DJariya

The two leads are relatively unknown. Jeffrey Dean Morgan has a supporting role in this.

This is not a DTV Lionsgate release. It's headed to theatres. I actually saw the teaser trailer a few weeks ago in the theatre. It looks like it could be a pretty harrowing watch.

IBJoel

I typically really like this genre (Vertical Limit, Sanctum, etc), but given my vertigo, this might actually be too much. Even watching the trailer in miniplayer made me a little woozy

dex14

Virginia Gardner was great in the little bit of Halloween (2018) that she was in.

MLBFan24

I like that poster and tagline.

dex14

Geofferson

Looks great. I was expecting a 47 Meters Down vibe so was not at all surprised when I saw that come up. The blonde looks like she'd be Reese Witherspoon's daughter/younger sister.

ViewAskewbian

Kind of reminds me of the film

Frozen (2010)

Three skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death choices, which prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death. Three skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death choices, which prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.

DJariya

I'm planning to see it on Saturday.

I wonder why a deep fake session to fix the F bombs is cheaper than just bringing back the actresses for one more ADR session. Unless the ADR session costs more because you have to pay for an audio editor and pay for the actors times.

story

Is that the one where the three skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death choices, which prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death?

This is the kind of movie AMC A-List was invented for, I'll go see this.

Decker

I assume they did the deep fake because these were tight close ups and people are pretty good at reading lips when it comes to that particular word.

Dan

I read it as them using AI to alter the mouth movements to match the PG-13 ADR audio, not that the AI itself generated new audio without the swears, though that is technically possible too if you have enough samples of each actor speaking. The company that did the work refers to themselves as a VFX company.

DJariya

Ah that makes sense. There's a lot of eagle eye viewers and if they notice mouth movements are off, they would bitch on social media.

Dr. DVD

Here's hoping for the F-bomb version for VOD.

dex14

Reviews starting to come out: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fall

GoldenJCJ

The reviews are about what I’d expect for this kind of movie.

The most unbelievable thing about the PG-13 version is that those people would be in a shit-your-pants situation and NOT say “Fuck” every other word! If it was me in that situation, you can bet your ass there would be more than 30 F-bombs in a two hour period!

Too bad 3D isn’t really a thing anymore. This movie seems like it could really benefit from it.

Crocker Jarmen

I agree, yet at the same time, I think about the TV show Breaking Bad, which had all kinds of intense moments it would have been natural for the word "fuck" to be used repeatedly, yet the scenes were constructed so well I never noticed the absence. However, using the word "freaking" immediately makes you think an unnatural term is being used in place of another word. I think it's a mistake.

My terrible fear of heights extends to seeing heights in movies. I had to look away from the screen during Will Smith's building scene in Men In Black 3, and the documentary Man On A Wire made me so anxious and panicky I nearly had to leave the theatre. I am really not looking forward to going to see Fall, but I'm going to try and tough it out.

dex14

I did not like this at all. Hard to get behind this when the characters are so fucking stupid. Funny to this a day after Bodies Bodies Bodies because this is the same kind of dumbfuckery that was making fun of.

I'm surprised Lionsgate released this theatrically. It obviously didn't pay off because I don't think this will crack the top 10.

I loved Frozen. It is way better than this.

Crocker Jarmen

I think I liked it? It was certainly a memorable experience. My anxiety lasted throughout nearly the entire movie. I was terrified I had to close my eyes and look away numerous time, I was gripping the top of my beer can until my knuckles looked like they were going to pop through the skin. I even got out of my seat for a walk, and watched the next section from the back of the aisle to the door. This might have been made worse by the fact I always sit in the front row, because I want my field of vision to be dominated by the screen.

Even without the vertigo, I think this was a solid movie. One of my favorite story formulas is "things get progressively worse". I liked that it stayed naturalistic, and didn't try to manufacture drama outside of the immediate situation. Like when she was watching the wedding video, I thought . So glad they didn't go that route.

I was also impressed by the special effects. I can only assume this was mostly green-screened, and they didn't really have actresses up on a giant radio tower. But it looked completely natural to me.

I'll never subject myself to this again, but if anyone is feeling brave, I found this a very well-made movie.

DJariya

I had a complete opposite reaction compared to dex. I hated Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, but I was pretty entertained by Fall. The fear of heights aspect was definitely enhanced by seeing it in the theater. It was a pretty stressful watch. I think the special effects and tower scenes were pretty well done considering the budget. If you're terrified of heights, this movie is probably not for you.

There was a big twist. (If you haven't seen this yet and have any interest in seeing this movie later on, don't read this now} It would ruin the final act:









Overall, I found it pretty engaging and it was a worthy watch for me.

On a side note, I guess they still have a lot of Top Gun posters left and they gave me one even though I wasn't seeing it today.

DJariya

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fall

Went up to 71%. It was in the low 50s earlier in the week.

Virginia Gardner must have spent a lot of hours in the gym to prep for this. She has a hell of body and looked very fit and credible as a climber.

And regarding the F bombs that article made a big deal about. There was literally 2 sentences with “Freaking” and other than that, I didn’t notice any other spots that may have had F bombs.

dex14

Why “51 weeks later”? Why not just say a year?!?

Crocker Jarmen

Because it wasn't a year yet. For someone who is traumatized and/or grieving an event, the anniversary of when it happened is a very significant date. It's not the same as the week before, or often even the day before. It's important to her dad and her friend to try and pull her out of her nose-dive before the all important anniversary arrives. If she's this bad now, she won't be able to handle the one-year mark.

MysterioMan007

Saw this today. It was much better than I expected, but I wasn't expecting much of anything. The two leads were decent, though the main leading lady wasn't the greatest actress in the world. Like the poster above, I seem to recall seeing this twist in another movie as well, but like him, can't remember what it was.... I didn't like the twist here. I'm just not a fan of twists just for the sake of them and that's what this seemed like. Still, it was a perfectly passable movie that I can see myself revisiting in the future.

story

We saw this opening week and it was fun. Funny how much wincing we did even though we knew they weren't falling, at least not any time soon. A few nice twists and puzzles to solve. Their interpersonal drama, however, I called that from the first scene and was pretty sure what would happen to Person A and Person B due to that drama. I'd watch it again but I likely wouldn't buy it, worth a stream.

rocket1312

I caught up with this one tonight and while I thought the script was quite bad (bad dialog, plot holes, pointless interpersonal drama), a movie like this lives or dies on whatever tension it's able to generate. In that sense, I think it worked. I had a pit in my stomach pretty much from the moment they started climbing the tower. It's not often a movie can pull that off. It might even make the bottom of my top 10 summer 2022 movies, although that's not saying much given just how lean this summer was.