tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27999672454331284362024-02-06T22:46:21.103-06:00ArchitEXploitationErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-58764081813522813392009-04-27T22:55:00.004-05:002009-04-27T23:33:50.919-05:00Frank Ghery in 'The Simpsons'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R69S4UARSNoRCglY4pHni5Z_lTRZZ6fcjVp0yWOPrAdzMp9VXdc1doiM0jFzZh4_jX7KtrVH30qNilcBjgiq3P8fPwq8qzbc62vMXPfjsdVoiHdtLyvBjb6YXPfJkzjOcKFs7XCO/s1600-h/Both.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R69S4UARSNoRCglY4pHni5Z_lTRZZ6fcjVp0yWOPrAdzMp9VXdc1doiM0jFzZh4_jX7KtrVH30qNilcBjgiq3P8fPwq8qzbc62vMXPfjsdVoiHdtLyvBjb6YXPfJkzjOcKFs7XCO/s400/Both.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329595335645857330" border="0" /></a><br />Last night's episode of The Simpson's had Bart entering a model building contest with his model of the Westminster Abbey. He was pitted against Milhouse and Martin, who built OMA's CCTV Tower in Beijing, and Oscar Neimeyer's Brazilian Congress. I've been to one of these buildings, and I'll give you a hint *it hasn't caught on fire yet. I was really hoping that Milhouse's CCTV Model was going to catch fire as Super Intendant Chalmers walked by it, as in a reference to the MP Sketch as seen below. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdZTVGowlfAQZf8xb1l7BIF8uYpXtbCuE0YadSLibOmxNJX8X6nyjdG5yHV5kxckIkmOV09lZnCBLKLqa2anOU7qRhomk4Ce8pzuVhe7b-OynXvDHd81EcYlHsayDYufoTAaUW-Kq/s1600-h/dd_gehry07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdZTVGowlfAQZf8xb1l7BIF8uYpXtbCuE0YadSLibOmxNJX8X6nyjdG5yHV5kxckIkmOV09lZnCBLKLqa2anOU7qRhomk4Ce8pzuVhe7b-OynXvDHd81EcYlHsayDYufoTAaUW-Kq/s400/dd_gehry07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329595338765877906" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In any case, this sighting of famous contemporary building reminded me that this isn't the first time that The Simpsons have lampooned modern architecture. In April of 2005 Frank Gehry stared as himself. This show made fun of the 'Bilbao Effect' with Marge trying to get Springfield on the map by constructing a new concert hall designed by the Canadian himself. I could right alot about this, but instead, I'm going to direct you to the posts that have already been written by <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2005/07/gehry-goes-2d.html">A Daily Dose of Architecture</a>, <a href="http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/04/quote_of_the_da_3.html">Veritas et Venustas</a>, <a href="http://www.yangsquare.com/frank-gehry-in-simpsons/">Architecture Enlightens Life</a>, <a href="http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2005/11/frank-gehry-and-the-simpsons/">Mirage Studio 7</a>, and <a href="http://blog.davidteoh.com/archives/2005/11/frank_gehry_in.html">DavidTeoh.com</a>.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-77092123386173911742009-04-26T22:34:00.004-05:002009-06-04T11:43:53.666-05:00John Cleese in 'Monty Python'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRyMr51Z_p9frQRzwEv61ztmN_VqeGBvHVNT4tHTgmqHdmp5hcKqxIHZEvRM28E7F2OdSgQNLBG821XIAnbNT2j46jBuM0W_9kWWrEwZrGJjXCRdd2lbRtVoN-nXRMyRFqVQzIndf/s1600-h/MontyPythonFlyingCircus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRyMr51Z_p9frQRzwEv61ztmN_VqeGBvHVNT4tHTgmqHdmp5hcKqxIHZEvRM28E7F2OdSgQNLBG821XIAnbNT2j46jBuM0W_9kWWrEwZrGJjXCRdd2lbRtVoN-nXRMyRFqVQzIndf/s200/MontyPythonFlyingCircus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329210830138302594" border="0" /></a>John Cleese as Mr. Wiggin<br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">of Ironside & Malone</span><br />Eric Idle as Mr. Leavy<br /> <span style="font-style: italic;"> of Wymus & Dibble</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In this sketch, two architects makes very different pitches to real estate developers. One is absurd, and the other is just silly. Is it safe to say that sometimes we take ourselves to seriously? Now, I'm not advocating that we start designing buildings that look like giant picnic baskets or binoculars, but whats it hurt to step back and have a good laugh...<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e2PyeXRwhCE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e2PyeXRwhCE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-24744207075675220442009-04-26T22:17:00.007-05:002009-06-04T11:44:32.138-05:00Art Vandelay in 'Seinfeld'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0JMpZHIoIOM4Jxcz5PgMnkxxo2azThSyD15PLoPJjGi6SvI_Xo6rlpNIq9uSczg6miArsTU7Hnl8K8dZNzVVIiYLc8wEZmc-qDmGn0EGfa30g4AAzdTOELyW2r9x3Zp71_MfDbay/s1600-h/tt0098904_largeCover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0JMpZHIoIOM4Jxcz5PgMnkxxo2azThSyD15PLoPJjGi6SvI_Xo6rlpNIq9uSczg6miArsTU7Hnl8K8dZNzVVIiYLc8wEZmc-qDmGn0EGfa30g4AAzdTOELyW2r9x3Zp71_MfDbay/s200/tt0098904_largeCover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329206149064525602" border="0" /></a>Jason Alexander as George Costanza as Art Vandelay<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Importer, Exporter, Architect<br />Art Vandelay might be as much as a cultural phenomonom as the Bilbao Guggenheim. His presence has spawned numerous t-shirts as seen above, and with the words 'I'm an architect' and 'the new addition to the Guggenheim' printed on them. At Moe's Southwest Grill, a national burrito chain, a special burrito is named '<span style="font-style: italic;">the Art Vandalay'.</span> There is even a firm in the Netherlands thats named <span style="font-style: italic;">Import/Export Architecture.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKiZwYGpIAFHB0vxyx-pZ6OBOBbXw2_s_SaCoAk-2LpF5ULbCO6D7vvRb4d5hpCABJ3jg1Rvui1L0arCnhDf2RIFxyCWDxZRJPNLaxbgAoaR9uKPcZ7fkB2C4YmQ5_7szSEucx6n7P/s1600-h/IEA.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 561px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKiZwYGpIAFHB0vxyx-pZ6OBOBbXw2_s_SaCoAk-2LpF5ULbCO6D7vvRb4d5hpCABJ3jg1Rvui1L0arCnhDf2RIFxyCWDxZRJPNLaxbgAoaR9uKPcZ7fkB2C4YmQ5_7szSEucx6n7P/s400/IEA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329206605180886834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje620GSa091mmfDuwbEwTNakk1JTE-eQaACw28nikOzfUg8Xor7Y2CBMLeN7u0Kt6IV2Xayh8NCrFzbipTc-4VyY5fBZOoFsw2QvTUu09vgXI6pLciosluBWRxwtDmLWhOFnmMuF9e/s1600-h/av.jpg"><br /></a>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-8446114385802709882009-04-26T21:56:00.005-05:002009-04-26T22:17:06.287-05:00Zach Braff in 'The Last Kiss'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGi57ggFYp0WtjRihZb4uFugw30p9t6lJp478_5ZTClZJ9GuSqy1bDkVaGD0KjKtXc5K6Hn02hSAfgV8I0EavZCtrleEsses2py36C_z9L69r9r5SsaWHjbdrWfrmuLyjSGHr6IYo/s1600-h/last_kiss.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGi57ggFYp0WtjRihZb4uFugw30p9t6lJp478_5ZTClZJ9GuSqy1bDkVaGD0KjKtXc5K6Hn02hSAfgV8I0EavZCtrleEsses2py36C_z9L69r9r5SsaWHjbdrWfrmuLyjSGHr6IYo/s200/last_kiss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329199737071615698" border="0" /></a>Zach Braff as Michael<br />Casey Affleck as Chris<br />Barry Julien as Brian<br />Ian Finlay as Firm Principle<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Michael is an architect who dumps his pregnant girlfriend to hit on jail bait. Unlike the crazy antics we remember from Scrubs, this Braff mobile is not that fun. However, it is nice to see an architect who's life is about as realistic as they come (although hes slightly immature), someone who's not a vigilante or chasing women through time (*cough 'Keanu').<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0v7XFkRMTO5AswsSGCRwWMH8VuH6A9l74kRV7NWlf0FnZBmwAeVYoRIqhW1DBm-2ygtU20Uura9Xewfv0XNOkcHW8bZuKLLkoCj0aKqavKWBs1FpooynWXk9XSBX0BL2RuFm-6gaa/s1600-h/Lazy+Set+Designers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0v7XFkRMTO5AswsSGCRwWMH8VuH6A9l74kRV7NWlf0FnZBmwAeVYoRIqhW1DBm-2ygtU20Uura9Xewfv0XNOkcHW8bZuKLLkoCj0aKqavKWBs1FpooynWXk9XSBX0BL2RuFm-6gaa/s400/Lazy+Set+Designers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329203868533175394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lazy Set Designers couldn't even plot two different boards for the background<br /></span></div><br />While grossly overscaled, the building we see Zach design is certainly in the upper teir of 'architect movie designs.'<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKWPi-jjrSl3TqCRFLQH0-9WuCBcbDUTNL1HYGZVuM8PEZ8hVM9B4_z85yfU_6uj0rjJ64xf4fMlNc7IbsTsK8rtxjNQh_HkUu50-DQVPcqHBTl2jc96cJ_XhoEdTaslR54dda3Vy/s1600-h/The+Big+Model.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKWPi-jjrSl3TqCRFLQH0-9WuCBcbDUTNL1HYGZVuM8PEZ8hVM9B4_z85yfU_6uj0rjJ64xf4fMlNc7IbsTsK8rtxjNQh_HkUu50-DQVPcqHBTl2jc96cJ_XhoEdTaslR54dda3Vy/s400/The+Big+Model.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329203865724810562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oh, wait, they ran off three of the same boards for the background shots<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3Rl5aJg7Swandps2qv9VPDAM7c3WeYKmtXx46ZMLfcp3TWIsIRjtVrmNiOLF9BMBWZb54VgVFuchdhfE435KJrliRrbSep2VXRPvutOyzpSmH1kU7ejHExARRG_QKHa31yLA_FDJ/s1600-h/Out+of+Scale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3Rl5aJg7Swandps2qv9VPDAM7c3WeYKmtXx46ZMLfcp3TWIsIRjtVrmNiOLF9BMBWZb54VgVFuchdhfE435KJrliRrbSep2VXRPvutOyzpSmH1kU7ejHExARRG_QKHa31yLA_FDJ/s400/Out+of+Scale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329204791549242642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">A bit out of scale with the context....</span><br /></div><br />Unlike so many other movies, where the architects meeting is just a placeholder to fill a few seconds and show that the main character is smart, the following scene is used to show the audience just how immature Michael can be, even in his professional life, while advancing the plot by throwing a curve ball into the subplot relationship of Chris and his wife...<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael</span>: So I was just thinking that if we move the garage from where it currently sits there's no reason why this atrium couldn't be pulled up the entire height of the building. So that way it's the middle of winter and all these people get to look out their windows and see trees. And maybe even birds.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brian</span>: Or without the birds.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael</span>: Shup up brian<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brian</span>: Like wha...<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Principle</span>: Shup up brian<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brian</span>: Sorry<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael</span>: Dick<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Principle</span>: Thats really interesting Michael. I'm just a little concerned about cost. What do you think Chris?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chris</span>: I think I'm going to leave my wife.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtal0kNu9wKvxUE0J8pX0lRonBiXFTDALP799nHuO729csZto4rB9ILsNWPx3KUFTBHzeeEWJe_nd8rwRYYR8x32T5R4kjF9tliJ9gZ0WHN-dH8A264eHiVI10MYNdALiN6X63c4d/s1600-h/Affleck+Architect.