Putting a new twist on the subject of suburbia is no easy task and Mendes deserves great credit for his fascinating look at what goes on behind the white picket fence. Fall Out Boy ‎– American Beauty / American Psycho Label: Island Records ‎– 00602547168733, DCD2 ‎– 00602547168733, Crush Music (2) ‎– 00602547168733 Format: CD, Album Country: Europe Released: 16 Jan 2015 Genre: Rock, Pop. About American Beauty/American Psycho "American Beauty/American Psycho" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy. nihilistic movie watcher. After its Oscar haul it became cool to criticise Sam Mendes’ super debut, but in truth the only contender that had any case to beat it to the prizes was The Insider, Michael Mann’s brilliant film in which Russell Crowe delivered arguably his greatest performance to date. There’s no competition here, American Beauty is obvious oscar grabbing pretentiousness at it’s ugliest, American Psycho is one of the last true originals 2b seen in years. I found it plodding and annoying, but the film rises above that by overplaying the annoying to make it part of the grotesqueness of the character. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. He portrays Patrick Bateman as meticulously and as focused as Bateman’s sit-ups, and he pulls that beautiful exterior/ugly interior off with aplomb. His line delivery is what tipped the scales for me, as did the fact that — as you said — Kevin Spacey played Kevin Spacey in “American Beauty.” Hey, I heart Spacey as much as the next “Usual Suspects” devotee, but he does tend to let his personality color his roles. Tightly written with well-drawn characters, American Beauty is a great watch, anchored by two stirring performances from Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening. A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies. It is already in the top 50 on IMDB’s top films (between Apocalypse Now and Taxi Driver). Directed by Sam Mendes. Change ). Phil Collins even won a statue that night). Sample Mötley Crüe? American Psycho is fun and who wouldn’t want to chop Jared Leto into little pieces, but it relies on easy gags at the expense of Gordon Gekko wannabe yuppies. American Beauty. Christian Bale is a revelation as the grotesque Patrick Bateman and the sooner he returns to edgier work like this the better. American Beauty’s best part is already labelled as such by Kevin Spacey’s Lester Burnham – him jerking off in the shower. By. Fall Out Boy - American Beauty / American Psycho (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge) - Duration: 3:19. omgitspeterick 189,891 views. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. © Copyright 2021 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. You don’t get to tell me what to do ever again. On “Centuries” he vows, “I can’t stop till the whole world knows my name.” If the band keeps on this track, it won’t be soon before long. Style: Pop Rock. . The album is a remixed version of the band's original album American Beauty/American Psycho, and features a different rapper on each song. Browse more videos. The band’s best tracks still start simple and whip themselves into frenzies, like the furious disco-punk explosion “Novocaine,” where frontman Patrick Stump brilliantly scales his upper register. ( Log Out /  It has a depth that American Psycho, for all its, American Psycho is fun and who wouldn’t want to chop Jared Leto into little pieces, but it relies on easy gags at the expense of Gordon Gekko wannabe yuppies. If you want a believable and gripping look into one man’s soul, on the other hand, then make some space for Spacey in your DVD player. Pop-punk heroes continue their evolution toward noisy, no-holds-barred pop mania. Anything officially goes for Fall Out Boy on their sixth album, the group’s biggest, broadest, most unabashed pop smorgasbord yet. American Beauty/American Psycho Pop-punk heroes continue their evolution toward noisy, no-holds-barred pop mania. The film is truly brilliant, although on the surface it is just a suburban melodrama it is actually darker, more risky and more subversive than American Psycho that is so clearly a satire. An accompanying music video was released. I know, it won a load of Oscars, but that was mainly down to a pretty weak field that year (Shyamalan nominated for best director? RS Recommends: Under Armour's $20 Covering is the Best Face Mask for Working Out, New Radicals to Reunite for First Time in 22 Years for Biden Inauguration Parade, We’re All Missing the Point of the Armie Hammer Cannibalism Scandal, Jason ‘Rowdy’ Cope, Guitarist for the Steel Woods, Dead at 42, Margaret Cho on ‘All About Sex,’ Playing Dictators and Robin Williams. Seriously! There are so many standout moments in American Psycho, from his rigorous and hypnotic daily workout regime, to his internal meltdown when he realises a colleague has a better business card than him, right down to the