American Beauty - There's so much beauty in this world

[FilmIsMyPurpose]

in my opinion this is one of the best movies ever made... it's so amazing but so incredibly simple...this is the reason i love movies so much...

[linrogerson]

J ai lu vos commentaire .... mais merde ne changez pas de fournisseurs !

[TheBinouille]

Moment de grace, intense

[migled9]

That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know 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, and my heart is just going to cave in.

[bloodyanalwarts]

this guy must be smoking some QUALITY weed! Can i have some?

[IkusaSamurai]

@bloodyanalwarts Shut the fuck up and stop being so predictable.

[PoisonYoshi]

Peter: *gasp* Look! It's dancing with me! It's like there's this incredibly benevolent force that want's me to know that there's no reason to be afraid. Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, it makes my heart burst...

God: IT'S JUST SOME TRASH BLOWING IN THE WIND! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW COMPLICATED YOUR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM IS?

[MrNurten]

This movie are one of a kind!!! Love American Beauty, and I Love this scene! I cry everytime I see this scene, because I know some people don't understand how wonderful life is in this world. And if you are just happy just to see the sun or a new day, and know that you are still alive one more day.

[TheBottleofsand]

This is the most beautiful scene in the film. I wish people would stop talking about the family guy Piss take.

[PrickledMantis]

do you have any idea how complicated your circulatory system is?

[stratman123]

Whose beauty was captured? The empty bag...or the invisible air that manipulated it? The plastic bag put a face-a skin... to the churning wind twirling just as it has always done. Have you ever felt like there was something great inside you that just couldn't be expressed? Just a sense of it? The plastic bag gave a gift to the invisible air all around it. There is beauty in the wind...

[Kekokop313]

family guy

[MaxClancy]

profound poetry which is beyond words, really... Makes me cry every time

[blaspid]

One of the best scenes in movie history..So deep.

[emry7]

seriously if I ever wish to have a tattoo it will be those words after 1:10 (except for the 'video's a poor excuse, I know' part)

[gudguy25]

Best scene ever, so beautifull, but yet so simple. I had a tear in my eye first time I saw this scene...

[tonyt012]

@gudguy25 I had a 1000 tears.

[Houston1120]

@gudguy25 me too, even watching it the fifth time makes me cry for its beuaty. it´s so simple but yet so fascinating...

[LightStijn]

"You want to see the most beautiful thing I've ever filmed?"

"No."

[JanksterProductions]

I wonder how environmentalists feel about this scene...

But seriously, it's awesome.

[lordgrotrot]

the narration of the scene is what elevates it to what it is..a classic scene of the highest order..

[lordgrotrot]

sensational scene. a work of art. sam mendes halcyon moment..

[wanderlust927]

Ricky looks so much like a husky

[saphirstone17]

one of the most beautiful scenes of the wohle film...yes we have to be aware how much beauty is surrounding us...even in little things..and money, that doesn't matter at all...we only remember and seeing the bad somtimes..and we need to open the eyes and our hearts to see all this beauty things around us..and value it...

[adamblazer100]

Im sorry i couldn't stop starring at his eyebrows, what was this video about again?

[blablaidontcarewhour]

2:06 That's where he loses me. You can admit that in an otherwise great movie, that was incredibly cheezy. My main problem with the film is that it ignores the BEAUTY of subtlety and beats you over the head with imagery and symbolism by explaining it through dialogue. I feel like the filmmakers think I'm stupid. There's much more of a reward when you can interpret and analyze a film or scene to "get" a movie as opposed to having it shouted at you.

[horsedoctorman]

This scene fails because it's a classic case of telling instead of showing. I get the point of this scene. There is beauty in mundane things we rarely have time to notice. But the plastic bag is not beautiful. It's just a floating piece of crap. You need a bunch of dialogue TELLING you it's beautiful. If it was really beautiful you wouldn't need all that explanation.

