Showing posts with label American Beauty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Beauty. Show all posts

Sunday, June 17, 2012

TOP 10 SHOTS from "American Beauty"

Welcome to TOP 10 SHOTS, where we usually have a tendency to take up films of strong cinematographic prowess to look at the greatest choice shots of the affair. This weekend doesn't precisely evoke much visual wonder in terms of the films releasing, and in fact seems to exist basically to give people a breather from the more seriously inclined blockbusters and family-friendly animated charmers of the surrounding weeks. So I could bend over backwards to accommodate one of this weekend's releases, like a previous idea I had of sinking my teeth into "Burlesque", in correlation with "Rock of Ages", a film with similar theme and the mutual D.P. Bojan Bazelli.

But I'm not going to do that, since this weekend also has the occasion of being father's day, and usually when a holiday reels around the corner I feel more inclined to go with something that laughs at the holiday more than it exonerates it. It just so happens that it's father's day weekend, and though there are so many films that could fit the occasion well, I'm going for something that's quite hilariously unconventional. More than that, though, it is also a film that truly screams of massive cinematic value, with plenty gorgeous shots to pick from. Taking on "American Beauty" was quite a fun challenge to pit myself against.