iamwhatiseem
Diamond Member
District 19 or something like that.... I saw it on video later, not a bad ending.
There was another movie in the 80's that was pretty wretched. Death Before Dishonor I gave up on it. I should have walked out of American Beauty, Cloud Atlas.
American Beauty is a movie that is difficult to get through.
On one hand, it is a very good movie. And portrays the "quiet desperation" of so many people very well.
The story book tale of love, marriage and family all living in harmony is simply not the case for many unfortunate people.
And the movie does a good job showing the frustrations, exhaustive routines and pointlessness of modernity. (For those that look at it that way)
However, the movie also, very visually, displays the main characters sexual frustration in a sexless marriage and his fascination for one of his daughters friends. Get's pretty damn icky. The actor was 20 years old when making the movie, but they obviously chose her for looking like she is 15.