[Charthe1st]

@horsedoctorman I don't think the scene is just about the image though, I think it's a combination of the images and scripts, emotions and acting. This scene comes beautifully together (:

[KnoxBlondie]

I love it when she instinctively reaches to kiss him, what a tender moment. Fantastic movie.

[MusicLoveSite]

...it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the worId.

Sometimes I feeI Iike I'm seeing it aII at once and it's too much.

My heart fiIIs up Iike a baIIoon that's about to burst.

And then I remember to reIax...

and stop trying to hoId on to it.

And then it fIows through me Iike rain,

and I can't feeI anything but gratitude...

for every singIe moment...

of my stupid IittIe Iife...

[herzelg]

amazing scene

[TheNexus]

Favorite film of all time. Nothing else even comes close.

[veritablewhoswho]

Now, I tree I get.

[veritablewhoswho]

While I thoroughly liked this film, this scene, sans the beautiful background music was incredibly inane. A plastic bag circling in the wind, wonderful. Maybe if I were high I guess.  There's so many more beautiful things in life than a f**king bag floating in the wind.

[Gluumer]

@veritablewhoswho Of course, you won't understand this scene until you've had a moment of deep appreciation for things yourself. It's not about the bag, it's about shutting the voice off in your head that tries to label everything. Even the simpelest things can become very interesting if you just look without slapping a label like "just a plastic bag circling in the wind" on it. I've once sat and watched a tree waving back and forward for hours in a state of awe without a hint of boredom.

[jacaliuthc]

What is the piece of music in this scene? I've heard it before and always wondered.

[Inmateshardstyle]

@jacaliuthc Thomas Newman - Any Other Name

[Kennko89]

i cant say this film has made me look at things differently , as i havent wanted to see things differently, i see things in my life as i choose, thats my choice, but what i will say is this is one of the, if not THE, most perfectly crafted and beautiful films i have and probably will ever see. These kinda scene's just highlight that..I will continue to watch this film for years to come and continually be outstanded by its excellence...

[KnoxBlondie]

@Kennko89 No one has said it better. Thank you for the outstanding comment.

[EclecticSF]

An incredible moment in time. Stop. Observe Beauty in the Moment. Is it just a plastic bag dancing in the breeze or is it a metaphor of life itself?

[BuffyAndGaga]

My favorite element of this story is the motto itself: "Look closer." The saying says so much about the film itself, as well as reflects on life. I love this movie so much. It's the closest to perfect I've ever seen.

[davidmjeong926]

This is my interpretation : a plastic bag is a fragile thing that is sure to drop to the floor when the wind stops(our mortality). It's light & empty(our mere existence in the world.) But it moves freely on its own in the nature(the universe); it doesn't hold a thing, as if it has let go of everything, with no suppression - notice every character in the movie is deeply repressed. This is what Lester refers to as "a balloon... flows through me freely like rain" at his death. The bag is free.

[Schalalamba]

@davidmjeong926 It´s always the same ;) But unfortunately today it´s simple to be happy, but hard to be simple ...

[Houdini774]

You seem to overlook the fact that the chacter Ricky Fitzs comes from a very sad and disfunctional home. He has learned to turn his pain outward and grasp things that are of beauty to calm himself down. But just to placate you for a moment, yes it is only a paper bag in the wind. The Mona Lisa is just a painting. Micheal Angelo's David is just a statue. The cathedral at Notre Dame is just a building. You seem to be a shallow, one dimentional person.

[Mariusstr]

Your description says this is a dialogue, but it's clearly a monologue...

[dnbjedi]

One Dislike? thats bad karma for him srs bzn

my heart explodes everyday, we are supernovae.....

[vtgreenmt]

This film makes me sad.

[imgaston]

One dislike. How does one even

[super1upmushroom]

its a shame that the internet is so intolerant to religion (im not saying believe in god im just saying dont put him down unless provoked)

[nepatriots7501]

Awesome

[TyreezyTyrak]

So that's how it feels like to feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind. Feels good.

