Christian Bale in "American Psycho"

[baseline bum]

Then he does the "Hey Paul, look over here. AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" and proceeds to kill him. So great.

Yes the movie was awesome and my friends and I once had a debate about what really happened. Maybe the book has the answer.

Most of us think it was all in his head and he didn't do any of it. One of us thought that everyone was so wrapped up in their own little world that they really didn't notice anyone around them, hence why they though Patrick's message was really Paul's. They was so indifferent to one another they just couldn't tell.

Highly unlikely, but it would underscore the message the movie had of everyone so wrapped up in materialism and excess to really be a caring human at all.

I don't think the killings of Paul Allen and of the hooker with the chainsaw were supposed to be real. They were too spectacular and cinematic; come on, he drops a chainsaw from 4 stories up and lands it right on the chick the second she's exposed? Plus that lawyer at the end says he just had dinner with Paul Allen the other day. I think the only killings he really did in the story were when he stabbed the homeless guy and when he shot the lady at the ATM. They were too boring to fit in with his delusion about being some grand serial killer.

[Red Hawk #21]

You know I've read somewhere that the author admitted that the murders really did happen. I guess the movie just leaves it up to the viewers to decide.

[crc21209]

Badass movie indeed

[Fpoonsie]

[Halberto]

I'm going to pick up the book now that the semester is over. You guys sold me.

[Johnny RIngo]

Stay away from the sequel though. It has nothing to do with the book/film aside from the fact that they threw in Bateman's character in the first two minutes to justify slapping on the American Psycho moniker in the le. It's basically a crappy parody-slasher with a ty cast(Mila Kunis and William Shatner). Bret Easton Ellis denounced the film years ago.

[DMX7]

Love that movie.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Stay away from the sequel though. It has nothing to do with the book/film aside from the fact that they threw in Bateman's character in the first two minutes to justify slapping on the American Psycho moniker in the le. It's basically a crappy parody-slasher with a ty cast(Mila Kunis and William Shatner). Bret Easton Ellis denounced the film years ago.

It was pretty bad, no doubt. Caught it on the free on-demand movies last year. Good soundtrack, though

[Red Hawk #21]

I've never seen the sequel, but I've heard from a lot of people that it's a failure and disgrace to the first American Psycho.

PS Bale was pretty ing badass in "Equilibrium" as well. His acting wasn't as great as it was American Psycho, but the fight scenes we're epic. He was always outnumbered in every fight scene, yet he was still straight up owning everyone, Check out this scene :

[AmericanPsycho]

[Kai]

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Stay away from the sequel though. It has nothing to do with the book/film aside from the fact that they threw in Bateman's character in the first two minutes to justify slapping on the American Psycho moniker in the le. It's basically a crappy parody-slasher with a ty cast(Mila Kunis and William Shatner). Bret Easton Ellis denounced the film years ago.

It must be added here, that the movie "The Rules of Attraction" with James Van der Beek, Jessica Beil, etc is a legit Bret Easton Ellis movie.



The character Van der Beek plays is Patrick Bateman's younger brother.
In the book American Psycho, Patrick actually has dinner with his younger brother, and the scene is hilarious.


Also, the 80's movie with Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, and Robert Downey Jr (in his first true crack-head role, wow what a great job he does!) "Less Than Zero" is an Ellis movie too.


Characters from this movie know and meet with characters from Rules of Attraction in the books.
You'll notice in the book, American Psycho, when Patrick is really starting to break down he goes to a video store and keeps asking for a movie that stars "that girl from the diet pepsi commercials, Jami Gertz"

Patrick was ed up guys, he was heavily medicated. You see him taking his medicine throughout the movie, don't even need the book for that.



Also, there was a recent Ellis movie that came out in limited theaters, did not do well but had alot of big names in it



Have not seen this one, but will eventually. It's too far down the netflix queue.

[oh crap]

i thought the rules of attraction and it's soundtrack were pretty good.

[DeadlyDynasty]

i thought the rules of attraction and it's soundtrack were pretty good.

One of the best soundtracks

[Cant_Be_Faded]

It was a decent movie, but I have not read the book so can't comment on the book.


The character "Victor" in Rules of Attraction is the main character in the Ellis book "Glamorama" and that has been in the process of being made a movie for a while I think.

[David Bowie]

I love that movie. It's really hilarious for some reason! A sort of horror-comedy with comedy on modern society.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

It's hilarious because it's hilarious

[CuckingFunt]

I'm always amused by people who like the film because they think the character of Patrick Bateman is, like, such a badass or something without realizing what a pathetic and empty character he is (and how pathetic and empty the 80s were). Desperate for approval, unable to relate to/interact with anyone, and completely disconnected from reality.

Thoroughly enjoyable book, though, and easily one of my favorite films of the decade.

[RollingStoned]

One of my favorites. His character was one bad mofo.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I'm always amused by people who like the film because they think the character of Patrick Bateman is, like, such a badass or something without realizing what a pathetic and empty character he is (and how pathetic and empty the 80s were). Desperate for approval, unable to relate to/interact with anyone, and completely disconnected from reality.

Thoroughly enjoyable book, though, and easily one of my favorite films of the decade.

I agree that alone is a weak reason to like the film, but to people who aren't richers and can't deal with people on the superficial level with such mastery as he did, he probably does seem like a bad ass. kinda like a situation where they still think the pros of being Bateman outweigh the cons.