October 2011
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On Pie Lette's
Pie-lette (2007) Directed by Barry Sonnenfield Written for the Screen by Bryan Fuller
“Caveats”
As present and future critics of film, why not broaden our horizons by branching out to television? I mean that’s film too! This is the only episode of Pushing Daisies I’ve seen, and so far, I’m real impressed. I would like to continue! But I don’t think...
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On Pushing Daisies, Ep. 1 "Pie-Lette"
I’d kiss you if it wouldn’t kill me.
Oh, hey. Sorry, I haven’t properly introduced myself. Hi, my name is Leika. I’m obsessed with animal prints (as in animals themselves are the print), dresses, cardigans, literature, and pie. If you haven’t heard, Pushing Daisies, although short lived, is my favorite television series of all time, but like my favorite romantic...
On When Harry Met Sally...
When Harry Met Sally (1989) Directed by Rob Reiner Written for the Screen by Nora Ephron
“Well, maybe it just means that we should remember that we forgot them or something. Anyway, it’s about old friends.”
First off, I want to give a shout out to Theresa and Samantha for that ice cream run late one night, because if that didn’t happen, I wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity to borrow your...
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On When Harry Met Sally
All I’m saying is that somewhere out there is the man you are supposed to marry. And if you don’t get him first, somebody else will, and you’ll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that somebody else is married to your husband
A few things before I get to the meat of this review: A) This film was released in 1989, which just so happens to be my birth year, which...
September 2011
2 posts
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On Das Tagebuch des Dr. Mabuse (The Testament of...
Well… sooo… this is awkward… let’s do coffee and catch-up!
On Das Tagebuch des Dr. Mabuse:
I realized that in choosing films I tend to go for old, black and white classics or french films. So I decided to change things up and go for an old, black and white classic german film.. and if you look at the upcoming films there will be another review of an old, black and white...
On Season 2
Greetings movie goers! This is the first official post of season 2 of fhatht! I was planning to make a trailer of all the potential movies we’d screen but after getting sucker punched with a bunch of quizzes this week, I didn’t have time. ): Also, I didn’t have time to re-screen the last three movies of last season:
Les Yeux Sans Visage Barton Fink Der Testament des Dr. Mabuse
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February 2011
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On Insomnia
When Leo chose this film I thought of the cheesy-est thing ever which was: I hope this movie doesn’t give me insomnia hahaha. Okay, that wasn’t funny, but to be fair it was a sarcastic laugh that was only in my brain. Au quais, seriously though. When Leo suggested this film, I really had no clue what to expect.
I suppose I’ll start out by being a nerdy language major. The first...
Insomnia
To date, I have seen every film in the Chris Nolan repertoire. All but one of his films he either wrote or “screenplayed.” Insomnia was a remake of a Norwegian film, of the same name? Yeah, of the same name.
The order I have seen his films goes like The Presitge, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Memento, Following, Inception, then Insomnia, then The Dark Knight Rises. As you can tell,...
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On Un Prophète (A Prophet)
Ah man, now I’m the one who is sorry about being incredibly late! Oh well, both Leo and I are full time college kids, and we do our best, so I suppose everything’s cool. Anywho…
Unlike Leo, I really don’t follow the movie award scene, so I really didn’t know much about this film at all. The real reason that I actually became interested in this film was because Chris...
January 2011
4 posts
A Prophet
I’ve been eying this movie for awhile, but never got to it. Fortunately, it was the movie of last week. I would have never heard of this movie unless it was nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign film, which it was. Being put in my radar, I did some research, and this puppy won the Grand Prix in Cannes. And I agree with the critics in this one, this is one spot on movie. I hope this...
The Fighter
FINALLY. Sorry for being late on this. For anyone who is quite upset about my tardiness, I’m sorry! Anywho. It was an eventful week (two weeks ago) that could make awesome someecards because I did something everyday, including acquiring valuable intel on particular clients, burning cookies, not finishing hot chocolate, eating mexican food, beating people at kinect sports, playing zombies,...
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On The Fighter
As I mentioned in the aforementioned post, we unfortunately did not get to do our schpeel on Annie Hall, but I think it was for the best. I know I was completely swamped with work and finals, and then work and the holidays, and I’m pretty sure Leo had some busy-ness of his own. But! I’m really glad that we did get to catch a movie together for the first time in fhatht history [even...
Merry New Year!!
Hello everyone, Leika here! I’m happy to announce that fhatht is starting back up in the new year. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we never got the chance to do our Annie Hall review [as much as I love Netflix, I do hate that they pull some movies off of Watch Instantly].
But!! I’m pleased to be able to tell you folks that our next review will be over a film that we watched Zero...
November 2010
10 posts
Some Stills from The Fall
This scene with the Mystic is strange looking as a still, but it was one of the more stunning scenes when watching it play out. The camera work with the build up before this made it real magical.
This is also one of those scenes that is stunning when played out. You have Darwin (yes, Charles Darwin is a character) on the precipice of this beautiful and strange building with Governor...
The Fall
The Fall (2006) Directed by Tarsem Singh
I was reading a blog Arianna Huffington posted on her progressive/liberal website otherwise known as The Huffington Post. It listed books that will be most read over this Thanksgiving: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, So Much For That, Started Early, Took My Dog, To the End of the Land, West of Here, and Fear of Flying. Okay, I’ve never heard of...