[worldunionspirit]

To be present in the Presence, to be now and not in anything, to be surrounded by all the angels, all Council Elders, all the love that exists. To be so full of a willingness to participate in a World of Union and Peace, to be the Miracle of our Generation. To inspire and to play, to joy and to say, that only could you be what you are meant to be, and you are meant to be the most wonderful most loved and best. There is so much in you that is holy, so much of you that is holy, so much so, so much

[worldunionspirit]

When we come to the most beautiful, we meet who we cannot become. We meet, a non existence, a subtletly too pure, to not even be pure. An opening so vast that centerdness is that shape. And creativity springs to make a spring of love that is inside all of us if we just let the water go. And time here is the most important factor, because that is our safety, that is our guardian, it is our clock, it is our miracle. To know god is to not know God, and to know God is just to be so cool that you may

[Sanimangas]

@worldunionspirit

I was loving your comment up until you started spreading religion :(

[StylinOut]

I love the Family Guy version of this.

[380371]

the first time i saw this i was like wtf but then as i watched it, i realized the true beauty of it

[kfag101]

Wes, come back to work!

[Jibbuns]

This scene gives me goosebumps every time. Beautiful.

[metalheadache1972]

all i will say is is if you understand then you got it,remember to remember,because once it gone that moment will neverever return

[Sthrudel]

the one who disliked this has no heart I guess

[fillupmiportion]

Did nobody else find this scene utterly pretentious and incredibly cringe-worthy?

[TubeDestroyer2010]

@fillupmiportion Nope

[Beatmyguest001]

@fillupmiportion Not really, but I found your comment rather pretentious. Although I wouldn't go as far as to say it was cringe-worthy. But each to their own. We're all entitled to our own opinions.

[NiceGuyKeath]

It's just some trash blowing in the wind! Do you have any idea how complicated your circulatory system is???

[TubeDestroyer2010]

@NiceGuyKeath Idiot

[jessicakennon]

@NiceGuyKeath You obviously don't understand the point of the scene, maybe you need to dig deeper in your life.

[NiceGuyKeath]

@jessicakennon I understand the point of the scene. I also understand that its message is conveyed by a couple of kids who don't know any thing about the world. As far as "digging deeper in my life", I've got plenty of things in my life that are meaningful, none of which is revolving around a plastic bag floating in the wind and the masses that interpret as "deep" or "meaningful".

[jessicakennon]

@NiceGuyKeath The meaning behind it for me is how even the most frivolous objects if you really focus on it, you will find something captivating behind, like almost as if it's alive, that's how I feel. I've come to this kind of realization before not because of this movie, because honestly, I've done the same thing he has done, sat there and stared at something most people don't pay attention to and somehow I find it beautiful and poetic. But hey, we all interpret things differently.

[charforeverbiotch]

this movie changed my way of looking at life...thank you american beauty.

i love you. <3

[alexisSRR]

bawled my eyes out like a bitch the first time i saw this... and every time i do. absolutely wonderful.

[newlyborn09]

The movie made me sick to the stomach because it showed the raw ugliness and confusion in this crazy world. It also made me realise the subtle but definite and inifinite beauty in this world.

This is a movie that I hated watching, but I will never forget. And I don't regret watching it.

[alec022]

@newlyborn09 - your an ugly piece shit of lower Intelligence and have no business existing in a world with all this beauty

[newlyborn09]

@alec022 haha what? care justifying your ridiculous comment?

[alec022]

@newlyborn09 relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, let it flow through you, like rain and you wont feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of your stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday.

[newlyborn09]

@alec022 lol re-read my original comment and try and take a moment to understand it before you call someone an ugly piece of shit. i appreciate the film, but I'm just calling it ugly...you have seen it right...?