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtal0kNu9wKvxUE0J8pX0lRonBiXFTDALP799nHuO729csZto4rB9ILsNWPx3KUFTBHzeeEWJe_nd8rwRYYR8x32T5R4kjF9tliJ9gZ0WHN-dH8A264eHiVI10MYNdALiN6X63c4d/s400/Affleck+Architect.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329203871368306178" border="0" /></a>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-4383683892945681342009-04-15T00:05:00.003-05:002009-04-15T00:15:58.069-05:00David Duchovny in 'Return to Me'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEKiQc3PQQ24Io7gn_jtqdrdxmKeJgGNGbHVo2jIglvJVndchZ-SNEWw0WH2pK0NuVNUH99lAFxd1R4Q4ln2k13vK8udaPhAbpJCkQxkSS7gYgImTXSC1i0FVUoAqHzPu51N1yyh5/s1600-h/6a00cdf7f27127094f00d4144dd14a3c7f-500pi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEKiQc3PQQ24Io7gn_jtqdrdxmKeJgGNGbHVo2jIglvJVndchZ-SNEWw0WH2pK0NuVNUH99lAFxd1R4Q4ln2k13vK8udaPhAbpJCkQxkSS7gYgImTXSC1i0FVUoAqHzPu51N1yyh5/s320/6a00cdf7f27127094f00d4144dd14a3c7f-500pi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324780229317133810" border="0" /></a>David Duchovny as Bob Rueland<br />Brian Howe as Mike<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ok, so David Duchovny is the Principle of a Design/Build firm in Chicago who's married to a gorilla veterinarian who works at the Lincoln Park Zoo. And she dies. But she was an organ donor. A year later David falls in love with a waitress who received his wife's heart, but he doesn't know that shes has his wifes heart. And, this whole time hes been building a new gorilla range for his dead wife, he's falling in love with the new girl who received her heart.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0avU-mwZTtO1U5t9KTkM5m1g3lztl2u8TV_545B2qS-h4FQwLR9KyYSOyosnN-jPVxXnkKvw6UmRtuANVQwfgHz1ccm280QM5GbuDyJ7mk817MxI1jnvkG3kD0c6aQwypn70lV1p/s1600-h/In+the+Trailor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0avU-mwZTtO1U5t9KTkM5m1g3lztl2u8TV_545B2qS-h4FQwLR9KyYSOyosnN-jPVxXnkKvw6UmRtuANVQwfgHz1ccm280QM5GbuDyJ7mk817MxI1jnvkG3kD0c6aQwypn70lV1p/s400/In+the+Trailor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324782365431681506" border="0" /></a><br />Yes this is a real movie, not a mad lib. Hilarity ensues and they kiss in the end.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-86375529734392038952009-04-14T23:47:00.003-05:002009-04-14T23:57:37.451-05:00Bill Campbell in 'Enough'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM9VOCe_HiWaieUJqc17wErIVe4azGSjc4JVa1Gqiu_7irqDXZjjtWkI3IQ9Rnmv8pnpoLa3kxFlNJIYlEBLz0Ngt2TvCdgFsBuurlDS1UINvf-zoK_N4lLrtObdjNL6ixHiDN-VbY/s1600-h/ENOUGH.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM9VOCe_HiWaieUJqc17wErIVe4azGSjc4JVa1Gqiu_7irqDXZjjtWkI3IQ9Rnmv8pnpoLa3kxFlNJIYlEBLz0Ngt2TvCdgFsBuurlDS1UINvf-zoK_N4lLrtObdjNL6ixHiDN-VbY/s320/ENOUGH.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324775967719787298" border="0" /></a>Bill Campbell as Mitch Hiller<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In 2002 Hennifer Yopez stared in this theater release that should have been a Lifetime Original. Mitch Hiller is an architect who seems like the perfect husband until he starts beating his wife.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8FL9Bw_3b6RebOi4db4jcaad5CgtZ_KSyCTaD1yRVmSp3m-i6ChJ7_q0ykSP2d3Zg4saWxJzK1saynuaPHomiqc7jw8y4oQdVYocIWKS9b5KfvfnwjeguT3YL7C1ATi2HPBMuz2t/s1600-h/Dickweed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8FL9Bw_3b6RebOi4db4jcaad5CgtZ_KSyCTaD1yRVmSp3m-i6ChJ7_q0ykSP2d3Zg4saWxJzK1saynuaPHomiqc7jw8y4oQdVYocIWKS9b5KfvfnwjeguT3YL7C1ATi2HPBMuz2t/s400/Dickweed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324777342133473026" border="0" /></a><br />As the movie progresses from nonviolent fairytale to super psycho stalker film to exploitation revenge movie, Mitch moves from a Colonial style two story suburban home into a super sleek beach house that is poured concrete and steal beam. Hilarity does not ensue, and she kills him in the end.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-19795686871281050172009-04-14T23:33:00.004-05:002009-04-14T23:44:26.911-05:00Luke Wilson in 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0Fj4l3EI0N5TJu_trxm7bTLp-1i7zDaWnQKex5QHa1d9nxd2ZE7yj020WO5efnXse9DzVJLS5F06KS5TnzVDwSLlckd5U9QL2HzX-rgChYUNn9rR87xwhjTH4KRw4L2Zbed_qZ_i/s1600-h/33093j6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0Fj4l3EI0N5TJu_trxm7bTLp-1i7zDaWnQKex5QHa1d9nxd2ZE7yj020WO5efnXse9DzVJLS5F06KS5TnzVDwSLlckd5U9QL2HzX-rgChYUNn9rR87xwhjTH4KRw4L2Zbed_qZ_i/s320/33093j6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324772078781477698" border="0" /></a>Luke Wilson as Matt Saunders<br />Anna Faris as Hannah Lewis<br />Rainn Wilson as Vaughn Haige<br />Wanda Sykes as Carla Dunkirk<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is a horrible movie. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfGYkHH7nW3xxpOxmGaWzjMvcWd9ciinq8sYTgfCUDAwM4BbnTqFgkQdoXlj6eBM8dZwQVAI6LcsCymmQrIVhvk1G9p0dNrXGw-SHqm6AnwyOUQU3EGdfIArWSJGf5o7pZ3qAB0uh/s1600-h/Bathroom+Layouts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfGYkHH7nW3xxpOxmGaWzjMvcWd9ciinq8sYTgfCUDAwM4BbnTqFgkQdoXlj6eBM8dZwQVAI6LcsCymmQrIVhvk1G9p0dNrXGw-SHqm6AnwyOUQU3EGdfIArWSJGf5o7pZ3qAB0uh/s400/Bathroom+Layouts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324773091966577586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drawings!</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVk3xWDLWiLvLCxgYguJgdNpqHPlRyR1wjpPBi65lCPBuBSpUK4IxAfe1De-Bm3dgXKgZld3F5maMiKY_v6ETkhzkor6vwUoodZVOaRKdd71J645pbxHl6_tw7ySnyYUMdgcjuUqH/s1600-h/Construction+Documennts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVk3xWDLWiLvLCxgYguJgdNpqHPlRyR1wjpPBi65lCPBuBSpUK4IxAfe1De-Bm3dgXKgZld3F5maMiKY_v6ETkhzkor6vwUoodZVOaRKdd71J645pbxHl6_tw7ySnyYUMdgcjuUqH/s400/Construction+Documennts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324773086864553986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Architect Glasses!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQR2kaaMI1oGmpvyqiU5tLURwZf-WYuwvM7mxTM1ZXFQyZjQtyijmICJbxUKX_YOjpIczhmoXij9Mqwdg06hYEwUR59LwKqP-RNKOe1cd2iS1J5W2bIUDDU_oWDHXUYdbEV-3WYRWf/s1600-h/Site+Visit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQR2kaaMI1oGmpvyqiU5tLURwZf-WYuwvM7mxTM1ZXFQyZjQtyijmICJbxUKX_YOjpIczhmoXij9Mqwdg06hYEwUR59LwKqP-RNKOe1cd2iS1J5W2bIUDDU_oWDHXUYdbEV-3WYRWf/s400/Site+Visit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324773098568265058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hard Hats!<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibK1tv2YGOclYGIgKgUMQlgJuwLnIBmoCZPSvB11xzWO9XhYoM74KrX9wfD24TaBhnFujSID4I3gEn2oRZ0NaSvXYyKY4A5BOT1ln17nqVctcehETIiXh_oZ5cegl68Ufz3Kw_KQE0/s1600-h/Models.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibK1tv2YGOclYGIgKgUMQlgJuwLnIBmoCZPSvB11xzWO9XhYoM74KrX9wfD24TaBhnFujSID4I3gEn2oRZ0NaSvXYyKY4A5BOT1ln17nqVctcehETIiXh_oZ5cegl68Ufz3Kw_KQE0/s400/Models.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324773101183567506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Models!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">"Our design integrates classic architectural ideas from the history of Chinese culture and transforms them into a contemporary 21st century aesthetic, but you can see clearly that funtionality has not been sacrificed, as you can see here by the the multiple entrances into the central courtyard area. And with the total capacity for...(stops talking as he sees his girlfriend fly by the window outside)"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-27991599170217353532009-04-14T23:06:00.005-05:002009-04-14T23:32:08.988-05:00Matt Dillon in 'You, Me and Dupree'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_AtVe1fh_Qqsq3qbXK78CKVMfdE3IumPNQ2NlHpPgQpybV-zj-Qtx9ri_5_qlrb3UHMaCB7OBNyhPj853PutYNiXRI0MT0L5iWwiaFPQ0giPQu7rKYZ9tLE5Mjl0YQtddIl-BJU5/s1600-h/you_me_and_dupree_ver2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_AtVe1fh_Qqsq3qbXK78CKVMfdE3IumPNQ2NlHpPgQpybV-zj-Qtx9ri_5_qlrb3UHMaCB7OBNyhPj853PutYNiXRI0MT0L5iWwiaFPQ0giPQu7rKYZ9tLE5Mjl0YQtddIl-BJU5/s320/you_me_and_dupree_ver2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324765470591282610" border="0" /></a>Matt Dillon as Carl Peterson<br />Michael Douglas as Mr. Thompson<br />Todd Stashwick as Tony<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Matt Dillon, having already tried to a role where he is a character pretending to be an architect, now gets to try his chops pretending to be a character who is actually an architect. Here, he's married to his boss's daughter and has to deal with his best friend moving onto his couch.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1Cbp-wABA3h0a9NSacgLX6ZChNKOqyFpjnNu5MerMkU_Fd5enzWJDxQ3fT28Ed-cCxvWzDeN5FTVwgJRt0vDpRvv3FFLt1Y8ZSAYL7bHmx_t9HKJPDfA7z_ktzW_FTiFQ3yOHCYL/s1600-h/Blucprint.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1Cbp-wABA3h0a9NSacgLX6ZChNKOqyFpjnNu5MerMkU_Fd5enzWJDxQ3fT28Ed-cCxvWzDeN5FTVwgJRt0vDpRvv3FFLt1Y8ZSAYL7bHmx_t9HKJPDfA7z_ktzW_FTiFQ3yOHCYL/s400/Blucprint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324767921599965954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Obligatory Drawing Shot<br /></span></div><br />The first day back from his honeymoon, father in law Mr. Thompson takes Carl's proposal for a small 'eco-friendly' housing development and turns it into the largest, fast track development the firm has ever done. He also cuts out a few of the essentials...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSf32ESeLflBJrvoVtCdNPEbY9FnDvmy3qvPmxkwz6PfWNNPRgNxkxnA1f3tOzjwAxs9CImNfwx3-RM2vv9Cjq11mW6ZjAbB-CMwVMSc6JZBKF-T8eFP9whoAi7cwFyRsUCqLSyNXk/s1600-h/Thompson+Land+Development.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSf32ESeLflBJrvoVtCdNPEbY9FnDvmy3qvPmxkwz6PfWNNPRgNxkxnA1f3tOzjwAxs9CImNfwx3-RM2vv9Cjq11mW6ZjAbB-CMwVMSc6JZBKF-T8eFP9whoAi7cwFyRsUCqLSyNXk/s400/Thompson+Land+Development.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324767914027337794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thompson</span>: The Oaks at Mesa Vista, stunning, stunning...<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Carl</span>: You know sir, if we're not going to have any trees, maybe we should consider changing the name.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thompson</span>: No! no, no. I love the name. Names are important Carl.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MEw6Ux7Az-bfoC2cnTMQ5zs9meaqi5NjbdDq4_sVywdjGYVKqb-yz9JLvc2p8v_iKFyzOExR-ImFRAM8uucJ-R9wwsvGxMmqfeposu1Awo25XiHZM0a8o7-VHk6Ba24ftriNCMlz/s1600-h/the+Cirtvle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MEw6Ux7Az-bfoC2cnTMQ5zs9meaqi5NjbdDq4_sVywdjGYVKqb-yz9JLvc2p8v_iKFyzOExR-ImFRAM8uucJ-R9wwsvGxMmqfeposu1Awo25XiHZM0a8o7-VHk6Ba24ftriNCMlz/s400/the+Cirtvle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324767923034353474" border="0" /></a><br />When confronted with the model shown above, Carl doesn't like it.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Carl</span>: What is this? Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Is this some kind of a joke?