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American Beauty?

posted 11 years ago by JungleJay
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This movie reminds me of American Beauty, anyone else? Except without all the drama and more comedy ofc...

[–] nickek-1 11 years ago

The same way frozen dinner reminds you of a gourmet meal?

[–] JungleJay 11 years ago

yah

Yeah, "American Beauty" was a pretty repulsive thing.

Nothing that "The Ref" didn't do first (and better).

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[–] newleaf 10 years ago

Well said. This movie was funny, and was intended to be. American Beauty wasn't funny at all, and wasn't intended to be.

[–] FutureVessel 10 years ago

?? American Beauty was hilarious.

[–] MonkeyGirl1990 10 years ago

Lester is one of the best film characters ever written. he is seriously hilarious.

[–] ntsci 10 years ago

it deals with similar issues but in a very different way. This film does not have the main character obsessed with an 18 year old friend of his daughter, but it does have many themes in common with American Beauty. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, this one a few more weaknesses, but up until the graduation speech is actually a very funny movie.

From American Beauty, I learned never to weight lift in a garage, ha ha.
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[–] GonoManiax 10 years ago

They share some themes, but, honestly, I think I've watched American Beauty like 10 times and enjoyed more and more with each viewing; yeah, that's just some fúcking good film which is gonna be remembered for ages as an all-time classic.

On the other hand, while I liked Crazy Stupid Love, the script fell apart at the end, it got really stale, and boring.

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