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Movie Marathon, Pt. I Ah, readers, we meet again. Im sorry its been a while. Much as changed since our last exchange (the way I begin blog posts has obviously not. Oops.) I finished my last MIT classes, I ate my last meal in the Simmons dining hall, I graduate in about a week! But we will not talk about that right now (read: I will not get sentimental about that right now). Instead, lets talk about all the movies Ive been watching since finals week ended! See, I love movies. Funny movies, serious movies, foreign movies, mindless/escapist movies, deep meditations on the human condition movies, indie movies, blockbuster movies, I LOVE EM ALL! I have never seen a movie involving time travel that I did not like.  I can truthfully make that statement because I have never seen Hot Tub Time Machine. I do love the Back to the Future trilogy, Primer (best, best, BEST movie about time travel ever made; its one of my favorite movies of all time haha, see what I did there? I should stop.), Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure, Looper, Safety Not Guaranteed, Midnight in Paris. But I digress! The point of this paragraph is that I havent had a lot of time to watch a lot of the movies Ive been wanting to see (or havent had the occasion to view them). UNTIL NOW. Thats right, Im farting around until graduation (which, remember, we will not talk about right now) so that means I have both the TIME to watch movies AND constant access to friends who I can coerce into watching movies with me because I know they have no excuses! (Ive also realized that there is a Spongebob gif for almost every occassion in life.) This was the list of movies I compiled: Another Earth Of Gods and Men A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Gattaca Never Let Me Go Adam (the 2009 one with Hugh Dancy) Winters Bone True Grit Promised Land (ehh I know, I know, I know its going to be terrible but I saw We Bought A Zoo so how much lower can Matt Damon sink??) The Breakfast Club (Im ashamed, leave me alone) Inception (Im ashamed, leave me alone) Departures (the 2008 Japanese film) Poetry (the 2010 Korean film) The Giant Mechanical Man Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (I feel like I wouldnt be allowed to graduate from MIT without seeing these.) Friends With Kids Iron Man 3 (I missed the premere that the Class of 2013 saw because I had symphony rehearsal) Star Trek: Into Darkness The Place Beyond the Pines And this is Part I of how my fellow film-viewers and I felt about some of these movies. Ready or not, here come the reviews! Movie: Gattaca Elizabeth-digest version: Its the future where genetic screening (especially before birth) leads to the phenomenon of genoism, or the discrimination of the genetically inferior (anyone with a disposition to health problems as predicted by their genome). The main character wants nothing more than to be an astronaut, but hes unable to due to his inferior genes. So he steals another dudes genetic identity! Panel reaction: Roy on plot: The whole Im undah covah! They gon find me! is a pretty thrilling premise BUT the rest of it is kinda..eh. Apocalypse Now is better and longer. Roy on the musical score: They overused the theme. Everything involving water, looking at the stars, every quiet moment Sayeed on film construction: I didnt get it.  (To be fair, he started watching after we had gotten through over half of it.) Me: Ehhhhhhhhhhprettygood? A lot of folks hyped this movie up, so perhaps that contributed to my slight disappointment over it. I loved the premise and it made me really happy that its an original script. I like that it gets you to think about what constitutes the value of a human being and the consequences of biotechnology. But as a bioengineer, some of the science they incorporated and the way they address some of the technology drove me absolutely NUTS. (#MIT) Sorry Im being super vague I dont think I could actually articulate the details without giving away a lot of the movie. Should you watch it? Yes. And then you should become civically responsible scientists. Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Elizabeth-digest version: Frodo and Sam continue to try to destroy The Ring (but dont), Aragorn and pals continue to fend off all the crap thats preventing Frodo and Sam from destroying The Ring, we get introduced to Treebeard. Panel reaction: Maita LOVES LOTR. Shes your go-to person if you want to know anything about anything when it comes to Tolkien. In fact, shes the one that finally convinced me to see the movies. We watched Fellowship a couple weeks ago, and it was only right to finish off the trilogy before we parted ways. Two Towers is her least favorite movie of the three, but she still loves it! Roy also LOVES LOTR. You can probably tell that he was pretty pumped about it. Two Towers is his favorite of the three. I thought Two Towers was better than Fellowship (12 was what I was trying to convey in that picture). Keri told me last night that a movie can seem pretty awesome, but if you promptly forget about it or stop thinking about it right after you see it, then it probably wasnt that great to you. I guess thats how I feel about LOTR, and I feel really bad that I dont absolutely love it, butI just dont. I dont dislike it, and I totally respect and even understand why so many others are so obsessed with it, but I cant remember ANYTHING that happened and I saw this movie three days ago. I like that the film seemed like it was a labor of love from the filmmakers. I love the cinematography and the score is amazing. Amazing! And the story is great. Its a great epic story, and thats not something thats easy to come by. I just dont remember it. Adrian is also part of the I LOVE LOTR club. He thought Two Towers was solid. Movie: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Elizabeth-digest version: Spoiler alert! Everything that you expect to happen happens. Panel reaction: Honestly, it was a pretty epic movie but HOLY COW ITS SUCH A LONG MOVIE! We were wiped by the end of it. It didnt help that there are about five or six instances where the movie couldve reasonably ended, but didnt. (Me: Oh, what a nice place to close the movie Peter Jackson: PSYCHHHHHH!) x6 On the bright side, Ive now viewed the LOTR trilogy. I have not ventured into any of the extended versions. Baby steps, folks. On the brighter side, I now finally appreciate and understand this meme: Movie: Inception Elizabeth-digest version: I cant Readers Digest this. My best attempt a team of people try to infiltrate into someones dreams to implant a seemingly self-originating idea into his mind. Panel reaction: Roy: Thought the use of the scores theme was well done. 