Scottie, beam me up...or down...or anywhere this film isn't!

Rating: 1/10 (16 May 2000)

A perfect example of the vapid hollywood culture that would produce such an ugly film and then title it AMERICAN BEAUTY. Question: why would they do that? Answer: because they can.(And because they like to.) After all aren't we trampling over one another to sing the praises of this anti-hero, anti-man, life is absurd and meaningless adventure into the sewer portion of human nature. Man has baser aspects, but what does it reveal about those who wallow, dare I say worship, in them. OH BUT IT TELLS US SO MUCH ABOUT OURSELVES!! Speak for yourself...and your fellow lemmings if you believe that rot. Granted the opening jerk-off in the shower scene was filled with pathos and deep personal meaning for me, but my wife Babs(a full blood and registered american sheep)thought it a bit over the top.