The Fall: my little movie review

IMDB blurb: In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman (Pace) begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm (Untaru), a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

Unparalleled acting, fantastic light and colors, and it made me want to cry quite a bit. The crying part was emphasized by the fact that I watched this movie while lying all sickly-like on the couch.

I wish I had seen the trailer for this movie to begin with, as I wouldn’t have been as surprised by the adult themes as I was. From the start I expected a childlike fantasy story told between two unexpected characters that were stuck together in this sad hospital while they both healed from their subsequent falls. Sounds like a crappy summer flick. And while that is more or less what does happen it’s much more real life and less childlike. The movie starts off innocent enough, but as our main character, Lee Pace, dips into a deeper depression the story turns violent and quite heartbreaking. Thankfully, the end of the movie makes up for all the sad.

5 stars from my little corner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeAyIQ_OT_I

Meet my prickly pear covered in cinnamon.

I don't know how to grow it, but I do know how to sauté it.

The best winter coat...

... that I might never finish because oh-my-god-I-had-no-idea-how-hard-linings-are-to-make and I'm-too-scared-to-put-button-holes-in-my-crazy-hard-to-make-lining (so for now I'm sicking with safety pins).

And please ignore the plaid shorts-- it is still August.

The best winter coat...

...I've ever made in August.

That's really a lie. This is so very far away from being done. See the pins stabbing me in the neck? It's basically an unfinished shell. It will probably be done quickly once I figure out how to make a lining. Trying to plan out something that is going to be made backwards and inside out is taxing on my already-taxed-brain.

Mi Brohiem

Cards and Orchid Leaves

Devinne Intervention Welcome

My 120GB external hard drive died last night at approximately 11pm. It had almost 10 years worth of family pictures, art, video, and documents (even old high school essays). That sucker was nearly full.

I wasn't able to log into blogger last night because the file with all of my Keepass passwords is saved on my external-- thankfully I found a copy of my passwords that I had printed out a few months ago in my filing cabinet-- at least I will manage to get bills paid this month!

Attempts to resuscitate said hard drive have all failed. Each time I plug the beast back into my computer it just clicks and whirls over and over again before giving up. I am a short temper tantrum away from tossing it out the window.

Any one with sweet magical-hard-drive-recuperating skills or data recovery service recommendations are gladly welcome.

I am not a happy camper.