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tony</span>: Carl, Thompson wanted more units. I thought it would work better as a wrap around.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Carl</span>: Wrap around? Mesa Vista is not a wrap around.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9Od5YrekPcl89M4dsq_L9IBLrTHdPtcn1Wq6fsgH308YGx5uUrQ_Tg3RFcTZaKJ8B8U7qKqsx3WSXicTOvGRn1BCmCVeJNAVCYHzqCmrG8dFpqrwk2JfFUp4trB-mCc8LkorL05B/s1600-h/yikes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9Od5YrekPcl89M4dsq_L9IBLrTHdPtcn1Wq6fsgH308YGx5uUrQ_Tg3RFcTZaKJ8B8U7qKqsx3WSXicTOvGRn1BCmCVeJNAVCYHzqCmrG8dFpqrwk2JfFUp4trB-mCc8LkorL05B/s400/yikes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324767927654588706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thompson</span>: You see the preliminaries?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Carl</span>: Yeah, I did. It is completely different from my original proposal.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thompson</span>: Goddammit Carl, would you stop fighting this? People buy homes, let the government pay for the parks, thats why we have taxes. The Oaks at Mesa Vista is a money train. You want to be on it?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bC1fjykZ0wi8QeIcBXFt1tuZvQtRnEc55U1YYk2sSoUQdZiFPFgtFCa_ANl2K47Cy10Yw1ZXjQhTE_ufyuxhekwXCGWvfeiVUvUIJRwH-JNimDNlcTE7dLJF5kWrIX0TcbzzAkLs/s1600-h/asdf.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bC1fjykZ0wi8QeIcBXFt1tuZvQtRnEc55U1YYk2sSoUQdZiFPFgtFCa_ANl2K47Cy10Yw1ZXjQhTE_ufyuxhekwXCGWvfeiVUvUIJRwH-JNimDNlcTE7dLJF5kWrIX0TcbzzAkLs/s400/asdf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324767919331159506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Obligatory Standing in Front of Model Shot<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Probably the best part of the whole movie is that Carl knows that the 'Bad Movie Design' is actually bad in real life. Although he states his opposition to the design, the movie never shows his original 'good design' thereby freeing our minds to believe that Carl might actually be good at what he does. Its a cheap trick, but it works...<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-14909717558122193602009-04-14T22:52:00.004-05:002009-04-14T23:04:42.118-05:00Gary Cole in 'The Brady Bunch'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhtu5pLPaHjjSNwkc1EMhX-XMfzHICeldIEYhOzWAVsmzoi5lySWkWkT05YIvmJGec0O3hNXIfbMaFEoRrABCSrTb_9a6IjZHuMq7djyg1a4mzenX4OPfxVReY9kTa8uYGTx5wKMC/s1600-h/919510~The-Brady-Bunch-Movie-Posters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhtu5pLPaHjjSNwkc1EMhX-XMfzHICeldIEYhOzWAVsmzoi5lySWkWkT05YIvmJGec0O3hNXIfbMaFEoRrABCSrTb_9a6IjZHuMq7djyg1a4mzenX4OPfxVReY9kTa8uYGTx5wKMC/s320/919510~The-Brady-Bunch-Movie-Posters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324761638435327234" border="0" /></a>Gary Cole as Mike Brady<br />Steven Gilborn as Mr. Phillips<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Gary Cole as Mike Brady, AIA finds out he has only a week to come up with $20,000 in back taxes to save his house. Unfortunately for him, he jumped right out of 1970 and into the early 1990's, where the effects of a recession are in full swing. Money is hard to come about, especially for an architect with limited design skills....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShCWywutM5bSm5lMfzsVTlLjOsdogGriRs7D_ZtjzYG-zQFUKsVDBh2Sain5r2Js2d0P8vYytXIGA-YBbmfA56bTET7VHyqZh-HJ_R_pUrmYOA1ccZ-6aWMgsMN4fUUuB4uzIPDR4/s1600-h/The+Thwo+Architects.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShCWywutM5bSm5lMfzsVTlLjOsdogGriRs7D_ZtjzYG-zQFUKsVDBh2Sain5r2Js2d0P8vYytXIGA-YBbmfA56bTET7VHyqZh-HJ_R_pUrmYOA1ccZ-6aWMgsMN4fUUuB4uzIPDR4/s400/The+Thwo+Architects.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324763657431992194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mr. Phillips</span>: A $20,000 advance! Ha, I'd like to Mike, but we're still hurting from the recession. I only have three developers comming all this week.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brady</span>: Let me have a shot at those projects, Mr. Phillips. If I can sell one of them my design, you can front me the advance, right?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mr. Phillips</span>: Sure, but... How should I put this delicately Mike? You designs are from another time.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brady</span>: Thats kind of you to say Mr. Phillips. I've always thought of my style as classic as well. I'll get right to work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3gisMjVUgntMCwpts6qCqKkrVn7_7Q5q9OS2LL9LyVrI9ojmBQxowLZgaSOPa2hfjowrrF51IAJwL8kkAore0TuvpZHmOsKbPWi6KYnyP1Pp1lNFwaQNV6ES0tHMmJw7XyTFRVHC/s1600-h/Shop+and+Go.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3gisMjVUgntMCwpts6qCqKkrVn7_7Q5q9OS2LL9LyVrI9ojmBQxowLZgaSOPa2hfjowrrF51IAJwL8kkAore0TuvpZHmOsKbPWi6KYnyP1Pp1lNFwaQNV6ES0tHMmJw7XyTFRVHC/s400/Shop+and+Go.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324763649714835522" border="0" /></a><br />"What do you think?"<br />"I Love it, but its too interesting. I want something simple, a couple of self serve pumps and a slurpy machine. Sorry."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIcZ66ISSVqrGQak9D1TXSe02WmOmJvgm7USmJnaWOuAFqD7M1IGx3ax-TmTyhdrFyrGd3hgrua1up5cXFhDcE2ALlnwyCNgPAo-8pgZ69tHoueMhc2lkKzkj0dwfCwXnLoZ5zmrd/s1600-h/Burger+Land.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIcZ66ISSVqrGQak9D1TXSe02WmOmJvgm7USmJnaWOuAFqD7M1IGx3ax-TmTyhdrFyrGd3hgrua1up5cXFhDcE2ALlnwyCNgPAo-8pgZ69tHoueMhc2lkKzkj0dwfCwXnLoZ5zmrd/s400/Burger+Land.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324763652565765730" border="0" /></a><br />"And after much consideration Mr Swanson, I designed a structure especially for your needs. "<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtho8JEh5s5iiWQMf5q7iOu0EeXlEOYynvlKn6P3bxtLkFsJd0k_jfRW64sWiC73Dj2cdRxFL50YnIAjsGql-ucY59y0vMM8YVzWELzZknhC5TKn4TJz7OagJZ2XFAjIOrKPfGwikb/s1600-h/Flex+Factory.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtho8JEh5s5iiWQMf5q7iOu0EeXlEOYynvlKn6P3bxtLkFsJd0k_jfRW64sWiC73Dj2cdRxFL50YnIAjsGql-ucY59y0vMM8YVzWELzZknhC5TKn4TJz7OagJZ2XFAjIOrKPfGwikb/s400/Flex+Factory.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324763657103484018" border="0" /></a><br />"The hardest thing about the health club business is getting people to leave their house."Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-65289791315280723132009-04-14T22:24:00.010-05:002010-04-16T20:25:27.940-05:00Matthew Perry in Three to Tango<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijle5PNl5EsnMQXTXTl2tqArYxk2PAHzvh_eiUB5WftkdGalXTQiKvjOprG_YWPj-w3JLNPEBjYECVDRP_Nl2SLk384ASydp82enFCuOSM7CbHkR1YLbXUUQKPd7hD8iM9s_TzU2-b/s1600-h/Three+toTango.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijle5PNl5EsnMQXTXTl2tqArYxk2PAHzvh_eiUB5WftkdGalXTQiKvjOprG_YWPj-w3JLNPEBjYECVDRP_Nl2SLk384ASydp82enFCuOSM7CbHkR1YLbXUUQKPd7hD8iM9s_TzU2-b/s320/Three+toTango.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324754487249342482" border="0" /></a>Matthew Perry as Oscar Novak<br />Oliver Platt as Peter Steinberg<br />John C. McGinley as Strauss<br />Bob Balaban as Decker<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Matthew Perry as Oscar Novak is in Love with Neve Cambell, but everyone thinks hes gay! In fact out of the four architects in this flick, Novak is the only one who is straight. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Anyway, hilarity insues and they kiss in the end.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFpq7aVepZLfNCpDdNeoyhxPTJ0eUHG3-BW80kyYzdfVJMBT8O1VY8PnsbQbBOVe70LjXX23Vz0SYWPfKDOJymnk6wOrYGWwLUJ6EmMdAvXZ3kFbX6JnrgQgmEWyb78uZYePTpSYC/s1600-h/Novak+And+Steinberg+Presentation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFpq7aVepZLfNCpDdNeoyhxPTJ0eUHG3-BW80kyYzdfVJMBT8O1VY8PnsbQbBOVe70LjXX23Vz0SYWPfKDOJymnk6wOrYGWwLUJ6EmMdAvXZ3kFbX6JnrgQgmEWyb78uZYePTpSYC/s400/Novak+And+Steinberg+Presentation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324757555132380178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Not bad design, for a movie architect. Not that theres anything wrong with being that.</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Novak and Steinberg make up the firm of Novak+Steinberg, a small firm that is vying for the 900 million dollar civic project that the firm of Strauss+Decker are also going for. The first scene in the movie is a set up of the bad blood that exists between the two groups.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhndq0W9tdwfYl0WJGolT-attRGIz2spzwlvHiYtyDBz_h0HF3v3igPgEdX5x0j7sGkDmnHUGmWXJv7YAkj2Zvtowl76pOP7__-Oip3dze7XZVvZTE9ghRDSl3kE5KlrfG1SQUovuK/s1600-h/Los+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhndq0W9tdwfYl0WJGolT-attRGIz2spzwlvHiYtyDBz_h0HF3v3igPgEdX5x0j7sGkDmnHUGmWXJv7YAkj2Zvtowl76pOP7__-Oip3dze7XZVvZTE9ghRDSl3kE5KlrfG1SQUovuK/s400/Los+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324756810453814994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Decker+Strauss Novak+Steinberg</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Strauss</span>: Oh look at this! Gilligan and the Skipper too.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Decker</span>: What have you two studmuffins been up to lately? By the way, congratulations on the work you did on that men's room in the bus station.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Strauss</span>: Yes, your use of mosaic in the urinal trough was vaguely reminiscent of the 90 foot mural we did in the lobby of the Hancock building.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Decker</span>: Except people don't line up to piss on ours.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Steinberg</span>: That is not true! We read the reviews.<br /><br />D+S present the project to the developer by having him wear a virtual reality goggle set that was all the rage back in 1999.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6AXQjDnHY_JJteSv4ry86WHKWMkfMcasQDDBzzWpPlaF4MbA6c-zJCDgBaaWi7BI-WxpAkWrBad1NqZ4ZQQsAo-rDS07RPebdigOWsRvawB0_leyab-ovG5b31EIj-LACFvs0AGV/s1600-h/Strauss+and+Decker+Proposal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6AXQjDnHY_JJteSv4ry86WHKWMkfMcasQDDBzzWpPlaF4MbA6c-zJCDgBaaWi7BI-WxpAkWrBad1NqZ4ZQQsAo-rDS07RPebdigOWsRvawB0_leyab-ovG5b31EIj-LACFvs0AGV/s400/Strauss+and+Decker+Proposal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324759120211257602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The reviews were true</span><br /></div><span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Struass</span>: Sir, the Charles Newman Cultural center would redefine cultural life as we know it in this city. There would be a museum, an opera house, an international food court.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Decker</span>: Picasso, Madame Butterfly, Burritos!<br /><br />Well, the developer sets the two firms in a competition with each other for publicity. He tells them to build what seem to be quarter scale models for presentation to the public, where the winner will be decided and announced. So Steinberg and Novak set out to design and build their model, and they apparently set up a whole new office on the site of the design.