in 18 different countries (or was it 16?? I’m not sure, but you get the point).

The acting was superb and went hand-in-hand with the out of this world story. I really hope Tarsem gets the recognition he deserves that will give him a chance to create more masterpieces.
Not your everyday flick but still a must see. However, don’t be surrounded by other movie goers who didn’t appreciate art when they see it, they will ruin the movie for you.

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

I have been wanting to watch this movie for two years; I actually bought it on DVD and never got around to watching it. At first it looks like your everyday love story, set in 1958, in New York City, between an unhappily married woman, Nicole Kidman and her neighbor from upstairs Robert Downy Jr. , one of Walle3a’s favorite actors.

Add to the story the fact that Robert Downey’s character has the very rare disease hypertrichosis (a.k.a. werewolf syndrome, a disease that causes excessive body hair) without giving anymore, I give you the trailer. We will hopefully write a review about it once we get around to seeing it.

Jackie Chan

i miss the old Jackie Chan movies. drunken master II, rumble in the bronx, first strike, etc. i miss the comedy, the crazy stunts, the nonstop action, and the bloopers real at the end. a Jackie Chan movie was a feel good package (TWSS) that was guaranteed every year.

but now Jackie is 54 years old and he can't abuse his body as much as he used to so the style of his movies has changed considerably. all good things come to an end i guess but hopefully newer better things take its place.

i hope his latest film, Shinjuku Incident, does just that. the movie is a crime drama that steers clear from the typical Jackie Chan comedy/action genre. Jackie plays an illegal Chinese immigrant in 1990s-era japan. he gets involved with the local yakuza and is forced to commit crimes against his conscience in order to survive.



official website: shinjukuincident
release date April 2009 (Hong Kong)

what else has Jackie been up to? why looking for a disciple of course. apparently he's found one too.

Coraline

even though it'll be a while before i get to see it, i'm still very excited about the release of Coraline in theaters tomorrow. the stop-motion animation is based on the children's book by Neil Gaiman and is directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas).

Fighting Spirit

Fighting Spirit (aka Hajime no Ippo) the boxing manga returned to television this month in a new anime series.

the original 76 episode boxing anime (released in 2000 through 2002) tells the story of Ippo Makunouchi. a shy high school student who helps his mom with the family fishing business and gets frequently picked on by a group of bullies. Ippo joins a boxing gym and becomes awesome. i know i got lazy with that last sentence but does it really matter? the new series will pick up where the previous one left off.

two Fighting Spirit movies were released as well. the following clip is a recap of the last round of the fight between Sendo Takeshi and Makunouchi Ippo from the movie 'Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road'
WARNING: the level of awesome found in this video may be too much for sensitive viewers. do not view if you have heart disease, high blood pressure, malaria, typhoid fever, or difficult urinations due to an enlarged prostate gland.

House of Saddam

House of Saddam is a four part HBO/BBC miniseries depicting the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein.
released in 2008.
official site: houseofsaddam