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On The Fall
The main reason I wanted to watch The Fall was because Lee Pace stars in it. For all you Pushing Daisies fans, you know him as the incredibly cute and charming Ned the Pie Maker. Other than knowing Mr. Pace stars in it, all I knew about this film was it was fantasy. Well, when the opening credits started up, I got a weird feeling that the whole film would be one of those “arty” films...
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On Flickan Som Lekte Med Elden (The Girl Who...
This film is the second part of a trilogy that starts with Män Som Hatar Kvinnor which is better as known as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I had seen Dragon Tattoo before and didn’t realize that there was a sequel, so when Leo chose this movie I was pretty curious to see it. I’m going to try my hardest to critique this film without comparing it to Dragon Tattoo, one: these films...
On Flickan som lekte med elden
Flickan som lekte med elden (The Girl who Played with Fire) (2009) Directed by Daniel Alfredson
I’ve been acquainted with Stieg Larsson’s Millienium Trilogy awhile ago. I’ve just never watched it because it contained mature material that I thought was too intense for me. Because if I visually see it, it can burn through my mind through the ages.
Well, what brought me...
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On La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game)
The reason I chose this film was because a) it was in my queue, b) the director is Jean Renoir (who directed La Grande Illusion, which I quite liked), and c) the reviews I read over it were all good reviews, so I had to see and judge for myself.
Upon viewing number two (honestly, the first viewing.. I fell asleep, but not cause I was bored! I was just completely exhausted, and being wrapped up in...
On La Regle du Jeu
La Regle du Jeu (1939) Jean Renoir
“That’s also part of the times, today everyone lies.”
I have encountered many works that is basically a critique upon society. Most recently, my British Literature class studied Alexander Pope, particularly The Rape of the Lock. In this poem, Pope basically writes in heroic couplets to mimic epics such as the Greek epics as well as Paradise...
On Charade
Charade (1963) Directed by Stanley Donen
“Chicken.”
I’ve always wanted to review this on Let’s Fighting Love, but I never got to it because I’ve never felt I could review this in words. I honestly have an empty draft on this movie haha. So what exactly held me back? I don’t really know, probably just the overwhelming presence of Audrey. If you don’t know...
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On Charade
Pre judgement of the film - pretty neutral. I had never heard of it, but I knew Audrey Hepburn was in it so it couldn’t be too bad. I quickly learned that this film was set in the 1960’s and in Paris - already a winner! Well, okay, I didn’t judge it that quickly, but overall I really did enjoy it. (Also, as Leo pointed out, the director of this film, Stanley Donen, also directed...
October 2010
12 posts
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night Directed by Frank Capra
I think it’s very, very hard analyzing movies made before WWII let alone any movie before the 1970s. I think it’s because back then, everything was “new” in the sense that a certain feat hasn’t been done before. Of course, having been born in the 1990s, watching movies preWWII, I can see many elements that I’ve...
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Some stills
Here are some stills for It Happened One Night. I wanted to put a few up just to show how lovely all the lighting and shots were. There’s just something magical and romantic about a quality black and white film.
The Wall of Jericho:
Hitchhiking:
Oh dear I do believe he’s falling for her..
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On It Happened One Night
Okay, third time’s the charm. I think I’m starting to get the hang of this review thing, so hopefully this one will be more concise and less ‘research paper’.
The reason I chose this film for movie night was because a) Netflix said I’d like it with a rating of 4.1 (the highest rated in my queue) and b) because I had been watching so many intense French dramas that I...
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Studying El espinazo del diablo →
I honestly haven’t had time to read this entire study, but I’m thoroughly impressed by all the effort put into this! One day I’ll do this.. but for a french film!
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On El Espinazo del Diablo (The Devil's Backbone)
My initial reaction when Leo picked this film was that I thought I’d really like it since a) I enjoy a good spooking, and b) I really liked del Toro’s films El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) and El Orfanato (The Orphanage). The bad thing about a pre-judgement based on a director’s other films is that it’s always hard not to compare the film you’re...
El Espinazo del Diablo
El Espinazo del Diablo Directed by Guillermo del Toro
“Qué soledad, la del príncipe sin reino, la del hombre sin calor.”
If it’s a busy week, I try to avoid foreign films on Netflix at all costs. I mean, it’s very hard to pay attention to what’s going on while at the same time performing triple iterated integrals, blech. Usually, if it’s something in English,...
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The Princess and the Frog Production Notes →
For people who like reading up on the production of films or who just really enjoy this particular Disney film
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On The Princess and the Frog
Seeing as how people tend to be very critical of critics, I’m a wee bit nervous, but I’m gong to try to approach things as objectively as humanly possibly. But as Kunh says (although referring to science), humans always analyze things with certain paradigms. With that being said, I was very skeptical about this film. Why? Because I grew up with the classic Disney films, and pretended...
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The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog (2009) Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker
“You have had quite an influence on me. Which is amazing because I have dated thousands of women and”
I watched The Social Network a few nights ago, and it made me want to write a review on this haha. Plus, I felt I was blabbin on a bunch of useless stuff instead of movies, but some important stuff (like ...
"Let's start at the very beginning
a very good place to start”
Disney’s The Princess and the Frog was the first movie we happened to watch together separately. It was about one in the morning on a school night ( or school morning? I don’t know haha) - I was having sleep issues (as I often do), he was hyped on, and i quote, “free trade coffee”- not just coffee, free trade coffee haha. Anywho, I...
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