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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Candyflip on March 10, 2008, 08:33:11 PM

Title: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: Candyflip on March 10, 2008, 08:33:11 PM
I remember it being pretty well-agreed upon by quite a few people here that it was hugely overrated, but I just caught it on HBO and thought it was decent. I'm not a big fan of Spacey, either. The angsty WAAIMATEENAGER daughter and "I hate feggits" Marine-dad were both a bit cliche but it was at least enjoyable.
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: hyp on March 10, 2008, 08:34:31 PM
no hate here, i liked it.

:rock
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: hyp on March 10, 2008, 08:36:05 PM
^ yea that's probably spot on too.
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: Eric P on March 10, 2008, 08:37:57 PM
hugely overrated and pretentious
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: Candyflip on March 10, 2008, 08:39:57 PM
Well, I wasn't really paying attention when it came out so I suppose avoiding everyone creaming their pants over it helped.
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: Akala on March 10, 2008, 08:40:58 PM
I really hate that movie. It was just so pretentious and thought it was making some huge statement.  :punch
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: hyp on March 10, 2008, 08:41:44 PM
one of my old college buddies fingered the scronny blonde chick or something like that.  i forget what they did, but he went to high school with her in L.A.
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: Eric P on March 10, 2008, 08:42:39 PM
i remember really liking it when it first came out

which was in 1999

i was 23

sounds about right
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: Akala on March 10, 2008, 08:55:21 PM
I remember everybody loved it when it first came out. At first, I was one of two people I knew who didn't like it. I'm glad when I realize that history has been kind to me and bestowed a terrible backlash upon this filth.

Another reason I hate it so much is that the movie cockblocked me. It is so bad that I couldn't silently put up with it for two hours in order to have sex with a weepy 'intellectual.' It was one of her favourites, so she was probably a bad lay anyway. >:( :maf
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: Raban on March 10, 2008, 09:00:30 PM
Everything except the second dinner scene was Shit on Ice Skates.

And the creepy stalker dude looks like Simon from Firefly.
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: Candyflip on March 10, 2008, 09:06:26 PM
one of my old college buddies fingered the scronny blonde chick or something like that.  i forget what they did, but he went to high school with her in L.A.
She had nice nipples :hump
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 10, 2008, 09:16:02 PM
Seems like a movie I'd give a 9.5. I'll have to check it out
Title: Re: Why all the hate for American Beauty?
Post by: Ichirou on March 10, 2008, 09:31:21 PM
I thought it was hilarious.