moment an ATM machine asks to be fed a stray cat. American Beauty/American Psycho (sometimes abbreviated as AB/AP) is a studio album by punk rock group Fall Out Boy. High quality American Beauty Psycho gifts and merchandise. It also gives the ultimate two-fingered salute to the audience at the end – did Bateman really do those things or was it all in his head? 7 . That your wife was cheating on you with the Real Estate King makes it even funnier. The floating plastic bag captured on video is lame. Films like The Big Lebowski, Children Of Men, or Doomsday. Het doosje is gemaakt van papier en het is af en toe een beetje moeilijk om de CD … Rank This Matchup. The shouty title track is on too much of an ADD seesaw to make larger points about American culture, despite its ripe title. Nightcore | American Beauty American Psycho. . When everything connects – like on the single “Centuries” – FOB are a glorious nexus of Seventies glitter rock, Eighties radio pop, Nineties R&B and Aughts electro stomp. If you want a proper spin-off, check out the surprisingly decent The Rules Of Attraction: James Van Der Beek’s character is Patrick Bateman’s little brother! Open an album with a horn fanfare? If you don’t shut your ****ing mouth, I will kill you. 9 comments. AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO Fall Out Boy Release: 1/20/15 “I can move mountains I can work a miracle… American Beauty/American Psycho opens with the appropriately anthem-like notes of Irresistible, a song that quickly sets the tone for the entire album.This is still Fall Out Boy, and this is still rock. Caryn Ganz Caryn Ganz Reporter. American Psycho is the film that made Christian Bale a star, and deservedly so. American Beauty/American Psycho has recieved a positive reception as far… The song debuted at No. It is played as if his attitude is worse than his killing and mutilation. Topic: American Beauty vs American Psycho Posted: April 20 2017 at 01:53: Two films with guts to tell story and about the glory and horrors of how being ordinary is questioned with being special. “American Beauty/American Psycho” Fall Out Boy@Giant Center Hershey, PA 7/3/15 Right, let’s get one thing straight. We want to hear from you! Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Read the arguments and decide. Totally different, but deserved Best Picture. Report. ( Log Out /  AllMusic Rating. rosewood. I think this American combination is going to give me the longest pause yet. This entry was posted on June 4, 2009 at 8:36 am and is filed under BATTLES with tags American Beauty, American Psycho, Annette Bening, Bret Easton Ellis, Christian Bale, Huey Lewis, Kevin Spacey, Movies, Patrick Bateman, Sam Mendes. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, an advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, played by Mena Suvari. Really lame. It’s chilling and unnerving, yet completely hilarious at the same time. Report. A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after … Caryn Ganz's Most Recent Stories. American Beauty/American Psycho (đôi khi được viết gọn là AB/AP) là album phòng thu thứ sáu của ban nhạc rock người Mĩ Fall Out Boy, phát hành thông qua Island Records vào ngày 16 tháng 1 năm 2015. American Psycho is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991.The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan investment banker. With Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage. American Psycho vs. American Beauty 8 comments. Make America Psycho Again is the first remix album by Fall Out Boy, released on October 30, 2015. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. But, apart from that, American Beauty is a fine movie. Playing next. It was released on January 20, 2015. Want more Rolling Stone? American Beauty/American Psycho . With Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley. Đây là album tiếp nối album đánh dấu sự trở lại trước đó của ban nhạc, Save Rock and Roll (2013). American Psycho however is a totally unique film. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! American Beauty / American Psycho. ( Log Out /  The lives, loves, hopes and deflated dreams of all the characters are poured on to the screen. And for what? He made Ted Bundy look like a charmless loser (kind of). All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. I’d like to finish this comment but gotta go, T. Boone Pickens just walked inti my office. The novel is so violent and sexually graphic that it has to be sold shrink-wrapped in some bookstores around the world – yet by the end we are not even sure if Patrick Bateman has ever even harmed a fly. It was released on December 15, 2014 as the second UK radio single from their sixth studio album of the same name, released in 2015. Browse more videos. It’s chilling and unnerving, yet completely hilarious at the same time. Rose petals, business cards, plastic bags and Huey Lewis And The News – this battle has got it all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty/American_Psycho Now before you start throwing the spin-off argument at me, American Psycho 2: All American Girl had nothing to do with the original, besides a shameless stand-in Patrick Bateman complete with conveniently face-obscuring ice mask. The opposite to a sleeper is an ‘early riser’ – films that get tonnes of praise on opening weekend but are found out later on. And not even a stupid plastic bag blowing in the wind can change that. ( Log Out /  I really like both and they both scares me (yes even American Beauty… the end was intense). . American Horror Story Hotel Makeup Tutorial - Duration: 3:38. American Beauty/American Psycho, the quartet's seventh studio album, is even better [than 2013's Save Rock and Roll], and reveals them as perhaps the only current mainstream rock combo capable of making big-venue sing-alongs that also reward deep headphone analysis. American Beauty is dark, funny, uplifting and beautiful all at the same time. on 12/14/2009. will have you turning pale one moment, while the next you’re laughing along as he checks out his awesome guns in the mirror while servicing some ‘hardbody’ from behind. “Uma Thurman” contains a surfy piece of the Munsters theme song (and is named “Uma Thurman”), and much of guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley’s most virtuosic playing is buried under blaring production, reducing what might be Metallica-heavy riffage into background buzz. Nightcore - American Beauty/American Psycho. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. So if you want to watch a narcisstic monster throw chainsaws at people – or not throw chainsaws at people, depending on how you interpret the plot – then stick on American Psycho. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. This was the second album the band recorded since getting back together in 2013. American Beauty is still Sam Mendes’ best film and probably Kevin Spacey’s best performance. “American Beauty/American Psycho” is the titular track of Fall Out Boy’s 2015 album and its second song released, following “Centuries” and preceding “The Kids Aren’t Alright”. User Ratings (0) Your Rating. Bath night was rubbish round Spacey's place. 2:41. Repurpose Suzanne Vega’s beloved “Tom’s Diner” refrain? The lives, loves, hopes and deflated dreams of all the characters are poured on to the screen. I never use this phrase, but Christian Bale rocked it. American Beauty’s best part is already labelled as such by Kevin Spacey’s Lester Burnham – him jerking off in the shower. but it's nothing special on LP. Tightly written with well-drawn characters, American Beauty is a great watch, anchored by two stirring performances from Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening. The graphic cocktail of violence, sex and mutilation using everything from axes to nail guns to chainsaws will have you turning pale one moment, while the next you’re laughing along as he checks out his awesome guns in the mirror while servicing some ‘hardbody’ from behind. Here at RossvRoss, we talk a lot about ‘sleepers’ – films that perhaps don’t receive the kudos they deserve upon release, but do or will somewhere down the line. Spacey imbues Burnham with a defiant heroism and a real sadness – we are watching a man who has wasted his life and is trying to rectify it in his final days. the ambiguity of his actions don’t redeem the character. on 2/21/2011. American Beauty is a 1999 American black comedy-drama film written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Add to My Collection. than him, right down to the moment an ATM machine asks to be fed a stray cat. But which dark journey into the so-called American dream do you prefer? Spacey is good fun as Lester Burnham, but as I’ve said before, he’s just playing Kevin Spacey again – that deadpan, monotone delivery that seems to fit every one of his roles, either thanks to a very good agent or an audience that’s willing to forgive an emperor and his new clothes. The album drew in over 13,000 equivalent copies in … It is the highlight of his day, and the whole film. American Beauty/American Psycho is a fantastic album with the lyrical wordplay and unique instrumentals that I adore so much . "American Beauty/American Psycho" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy. American Beauty/American Psycho - Fall Out Boy [Live] Report. Insanity vs. beauty. About American Beauty/American Psycho "American Beauty/American Psycho" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy. I’m going to have to declare “American Psycho” the winner (in my mind, at least). Directed by Mary Harron. The ending is perfect (I don’t know how it compares to the book as I didn’t finish it!) Browse more videos. The novel is so violent and sexually graphic that it has to be sold shrink-wrapped in some bookstores around the world – yet by the