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwjZnfKTR_Gp1mIzlav019omiRL_FQk9daLLRlDHXp6zUMQIC4b3gfJ8k5V87_3JpXm9heti7tV6yMO7B89hBUc6DpJ6eDHjTCV77TFQiCXBcPoUwvf1byDqWuR8xVToNwsK8b94h/s1600-h/A+cant+see+why+people+thing+hes+gay.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwjZnfKTR_Gp1mIzlav019omiRL_FQk9daLLRlDHXp6zUMQIC4b3gfJ8k5V87_3JpXm9heti7tV6yMO7B89hBUc6DpJ6eDHjTCV77TFQiCXBcPoUwvf1byDqWuR8xVToNwsK8b94h/s400/A+cant+see+why+people+thing+hes+gay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324759689134677474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">I really don't get why people think hes gay<br /><br /><br /></span></div><span>At the office, a girls walks up to Steinberg, and after a brief condescending glance from the goatee'd architect, she runs away crying.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Novak</span>:How much are we paying them?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Steinberg</span>:They're interns. They're free.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Novak</span>:Yeah, well, we're getting ripped off.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Steinberg</span>: *nods yes<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vbu7daj6yEQPrGCnRI_zxzYzdaSsRYx-S2lZjT3xJXyC-4-F-5kOYvtOGKYiUacU79n7Zmv3PMu5wedZTOrrRWcmV1M22L3c-fDuFV8jAKEKIQjoP6-2_9Nq7KeVqqIiPX9eGh-k/s1600-h/Gay+Quarter+Scale+Model.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vbu7daj6yEQPrGCnRI_zxzYzdaSsRYx-S2lZjT3xJXyC-4-F-5kOYvtOGKYiUacU79n7Zmv3PMu5wedZTOrrRWcmV1M22L3c-fDuFV8jAKEKIQjoP6-2_9Nq7KeVqqIiPX9eGh-k/s400/Gay+Quarter+Scale+Model.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324760577202728482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Modern Barbie Play House at Quarter Scale</span><br /></div><span><br /><br /></span></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-37833707211561098472009-03-12T23:37:00.009-05:002010-04-16T20:16:18.083-05:00Gary Cooper in The Fountainhead<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOMU3RoAzn2Zt2ytxF22UtfV1Ld7J4i5iBVNzJ92WfbqqIFDWAGhEdKXKBPrsPBnc6sya60PUJp6uu77E64QfI6DCMWxtrRErFxUPV3ViAsZpzFp9ldPa28rEYvdzI5cKcuqU14HK/s1600/fountainhead1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOMU3RoAzn2Zt2ytxF22UtfV1Ld7J4i5iBVNzJ92WfbqqIFDWAGhEdKXKBPrsPBnc6sya60PUJp6uu77E64QfI6DCMWxtrRErFxUPV3ViAsZpzFp9ldPa28rEYvdzI5cKcuqU14HK/s200/fountainhead1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460908544028196306" border="0" /></a><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span>NUFF SAID<br /></span></span> <span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span></span></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-70145639470818858462009-03-12T23:00:00.004-05:002009-03-21T18:48:03.113-05:00Tom Hanks in 'Sleepless in Seattle'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4Rt0zGustc7IAI8fjqJZaQwKg4Ebn1iS_Qq52X0Vvx5QvhlonAA-_gaxdhQUdwb8sPCpYXxqPyjIgk_Pls3hlShwE1ob_WtXBB7RFcDhMoZdhH3ER8hzVHoiePJGHFQu5RrW0ir6/s1600-h/sleepless_in_seattle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4Rt0zGustc7IAI8fjqJZaQwKg4Ebn1iS_Qq52X0Vvx5QvhlonAA-_gaxdhQUdwb8sPCpYXxqPyjIgk_Pls3hlShwE1ob_WtXBB7RFcDhMoZdhH3ER8hzVHoiePJGHFQu5RrW0ir6/s400/sleepless_in_seattle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312517513196510594" border="0" /></a>Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tom Hanks is a Chicago Architect who's wife dies (again), so he moves into a house boat in Seattle, is stalked by Meg Ryan and meets her on top of the Empire State Building. Romance and hilarity ensue. They hold hands in the end.<br /><br />See Sam as he...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIu3Wo2fjVLAEIp7_wb7_ZKgxL0E7sXEo-wpnmtLNc-KnG6yeCowiCyTCzlOpmoWrYAHVmnm6gtwWwCTvIiOxsgLaKQf9A2eIJ9JBExjpc3Xzw0cpuaHjl1KeIq56mzH7cTeraaFR/s1600-h/Chicago+Office+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIu3Wo2fjVLAEIp7_wb7_ZKgxL0E7sXEo-wpnmtLNc-KnG6yeCowiCyTCzlOpmoWrYAHVmnm6gtwWwCTvIiOxsgLaKQf9A2eIJ9JBExjpc3Xzw0cpuaHjl1KeIq56mzH7cTeraaFR/s400/Chicago+Office+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312524035389453666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quits his job in Chicago</span> <br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbuiR7H81IU4TQsRfgWBUuXAjUYsThULBJMrVwV-U0OBvFFqWhi-9jzq-Nw6O76likQRTSraL4VM-fz287rP3SC9RewPTjMAqJrEGjg3GWTIeO4sKvnGnN5TNUO8w6PztlOQtEnFW/s1600-h/Job+Site.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbuiR7H81IU4TQsRfgWBUuXAjUYsThULBJMrVwV-U0OBvFFqWhi-9jzq-Nw6O76likQRTSraL4VM-fz287rP3SC9RewPTjMAqJrEGjg3GWTIeO4sKvnGnN5TNUO8w6PztlOQtEnFW/s400/Job+Site.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312524043274996818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Visits a construction site</span> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5plphRv8xVqNAYENsArjvWU_4ifU1IhH9WDmRSz_L89JN5Kxi5uIBh-Fg3QNyOqaMzC_4Vs2pmdcF6JV6hdpTCAbpjeqFk1u7RwYL0u-oXJtiQXr-FfQZ52mKdxcsTxuUl5a5BzT/s1600-h/House+Boat+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5plphRv8xVqNAYENsArjvWU_4ifU1IhH9WDmRSz_L89JN5Kxi5uIBh-Fg3QNyOqaMzC_4Vs2pmdcF6JV6hdpTCAbpjeqFk1u7RwYL0u-oXJtiQXr-FfQZ52mKdxcsTxuUl5a5BzT/s400/House+Boat+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312524042429473186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lives in an awesome house boat</span><br /></div><br />The real kicker (other than the fact that Sam has a full sized plotter on his houseboat) is at the end when they show a dated CGI of the Empire State Building.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwk8z60LJWHVa7MKTVytkYn82xuhIHsZs0KKz-wjRBXrCkTAB8J8aNmOrjCX0TB6WUAQ4KNg5_tgfDz0zaNluXWwNPECmvAhzpd_rMoRSeV0Ti9yCtjBdWKqZ-9VYVmhDjJaTjfxau/s1600-h/State+of+the+Art.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwk8z60LJWHVa7MKTVytkYn82xuhIHsZs0KKz-wjRBXrCkTAB8J8aNmOrjCX0TB6WUAQ4KNg5_tgfDz0zaNluXWwNPECmvAhzpd_rMoRSeV0Ti9yCtjBdWKqZ-9VYVmhDjJaTjfxau/s400/State+of+the+Art.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312524054071477186" border="0" /></a><br />The year is 1993, my friends.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-43352210014227722782009-03-12T22:12:00.004-05:002009-03-12T22:59:19.274-05:00Michael Keaton in "White Noise"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCaVj4Bhxg2GNCu3033Ww-RcyeKTP5B0Ucdt9jxKUD1tpy-vGGjMMIly98k6NH7KhWnrUtyStL0f47R14y2kXQm5wKL5uF1vkDvzt_f-1BngOjLy8Fp7h4RI8FTz6XKujjlIemGfP/s1600-h/whitenoiseposter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCaVj4Bhxg2GNCu3033Ww-RcyeKTP5B0Ucdt9jxKUD1tpy-vGGjMMIly98k6NH7KhWnrUtyStL0f47R14y2kXQm5wKL5uF1vkDvzt_f-1BngOjLy8Fp7h4RI8FTz6XKujjlIemGfP/s400/whitenoiseposter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312505377383356082" border="0" /></a>Michael Keaton as Jonathan Rivers<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Whats that? Another movie with an architect who's wife dies? Then he gets messages from beyond the grave? Sounds like a winner!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJs0dmcosdK6k0mMAr6Q6WF3SyamsXF1gcoufYUZdZFRvGdSZtXOGJGqCObXeZ2G7NEK_MHb68BOlxw55JpN7WvJokArGr84lf_Ssmw5JmMOQ73bjWpA629oer_nH9PNG0nRcC6rS/s1600-h/WhiteNoise1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJs0dmcosdK6k0mMAr6Q6WF3SyamsXF1gcoufYUZdZFRvGdSZtXOGJGqCObXeZ2G7NEK_MHb68BOlxw55JpN7WvJokArGr84lf_Ssmw5JmMOQ73bjWpA629oer_nH9PNG0nRcC6rS/s400/WhiteNoise1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312514591024095042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Too Many TVs are Spooky.<br /></span></div><br />You see the Ring and then you die. Oh, wrong movie. I get these things confused sometimes.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-76132700625632565822009-03-12T21:47:00.006-05:002009-03-12T23:00:08.469-05:00Lauren Tom in "The Joy Luck Club"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqFsXBtrp32tABW3siIFBPamIlj4uVGEGmQCpevONuuEbPw85DU0nKx8fY8JwrGAc5GMjms2N07YEnX7LrbS3rBd4YDlZ1UFBN_YMw6bEDqIfpV-pRbqESrXeaHTYaX21UXaMtmIv/s1600-h/joy-luck-club-DVDcover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqFsXBtrp32tABW3siIFBPamIlj4uVGEGmQCpevONuuEbPw85DU0nKx8fY8JwrGAc5GMjms2N07YEnX7LrbS3rBd4YDlZ1UFBN_YMw6bEDqIfpV-pRbqESrXeaHTYaX21UXaMtmIv/s400/joy-luck-club-DVDcover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312501952502871666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Lauren Tom as Lena St. Clair<br />Michael Paul Chan as Harold, Lena's Husband<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXIUcK7HexG9vhhU1kP8WzQv2Y4L-B0BNJ_tKsASg0Lj_ids07xDwLWUNUgWzbug2AoNo4OlvkckedUFm7-o1b2_r9WGXt-EZhniVtn0C1fmaqXEhggo02HaiexMgrMwHFSdJVCcf/s1600-h/Spiral+Stairs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXIUcK7HexG9vhhU1kP8WzQv2Y4L-B0BNJ_tKsASg0Lj_ids07xDwLWUNUgWzbug2AoNo4OlvkckedUFm7-o1b2_r9WGXt-EZhniVtn0C1fmaqXEhggo02HaiexMgrMwHFSdJVCcf/s400/Spiral+Stairs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312502665944830754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Stairs are Grey</span><br /></div><br />The Joy Luck Club is a movie about daughters trying to live up to their Mother's expectations. Lena's mother was married to an crazy abusive husband in China. Lena decided to take the total opposite route and married a man who is as fair to her as the day is long and just about as unemotional to boot. This man is Harold, the principle at the architecture firm that Lena works at.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1i-RnS3wQk2E4kbPhSjaSFMrdQ71GvwGPR88ZJ1m2UtbOAyzZ3WG11vo6nIn4ud99NMSzT8s9n3Jy_Lwy-Re5TBmPZm13XgeZTgabgGseqHHTQbpQdDFt18mYHy9xxh6l7hNWuOAF/s1600-h/Kitchen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1i-RnS3wQk2E4kbPhSjaSFMrdQ71GvwGPR88ZJ1m2UtbOAyzZ3WG11vo6nIn4ud99NMSzT8s9n3Jy_Lwy-Re5TBmPZm13XgeZTgabgGseqHHTQbpQdDFt18mYHy9xxh6l7hNWuOAF/s400/Kitchen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312502663440915426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Kitchen is Grey<br /></span></div><br />The scene that this story occupies takes place in the apartment of the couple. It is a modern, but passionless and lifeless home. Its made of steel and cinder block, with nuetral furniture and a bedroom with walls so crooked that you can't even hang a picture on them.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoks4AXT2tul4tmb4ltE1RzKe8PB2Hk3eWvgJwkl60BF-7YwvqOu9eHTVf8pv5MBDMi0bEZkd15AqE9W-pCCDV2LDLTj_EVnSIVObW63e7YDOIZnoWM6asnoz2ZgISVZ16KlmUSAy/s1600-h/Living+Room.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoks4AXT2tul4tmb4ltE1RzKe8PB2Hk3eWvgJwkl60BF-7YwvqOu9eHTVf8pv5MBDMi0bEZkd15AqE9W-pCCDV2LDLTj_EVnSIVObW63e7YDOIZnoWM6asnoz2ZgISVZ16KlmUSAy/s400/Living+Room.