Beauty lies in the eyes of the ........ ?

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2008)

Where does beauty lie? Why do you find something beautiful that your closest friend dislikes? What is beauty itself? These are just some of the million questions that I have asked myself after viewing American Beauty, possibly for the 8th or the 9th time. In our daily lives, all we do is complain about all the things we don't have. But if we just "look closer", there is always beauty in every little thing. We just can't appreciate it all, because there is way too much beauty.
This movie has changed my life in ways I couldn't have possibly imagined. If I am in a train and bored, I just look around at all the people, or just stare at the running trees... And it is not just beauty in vision, even music that sounded ordinary before sounds better because I am able to appreciate it better.
The one scene that is totally out of this world is the flying paper bag scene.A lot of people don't seem to like it, but the minute I saw it, I felt goosebumps all over my body and it didn't stop until the scene was over.
There are so many aspects to this movie. I haven't even discussed the characters, the plot, the underlying satirical exaggeration. But, the only reason I gave it a 10 (the only other movie I have given 10 is Shawshank's Redemption) is simply because it has changed the way I perceive life. I live life by the day and at night, think of all the beautiful things that I saw or did or heard that day. And that gives me great satisfaction and a beautiful sleep...