end we are not even sure if Patrick Bateman has ever even harmed a fly. I have finally received my copy of Fall Out Boy’s latest, American Beauty/American Psycho, and can I just say I think it’s amazing. I went into American Psycho with some trepidation as I did not enjoy the book. Don’t try to feed me nonsense about Mena Suvari and a roof-full of rose petals – she’s just lucky this film was released before people realised she wasn’t that good-looking. American Beauty is still Sam Mendes’ best film and probably Kevin Spacey’s best performance. The band wrote the … It has a depth that American Psycho, for all its fun references to pop culture, cannot match. But the LP still runs the risk of being too cutesy and referential. There are so many standout moments in American Psycho, from his rigorous and hypnotic, , to his internal meltdown when he realises a colleague has a better. Playing next. This is a film that will age well and will be appearing in lists of people’s favourite films in a few years time. It is the highlight of his day, and the whole film. Plain and simple. Way better movie. So if you want to watch a narcisstic monster throw chainsaws at people – or, American Psycho however is a totally unique film. In American Psycho, all you have is a guy who does sadistic things to women. And not worth the 22cent government levy. American Beauty’s humour makes you laugh harder at a gut level because it comes from the characters’ plight – catching your wife cheating on you while working at a drive-thru burger joint is horrible, yet it is also pretty funny. American Beauty’s humour makes you laugh harder at a gut level because it comes from the characters’ plight – catching your wife cheating on you while working at a drive-thru burger joint is horrible, yet it is also. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Do you remember the hype that surrounded the release of this film? The graphic cocktail of violence, sex and mutilation using everything from. Sign up for our newsletter. 3:12. Ook American Beauty/American Psycho is een te gekke album, hoewel ik er toen ik het de eerste keer hoorde even aan moest wennen, maar na een tijdje vond ik het helemaal geweldig. The emo survivors jump-started their transformation into all-out omnivores on Save Rock and Roll, the 2013 LP that marked an end to their four-year hiatus, and they slam on the gas on this follow-up, which is daringly named after a classic Grateful Dead album and a Bret Easton Ellis novel. American Beauty/American Psycho January 29, 2015. The song debuted at No. I know a lot of people have complained that Fall Out Boy have changed their sound a lot over the years and they have. The film is truly brilliant, although on the surface it is just a suburban melodrama it is actually darker, more risky and more subversive than American Psycho that is so clearly a satire. It was released on December 15, 2014 as the second UK radio single from their sixth studio album of the same name, released in 2015. Putting a new twist on the subject of suburbia is no easy task and Mendes deserves great credit for his fascinating look at what goes on behind the white picket fence. It was released on December 15, 2014 as the second UK radio single from their sixth studio album of the same name, released in 2015.An accompanying music video was released. Watch the video for American Beauty/American Psycho from Fall Out Boy's American Beauty/American Psycho for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. 2:58. That your wife was cheating on you with the Real Estate King makes it even funnier. Obviously, Fall Out Boy's American Beauty/American Psycho was highly anticipated by fans and critics alike. Add to Custom List. How expectancy and how things harmonious on the surface but really aren’t. 3:19. It feels flat and distant. American Beauty/American Psycho At A Glance. The album has now been out for about a week giving everyone the ability to sit down and listen through the album in its entirety and come up with an opinion. Playing next. An accompanying music video was released. Bale dissolves into them, and that makes a world of difference. However, his performance never reaches the layers explored by Spacey as Lester Burnham. American Beauty is exactly what that oh-so-parodied video of the plastic bag was: pointless, pretentious muck, directionless, flimsy and full of hot air. Don’t try to feed me nonsense about Mena Suvari and a roof-full of rose petals – she’s just lucky this film was released before people realised she wasn’t that good-looking. I watched American Psycho when I was 15 and it was my first horror/thriller movie and Christian Bale played so well his character that when I watch movies like “the prestige” or “batman” I see Patrick Bateman I’ve also read the book and I really like it even if it’s quite extreme. Its thought in English Literature classes as a modern reference 2d marquis de sade.