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312502649272470466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Living Room is Grey<br /></span></div><br />This movie presents the opposite of what we've come to expect from the movie architect. Harold and Lena aren't passionate, they are too calculating, they don't seem to like what they do. This couple is so devoid of life that the only TV show that Harold watches is Jeopardy, and he only shows real anger and frustration when he misses a question. There is no music in their lives, a fact that is presented in the movie by suspending the score for a solid 8 minutes, the whole of the scene.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZY4rlEPrL50tow7UvuZO-UCLpWn4WDwm-z04FtGsYgP3CQCnikMggZYy2AQ2-ACye8jVUd63s2ue5kqfbXeEVxzbNv6JTKUEc-FO2VtE56yOMjq7zEEf698iwb7kc6krqtn90jDe5/s1600-h/Bedroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZY4rlEPrL50tow7UvuZO-UCLpWn4WDwm-z04FtGsYgP3CQCnikMggZYy2AQ2-ACye8jVUd63s2ue5kqfbXeEVxzbNv6JTKUEc-FO2VtE56yOMjq7zEEf698iwb7kc6krqtn90jDe5/s400/Bedroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312502661012049618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Bedroom is Grey and the Walls Are Crooked</span><br /></div><br />"All around the house I see the signs my daughter does not see. This is a house that will break into pieces."Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-85415729630452463692009-03-03T00:31:00.004-06:002009-03-21T18:48:32.133-05:00E. Fay Jones in Star Trek<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzRuvtFC_b-9kwEKTpIK3Ax_h_um4lNeY2XEd7FjCddwwmc212h_GKW_eD-IHzncyjVmRdN3lj-C4A7OwVEbWIn6JvtCl2E8b7KPPNMhNi06SHbkEiCiS1M2k3KdiD4nqrCG-Je0z/s1600-h/star-trek-comic-con-poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzRuvtFC_b-9kwEKTpIK3Ax_h_um4lNeY2XEd7FjCddwwmc212h_GKW_eD-IHzncyjVmRdN3lj-C4A7OwVEbWIn6JvtCl2E8b7KPPNMhNi06SHbkEiCiS1M2k3KdiD4nqrCG-Je0z/s400/star-trek-comic-con-poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308845527949215282" border="0" /></a>Thorncrown Chapel as The Vulcan High Court<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A few months ago, the new preview for JJ Abrams' Star Trek remake came out. At 1:09 into the preview you can see the Vulcan home world, which I assume is in Arkansas because it bears a striking resemblance to the E. Fay Jones' Thorncrown Chapel.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabuvewkahhiGMVjbAVCo_exQGrOFQUv-GAVuFbG_4_CFD6C_QKiTM_8EOvhvLU5mCFwQ_JbeJ5yJWdMxCPDQfwsRRq55PVoawDGDctooAtaiNhUImFbsTEuqyKu2VkBtr3am_oV4a/s1600-h/Vulcon+High+Court.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabuvewkahhiGMVjbAVCo_exQGrOFQUv-GAVuFbG_4_CFD6C_QKiTM_8EOvhvLU5mCFwQ_JbeJ5yJWdMxCPDQfwsRRq55PVoawDGDctooAtaiNhUImFbsTEuqyKu2VkBtr3am_oV4a/s400/Vulcon+High+Court.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308846281820826290" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Its my guess that the production didn't travel to Eureka Springs to film this scene, most likely they CGI'd the background. Its almost certain that the Production Designer did have a photo or two of the chapel in question while working. <br /></div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkDZOlx8RxqO5SRYkpcXhEuDqkztkZh_gRcBi_NNHBdJC5GvXctV7MSwVCF9UVRHe1LwW5z3XTIul3eGHS6NwHG7YbFnL3Ax0y5V6XKlyJYsHrLOhGcoQM-ibnQpZJGOC1ci2hDS5/s1600-h/Thorncrown.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkDZOlx8RxqO5SRYkpcXhEuDqkztkZh_gRcBi_NNHBdJC5GvXctV7MSwVCF9UVRHe1LwW5z3XTIul3eGHS6NwHG7YbFnL3Ax0y5V6XKlyJYsHrLOhGcoQM-ibnQpZJGOC1ci2hDS5/s400/Thorncrown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308846286205533186" border="0" /></a><br />Thorncrown has been hailed as one of America's most spiritually uplifting buildings. One does have to question why the production had to choose such an impassioned building to represent the ideals of a race who's nirvana is pure logic.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-85709086022652556932009-03-02T23:55:00.005-06:002009-03-03T00:30:41.415-06:00Brian Dennehy in "The Belly of an Architect"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zihi-H-6KuIf-0bDP9kqatp_iXwX1nJA4POOE6FG1xZf9fVfc2mooL-JltaEpn3NLVATqu2K8vlX_1Gp4jNR08Y16BsN-uT5Lt4W0Uyphr-6XDNOIDJLuO3l0UBVBwEDjj150375/s1600-h/Belly+Poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zihi-H-6KuIf-0bDP9kqatp_iXwX1nJA4POOE6FG1xZf9fVfc2mooL-JltaEpn3NLVATqu2K8vlX_1Gp4jNR08Y16BsN-uT5Lt4W0Uyphr-6XDNOIDJLuO3l0UBVBwEDjj150375/s400/Belly+Poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308836738160225362" border="0" /></a>Brian Dennehy as Stourley Kracklite<br />Lambert Wilson as Caspasian Speckler<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />American architect Stourley Kracklite comes with his young wife Louisa to Rome to supervise an exhibition devoted to Etienne-Louis Boullée, a French architect of the 18th century. Suffering from severe abdominal pains, Stourley doesn't pay much attention to his pregnant wife, and she finds consolation in the arms of suave Caspasian Speckler. Built from rigidly symmetrical images, the film has quite an unusual subject: the belly -- both the sick one of the architect and the pregnant one of his wife, the rounded forms alluding to the spherical constructions designed by Boullée, the architect whose visionary projects seldom materialized. Beautifully shot on location in Rome, this ironic fable wittily examines the issues of artistic creativity.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6BXcxYS85uGbB0O64Hvhpotv7bMU6fSCh9nR971zvI6PPaaos1fjJFUgDEYfR_KPE3e89VZ2HZDbUmXu3vZd4hEXrgK3otSAtDrFQ6Y9Bu88_ax1TpsDa5hjmiR5oDF79LyPxC4Y/s1600-h/Boulles+Ball+Building.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6BXcxYS85uGbB0O64Hvhpotv7bMU6fSCh9nR971zvI6PPaaos1fjJFUgDEYfR_KPE3e89VZ2HZDbUmXu3vZd4hEXrgK3otSAtDrFQ6Y9Bu88_ax1TpsDa5hjmiR5oDF79LyPxC4Y/s400/Boulles+Ball+Building.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308839454420609906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>If I have learned anything from the last two movies, its that only American architects are allowed to have fun. Anyway, I added the plot summary from Yuri above because I couldn't have said it better myself. Again, this movie is loaded from beginning to end with studio settings, quotes on working, living and thinking like an architect, that I can't sufficiently summarize it in a few paragraphs. As the movie progresses, Kracklite becomes more and more insane. He writes postcards to the dead architect he is celebrating, he photocopies pictures and sketches of stomachs endlessly, he punches a lot of people in the nose, starts to believe that his wife is trying to poison him and his colleagues are plotting against him. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PKMlJqtr_aFdpJ0RlH4Tcm8NmkvoLSJ9GsqVukpdA1drKI6m8zmt-QT4LV-wl47uux785AtCSJIRKNGwr1vqxK3RPlXMNkcG2XUzyB6NOoEeIuq04lsYEqRsicaLW3sqxSO-wcMc/s1600-h/In+the+bath.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PKMlJqtr_aFdpJ0RlH4Tcm8NmkvoLSJ9GsqVukpdA1drKI6m8zmt-QT4LV-wl47uux785AtCSJIRKNGwr1vqxK3RPlXMNkcG2XUzyB6NOoEeIuq04lsYEqRsicaLW3sqxSO-wcMc/s400/In+the+bath.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308839452766941618" border="0" /></a>Of course, during all this insanity, his wife does nothing to make him feel better. <br />Architect: Tell me please, what does 'oh-ahhh' mean?<br />Wife: Stourley, you've built six-and-a-half-buildings. And now you're spending nine months putting on an exhibition in memory of another architect who also built practically nothing.<br />F3!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMaIMea7RTLow4pTUodJtiZMOnW3JPeHsihDbS2QqdXSE8hET-urqESAbnd9r8oXeAMV0pRqSa5_hWCnvy2i9eKjydNPD_4ToKmMXsHpWaVINK15wej0fAdjG7t7rvLX-r5RwfYit/s1600-h/The+Stomach+of+Augustus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMaIMea7RTLow4pTUodJtiZMOnW3JPeHsihDbS2QqdXSE8hET-urqESAbnd9r8oXeAMV0pRqSa5_hWCnvy2i9eKjydNPD_4ToKmMXsHpWaVINK15wej0fAdjG7t7rvLX-r5RwfYit/s400/The+Stomach+of+Augustus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308839454679983874" border="0" /></a><br />Of the whole movie, there is one thing that I have to comment on because of its originality. When Kracklite goes to visit a doctor about his stomach pains, the doctor asks what symptoms the architect has.<br />Not wasting even a moment, the architect says "Why yes, I've been documenting the symptoms."<br />Here, we would expect a verbal account of whats going on, the sensations that are being felt, an emotional expression of the pain that is spoken. However, the architect proceeds to take out a folder and hand the doctor more than a dozen sketches over photocopies of stomachs, frenzied drawings of red, orange and yellow. Images that are grotesque yet beautiful,images that convey the silent suffering that the architect endures throughout the last months of his life.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-66525323045182626262009-02-27T10:13:00.003-06:002009-03-21T18:48:39.486-05:00Kurt Naumann in "Die Architekten"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhwkAlWRkIAVWeK_dcT-0mhtsBqV3oiHnebiP_irD6sBAk4wXrpjneHlqZUXDvkULoHOYYzg6BC-xTTUWmT-J_BM5W7_Y3rMpRoiYaOsTIi4se37dpGR9ijnXEihZGxVFqTIOombs/s1600-h/The+Architects+Poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhwkAlWRkIAVWeK_dcT-0mhtsBqV3oiHnebiP_irD6sBAk4wXrpjneHlqZUXDvkULoHOYYzg6BC-xTTUWmT-J_BM5W7_Y3rMpRoiYaOsTIi4se37dpGR9ijnXEihZGxVFqTIOombs/s400/The+Architects+Poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307511992442901410" border="0" /></a>Kurt Naumann as Daniel Brenner<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In 1990, the film Die Architekten (for those of you who don't know East German, its "The Architects") was released. This project was planned and filmed in the months right before the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event which most probably diminished its impact. Daniel Brenner is a 38 year old architect who has never built anything. Even with a wife and a child, he considers himself a failure. Early on in the film, I spotted a huge difference between the way American and European architects work. At a meeting with the architect Daniel works under, the modest Daniel admits that he has won first place in two competitions, coming in second a few times and earing an honorable mention in many more. The head architect congradulated Daniel on these achievements, but Daniel will have non of it. These days, you'll be hard pressed to find a firm that is willing to allocate a substantial part of its budget to a time consuming project that might go nowhere, but in other parts of the world, the chase seems to be as important as the catch. Its here that Daniel stands alone, he seems to want to be part of the western world. He values his work as long as it produces something tangent, something that can be used. He is alone, apart from his society, he goes so far as to deny his association to the communinist party even when confronted with the fact that his joining would lead to a number of commissions.<br /><br />In an odd chance, Daniel is given the opportunity to design a huge building, one that would contain housing, movie theaters, resturants, a bowling alley, parks... A whole city in one block. He accepts on the condition that he can choose his dream team, a team consisting of the best students that he worked with during his days at the university.