A short message to the close minded and great praise for beauty

Rating: 9/10 (17 March 2000)

I must shortly comment on all the close minded remarks people have made about this film. Namely anyone who said these characters and how they act is not believable. Well let me tell you something. I have lived a mere 17 years on this Earth and I have seen a lot things. Many of which put the shocking behavior many have commented about in this film to shame. I've seen things, heard things, done things that would make many sick to their stomachs. And the truth is I'm bound to see and hear and do a lot more in life. I'm a normal, middle-class, Suburban teen. Still just like the movie much of my life same as anyone elses that I've encountered is just a commercial. "The truth is stranger than fiction." And. "Fiction has to make sense, the truth doesn't." Are two little phrases that come much to mind when I watched this movie and read many reviews.
Okay maybe that wasn't short. Still, my point is this. American Beauty is very real blurring the lines between fact and fiction like no movie, no anything ever has done before. While still remaining an art form with many deep and true messages for those willing to open their minds and accept them. Who the hell said that the movies or TV couldn't teach you anything? Noone. I loved it. Since I saw it, since it made me think, I've been been in the best mood of my life. It was beauty and exactly what I want when I go to see I movie. To me it beats anything ever before by a long margin. I've watched well over a 1,000 movies in my time. Well over 200 of which are on IMDB's top 250. I love The Godfather, but to me American Beauty should and I believe soon will be number one.