In ancient Egyptian mythology, a dead person's soul would be weighed against the feather of truth in a ritual called a psychostasy. If their soul was lighter than the feather, it would ascend into the afterlife. Heavy souls were devoured by Maat, eater of the dead. Good films go to hard drive heaven while the recycle bin eats the rest.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
american beauty (1999)
a drama directed by sam mendes
a fucked up family lives in a fucked up community. the father gets fired and starts smoking cannabis and working out because he wants to have sex with his daughter's friend, the daughter falls in love with the neighbor who video tapes her and the mother has an affair with "the real estate king" at her job.
the audio and video were high quality because this is a new film. it was, however punctuated by pop music.
I'm kind of torn about this one. the plot is "here's a fucked up family, if you're not fucked up, you're boring", but they develop this plot very well. there's pop music, but the character development is absolutely awesome. it's standard hollywood bullshit, but I enjoyed watching it. this is why I'm giving it an o.k. review. it's not a bad idea to watch, but there are many movies that are much better.
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