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSz9ZNTE8d9wQ9a6v_InlmcNN1zlJIlwx1NbAp0HcnGKIQ6ywDrSvKIuwyeMkY5CK2Gsz14nfKatp2MyCCWSxycjFctp07Vw4dBkZDeupdLeRYvirbxt-VrO4cserAU1iH4x_iyVHn/s1600-h/The+Seven+Samuri+at+the+Site.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSz9ZNTE8d9wQ9a6v_InlmcNN1zlJIlwx1NbAp0HcnGKIQ6ywDrSvKIuwyeMkY5CK2Gsz14nfKatp2MyCCWSxycjFctp07Vw4dBkZDeupdLeRYvirbxt-VrO4cserAU1iH4x_iyVHn/s400/The+Seven+Samuri+at+the+Site.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307514382154039106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Seven Samuri at the Site<br /><br /></span></div>Throughout the movie, the important themes of design and construction are as important to the plot as the relationships the characters have with one another. At every turn, the communist party bureaucrats try to negate the design of the complex, and Daniel tries to find ways to covertly include real, unique ideas into his masterpiece.<br /><br />This movie is worth much more than I can express in a few paragraphs. No matter where you work, find someone in your office who has Netflix, set up the projector on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, get a few bottles, watch it and discuss amongst yourselves. Then go see Click with Adam Sandler to lighten the mood.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-81627327265993500072009-02-26T22:30:00.004-06:002009-02-26T23:44:12.875-06:00Tom Selleck in "Three Men and a Baby"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCteGbh_jCyA5d7KbTFizKVykIsIPYqGYQrbZZitzaRiD_TDO3YfoLb3Hy6Xn4nF6R2CGtjc3zZIQkwD3Med3FmSjVx8Q_EImMNyQlfjA9MdYlrdJ__2aTVN-K-xUudA4E3z-upZoA/s1600-h/Three+Men+and+a+Poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCteGbh_jCyA5d7KbTFizKVykIsIPYqGYQrbZZitzaRiD_TDO3YfoLb3Hy6Xn4nF6R2CGtjc3zZIQkwD3Med3FmSjVx8Q_EImMNyQlfjA9MdYlrdJ__2aTVN-K-xUudA4E3z-upZoA/s400/Three+Men+and+a+Poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307330844510701506" border="0" /></a>Tom Selleck as Peter Mitchell<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Three bachelors live by themselves in this 1980's showcase of absolutely no style and horrible situational comedy. Peter Mitchell is the architect who in the same day gets mixed up both in sudden single parenthood and illegal heroin trafficking. Hilarity ensues. <br /><br />Like all comedy architects, we see Peter as he:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5m0LyreHovsPuYmSef1M2XM2UugtXGS_PwZk-lDhfCJNczAWIY34ZzvifPzLUAZ6i_Xi6xegBhzZV0ErGYD5RkF4HGPpCkiFQ6Lsl9CUsfdv23WwbUMaWPIiPKUD9akK0fp6S2iE6/s1600-h/Peter+CDs+and+Baby.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5m0LyreHovsPuYmSef1M2XM2UugtXGS_PwZk-lDhfCJNczAWIY34ZzvifPzLUAZ6i_Xi6xegBhzZV0ErGYD5RkF4HGPpCkiFQ6Lsl9CUsfdv23WwbUMaWPIiPKUD9akK0fp6S2iE6/s400/Peter+CDs+and+Baby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307342604226754002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Deals with a baby on his Construction Documents<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LhIwJwGqi9TgHBLi92Zc0_p3SrXdzBapwRXItSTfgHxch9o2JSDELcHpLfYiEfACW5-jCNIwtC37NZTpx6dHPIO9RMktIxxj50k_gwvmPt5tem0Ynx9aCsjO2LsmpokzQSK-ZHaa/s1600-h/Peter+and+Drawing+Tube.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LhIwJwGqi9TgHBLi92Zc0_p3SrXdzBapwRXItSTfgHxch9o2JSDELcHpLfYiEfACW5-jCNIwtC37NZTpx6dHPIO9RMktIxxj50k_gwvmPt5tem0Ynx9aCsjO2LsmpokzQSK-ZHaa/s400/Peter+and+Drawing+Tube.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307342603029374274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cant find his Construction Documents<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNK1HTqNl4Gm4aqokVpjC_t8I0IGqseMcHrXi42j0eSGQawgcYhzcVCLblNfD7ak1d06-Umu4wM0B0jQf0hYkGQstrz7XCzyUCW4kxFeH1IqhVIdhlKShiodqAXpneICAMhJCpiK3/s1600-h/Peter+at+site+Pointing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNK1HTqNl4Gm4aqokVpjC_t8I0IGqseMcHrXi42j0eSGQawgcYhzcVCLblNfD7ak1d06-Umu4wM0B0jQf0hYkGQstrz7XCzyUCW4kxFeH1IqhVIdhlKShiodqAXpneICAMhJCpiK3/s400/Peter+at+site+Pointing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307342607855954834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Points to something important on the job site<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">The best line of the whole movie is when Peter is trying to change the baby and he states, "I'm an architect for Christ sake, I build 50 story skyscrapers, I assemble cities of the future, I can certainly put together a goddamn diaper." The 50 story skyscraper in question is located on 56th btw 6th and 7th, as ascertained by the above picture. In the background, we see Phillip Johnson's AT&T building, which lead me to believe that the building he is building is this masterpiece:<br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWjzffVskdZTcsLy-yefPw28trMn9E0H8iU6LportkNthmzKfUZZMnmuvPFZwS0DAc540KMzY7hfiL-0qDgxUfqEJWkasv21i8Ca6m-Joi5UWmuLg_W4cw8TKwCCcCdHODXUENdV4/s1600-h/Building+in+New+York.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWjzffVskdZTcsLy-yefPw28trMn9E0H8iU6LportkNthmzKfUZZMnmuvPFZwS0DAc540KMzY7hfiL-0qDgxUfqEJWkasv21i8Ca6m-Joi5UWmuLg_W4cw8TKwCCcCdHODXUENdV4/s400/Building+in+New+York.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307342612101704354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-80035742584408474962009-02-18T10:47:00.004-06:002009-02-18T11:45:55.112-06:00Charles Bronson in "Death Wish"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XG2-zVyWHrBweUUHac5atLFWeN8CdG8kIN_3BQy68W5YP2T0hyg2bPzq-2VYv7AIWzRh-Noq6HvFYhmirTIjRWg_CRRIEoie_0PAoPo73gsoqK70vIC9WB_c7laB7eCN-Utz2KMk/s1600-h/death_wish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XG2-zVyWHrBweUUHac5atLFWeN8CdG8kIN_3BQy68W5YP2T0hyg2bPzq-2VYv7AIWzRh-Noq6HvFYhmirTIjRWg_CRRIEoie_0PAoPo73gsoqK70vIC9WB_c7laB7eCN-Utz2KMk/s400/death_wish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304188063536502258" border="0" /></a>Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey<br />William Redfield as Sam Kreutzer<br />Jack Wallace as Ives<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Urban violence reached its peak in the mid 1970's. In New York, people were afraid to walk the streets at night, muggings were a common, and white flight was in full swing. Paul Kersey is an architect who takes to the streets and pursues vigilante justice after his wife is murdered and his daughter is placed in a coma by thugs.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lyl5Mwbiw7gMtFmliRE1-X_O2xSPmK1pVQnY5tl4eCjo-GZvHoH-d5Ge-uyur1-kEWc-q3ATkv2fz3WHe4HqWEYtOxqCCDQUtfUa8gVYy0krPUDEHhaMqkuCcJOn4m9mFGpQS8wa/s1600-h/pow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lyl5Mwbiw7gMtFmliRE1-X_O2xSPmK1pVQnY5tl4eCjo-GZvHoH-d5Ge-uyur1-kEWc-q3ATkv2fz3WHe4HqWEYtOxqCCDQUtfUa8gVYy0krPUDEHhaMqkuCcJOn4m9mFGpQS8wa/s400/pow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304193187094584546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Bang Pow!"</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></div><br />However, Paul didn't start out as a violent man. He was a Consciencous Objector in the Korean War, a bleeding heart liberal who has finally had enough. As an architect, he is fighting to reclaim the city that he helped design. Charles Bronson has taken on vigilante roles before, most notably as a cowboy in the Magnificent Seven. However, Death Wish is one of the first films to depect an ordinary citizen taking up arms in a modern urban setting.<br /><br />Early in the film, Paul's boss sends him to a job in Arizona to get his mind off the attack on his family. It is here, where Paul meets Ames, a local developer. Mind you, this conversation takes place a good 20 years before 'sustainability' was a key word for the in-crowd.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ames:</span> I wanted you to see this country before you see the drawing back at the office. Give you a better idea. I don't want to change these hills. Don't want to bulldoze them flat.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Paul:</span> You waste a lot of building space.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ames:</span> Wastin' space. Now those are some words you big architects have got to change for something else.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Paul:</span> Such As....<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ames:</span> Well... Space for life! (<span style="font-style: italic;">pointing at a man on horse at the top of a ridge</span>) Like old Judge up there, space for people! Horses! Cows! I got funny ideas about building things.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zvpmlGJlzfc-Grrmeg8VCRSA-n7L40pbsaYsLPyQKjx48t6sw6sCq9tpOV3b2LckgTI4OBUE0EdkVMwZg-31b-tPFkbiKFviL7J_9VGxljXTeexqUnkdyGX5lmWUOUyE35S9ZDYN/s1600-h/In+Arizona+with+Model.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zvpmlGJlzfc-Grrmeg8VCRSA-n7L40pbsaYsLPyQKjx48t6sw6sCq9tpOV3b2LckgTI4OBUE0EdkVMwZg-31b-tPFkbiKFviL7J_9VGxljXTeexqUnkdyGX5lmWUOUyE35S9ZDYN/s400/In+Arizona+with+Model.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304193185308152866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Conscientious Objector and the Cowboy</span><br /></div><br />Later on, Paul is working late at night in the Arizona office. Ames is about to take Paul to the gun club where. A brief conversation about all-nighters takes place.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ames:</span> When do I get a look-see?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Paul:</span> In a couple days.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ames:</span> Guard said you were here till after midnight last night.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Paul:</span> Yeah, thats the way I work.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ames:</span> Somebody once said, I forget who, that he never looked back because something might be gaining on him. Whats gaining on you Paul?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Paul:</span> 20 million dollar investment. What else?Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-87472656609581352182009-02-18T10:20:00.007-06:002009-04-14T23:05:48.928-05:00Woody Harrelson in "Indecent Proposal"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHECf0qxcVP9S_mSp_-_8d6DLrc-4SWXtBl_qGAXTqut7aHIeG-sXOFvT9OUcCWtotY6fLwI2xbMANYxFTX3oRRDqSw54HFDUxNoBL4FKzet8aT5KfZnh4ZGnaYjqOqM5L0hv3bBcU/s1600-h/Indecent-Proposal-Posters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHECf0qxcVP9S_mSp_-_8d6DLrc-4SWXtBl_qGAXTqut7aHIeG-sXOFvT9OUcCWtotY6fLwI2xbMANYxFTX3oRRDqSw54HFDUxNoBL4FKzet8aT5KfZnh4ZGnaYjqOqM5L0hv3bBcU/s400/Indecent-Proposal-Posters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304174436798584530" border="0" /></a>Woody Harrelson as David Murphy<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In 1991, a recession hit America. As a result, architect David Murphy and his wife Diana, a realtor, both loose their job. They are $50,000 in debt because the architect is in the middle of constructing his 'dream house', a structure that "sums up everything he believes about architecture." After a trip to Vegas, David makes a deal with a billionaire: one night with Diana for one million dollars.