ordinary people

Lupe 2022-04-19 09:01:04

The front of the front, looking out for American Beauty.
It seems that everyone inside is abnormal, including LESTER who originally thought that he was worthless, but then saw his daughter's classmate and changed dramatically, and the "absolutely can't do VICTIM" who would slap himself when he didn't work well and then CAROLYN, who ordered himself not to cry, as well as JANE, ANGELA, RICKY, RICKY's father (sadistic...) and his demented mother, and the two GAYs named JIM, the real estate king who calls himself KING ...
The people who appeared, except for the fat boss in the fast food restaurant, all looked a bit bizarre.
But think about it carefully, they are all normal, so normal that there are many, many such people in our daily life. It's just that the movie puts this normal in front of us naked and makes us pretend that this is not normal and that we are normal. Let us comfort ourselves and deceive ourselves.
What ANGELA always said is, I hate to be ordinary, the worst thing is being ordinary,
so she told her partner how much she had been through and how fascinated men were for her, she just wanted to use this to cover up her ordinary . But in the end, when LESTER finally wanted to be with her, she said "it's my first time". Then, LESTER helps her get dressed. Then, when they went to the restaurant, ANGELA said that he was going to WASHROOM, but LESTER was killed.
When ANGELA acted most tenderly and like a normal girl, a result that was known from the beginning happened.
JANE and RICKY rushed downstairs, JANE saw his father's blood splattered, his eyes hadn't closed. If LESTER hadn't been killed, she might have gone to New York with RICKY.

Also interesting about JANE and RICKY. JANE first found out that RICKY was filming her, so she went to tell ANGELA, ANGELA said that he was a lunatic and was once locked up in a mental hospital. Then when she found out that RICKY didn't look at her at all, she became furious, and since then she has defined RICKY as a pervert. But his friend came with him.
In fact, ANGELA must be very jealous of JANE and RICKY psychologically. Because although she keeps talking about how popular she is with men, she has no real love. And RICKY and JANE are together, listening to each other and filming each other. In fact, she knew it in her heart, not to be extraordinary to everyone, but to be extraordinary to the very person.

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Extended Reading
  • Garland 2021-10-20 18:58:17

    The emperor of Kevin Spacey! The living conditions of the Americans shown in the film are much different from the impressions given to us in previous Hollywood films. Almost all the characters are a little abnormal, and their livelihood, work, and children are overwhelmed by them. When Angela said she was the first time, I was stunned~~

  • Trystan 2022-03-25 09:01:03

    Screenwriting textbook, read and recite the full text.

American Beauty quotes

  • Jane Burnham: Somebody should just put him out of his misery.

    Ricky Fitts: Do you want me to kill him?

    Jane Burnham: Yeah, would you?

  • Colonel Frank Fitts: Where's your wife?

    Lester Burnham: Uh, I dunno. Probably out fucking that dorky, prince-of-real-estate asshole. And you know what? I don't care.

    Colonel Frank Fitts: Your wife is with another man and you don't care?

    Lester Burnham: Nope. Our marriage is just for show. A commercial for how normal we are when we're anything but.