Man, this is why I love movies

Rating: 7/10 (16 November 2000)

Sometimes I wonder. I wonder if my years spent dedicated to watching movies are worth it. I wonder if it is worth the thousands of dollars I've spent on DVDs, videos, and equipment. Sometimes I think, "Everyone else goes to concerts and buys CDS, and here I am buying movies. Worthless movies." Then I come across something like American Beauty, and I realize why I decided to do devote my life to movies.
American Beauty is one of those movies I love. Much like Fight Club, the movie starts out in our normal, everyday world. Only in Fight Club, it was the world of apartments and Startbucks, in A.B. it's the suburbs.
And ,like Fight Club, one man has a simple idea to change his life, and then it all goes horribly wrong.
I compare the two movies because I love this kind of plot. Other than what I have already said, they are nothing alike. They do both have the same premise: leave the beaten path of society and BE HAPPY. And then of course, the s**t hits the fan.
The best thing about this movie is how beautiful it is (some pun intended). The colors are so beautiful that it seems like you're staring into a painting.
I didn't love this movie as much as some people did. I still think the best movie of the year was Three Kings (PLEASE TELL ME I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!!!!!!!!!!) But American Beauty is sooo good other wise. Any movie that takes aim at society is a movie I love. But this movie does it with style and taste.
This is a movie about sex, drugs, and everything you're not supposed to do. The movie sort of makes fun of middle class families, so if you are a middle class house wife with high morales, then this may not be your movie. But I liked it. And that's all that matters (to me anyway).
Being a person who's spent his entire life in a suburb, I found this movie hilarious. People who live in the city or in apartments may not get all the jokes.