If you want the best in life..............LOOK CLOSER!

Rating: 9/10 (19 November 2005)

A celebration for Hollywood, I must admit. They usually trash out any old rubbish these days but this is one of those which hides away from the 'typical' everyday movie and shows us a whole new thinking to life.
First of all, let me just talk about the acting in this movie. The whole direction side of the movie is second to none. Just brilliant. Every little scene is mastered to perfection. The 5 Oscar's speak for themselves (even though I'm not too fond of the whole Oscar system). Kevin Spacey is officially 'THE MAN'. His acting deserved 10 Oscar's alone.
This movie is beautiful. It teaches us there is more to life than what seems. Never jump to conclusions. Never become depressed too easily. ever give up. Never give in. Never be mad. There is so much Beauty in the world. It's true. It may actually sound stupid, "There is so much Beauty in the world?" Like what you may ask? A paper bag floating around? What on earth is so beautiful about that? Well, I don't know, I DO KNOW but some things are best left unsaid. And 'THAT' is what Beauty is in my eyes. The silence..."Silence speaks a thousand words". Silence is beauty. It's the most powerful weapon you could EVER have! In any situation...stay quiet...because if it's meant in you're destiny...it'll happen for you.
After watching this for the first time I was shocked. Not because it was good. No, because it was the most appalling movie i'd ever seen. I had thought to myself, what a waste of time! How did I let myself waste 2 hours of my brilliant little life on this crap? I didn't even understand it.
However, after giving it another chance on DVD (WITH subtitles) this time, as the ending came round, I was in awe of this cinematic masterpiece. I was in regret. I regretted it so badly, because I never 'LOOKED CLOSER'. I looked at it like any other movie. A sad little story about a pathetic little loser named "LESTER". That's what it is. We only see things how we'd like to see them. We only see things our eyes want us to see. We never ever LOOK CLOSER at anything.
You have to watch it for yourselves but anybody could relate to this movie. It's simply brilliant. Please don't knock it after one viewing. Watch it over and over again (if you have enough time!) and I can guarantee you will come to love this movie and appreciate it like no other.
I wouldn't say it's my best of all time, because it certainly isn't but it's in my top 5. It's give me a whole new base to life and helps me in the thinking of others.
We must not judge a book by it's cover. That is the worst thing to do. After watching this, I took a look at my life and realised how many things in American Beauty I could relate to. It's like I feel regret, because I never saw this earlier. If I had seen this earlier in my life I would have been brought up in a whole new manner.
For all the people who haven't seen the movie YET, "You have no idea what i'm talking about. I'm sure.. But don't worry..........YOU WILL SOMEDAY!"