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFGN-ZDlU4qMhaTIQ8E1wnyGCAYvqvAajDvH5NkOeRjwLQpH0d4fgjwat6hbfi-41Ww8O-UTuyOidM4Y7-MOtqft9maMNwROdCS69lsVgTgcVXHKFWkihc8v__G2SHg70v26NW_Ce/s1600-h/Dream+House+boarded+up.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFGN-ZDlU4qMhaTIQ8E1wnyGCAYvqvAajDvH5NkOeRjwLQpH0d4fgjwat6hbfi-41Ww8O-UTuyOidM4Y7-MOtqft9maMNwROdCS69lsVgTgcVXHKFWkihc8v__G2SHg70v26NW_Ce/s400/Dream+House+boarded+up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304178104100199250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is the house that sums up everything Woody Harrelson believes about architecture.</span><br /></div><br /><br />The movie starts out with dual voice over narrations, David and Diana desribe their love for each other, their past, the whole set up for the movie. In one scene, Diana says of her husband...<br /><br />"We never had much money, so for entertainment David would show me architecture that moved him. But sometimes I'd have to ask, 'Why are we looking at a stupid car wash.' And he'd reply, 'No, not stupid. Don't just use your eyes.' He made me look at things differently."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZZTib9RO70d3vgnVLVC0OQzrtbosJaCxjvvEdaC-wmi3qWSS2KwFRCAvlODgVo75ymPFL_mapLFpckFJqRsi-v0wf899h2bYl_Oiqcp5o5gGqP3SmBvFQ4-LDDgEQXhdM6WhcUrh/s1600-h/The+writing+is+on+the+wall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZZTib9RO70d3vgnVLVC0OQzrtbosJaCxjvvEdaC-wmi3qWSS2KwFRCAvlODgVo75ymPFL_mapLFpckFJqRsi-v0wf899h2bYl_Oiqcp5o5gGqP3SmBvFQ4-LDDgEQXhdM6WhcUrh/s400/The+writing+is+on+the+wall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304178100658703202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The writing is on the wall</span><br /></div><br />After the breakup, with the recession in full swing, David goes back to USC to interview for a job as a professor. Here, it seems like the dean really doesn't want good, experienced teachers to shape the minds of the future of architecture:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dean:</span> You've done alot since USC. First in your class. AIA award. Why would you want this job?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David</span>: Well, I want to work.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dean:</span> Overqualified.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David:</span> Fine, exploit me.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNLXJRTpuHICWzH5yVf42rctF6VDmj0eV3UDvN1zjQJ_2iWkfktX-mvPjBOhjSWj2IwhcLt7aZQQqJ_4NSfsZXcWGctohdbcsY7U7VuiCSHjkpylj1Rr2ec2IEeGiHmQlnEUTjp_6/s1600-h/Brick.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNLXJRTpuHICWzH5yVf42rctF6VDmj0eV3UDvN1zjQJ_2iWkfktX-mvPjBOhjSWj2IwhcLt7aZQQqJ_4NSfsZXcWGctohdbcsY7U7VuiCSHjkpylj1Rr2ec2IEeGiHmQlnEUTjp_6/s400/Brick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304178105262945938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Woody and brick.<br /></span></div><br />The scene quickly moves on to David giving a lecture to a group of students:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David</span>: Great architecture is only going to come from your passion. And even that won't assure you a job. Louie Kahn, died in a men's room in Penn Station for days noone claimed the body. (slide shows the Salk Institute) Look at that, is that beautiful? The money men did not weep, because the great ones are impossible to deal with, they're a pain in the ass because they know that if they do their jobs properly, if they just once get it right they can actually lift the human spirit, take it to a higher place. (holds up a brick) What is this?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Student #1:</span> A brick!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David:</span> Good. What else?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Student #2:</span> A weapon.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David:</span> Louie Kahn said that even a brick wants to be something. A brick wants to be something. It aspires. Even a common, ordinary brick wants to be something more than it is. Wants to be better than what it is. And that is what we must be. See ya on Friday.<br /><br />During the lecture, David shows slides of some pretty iconic architecture. The complete list is: Guggenheim New York Interior, Barragan House, Guggenheim exterior, A house that looks like Ghery's moms house, but isnt, Salk Institute, Phillip Exetor Library, Salk Courtyard, Salk again, Gaudi's Casa Mila rooftop, Eygptian Pyramids, Panthenon, Notre Dame, Ronchamp, Sagrada Familia, Chryster Building<br /><br />Interesting not, today we get our first crossover, two time architect...<br />Student #2, played by Art Ghudabala, also played an employee of the firm in Life as a House.<br /><br />I know alot of you out there are worried about the economy, some of you may have been laid off, some might be worried about mortages... I'm not saying that selling your spouse out is a surefire way to make it through the next year, but, its always an option.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-50636207389981451382009-02-18T10:09:00.004-06:002009-02-18T10:19:35.323-06:00Michelle Pfeiffer in "One Fine Day"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZyQiVBhByPM7gQDX_5qMw5Wb2phpkQfbe6JVOwDe4pKpS9sAP7WYSWm6T62_bq_rWYxmHAF-h-ZKMrQqbZG0a0hEDjnB73pSLUeyyQXTt-SBeHQXcojdrLBOWdWMeJSvabkyRgFS/s1600-h/one_fine_day.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZyQiVBhByPM7gQDX_5qMw5Wb2phpkQfbe6JVOwDe4pKpS9sAP7WYSWm6T62_bq_rWYxmHAF-h-ZKMrQqbZG0a0hEDjnB73pSLUeyyQXTt-SBeHQXcojdrLBOWdWMeJSvabkyRgFS/s400/one_fine_day.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304170954672740754" border="0" /></a>Michelle Pfeiffer as Melanie Parker<br />George Martin as Smith Leland<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A day in the life of two single parents, George Clooney is a writer, Michelle Pfeiffer is an architect, both of whom didnt make it to drop off their kid at a field trip, so now they have to trade off kids while they do their business. Inbetween work and falling in love, George has to expose a political scandal and Melanie (Pfeiffer) has the biggest presentation of her life. As she lands the big account, the empowered woman learns that she can't do it all on her own. This film runs like a golden age romantic comedy and has some great, memorable dialoge between the two leads. Hilarity ensues and they kiss in the end.<br /><br />This is the first film ArchitExploitation reviews with a woman as an architect. Quite an important point in a field that is mostly male, mostly white, and very control oriented. Watch Melanie as she ...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKbymYqnnKUVqptc6TpibxmmM0599whNGgypy5vtPHE9HJccOItCULitay-zGGShmkDpScwB_o5HnP0B9y0cHVcg649FaIiDYOx1jjO6THXipMX1Ah6rTWo67yCTT94ftjzM6Rala/s1600-h/Melanie+sketches+at+club+21+while+george+looks+on+and+plays+with+kids.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKbymYqnnKUVqptc6TpibxmmM0599whNGgypy5vtPHE9HJccOItCULitay-zGGShmkDpScwB_o5HnP0B9y0cHVcg649FaIiDYOx1jjO6THXipMX1Ah6rTWo67yCTT94ftjzM6Rala/s400/Melanie+sketches+at+club+21+while+george+looks+on+and+plays+with+kids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304171926266645474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sketches infront of clients at a bar!<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKoTU4ETIU3nk-ja2h1hRuZIz2oGA4z4rY8VgvpYKvnvjAZBShvzjKXtp8v5KbSSrc1ZMjtuI4bXIC7XoZ40A8lKcOv3432P0Q13jDbwk6Hz9eRTaBZMF1Q_22w0LHOY4K1qlmyIb/s1600-h/Melanie+puts+out+of+scale+cars+in+a+model.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKoTU4ETIU3nk-ja2h1hRuZIz2oGA4z4rY8VgvpYKvnvjAZBShvzjKXtp8v5KbSSrc1ZMjtuI4bXIC7XoZ40A8lKcOv3432P0Q13jDbwk6Hz9eRTaBZMF1Q_22w0LHOY4K1qlmyIb/s400/Melanie+puts+out+of+scale+cars+in+a+model.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304171922984921954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Puts Hilariously out of scale toy cars in a model!</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaen8J2AF2xLu_h3yZAsKbnVhIjQ3kUY3ZNkKUOsf_hbduk0z51YhruZrQMVqGhrI-CGOuIVT0NC0pZW0sl9-_gOMzdXuxhzFFGFu8aRoAggQmFa52HoweF75IITuCs8jZnSB3FfLu/s1600-h/Melanie+with+a+model.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaen8J2AF2xLu_h3yZAsKbnVhIjQ3kUY3ZNkKUOsf_hbduk0z51YhruZrQMVqGhrI-CGOuIVT0NC0pZW0sl9-_gOMzdXuxhzFFGFu8aRoAggQmFa52HoweF75IITuCs8jZnSB3FfLu/s400/Melanie+with+a+model.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304171917656584050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awkwardly carries the model! I hope she doesn't drop it!<br /></span></div><br />The best lines from One Fine Day come from the scene where the architect takes a model to be repaired at the model shop her firm runs. The model was damaged after Melanie was carrying the model, steped on a dinosaur her son was playing with and smashed the whole thing.<br /><br />Melanie:How bad is it?<br />Model Shop Guy: Well, it modulal, so its concievable that I could life out the damaged portion and replace it with the same piece from the mock up so i wouldn't have to start from scratch. It wont be perfect. I know you Melanie, you won't be happy with less than perfect.<br />Melanie: Today, I will.<br /><br />That today should be everyday for us all.<br /><br />In life, I mean. Perfect your work you lazy fuckers.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-50759608830797844362009-02-13T00:48:00.001-06:002009-02-13T01:00:24.746-06:00Helmut Bakaitis in "The Matrix Reloaded"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWv-MyohVwjF_iKrR2XGRuvwcAYosAqaBgoNSY6U2391d92ju-ZpdkMJPZ8jaw56yPKgDI2K6aNwTZa50BjxNj8pCCpvDazbvbs1fq2CATVfUeEhfrM6ecCO-SZ5pWB5xvlNFZZFFS/s1600-h/matrix_reloaded.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWv-MyohVwjF_iKrR2XGRuvwcAYosAqaBgoNSY6U2391d92ju-ZpdkMJPZ8jaw56yPKgDI2K6aNwTZa50BjxNj8pCCpvDazbvbs1fq2CATVfUeEhfrM6ecCO-SZ5pWB5xvlNFZZFFS/s400/matrix_reloaded.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302171230107449730" border="0" /></a>Helmut Bakaitis as The Architect<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hello Neo, Blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah, blah blah. Blah Blah. Ergo, Blah Blah Blah. Blah blah...blah. Blah blah. Blah, Ergo, Blah blah blah. Blah ... blah blah, Vis-à-vis: blah.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUY4RG1GZwMD0oapH-mhrOp7Xv-cYf866VpKflNd6_prAAGTRRdF2DsWZW5D5v2VE-a97ZZSFbCNBO_CoileQe5xPkUoNr-Y3d2XohmvkUuyBVPFlgvOxNz6gfXirnCYurFikHItU2/s1600-h/Matrix_reloaded_neovarchitect_600.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUY4RG1GZwMD0oapH-mhrOp7Xv-cYf866VpKflNd6_prAAGTRRdF2DsWZW5D5v2VE-a97ZZSFbCNBO_CoileQe5xPkUoNr-Y3d2XohmvkUuyBVPFlgvOxNz6gfXirnCYurFikHItU2/s400/Matrix_reloaded_neovarchitect_600.