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Panel reaction: This movie wasnt originally on the list, but my roommate (Sneha) got free advanced screening tickets to todays showing, so we mosied over to Boston Commons and saw it. I thought it was solid. It serves the same utility as the Oceans trilogy and The Italian Job theyre all heist movies, but theyre also really fun movies that arent entirely mindless. The epitome of entertainment. There are some seriously gaping holes in plot and character development, and Isla Fishers acting is truly horrendous. If you do not like Jesse Eisenberg, his presence will probably annoy you (I dont mind him, and I actually kind of liked his casting). But the movie features some pretty fun magic tricks and is funny enough. Sometimes I want to see a movie to be mentally challenged. Sometimes I want to see something beautiful. Sometimes I just want something playing in the background while I do laundry or while Im cooking. Now You See Me would not be an appropriate choice in any of those scenarios. 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Which of these items might be called architecture - a circus tent; a sports stadium; an egg carton; a roller coaster; a log cabin; a skyscraper; a computer program; a temporary summer pavilion; a political campaign; a bonfire; a parking garage; an airport, bridge, train station, or your house? The list could go on forever. The Architecture of the Car Park, 2010, by Herzog de Meuron, 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida. Roger Kisby/Getty Images What Does Architectural Mean? The adjective architectural can describe anything related to architecture and building design. Examples are abundant, including architectural drawings; architectural design; architectural styles; architectural modeling; architectural details; architectural engineering; architectural software; architectural historian or architectural history; architectural research; architectural evolution; architectural studies; architectural heritage; architectural traditions; architectural antiquities and architectural salvage; architectural lighting; architectural products; architectural investigation. Also, the word architectural can describe objects that have a strong shape or beautiful lines - an architectural vase; an architectural sculpture; an architectural rock formation; architectural drapery. Perhaps it is this use of the word architectural that has muddied the waters of defining architecture. When Does a Building Become Architecture? The land is the simplest form of architecture, wrote American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), implying that the built environment is not exclusively man-made. If true, are the birds and the bees and all builders of natural habitats considered architects - and are their structures architecture? Architect and journalist Roger K. Lewis (b. 1941) writes that societies tend to value most a structure that transcends service or functional performance and that are more than mere buildings. Great architecture, writes Lewis, has always represented more than responsible construction or durable shelter. Artfulness of form and artistry of building have long been the dominant standards for measuring the extent to which human made artifacts are transformed from the profane to the sacred. Frank Lloyd Wright claims that this artistry and beauty can only come from the human spirit. Mere building may not know spirit at all, Wright wrote in 1937. And it is well to say that the spirit of the thing is the essential life of that thing because it is truth. To Wrights thinking, a beaver dam, a beehive, and a birds nest may be beautiful, lower forms of architecture, but the great fact is this - architecture is simply a higher type and expression of nature by way of human nature where human beings are concerned. The spirit of man enters into all, making of the whole a godlike reflection of himself as creator. Apple Headquarters Designed by Norman Foster in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images So, What Is Architecture? Architecture is an art bridging the humanities and the sciences, says American architect Steven Holl (b. 1947). We work bone-deep in Art - drawing lines between sculpture, poetry, music and science that coalesce in Architecture. Since the licensing of architects, these professionals have defined themselves and what they do. This hasnt stopped anyone and everyone else from having an opinion with no one architecture definition. Sources Gutheim, Frederick ed. Frank Lloyd Wright On Architecture: Selected Writings (1894-1940). Grossets Universal Library, 1941, p. 141Harris, Cyril M. ed. Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. McGraw- Hill, 1975, p. 24Holl, Steven. Five Minute Manifesto. AIA Gold Medal Ceremony, Washington, D.C. May 18, 2012 Lewis, Roger K. Introduction. Master Builders, Diane Maddex ed., National Trust for Historic Preservation, Wiley Preservation Press, 1985, p. 8McIntire, Mike. Enough About Gates as Art; Lets Talk About That Price Tag. The New York Times, March 5, 2005, www.nytimes.com/2005/03/05/nyregion/enough-about-gates-as-art-lets-talk-about-that-price-tag.htmlSchjeldahl, Peter. Gated. The New Yorker, February 28, 2005, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/02/28/gatedWright, Frank Lloyd. The Future of Architecture. New American Library, Horizon Press, 1953, pp. 41, 58-59