American Beauty

The wonderful world of Netflix...

Its amazing to me how wonderful brilliant movies seem to slip by unbeknownst to me.  American beauty is one of them.  Albeit Kevin Spacey is an amazing actor and he truly did an amazing job in the movie but the character that held my attention the whole time was Ricky Fitts.  He's quiet confidence, his non-secular good looks and above all his intensity.  I think I'm drawn to that. Those polar opposite characteristics that lure me in.  He's plastic bag monologue was amazing. 

Do you want to see the most beautiful thing I've ever filmed? It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing, and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was just, dancing with me, like a little kid beggin' me to play with it - for fifteen minutes. And that's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know that there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember - I need to remember. Sometimes, there's so much beauty in the world - I feel like I can't take it, like my heart is just going to cave in.

I'm with Ricky on this one. I need to remember that there is so much beauty in this world and if it caves, it caves.

Caving,

N.