Who payed the critics

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The first two-hour part that aired on ABC Family back in the summer of 2006 was so ridiculously cheesy, I didn't think anyone would have the stones to return for future ventures. When split up, there's six-hours worth of story to be covered, but split up into three parts: The Beginning, The Journey, and The Destiny.PART ONE - THE BEGINNING: First off, the acting is horrendous; whoever does the voice for the dog, Gabriel, is so lame, I cannot believe the director/producers thought it was worthy to be included in the final cut. The main star, Paul Wesley is probably the strongest actor of the bunch, but even he stretches the ham to its utmost potential. Fernanda Andrade is inexperienced and, just like the guy who voiced Gabriel, she brings the believability of the movie to a screeching halt. The story is okay, but the flame-swords (lightsabers, anyone?) seem horribly conceived and well-worth a few revisions in look. All in all, with a budget nearing that of a Sci-Fi Original Movie, the first part of the Fallen mini-series is off to a bad start.PART TWO - THE JOURNEY: Okay, now if the origin-story aspect of the first part was enough to make the film drag at a snail's pace, then perhaps The Journey would prevail in more excitement, insight into the characters, and at least some better acting. NOPE! Just as incredibly lame as the first part, this "sequel" is full of nonsensical scenes that prove to have no meaning or further depth into the characters; that all we get is "blah, blah, blah" from everyone, and had I not recorded this lame-fest, I would've missed out on what I had fallen asleep through. There's hardly any action to keep one's attention, and no drama or tension to engage us in the story, and a cavalcade of uninteresting characters that make us wonder, "what's the point of all this?" PART THREE - THE DESTINY: Just like the first two parts, Fallen has done nothing but foreshadow for what's to come in the final installment. Unfortunately, it all leads up to the father of Malcolm in the Middle as a foreseeable Lucifer, and a climactic duel that is anything but cool or enthralling. The first hour is basically equal to tedious pacing as The Journey, only this time there's a bit more action and drama to keep one's focus. For a finale, this is just too weak. There's hardly any conclusion, and no reward for having its audience just sit through six-hours of talk, talk, and more talk.All in all, there's not one aspect of Fallen I could applaud, except for the fact that it was made with an estimated $7,000,000. The title itself does not live up to anything exciting, and with terrible acting and a pace to match, I highly recommend viewers to steer clear of this garbage, because it is just too boring.

I'll try not to make this a horribly long winded rant, so please bear with me, but am I the only person who in fact read the books then became excited about the mini series only to cry when watching it? Not because the story is sad, or anything or the sort, but because they've ruined the plot and the beauty of the original? It became so bad that I couldn't even finish the watching it, and would hardy let my mom tell me what had happened. I just couldn't stomach it.Verchiel is female, which had me blinking confusedly at my TV, and then everything that was to follow was just plain.. Outrageous. I found Aaron as a protagonist to be.. A disappointment, which is maddening, because in the books he is.. Very deep, and wonderful, and so many other beautiful things they didn't take the time to capture in the mini series. Sure.. I know they didn't have the time.. But honestly they could have done a much better job. They could have done him justice, they could have done the books, all the deep, rich and thoughtfully pieced together characters justice, but they just didn't.I don't recommend this to anyone. The books, yes.. I love them, and they have many a wonderful moment, all that make a sort of sense that's hard to find anywhere else.

After Fallen aired, there was a promotion that sent me to a website called www.oculareffect.com - this professor is looking into an online object he calls the Oculus (www.00112358.net) - almost every week it updates with a strange symbol (just like the ones that Aaron Corbett sees burned into his skin!). Inside there is a puzzle that unlocks a vision of the past or the future - so far it has sent us to another nephilim called Faith Arella who has a weblog (www.faitharella.com) - on it she is chasing these symbols to meet people around the world. It's another story that's happening online during the break between now and the next episode of Fallen - it looks pretty cool and I've already registered for email updates.

I thought that Fallen was a great Movie the first time I saw it. It contained a interesting plot that always kept you wanting more. It's a story about a boy named Aaron who is an orphan. He just wants to have a normal life with his family. Aaron is an excellent student and has a specialty for languages. He also has a fascination for angels. One day he notices strange things are happening to him. For example he meets this homeless man who knows too much about him. He can speak a ton of languages he didn't even know, fluently. Now he starts to realize he can do these things for a reason. He has a purpose in his life, but he doesn't want to accept the fact that he has "special" traits and abilities that are very noticeable by "some" people. Now he must find out what is happening and why. Also he must fulfill his purpose on earth. Because earth depends on it.