tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774543733310763244.post4694203403015788395..comments2023-10-02T01:35:35.565-07:00Comments on Dangling conversations: American BeautySudhir Paihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18175346934416808224noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774543733310763244.post-14157991489035459162008-06-14T12:22:00.000-07:002008-06-14T12:22:00.000-07:00@ randomizer:oh...i gotta try this...i'll watch am...@ randomizer:<BR/>oh...i gotta try this...i'll watch american beauty again. :)<BR/><BR/>and i cannot tell you enough abt how much i admire spacey as an actor!<BR/><BR/>have you watched 21 ?Sudhir Paihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18175346934416808224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774543733310763244.post-80230297900325304402008-06-11T15:26:00.000-07:002008-06-11T15:26:00.000-07:00Man, 'American beauty' and 'Eternal sunshine of th...Man, 'American beauty' and 'Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind' are two movies that are going to be really hard to beat on my list. <BR/><BR/>Both these movies have the most amazing soundtracks, casts and direction. Few scenes in film history will be as memorable as the last minute of American Beauty... especially the seemingly ordinary but immensely beautiful scene of the plastic bag dancing in the wind... with of course, the amazing narration by Kevin Spacey.<BR/><BR/>I must've seen this 5 times already and each time, you notice and admire a new scene or line from the film. I can't wait to watch it again :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774543733310763244.post-91045523854890648372008-05-07T22:50:00.000-07:002008-05-07T22:50:00.000-07:00were as easy?? I didn't get that. But thanks for t...were as easy?? I didn't get that. But thanks for the compliments,amrit!<BR/>:)Sudhir Paihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18175346934416808224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774543733310763244.post-54904383820814152922008-05-07T22:08:00.000-07:002008-05-07T22:08:00.000-07:00Hey, great post dude! If only other things were as...Hey, great post dude! If only other things were as easy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774543733310763244.post-64650915754809664742008-04-29T04:22:00.000-07:002008-04-29T04:22:00.000-07:00Really?? That was the only one??sigh!Really?? That was the only one??<BR/>sigh!Sudhir Paihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18175346934416808224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774543733310763244.post-13511043434188741412008-04-29T00:32:00.000-07:002008-04-29T00:32:00.000-07:00I'm sure I've certainly not lived a great life, no...<I>I'm sure I've certainly not lived a great life, not great enough to die for. </I><BR/><BR/>But great enough to be lived out.<BR/><BR/>/aside (That was the only sentence in the whole post that caught my eye. :) )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774543733310763244.post-18248711389610047542008-04-28T12:16:00.000-07:002008-04-28T12:16:00.000-07:00:)well said! This comment of yours will be highly ...:)<BR/><BR/>well said! This comment of yours will be highly quoted in the future, madame! <BR/><BR/>Speaking of which, it occurs to me that I'd hardly thought so much about the other characters in the movie.Sudhir Paihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18175346934416808224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774543733310763244.post-3087523421274330262008-04-28T12:07:00.000-07:002008-04-28T12:07:00.000-07:00What makes this movie so special for me? The fact ...What makes this movie so special for me? The fact that it chooses it's characters with much deliberation, concentrating on variety. So we have our quintessential loser Mr. Spacey who ups his quotient by giving us that lopsided, defeated smile and cribs constantly. But his wife who is going through hard days, and is possibly as much of a 'loser' at her work as is her lets-stay-together-for-the-sake-of-janie betrothed. But she draws the curtains and cries. Janie finds solace in the strong arms of her lover, on his bed no less. And her best friend takes delicate steps towards Mr. Loser himself, in her flimsy underwear. Everyone is battling their demons in their own special way, and then running of for a jog to sweat it out. American beauty lies in a flying bag, it lies in a maple trees and papery thin skin, it lies in the intensity of love, lust and locking away your secrets, it lies in these intense moments through your mundane lives. And more than anything else it lies in the fact that its diversity converges at that final moment of wakefulness, when no matter who you are you will remember and relive you own beautous flashes stretching on forever.MISSquoted**https://www.blogger.com/profile/03688385193107964141noreply@blogger.com