Fallen

Book to movie adaptations usually aren't fantastic so I had low expectations for this movie. At the beginning it looked like I was going to end up pleased. The characters were enjoyable, Arriane was exciting and I was looking forward to seeing some more character development with her, as I was with Roland, and Cam, and Molly, and.... honestly every other character in the movie, with the exception of Luce. But it didn't come, even Cam got a maximum of 20 minutes of screen time, Roland was probably there for about 5 minutes and said a total of about 10 words and a few "wooo"'s. This movie honestly needed to be another 30 minutes at least, not to mention cutting out some of Luces brooding. I had low expectations already, but once I got to the end they were even lower. It had so much potential and unfortunately most of the movie was Luce and Daniel brooding which wouldn't have been a problem if there had've been an extra 30 minutes of jam packed action at the end involving all the other characters. This wasn't the case at all, and the ending totally ruined the entire movie. I still had hope for this movie at this point, and I was looking forward to seeing some actual conversations between a few of the characters, and it just ended. Obviously this is only the first book, but I have doubts about another movie being made, and I really don't think that was a satisfying ending. A real shame because I think there was so much potential, especially if the post processing had've been better. A lot of the time the words didn't match the scene on the screen. Super irritating and definitely made the movie feel unprofessional.

TLDR; Hardly any character interactions, supporting characters just stood there in the background of classrooms, total brood-fest of Luce and Daniel, at least 30 minutes too short, unprofessional post processing

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.

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!

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.

The Fallen series by Lauren Kate are one of the best YA Fallen Angel series there is, however the movie was not up to the greatness that the books provide. This adaptation was enjoyable, the actors they choose where really good based on their character's descriptions, but something was missed, I hope they make the rest of the series otherwise this movie is laking immensely on the deepness of the story line. It will not make sense at all. I suggest reading the books instead or after you watch this, definitely it didn't do it justice.