American Psycho - Patreon Version
Added 2024-10-08 16:00:03 +0000 UTCHappy spooky Tuesday!
We're continuing with the horror/thrillers, and boy oh boy was this a wild one. I found myself thinking so many times throughout this movie "is this REALLY happening!?". We both really loved it and were super impressed by Christian Bale's performance. Here's hoping you all have fun watching along with us!
Comments
That's totally fair... Those shows are definitely intense.
Chandra
2024-10-12 18:07:03 +0000 UTCI love that you watched it for the first time too! And yeah... Liked it, but holy that was a wild ride lol
Chandra
2024-10-12 09:32:49 +0000 UTCI loved that scene!
Chandra
2024-10-12 09:27:21 +0000 UTCthats cool knowing that serenity will be watched the things that i said i wont watch is game of thrones house of dragons and breaking bad i just dont like them g o t i watched season 1 fav acter/character died lost intrest in it and i dont like violence towards women it make my skin crawl and my soul hurt and that show is ott like that
scott osborne
2024-10-11 21:10:52 +0000 UTCWhoa! Your reflection on the film is so well written! I really like your perspective. Also, thank you for all the recommendations β€οΈ
Chandra
2024-10-11 08:25:36 +0000 UTCπ€£
Chandra
2024-10-11 08:22:36 +0000 UTCHahaha omg yes! This!
Chandra
2024-10-11 08:21:24 +0000 UTCI'm sorry so many of the movies and tv series are hard to find or don't work well for you! We'll definitely be watching Serenity once we finish Firefly, so you can at the very least look forward to that!
Chandra
2024-10-11 08:20:25 +0000 UTCI just watched it with you both for the first time as well. Not exactly sure what I just watched, but I think I like it???? haha
Paul De'Armond
2024-10-10 02:59:59 +0000 UTCThe entire film, and moreso the book, are a commentary on 80s yuppie culture in NY. Whole thing is a send up and executed very well on screen, but the book is, obviously, more in depth in terms of Ellis' description of consumerism being the only escape from social and physical alienation. It's worth a read before a rewatch in my mind, and it's a pretty brisk 400~ pages that you can knock out very quickly. As far as what Bateman did or did not feel, that's up to you in how you want to read his actions and intention, but the one scene, to me, that suggests this is very much in the vein of going a bit peculiar in the face of near total intellectual and social isolation is the interaction between him and his secretary in his apartment (Chloe Sevigny). She is the only person in the entire movie that actually pays attention to his words, his mood, and the greater consequence of following through with things. He feels that she is real in the moment, that she has a nominal value to the world as a person in it, and he would feel bad about removing that person from the world as opposed to killing and destroying an empty vessel with nothing to offer. She did not fit in, her sincerity was anti-comformist -- though teetering on the brink of falling into the void like the rest by engaging in their empty non-culture. Her choice to leave is very telling, as the others choose to remain and partake despite the potential consequence of not even knowing who you're spending an evening with. Two things to leave you with here: 1) There are deleted scenes that show the various takes that Dafoe/Bale did against one another to make it more ambiguous as to whether or not they were in fact onto Bateman. Worth a watch. 2) Another purely selfish recommendation if I may: the woman that Bateman was having an affair with, miss Easter, is played by Samantha Mathis. A movie I think you two would dig down the line somewhere, with Christian Slater and Mathis, is Pump Up the Volume. Very much inline with the style of things that you two seem to enjoy, that's all I will say aside from the fact that Mathis was a top 5 screen crush for me growing up (hence the selfish rec). Apologies for the novel, my bad. Edit: Oh, Bale kino recs: Equilibrium would be the most up your alley (Reign of Fire is also kind of an interesting action flick of his), Prince of Jutland and Empire of the Sun hit similarly for him, and Metroland/Velvet Goldmine give you a good idea of how he came up in British cinema to snag American Psycho.
tkitez
2024-10-09 02:21:37 +0000 UTCOkay, be honest, how many times have you snuck up on each other since seeing this film and shouted "HEY PAUL!"
Nathan Jasper, the Artist Formerly Known as Primary
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John Colson
2024-10-08 22:38:17 +0000 UTCjust for chandra and jordan hey you 2 i should of said this a while ago about the films and tv series you watch some thing i will watch and some i wont watch there are also things such as really go films that i want to watch along with you but 1 i cant find it on british tv or 2 they want money to watch it and im a tight fisted B and wont pay like now your watching the firefly series i really like the film better than the series and that is a must watch after the series and im umming and arring about watching the series with you and as for this film its a no watch from me i thought you should know no one else reply or say anything about why did you say that BS cause i know some of you will want to say shyt so dont
scott osborne
2024-10-08 20:43:41 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite movies⦠and the buiness card scene is top tier.
Clueless Morgan
2024-10-08 18:04:20 +0000 UTCHopefully I'll get to watch along tonight. Right now..."I have to return some video tapes". π
John Colson
2024-10-08 16:01:58 +0000 UTC
