Best Picture winners (with a few exceptions like No Country For Old Men or Moonlight) always tend to garner divisive reputations (if they aren't outright forgotten like certain films like The English Patient, Out Of Africa and Around The World In 80 Days have been) in the years since they took home that golden statue. 20 years later, Titanic still gets passionate debates on its artistic merits going while American Beauty seems to have that same effect, I'd been hearing about this Sam Mendes directorial debut for ages now and was mighty curious to see it for the first time and add my own two cents to the vibrant discussion.
