American Beauty ending is perfection

[Richmma80]

I watch this movie every few years. It never gets old.

 

[TrueBias]

This was the furst movie I felt 'moved' by and fucking hated that bag part.

The ending is good, but as a whole, it never comes to mind when thinking of great parts.

 

[SammyPops]

Its good.
I really liked the Unforgiven's ending

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

He masturbated while lifting to maximize gains...

 

[Lucas1980]

I personally loved the movie and it still holds up every time I've watched it..

 

[jeff7b9]

He masturbated while lifting to maximize gains...

But when I try that I get "banned from the YMCA"

 

[Lucas1980]

But when I try that I get "banned from the YMCA"

You should've just joined Planet Fitness.....

 

[syct23]

When I first watched it I totally sympathized with the kid neighbor, in just wanting to smoke some weed, get laid and get away from the parents.

Now, 25 years later I sympathize with Lester’s point of view.

Movie holds up..

 

[jeff7b9]

You should've just joined Planet Fitness.....

They have my picture behind the desk.

 

[Quadtavius Tuck]

It's corny af and I didn't like it

I guess if you're a closeted gay it might be appealing

 

[I Am Legion]

I gotta tell ya....when Mena opened her shirt and showed those sad titties I felt horrible for even watching the movie.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I gotta tell ya....when Mena opened her shirt and showed those sad titties I felt horrible for even watching the movie.

What about when Thora Birch got her cans out? Decent set

 

[gonads20]

Great movie. Still holds up.

 

[mixmastermo]

It took me a couple of watches to figure out the neighbor was the one who actually killed Lester.

It felt a little ambiguous to me because Lester's wife was prepared to kill him, and the neighbor's wife was basically dead emotionally anyway, so I thought the neighbor killed his own wife and Lester's wife killed him.

 

[Madmick]

The Godfather
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Dances with Wolves
Trainspotting
Blade Runner
The Usual Suspects
Gone with the Wind
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
Dancer in the Dark
Primal Fear
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
There Will Be Blood
The Thing
Snow Falling on Cedars
Citizen Kane
The Searchers
The 400 Blows
Do the Right Thing
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
It's a Wonderful Life
Bicycle Thieves
City Lights


Those are movies that come to mind when I think about perfect endings. Another, one of the greatest endings in film history, but a controversial one, as deeply hated by more than those who love it, probably, is No Country for Old Men. It reminds me of the way The Sopranos divides people. I remember the latter jolted me when I first watched it, I felt cheated, unfinished, but then...when I accepted what the ending was conveying, that it really wasn't ambigous, I realized leaving me with the feeling of that is precisely what made it so great.

Although I hold perhaps no ending in higher regard than I do the final episode of the HBO series The Leftovers. If you've never watched the show, that's a big ask, in terms of investment, but I'd urge you not to read anything about it. If the show is for you, you'll know by the end of the first episode. You'll be intrigued. You'll be helplessly pulled by the question of the show's central mystery. Never before have I known a work of art to lean so heavily on a mystery like this, cliffhanger after cliffhanger, and manage to deliver a satisfying conclusion. The Leftovers did, and even more. It's astonishing.

 

[TheRash]

The film was kinda trite, but not enough to stop it from holding up decades later as a great film.


Curious to see what most people think of the film “Magnolia”….both have the same vibe

 

[zapataxiv]

great film really changed my view on litter
it's not trash it's art

 

[Sweater of AV]

Pretty good movie although I'd need to see it again after all this time.

Curious to see what most people think of the film “Magnolia”….both have the same vibe

Magnolia is a masterpiece but has a pretty different vibe imho.

 

[llperez22]

loved that movie when it came out. Bought the blue ray years ago and decided to watch it. It just did not hold up for me, I just could not get over how pathetic and creepy the main character is. I dont think it has anything to do what we know about spacey in real life either, I mean just the movie itself.

 

[jeff7b9]

great film really changed my view on litter
it's not trash it's art