Fallen Stars

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Let me get this straight! This movie is AWESOME! "Find a meaning for your life They are like most of us.

I look for new movies to watch with the help keywords searches - the keyword that lead me to this excellent film was "ivy league". Even though that is not the main plot and this is not a college themed movie, it is a great find nonetheless. The two leads are from different social classes, and under normal circumstances they would have never met. After frequent run-ins at the bar they become friends. Meeting new friends is not easy when you are an adult and you constantly re-assess whether you can trust someone new. "Fallen Stars" is a title describing people who had a fall from grace. They either peaked or failed in life, and now have no idea what to do next. While the movie focuses on building this new, fragile friendship between the leads, the romantic chemistry is very visible. They communicate without speaking much - just like a real couple would be able to. The anxiety, melancholy, loneliness and boredom are hallmarks of our times and can be felt throughout the movie.

"Fallen Stars" has a special appeal in the simplicity of the relationship that slowly evolves between two reticent people. A bartender and a writer meet in the restaurant-tavern called the Club Tee Yee. They form a tacit bonding. The film is a subtle exploration of this improbable relationship. The photography and musical score were effective in providing the backdrop for what is a series repetitive scenes where Cooper and Daisy go on walks and choose not to disclose anything profound about one another. The film captured the extreme vulnerability of both characters. The performances were superb and were supported by interesting secondary characters, including the crusty restaurant owner, the kind waitress, and the patron who cracked a series of outrageous jokes. The dogs were also wonderful and provide the central metaphor for loneliness and vulnerability felt by the two principal characters. Throughout the film, the relationship of Cooper and Daisy really wasn't credible, and it did not even seem credible to them. But somehow, the chemistry between them broke through the pattern of withholding emotion. This was an extremely thoughtful and memorable film.

This is not the usual kind of film for me to watch, but after reading another review, it sounded like a good film, and it is. As described, the film is about a bar tender who meets people at his job and becomes numb to the regulars to the point he is starting to question the challenges of his life. A new face shows up at his bar and over a period of time he tries to force some kind of interaction with the new face...a girl, (who is obviously not interested.) The two eventually go for a walk and without intent, start to learn perceived "personal problems" of each other. The story is fantastic and the makers of the film worked oh so hard to craft this tale into something the viewer will remember for a long time. I would recommend this to anybody who has ever tried to gain a friend when they have been lonely in a crowded room.

If you didn't like Lost In Translation then I'd probably give this a wide berth, But if you did then this is real joy. A slow, subtle, but always engaging gem of a film. The two leads were equally outstanding. Loved it. You probably will too... so long as you were blown away by Lost in Translation. Fallen Stars is a smaller film with actors unknown to me. Ryan O'Nan and Michelle Ang take a bow. Also, director Brian Jett. Fallen Stars should make them all rising stars.

Congratulations to the filmmakers for getting this garbage produced. Too bad it was terrible.

Most people live in quiet despair wondering just where their lives are going and are they ready for the next challenge. Here in Fallen Stars we are given a look into the life of two people that have reached that point in life in which a change must take place. But both fear making that change and living their current daily life is just too comfortable to step out of. The loneliness is less of a discomfort than making the move to change their lives. Cooper (Ryan O'Nan) has been bartender in the same bar for 10 years, Daisy (Michelle Ang) has written a best seller book and is obviously lost for ideas for another book. These two meet and intuitively see the emptiness in each others existence. But opening their heart to another is not an easy thing for them to share. This wonderful film is quiet and repetitive and withdrawn into itself - just as the two characters are in their life. Writer/directed Brian Jett has created a story that is more reflective of the general public than the general public is willing to admit.

The two leads in this film are likable actors with very little to act in this shell of a character study. We all have friends like these two, they the lifeless slot fillers at parties and gatherings. The story goes off into the Disingenuous Zone by suddenly revealing that she is a well known somebody. Geez, she is such a nothing that I refuse to believe that she even knows how to use a pay toilet with a coin door. He is the quintessential Failure-to-Launch... nothing new. So little happens in this film that I am left to wonder if the story was improvised after they began shooting. Watching these two recite the dialog was painful. Her character has some very wacky views about, well, the entire world. Me, I just cannot go on any longer about this piece of crap movie. Signing out....