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The Score for this motion picture is simply spectacular; get it! |
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uh, i used to love it...i listen to it a little less lately but some tracks are really wonderful - the movies is no less great ofcourse |
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Huh, I don't remember a damn thing about the soundtrack. Kinda classical sounding? |
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imo, the movie is a masterpiece - 5. Mental Boy is very yummie, too bad it's only 1:43 |
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the soundtrack is not the same as the motion picture score - the score are original compositions by Thomas Newman. The soundtrack is something entirely different. |
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there's a soundtrack as well? any good? |
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yeah, I bought the soundtrack first, under the impression that the original compositions would be there, but the soundtrack only holds the songs played in the movie; don't remember which, but like the music Lester listens to during his work-out in the garage - regular songs, kinda.. no, not any good :) |
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this movie is one of my all time favorites! "today is the first day of the rest of your live" |
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"that's true of all days, except for one; the day you die." one of my all-time favs as well :) |
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loved this film, it was so not what I was expecting ! I can't remember much about the soundtrack, apart from that main track so I'll have to check it out =oD |
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the soundtrack is nice. has some really nice work on there. Thomas Newmans score for "The people vs. Larry Flynt" is also good. American Beauty is overrated, as a film I think. I hate that voice-over. totally unnecessary. and the forced artiness of the boy, not very convincing. the thing I really, really disliked was the cop-out at the end. here we have a girl who professes she likes having sex - no love involved, she just likes sex. but what do we find out at the end? she lied. she is still a nice little virgin. phew! |
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My last pre-boycott RIAA purchase arrived today, the soundtrack to Solaris. Fantastic stuff. |
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I love the voice-over; Kevin Spacey is very articulated, he's got a pleasant ironic slash sarcastic voice, and a great way of telling. The cop-out at the end you're referring to, is a tiny bit of the whole point; to wrap yourself in shiny paper to conceal what really lies beneath; The Truth, The Weakness and so forth, imo. |
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i might go watch the film |
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what? you might? where's your anus at boi? |
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ok ok i will c ya |
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good boi :) I'm addicted to this move. I have it on DVD and I've probably watched it 20 times already. imo, it's all that! |
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nowdays I seem to notice alot of stuff on tv which sounds very "thomas newman/american beauty" influenced piano work. |
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lol I'll prolly botch this, but it's the best line. ----- Hun, what's in the driveway? Oh that? A 1973 Ford Thunderbird, Racing Yellow. Hun? Whose is it? It's mine, I bought it, I RULE!! |
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"I'm not a drunk, I don't fuck other women, I've never hit you. In fact I've never laid a hand on you, since you made it so abundatly clear just how unneccessary you concider me to be!" |
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this how it goes: Uh, who's car is that out front? Mine. 1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car I've always wanted and now I have it. I rule! |
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hehe, this one is great: "I see you're smoking pot now. I suppose you think smoking illegal psychotropic substances is a good example to set for our sixteen year-old daughter?!" "You're one to talk, you bloodless, money-grubbing freak." |
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-I don't think you'd fit in here. -I have fast food experience. -Yeah, like twenty years ago! -Well, I'm sure there have been marvelous advances in the industry, but surely you must have some sort of training program. It's unfair you presume I won't be able to learn. |
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winner! what a movie :D |
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in fact, imma watch it again tonite :) |
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yeah, I loved this movie... and yeah, it wasn't what I expected... great commentary on the current reality of suburban family life... plus I also find it very inspiring, that the main guy (forget his name) can turn full circle at the midway point of his life, and find happiness and contentment like that... |
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thomas newman rocks. i love those out of tune guitars he uses -- i watched shawshank redemtion the other day for the first time in a long while, and did you know he scored that one too? sheesh, the things you notice when you read the credits! |
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it doesn't hold up at all to consecutive viewings. the film. the score is really nice though. |
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hehe :) |
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I love that movie & I own that soundtrack. Its to hear that you like it too. Thomas Newman is ace IMO his Score for Green Mile is nice aswell. He also did some stuff for About Schmidt. Have you noticed that About Schmidt (in the Trailer e.g.) has the same theme as American Beauty ?? That really confused me.. |
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i didn't notice this (haven't seen the about schmidt trailer), but something i notice about newman is that he has a very distinct style and he doesn't stray. so a lot of his stuff sounds the same...absolutely PLAYER, but very very similar. |
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he did the theme for "six feet under". which is written by the same person as American Beauty. |
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i hate the fact that alan ball feels that he's got to show faggots in a good light just so he can make the main prtoagonist a faggot. Those two gay guys in the film were totally plastic characters introduced to balance the scales against the evil doings of the ex-army guy. Let's face it, gays are bad. |
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Got to agree with you...gays are bad people. *grabs random gay person from the street and reprimands them* 'Bad gay. Bad, bad gay.' Anyways, in response to the main topic...Thomas Newman is a great composer...as good as Craig Armstrong who is definitely overrated IMO. |
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i LOVE this film |
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you tart ;) |
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is there a track list for that ? |
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for a mid-life crisis type movie, it is damn good. for an over-the-hill crisis movie see, About Schmidt its fucking great. |
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I prefer american beauty... about schmidt bored me a little |
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TRACKLIST: 1. Dead Already 2. Arose 3. Power of Denial 4. Lunch with the King 5. Mental Boy 6. Mr. Smarty Man 7. Root Beer 8. American Beauty 9. Bloodless Freak 10. Choking the Bishop 11. Weirdest Home Videos 12. Structure & Discipline 13. Spartanette 14. Angela Undress 15. Marine 16. Walk Home 17. Blood Red 18. Any Other Name 19. Still Dead |
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FUCKING LOVE ITTTTTTTTTTTTT |
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Choking the Bishop goes really great along with the scene but so do many |
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oh, so you've seen it now, huh? |
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"plus I also find it very inspiring, that the main guy (forget his name) can turn full circle at the midway point of his life, and find happiness and contentment like that..." funkmaster, but doesn't he realize that the happiness and contentment he has found is just another illusion? after all, all he has done is reverted to his teenage dream of happiness and contentment: building up his body, chasing the hot girl, driving the fast car, dispensing with responsibility. the true moment of realization is when he recognizes the face of his illusion, and sees the "hot girl" as the potential victim of his mindless exploitation. his death symbolizes this transformation. in his death, he looks back and is grateful for every moment, even those that he squandered in ignorance. i thought this was an excellent film. |
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i love that movie, spacey rules in it spacey rules period, hence my new avatar |
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I really liked the scene where annette gets caught by kevin at the drive through with the king... annette - "lester, just stop it" kevin - "no, no, you don't get to tell me what to do, ever again, (thunder rumbles) |
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I don't know, I used to be a big fan of him, but he seems to come across as incredibly smug, although that may be the scripts he does... |
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he is a bit typecast nowadays. but i have to say, he does the role a lot better than robin williams. |
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i'd seen it beforre, but only twice and ages ago. |
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