The Fall

Comprehensively one of the best a story has ever been told  I could hardly begin to talk about this without addressing the way this looks  A stampede of visual marvels Each frame felt like being smothered by beauty Outstanding A conquest to locate the most breathtaking compositions of each and every beam of light that leaves the screen An escapade for flickers of beauty to cover each moment which fills the screen The film feels like a mission Like some divine task for these artists to perform in this way Not just the actors, but every crew member too  Every set piece and painted wall, each corner and fold of a costume, every chord strained and choked from a violin  Everything is set in place to produce art only film is capable of  But I can say that about many films I love already, so why is this so different? The story. I feel what I've said until now made this film sound quite intense, but it’s not so much so  A child’s imagination captured so intricately and introduced fluently, as if the directed were a child themselves  Instantly recognisable and fresh Something relatable and still so new to the art of film it feels  It’s so sweet and cute, which allows for the humour to come across so kindly So if it’s all fun and games then ?  Not quite. The other half of the story follows a wounded man’s fracturing mental state  The two parts of the story blend and feed into each other in a way that can be imagined but hardly comprehended outside of this story It is glorious and heartbreaking  The child’s ignorance permits the hurt of the story to be digested in a way that is half guilty from the destruction of innocence and half redeemable and hopefully in the wonder of a child’s positivity  All round it is just fabulous  I wish I could muster better words to do this justice, but see it all for yourself My attempts surely can’t live up to it On top of that the best opening ever of any film ever and a beguiling solemn ending that sums up the films entirety better than I could’ve expected  Incredible wonder of film