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This is from the beginning of the film till the end of Iris' premonition (0:00-19:00)

Part 2 ○ Part 3

@robtorreck bc you said u wanted to see them

And some thoughts on the ending (spoilers below):

   Welcome to MovieNotes! As we begin to publish our means across multiple social media platforms, I thought transparency would be a welcoming first gesture. We plan to provide a blueprint of our ambitions and as well as articulating our proprietary brand so you, our audience and followers, can fully hop on the MovieNotes bandwagon with unassailable self-regard and decorum.

   First things first, making films is an extremely difficult and grand task to accomplish. It’s a full steamed locomotive that doesn’t alter its speed until it reaches its destination regardless of the fact that the train flew off the tracks during pre-production. Hard-working and dedicated artists and technicians labor up to eighteen hours a day lasting from months or up to several years (most animated films now provide a list of credits deemed “Production Babies” during the credits because of how long it takes to make an animated film employees actually get pregnant and give birth during that timetable). I truly believe that every film should be applauded no matter how infallible or plagued a production turned out to be.

   Which leads me to my second point because sometimes when criticizing and analyzing films, the essence of championing art can seem to be abandoned when a particular film is badgered by the press for innumerable reasons. It’s certainly plausible and understandable that a reporter, who is involuntarily tethered to screen excruciatingly defective works of art, may want to relay his pugnacity through his fingertips and onto his word processing software. A hardened beat writer who fails to see originality and casts an air of pretentiousness through our culture is unbecoming. MovieNotes hopes to tightrope the precarious rope in which our writing can be informative, critical and entertaining without being ostentatious or lethargic. Civil discourse in academia like manner with a trace of humor is the objective. Whether one is discussing politics, sports or art, the topic should always follow the paths of an affable conversation without any animosity.

   The third detail is distinguishing the difference between film criticism and a movie review. The University of Vermont’s Libraries defines the difference between the two by saying “film criticism is the study, interpretation, and evaluation of a film and its place in cinema history. Film criticism usually offers an interpretation of its meaning, analysis of its structure and style, judgment of its worth by comparison with other films, and an estimation of its likely effect on viewers. Film theory (e.g. feminist, postmodernist, etc.) often informs the critical analysis of a film. Criticism may examine a particular film or may look at a group of films in the same genre, or a director's or actor's body of work. Film criticism differs from movie reviews in several ways: it entails both analysis and judgment; it may be published many years after a film is released; it is usually longer and more complex than a movie review. A movie review documents the critical reception of a film at its time of theatrical or DVD release. It is more "consumer-oriented," placing more emphasis on recommendation than analysis” (Vermont). All in all, nothing exists in a vacuum and our analysis will argue with or against a thesis by providing objective and subjective evidence. Our film reviews will only examine the film as one tangible piece of art.

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Merely out of curiosity (with sudden flash news of a tragic death abroad) and just because I was hoping for more detox for the weekend, we decided to watch the movie of the month. 

It was a long movie. I am not a rottentomatoes spin-off nor am I entitled enough to be a movie critic given my measly knowledge on film actors/actresses and all that jazz, but boy was it dark and amazing all at the same time. I was hoping for a dull moment, waiting for that part when I could eventually get my eyes off the screen to doze off but that wasn't the case for this, a revelation despite it being just too dark from the usual animation-filled movie dates we had.

I also loved how Anne Hathaway portrayed catwoman. She's my current Catherine Zeta-Jones (and the comparison is based probably from both their all black body suit as seen in this image of Entrapment. HAHAHA).

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