All About Lily Chou Chou VS American Beauty

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — All About Lily Chou-Chou

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ingenue82 — 17 years ago(April 16, 2008 08:36 PM)

Both movies having ethereal music, stunning cinematography, and sharing the same theme of teen-angst at some parts.
Which one do you vote?

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Fru_is_Insomniac — 17 years ago(April 18, 2008 11:40 PM)

Lily Chou-CHou

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rory_luolei — 17 years ago(May 03, 2008 10:03 AM)

have to admit i agree, i loved it when it first came out but i saw it again recently and i couldn't stand it

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Flabrezu — 17 years ago(May 12, 2008 02:27 AM)

All About Lily Chou-Chou is INFINITELY better. NO COMPARISON.

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ingenue82 — 17 years ago(May 12, 2008 06:49 AM)

@Davieslucas
Wow, we meet again
Yeah, All about Lily Chou Chou rules. But for music department, I prefer American Beauty though I love Lily Chou Chou so much too. I'm Thomas Newman freak.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=25080181

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ginnipigu — 17 years ago(May 12, 2008 07:37 PM)

yeah there's no comparison here, AALCC owns!

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mattskibashot — 17 years ago(May 29, 2008 10:09 PM)

Interesting, I just watched both movies recently. They're too different for me to compare them. I probably like
American Beauty
more, though, simply because it's not as difficult to watch.
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ingenue82 — 17 years ago(May 30, 2008 08:08 AM)

For me, it's the other way around. I don't really get it with American Beauty
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=25080181

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pheu — 17 years ago(June 21, 2008 06:27 AM)

+1 for Lily !

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winston_blade — 17 years ago(June 22, 2008 08:51 AM)

I just watched AALCC yesterday and absolutely adored it. My favorite movie of all time was American Beauty, but after watching this, it doesn't seem as special to me anymore. Don't get me wrong, I still love American Beauty but it isn't my favorite movie anymore. I really need to rearrange my list. I can't say that I have been affected by a movie like I was with AALCC. It was so beautiful and so moving. I'm going to rewatch American Beauty to see how I feel about it now. But for sure, AALCC will stick with me the rest of my life.

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VacantSeawell — 17 years ago(December 24, 2008 09:12 AM)

American Beauty was preachy and formulaic in parts, so Lily wins.
"What is your mother's maiden name?" What's her first name? I just knew her as Ma!

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ctizon — 17 years ago(January 25, 2009 01:11 PM)

I'd say American Beauty, but that's not to say I don't LOVE Lily Chou-Chou.
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ClenRen — 16 years ago(May 12, 2009 11:02 AM)

All About Lily Chou Chou waaay better.

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yralda_007 — 16 years ago(June 11, 2009 06:01 PM)

I admit the whole poll is a bit biased since after all this IS an AALCC board
I saw Lily Chou-Chou for the first time some time ago and it's definitely not easy to watch. However the mood around the movie is amazing and very powerful in its entirety. I'm glad I saw for it moved me greatly.
American Beauty was just a brick that didn't move me a bit.

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mevmijaumau — 10 years ago(December 14, 2015 11:56 AM)

I liked
American Beauty
better, but I don't see the point of comparing these two films. One of them is about disturbed inhabitants of a quiet suburb whose outer beauty is just a mask for their insecurities and perversions, while the other movie is about alienated Japanese teens in an emotionally fragile stage of life, clinging to the music they can relate to and enduring an insensitive, cruel environment. The two films don't have much in common, really.