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302172693355765410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Its my guess that hes a posh retail architect. <br /></span></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-64187624805739153942009-02-13T00:33:00.003-06:002009-02-13T00:47:54.535-06:00Kevin Kline in "Life as a House"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5kSQUy6S0709UAKiSXHy1t2zjAJNRXdpsChiO8mwyUwZbh1tAr9aOwnLlSzQ7wEin5dRlwfNdaPC5ygUYmm__-JUImUYK4Lk0Mc7NJtJwSFfy5KfBeiaa8cs3VqK0jLShrHAwvv2/s1600-h/Poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 99px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5kSQUy6S0709UAKiSXHy1t2zjAJNRXdpsChiO8mwyUwZbh1tAr9aOwnLlSzQ7wEin5dRlwfNdaPC5ygUYmm__-JUImUYK4Lk0Mc7NJtJwSFfy5KfBeiaa8cs3VqK0jLShrHAwvv2/s400/Poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302166529447505186" border="0" /></a>Kevin Kline as George Monroe<br />John Pankow as Bryan Burke<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This 2001 emotion-fest is about an architectural drafter/model maker who finds out he has cancer and is given a few months to live. He quits his job, decides to build the house he always wanted to build and reconnects with his troubled son, ex-wife, nosy neighbors, and anyone else who is willing to give him a hug. The story is predictable, the acting is mediocre, and the architecture is craftsman, but dammit, they got me. I did cry, but only a little bit, I swear. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4LimAJEsKE4Nj5o7oAHgXa14aMBUrlYkKpSUazFGOvx8b1iYd6d37w2Csq_rISMW4eq7SI1FAOMeFk02CQWVYfhmSrTJMf9UDR3RQT-QL48rjxpn-qTd86BalTalUc0igLMZMfnl/s1600-h/In+the+Office.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4LimAJEsKE4Nj5o7oAHgXa14aMBUrlYkKpSUazFGOvx8b1iYd6d37w2Csq_rISMW4eq7SI1FAOMeFk02CQWVYfhmSrTJMf9UDR3RQT-QL48rjxpn-qTd86BalTalUc0igLMZMfnl/s400/In+the+Office.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302168675917213490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">George is about to find out he has ill. The rumors are true: zap-a-gap and accelerant do give you cancer.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBO60I-MPWYnrnu4reAHuAfeVo4T02o_hUF13f8h1laQdq3ninkIWiCFzppCelxkLIfyed1hcmKOqG3g65cnEhP1uvatQg4SuQZhxkul-dIT4NMl0awNPRZRVWxbvq9m1x5hjgFc0U/s1600-h/The+House.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBO60I-MPWYnrnu4reAHuAfeVo4T02o_hUF13f8h1laQdq3ninkIWiCFzppCelxkLIfyed1hcmKOqG3g65cnEhP1uvatQg4SuQZhxkul-dIT4NMl0awNPRZRVWxbvq9m1x5hjgFc0U/s400/The+House.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302168680201494994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">After production ended, they had to demolish the house and restore the site to its natural habitat. One LEED pt achieved. </span><br /></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-40798807629592288702009-02-12T23:57:00.006-06:002009-02-13T00:31:48.807-06:00Anthony LaPaglia in "The Architect"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSd-AXjhmJEO9hSPa52XN-bUrhCa_Jm1lAGGc7g14W4tosqp5z4vFtz2-PM8pUKuQVv_HDw_spWb31W-XoTubCGg0VS1D2RG7Ve7g4aJUgqqccVWLtMd6ga6-_8DCFM2f26jb4JOez/s1600-h/Architect+Poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSd-AXjhmJEO9hSPa52XN-bUrhCa_Jm1lAGGc7g14W4tosqp5z4vFtz2-PM8pUKuQVv_HDw_spWb31W-XoTubCGg0VS1D2RG7Ve7g4aJUgqqccVWLtMd6ga6-_8DCFM2f26jb4JOez/s400/Architect+Poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302157701874602850" border="0" /></a>Anthony La Paglia as Leo Waters<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Architect tells a tale of two families, one poor black family living in a southside Chicago project and the upper-middle class white family of the architect who designed the projects. It is great in that it deals with a many number of issues, cause and effect, HUD housing, and the ability of architecture and architects to create effective public housing, but not so great in the writing, acting, pacing and 'wtf' subplots. <br /><br />Tonya Neely is the matriarch of the family living in the projects, where she is campaigning to get the buildings demolished. She shows up one day to confront that architect, Leo, who designed the building, an architecture professor at Northwestern University (false), and gets the runaround. Eventually, Leo takes it upon himself to make some architectural modifications to the buildings in hope that Tonya will quit her crusade to demolish his work. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bLrTx-mc4p9aR9_iw_fdKo2XPWgpiSXXeETMq-QSTrLl3aPejrUYPN8pH64UItCqvGqK-DbFTyhAk46-qHpOyBgB0G7Ao8Zl2h0wl8FSmGdkmMJJglpfoqeh6df4n2pi8u6tMkAl/s1600-h/MEETING.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bLrTx-mc4p9aR9_iw_fdKo2XPWgpiSXXeETMq-QSTrLl3aPejrUYPN8pH64UItCqvGqK-DbFTyhAk46-qHpOyBgB0G7Ao8Zl2h0wl8FSmGdkmMJJglpfoqeh6df4n2pi8u6tMkAl/s400/MEETING.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302157593192312706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo:</span> I think you're going to be excited about what I've done here. OK, now this represents part of the problem. Each building is going to be resurfaced with the same glass facing. And then I'm going to open up the apartments, and use the glass atrium as a community porch. See, that way the residents have a place where they can interact and relax. Now, the sculpture in the middle unifies the whole design. Its a bekon, for the community. Aside from the external design, there are internal modifications and repairs than need to be taken care of...<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tonya:</span> This doesn't solve anything, Mr Waters. There are systymic problems that go beyond repair. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo:</span> Well, its not the design, it may be the excecution, but its not the design. Tanya, I was hired to build cheap homes. This was a state funded program. These are not luxury homes, Architecturally, this is a good design. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tonya:</span> People are lining up to leave. They are unhappy, they get sick. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo:</span> Its mass housing. Mass housing does not cater to the individual needs of people. Look, you can redesign it, you can tear it down, but the problems are still going to be there. There will always be unemployment, there will always be drugs.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tonya:</span> Mr. Waters, they did not hire you to build houses, they hired you to house people. Can't you see this isn't about you, this is about so much more than you. We're not blaming you, clearly you put alot of work into this, but couldnt' you see from the state of the projects that they were beyond repair?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo</span>: I redesigned this from my own original plans. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo's Wife:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">(butting in)</span> You haven't seen them?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo:</span> What?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo's Wife: </span>You didnt visit them? I mean, things must have changed since you designed it. Did you want to see?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo:</span> I didnt think it was necessary. I didn't want to cloud my perspective. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo's Wife:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">(who previously was infavor of the redesign)</span> I think you should knock them down. <br /><br />At the end of the film, Leo does visit the project and changes his mind. He signs Tonya's petition, only to be told that the vote was already passed, the building is scheduled to die. <br /><br />Two interesting notes on the movie: <br />1) This is the second movie that I've reviewed in which Isabella Rosalleni plays the emotionally distant wife of an architect, the first being Fearless with Jeff Bridges<br />2) While the movie takes place in Chicago, the situation reminds me of <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/pruitt-igoe">Pruitt-Igoe</a> in St. Louis, a housing project that was built in 1956 and demolished in 1972.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799967245433128436.post-69669554063350011862009-02-12T23:28:00.005-06:002009-02-12T23:50:08.229-06:00Matt Dillon in "Something About Mary"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVILobY23_bG1QEA20R6jizUMOJ9vHNVJ4kc1SbaG6MK8aTHg2zvgllEDF9bNcjvCR7Qfh5UJRxt-1YyHpqY5Wm9iRRX8JheD9NgaspVq9QQXArOlQtgREQhH3_-Oga6rQ5iOzsPK/s1600-h/Something+about+Mary.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVILobY23_bG1QEA20R6jizUMOJ9vHNVJ4kc1SbaG6MK8aTHg2zvgllEDF9bNcjvCR7Qfh5UJRxt-1YyHpqY5Wm9iRRX8JheD9NgaspVq9QQXArOlQtgREQhH3_-Oga6rQ5iOzsPK/s400/Something+about+Mary.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302150546191894050" border="0" /></a>Matt Dillon as Pat Healy as Pat Healy the Architect<br />Lee Evans as Norm the Pizza Guy as Tucker the Architect<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Although there are no real architects in this movie, two of the characters pretend to be architects to win the affections of Mary, a woman who thinks architects are sexy. Hilarity ensues.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0-cPwl6PyI0JKWwkFkWavXs44x7D0zPn6dAM2mXYvDwC02OItOLBNj3g4qMQ5ugubgaJo5zkbIYKYOuakR0X1jByClqnPWBC2fgEMaWY8gMMkKL38p5Jy7RSnUdypQ-iyMfhbrNH/s1600-h/Pat+Healy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0-cPwl6PyI0JKWwkFkWavXs44x7D0zPn6dAM2mXYvDwC02OItOLBNj3g4qMQ5ugubgaJo5zkbIYKYOuakR0X1jByClqnPWBC2fgEMaWY8gMMkKL38p5Jy7RSnUdypQ-iyMfhbrNH/s400/Pat+Healy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302149857661925650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pat Healy the PI as Pat Healy the Architect<br /></span></div><br />One of the best lines occurs when Mary drags Pat to the architecture exhibit. After Pat tries repeatedly to hurry things up and leave the place fearing that he may be found out, they run into Tucker, who exacerbates the Pat's anxiety.<br /><br />Tucker: Where have I seen your work?<br />Pat: Well, have you been to, uh well, let me see... Santiago, Chile?<br />Tucker: Twice last year. Which building's yours?<br />Pat: Are you familiar with the soccer stadium?<br />Tucker: Did you build the Estadio Olimpico?<br />Pat: No, just down the street the Celinto Catayente Towers. It's quite a fine example, in fact. I recommend that next time you're up that way that you drop in and take a gander at it yourself.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_xqesfRPYLpGsCD5POFFjk2CRAbCYSzd6tXv2F_nnR7PsvlXPh775DJSi6hD8fSOuxWoHiX5eR34YxcZV3Fz-pyUOpvcgFwC6mpVxBAj4tl-ARgOZX9vqH4yocmjo0k2qZ2vSHFt/s1600-h/Tucker.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_xqesfRPYLpGsCD5POFFjk2CRAbCYSzd6tXv2F_nnR7PsvlXPh775DJSi6hD8fSOuxWoHiX5eR34YxcZV3Fz-pyUOpvcgFwC6mpVxBAj4tl-ARgOZX9vqH4yocmjo0k2qZ2vSHFt/s400/Tucker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302149853098735266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Norm the Pizza Guy as Tucker the Architect</span><br /></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376013693619737587noreply@blogger.com2