American Beauty

With the spate of movies that regurgitate the same old scripts, or indeed remake old classics, there are only a couple of seemingly ‘new’ movies. As I scanned through Netflix, looking for movies with my favorite actor in them (Kevin Spacey) I came across two movies I consider classics. K-Pax was one watch out for a review shortly – I will be watching this movie tonight!, American Beauty the other.

I must admit, when this first came out I really had not interest. The ‘fantasy’ that this movie portrays albeit one that is perhaps based on reality simply had no pull to me. Eventually though it turned up on TV and as there was absolutely nothing else on the other 193 channels, I decided to watch it.

From the very first captivating scene, in which you are essentially seeing the movie’s ending, you are instantly drawn into the movie. Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a very successful man, he has a wonderful family but his life is somewhat repetitive and staid.

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