[jessicakennon]

@alec022 Seriously?You are going to say such harsh words towards someones opinion, especially when their opinion was not even unintelligent, they were being honest? Did you not read where they said that this scene made them realize the beauty of the world? I don't see anything wrong with that. I think you just read and hear what you want, it's like you scanned that persons comment and didn't think it thoroughly through.There's a difference between an honest opinion and a harsh,cruel opinion.

[actinglover31]

i think this is one of the most beautiful and profound scenes in a movie.

i think i cried when i first saw it.

[IloveRiverRIP]

Wes' acting was stunning in 'American Beauty', especially in this scene. I really hope that now he is sober he will get his career back on track, and give us amazing performances again.

[Dresden1065]

If this was some ingenious ploy of Ricky's to get the girl, then he is a bona fide Casanova. That was a brilliant hook line and sinker. lol

[darkstef14]

what were Ricky's exact words at 2:08?

[IloveRiverRIP]

@darkstef14 'Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world.. I feel like I can't take it.'

[cannywf1]

@darkstef14 He says "I feel like I can't take it"

[boxpine69]

beautiful!!!!!!!

[SunnieSoaps]

poignantly displayed and received! Gawd I so love this!

[skysearcherblue]

A profound meditation on life and transience. The iconic scene of a plastic bag caught in an updraft and dancing amid the leaves of the Fall stunningly captures the rhythm, poetry, majesty and meaning of the Fall, provoking us to reflection on the very nature of existence. Are were merely little on the breeze like the plastic bag or is there is greater, grander plan in place for us….?

[TheNextAvrilLavigne]

what's so great about a plastic bag flowing in the wind? I don't get it I mean I love the dude but he's not making any sense

[368amiex3]

@TheNextAvrilLavigne

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.

[TheNextAvrilLavigne]

@368amiex3 like staring at a painting?

[Houdini774]

@TheNextAvrilLavigne I'm no great philosopher or deep film critic, but what I think this scene is trying to say is if you look at even the most mundane things in your life, a paper bag in the wind, two rain drops racing each other down a window pain, a bird carving across a clear blue sky. If you look close enough at these things you will find beauty and bring it into your life. If we focus on all the beauty in our lives, we tend to forget the ugly things that happen to us.

[CommanderHulio]

@Houdini774 It's just a plastic bag blowing in the wind! Do you even know how complicated the circulatory system is?

[papithebear]

@CommanderHulio just watched that family guy ep love it

[TheNextAvrilLavigne]

@guitarplyr371994 notice how ricky doesn't blink that's going in the ripley's believe or not book lol

[witoman29]

This is without a doubt the most beautiful movie scene ever created. It captures the absolute beauty of the world, and there is yet to be a movie that can beat this one scene. Add to that the end scene, this movie is Number One of All Time.

[MrSiebel]

He's an Empath...

[XbirthdayXmassacreX]

*lifts head* ...what time is it?

[rurikvred]

Absolutely the BEST scene in film history with dialogue, cinematography and soundtrack meshing to show the instant of innocent and poignant love. Nothing beats it...

[milnusthegnome]

@rurikvred You....are...the first person...to say something, cinematically.......TRUE

[rurikvred]

@milnusthegnome

Thx! I am a movie buff, watched most studio movies, starting at silent films forward through the studio system, to independents, and this scene still stands alone as clear as a blue sky in Australia outback... the best. I'd actually like to hear of any other opinions of other scenes.

[crushxcrushxbaby]

@rurikvred i agree, but i also love the scene in forrest gump where *spoilers!!* jenny is about to die and forrest is having a flashback of when he was in vietnam, running across the country, and watching the sunset on the desert.

[Hilallamaa]

@rurikvred I would say the ending scene in this movie beats it :) Or at least is it's equal.. It's pure bliss...

[jpthomason]

Groovy...

[sookiestackhouse2u]

Incredible.....

[torriew411]

cool video

[DjKiba]

don't they use this song in House

great clip btw