Fallen

Honestly, this movie is great but, it was also awful. I know a lot of people hate in these reviews but this movie i honestly felt like i should give one too. The movie itself seemed pretty good, the plot and the actors were excellent but, the ending was not an ending. I know a lot of people just say its an open ending, but this was such a bad timing, its almost like the movie started with a budget and just used it up before they could ever finish it and decided it would just end. I have never read the book, and i just found this movie in a trailer, but if you like teen romances and you just want to watch a great movie, then you should watch it. But if you are looking for a really good, deep thought movie, then this is not the one. I really liked it but it went so fast and was so predictable. I gave it 6 stars because it is both great and awful at the same time. Hope you enjoy!

Fallen is a movie based on a book by Lauren Kate. It should be the first movie in the series but since there were a lot of distribution problems, I doubt this will become a franchise. The book could have been better, but it was decent. Flawed, but decent. This is just kinda lame.

I like how it tried to keep the moody and Gothic atmosphere, but it all just felt amateurish and low budget, I couldn't take it very seriously. The first two thirds are a bit slow paced and then the last third feels so rushed, you don't really get to know anything. You just get a lot of exposition, things just happen but nothing interesting, so the climax just comes off as forced. The one plus of the movie is Lola Kirke as the geeky best friend Penn. She seems to be the only one who actually got into this and tried to make something good. She stole every scene she was in. She's the most memorable character of the movie and she's not even one of the leads. The lead actress is pretty much Kristen Stewart in Twilight. There's really not much difference. The rest of the characters, they are just there. Even that is hard to believe because you just don't notice them.

This was the opportunity to improve the story, but it just made the whole thing worse. I'm not even sure if fans will like this.

The moment story was picking up ,it ended....it felt incomplete , short , poorly directed & edited. May be the second in series could justify the first one.....but the wait is long ....So disappointed. Gave five because the cast was perfect n had the potential to pull it ,if it was written and directed properly.

Loved the books! But the movie was not very well produced... Even the Mortal Instruments, that also had a lot of very bad reviews... was better than this book adaptation. The cast is good, they are perfect for the roles. The whole movie leaves a very incomplete feeling, it leaves you with the feeling that you were supposed to see something happening that actually did not happen. It did not felt like a movie, it felt like a long trailer.

I read these books in anticipation for the movie. I've been waiting forever for the movie to release. I finally watched it and as with Vampire Academy they tried WAY too hard to make this something it wasn't. They changed many things and brought in things from the other books. They barely showed the other characters. It was just a big mess to me. I mean maybe if I hadn't have read the books I may have enjoyed it a little more but I would have had SOOOOOOOO many more questions if I didn't know what was going on already. I doubt it will get any sequels due to the fans of the books not enjoying the movie. I would like to see if they could get better as the Twilight movies did but I don't think they will take that chance.