I'd totally forgotten about that one, but definitely saw it attached to something at the time. Of course in retrospect Phantom Menace would NOT be the #1 movie from 1999 to have watched, and neither it or Austin Powers 2 would even be in my top 5. We had Matrix, South Park, American Beauty, Fight Club, Sixth Sense, Iron Giant, Being John Malkovitch, The Mummy, Ghost Dog... so many good movies that year!

Try watching American Beauty from the new cultural perspective, there is definitely a new layer of meaning.

Ditto. Was that random porn, scenes from Eyes Wide Shut, or scenes from American Beauty? I only paused on one of them. Overall felt like they were riffing off Red Letter Media's/Plinkett's thing.

The look on his face reminds me of American Beauty and the guy's reaction to a dancing plastic bag in the wind... "There so much color in the world... I just can't take it..."

Nice.

You mean from the other side of the pond dude.

P.S...... Thank you

Edit:- Having been there 5 times, I think this guy sums up the average American beautifully. I've only heard of him within the last year or so & if he ever pays a visit here, I'm DEFINITELY going to go see him....Enjoy

"Song For America" - (Stephen Lynch, NSFW)

Every sane person have the right to own a gun. But as Jon said, we need to change the way we perceive guns. They should be like dad's nazi dishes ("American Beauty" reference): nice to look at, safe kept and used on special occasions.
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Why wasting billions and billions of dollars on cancer and HIV research. There is a very long failing history.

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The best DVD commentary I've heard was that of American Beauty, from the director. I learned that I didn't actually know about half of the stuff that was going on in that movie. Things like the shadows created by the vertical blinds in his office evoking prison bars. I LOVE that stuff. >> ^spoco2:

>> ^jimnms:
>> ^spoco2:
Commentary tracks are the one special feature I don't like, actually those and the stupid 'watch the film with popup behind the scenes snippets'.
I LOVE behind the scenes stuff, but if I want to watch the movie I WANT TO WATCH THE MOVIE. I don't want to half watch a movie, half listen to people talk about the movie. Give me a behind the scenes documentary that shows and tells me about how things were done and you'll have me watch for longer than the running time of the film even (which many of the docos are)
So... yeah, I just don't listen to them.

I don't watch entire movies with commentaries on, but sometimes I'll go back and watch a scene or two with it on. There was on movie that I did watch with the commentary on, Sunshine. I went back to watch one scene like I sometimes do, but the commentary with directory Danny Boyle and Dr. Brian Cox on as the scientific adviser was so damn interesting that I ended up watching the rest of the movie before I knew it. I had to start it back from the beginning with the commentary on and watch back up to that scene.
The special feature I never cared for were the interviews with the actors where they just brown nose and ass kiss the director, producer and other actors.

Oh yeah, the press kit half hour long ad 'making of' 'docos' are terrible. But things like the bonus features on the Lord of the Rings discs, or those on Blade Runner, ooh, or the making of 'The Abyss', that's awesome. That stuff is fascinating to me. I LOVE seeing how movies are made. I just would rather watch a movie OR making of... not a half way house

1. Hangover 2
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Fight Club
4. Scarface
5. Dazed & Confused
6. American Beauty
7. Superbad
8. The Godfather
9. Are We There Yet?
10. There Will Be Blood
11. Road to Perdition
12. Coming To America
13. Airplane
14. Borat
15. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
16. American Pie
17. Ghost
18. The Graduate
19. The Karate Kid
20. Hangover
21. Death To Smoochy
22. Wedding Crashers
23. Half Baked
24. Fatal Attraction
25. Jerry Maguire
26. Little Shop of Horror
27. Tron
28. A Christmas Story
30. The Last Starfighter
31. The Dark Knight
32. Anchorman
33. E.T.
33. Along Came Polly
34. Wanye's World
35. Devils Advocate
36. 40 Year Old Virgin
37. Jaws
38. GoldFinger
39. Delirious
40. Full Metal Jacket
41. The Cooler
42. Ferris Bullers Day Off
43. Men In Tights
44. Men In Black
45. Blazing Saddles
46. Cable Guy
47. My Girl
48. Napolean Dynamite

the music at the beginning, is that from American Beauty?

this makes me think of the bag scene in American Beauty, if this had the soundtrack it would be perfect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r91jVeyFl4I

If you play both videos at the same time wile watching this it works!

>> ^Throbbin:
I have very little respect for women who walk around looking like Trollops. I met my spouse in college, and her roommate would wear layer upon layer of foundation - so much so she looked like a wax statue. Then the copious amounts of black eye shadow, bright red lipstick, and then spray herself with a cloud of cheap perfume.
Needless to say, it was nasty. One wonders why they do this - do they think it'll help them get ahead? Nymphomania? Low self-esteem? Were they taught this by their mothers? Sisters? Television?
When I'm walking around a mall, I see these types of women around - the kind that see you, size you up, make eye contact, and then get insulted when you don't shower them with attention. When this happens, if I have a male friend nearby, I usually tap my buddy on the shoulder, point at them, and laugh so that they can see me.
May not be nice, but I figure it's good for them in the long run.



Comercial society translates well with the average, low self esteem woman. Have you seen American Beauty? "At least I'm not average!" "Yes, yes you are." Paraphrase...

>> ^sweetlime:
What? No "American Beauty?"


"American Beauty" was 1999.

So, who has the balls to compile a list of everything shown here? I think I could come up with about 2/3 of these.

What? No "American Beauty?"

thank you so much for the promote..it is a great song...:)

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*promote

I just bought "American Beauty" This song was so perfect for the closing scene in Freaks and Geeks.

*promote

I just bought "American Beauty" This song was so perfect for the closing scene in Freaks and Geeks.