American Psycho

[rnewbz]

Its between B and C and its best if you ignore American Physco 2, since its a cheap gimmicky slasher movie, so i would base all conclusions off of American Physcho alone.

 

[That-Guy]

As much as I enjoyed the movie American Psycho, the really sick and twisted part of me wished that they would have made a scene-for-scene adapatation of the book. It would have been rated XXX but damn, that would have been a groundbreaking film.

 

[dude stannis]

I love American Psycho 2's DVD cover at my video store. "Amazing. 10/10" - IMDb

 

[chaseter]

America Phyco?????? :?

 

[cryptic name]

As much as I enjoyed the movie American Psycho, the really sick and twisted part of me wished that they would have made a scene-for-scene adapatation of the book. It would have been rated XXX but damn, that would have been a groundbreaking film.

the rat scene...

 

[black_dust]

America Phyco?????? :?

lol

"Hmmmm i know it has a P at the front, i`ll random guess the rest!"..

 

[JaD]

This has been my wallpaper for as long as I can remember, amazing movie.

Spoiler

*and at least spell the name of the movie right

 

[That-Guy]

the rat scene...

Haha, yep. That's one of the most gruesome things I've ever read.

I love the way Ellis writes Bateman's character throughout the torture-and-kill scenes. He says everything so nonchalantly and matter-of-fact. Best literary psychotic character EVER.

 

[patrickbateman]

((((stares at the title of this thread))))

 

[StrainedEyes]

The book has a scene which clearly implies that everything really happened. I think the movie more implies that none of if did, or at least only some of them did.

 

[patrickbateman]

((((stares at the title of this thread))))

 

[PLAS]

whatever you want the end to be, that is

 

[patrickbateman]

(((((stares at the title of this thread)))))

 

[goh78]

There is no real answer. The director herself stated that she wanted the audience to fill in the blanks themselves.

I hate when movies do this. In my opinion it's lazy filmmaking.

 

[Timstuff]

American Fiko sounds like a crazy movie.

 

[black_dust]

I hate when movies do this. In my opinion it's lazy filmmaking.

No its good film making, it adds to part of the experience of the film, if you make up your own mind and not have all the information spoon fed to you like a little child

 

[Brian Braddock]

I go for 'C'

As I've posted before in another thread, the way I see it - any time you see Bateman actually killing someone, it's all in his head. The few instances where he actually tries to murder someone, he cant do it - his inability to strangle Louis in the mens toilet and kill Jean with the nailgun in his apartment spring to mind.

Took me a few viewing to work all the pieces out. He can be nasty and brutal as hell with people (the 2 prostitutes) but he cant kill, he just imagines he does.

The clincher for me was when he shoots at the cop car and it explodes into flames from just a few bullets. From the look he gives the gun, you can see that Patrick is genuinely perplexed that a hand gun was enough to make the car explode in such a fashion, and for the 1st time is starting to have doubts about his sanity and what is real or not.

Nevermind American Psycho 2 saying that he did actually kill because, c'mon, American Psycho 2 was a pile of garbage that should never have been filmed. No-one should treatr that movie as cannon.

 

[Dr Strange]

This has been my wallpaper for as long as I can remember, amazing movie.

Spoiler

*and at least spell the name of the movie right

I go with C, i believe he actually hasnt killed anyone and that it is all in his mind.
PS. JaD can u post that picture up. i want it as my desktop background!

 

[Nirvana]

As much as I enjoyed the movie American Psycho, the really sick and twisted part of me wished that they would have made a scene-for-scene adapatation of the book. It would have been rated XXX but damn, that would have been a groundbreaking film.

God, that would have been brutal if they filmed the scene where he tortured his old girlfriend with Mace and a lighter...It was almost hard to read (I read the book before watching the movie).

I do wish they would have included more scenes with Luis (the gay guy) though, he was hilarious in the book.

 

[Commodore Schmidlapp]

I've never read the book, but now I think I will.

 

[Prison Mike]

I have this movie on dvd ("American Psycho" NOT "American Phyco"). It's a great movie. The ending is a bit "WTF" but it makes you think....and I like thinking.

 

[MrWayne]

ouch! yes i know sorry for the mispelling.. they should add spell check to forum options.. lol funny thing is when i looked at the thread this morning to see if anyone replied i said to myself hmmmmm... that doesnt look rite, is that how its spelled? lmao i know.. no excuses i just dont type that word too often hopefully a mod can fix it.. didnt think you guys would be so unforgiving lmao ahhhh such are the penalties in forum boards lmao anyway.. moving along...

I agree i do think he was just seeing things in his own mind to a point.. yet how did he get the keys to Paul Allens place? and why did the lady who asked Patrick if he had seen the ad in the paper when he went back to Pauls look a bit like she knew something?? why was there even a detective doing and investigation into Pauls disappearance? i agree with anouther poster... i love things that make me think.. but this has me in circles.. and it kills me to not know what happened... was this whole movie his sick imagination? or is it just one of those "there is no answer" things?

 

[MrWayne]

I go for 'C'

As I've posted before in another thread, the way I see it - any time you see Bateman actually killing someone, it's all in his head. The few instances where he actually tries to murder someone, he cant do it - his inability to strangle Louis in the mens toilet and kill Jean with the nailgun in his apartment spring to mind.

Took me a few viewing to work all the pieces out. He can be nasty and brutal as hell with people (the 2 prostitutes) but he cant kill, he just imagines he does.

The clincher for me was when he shoots at the cop car and it explodes into flames from just a few bullets. From the look he gives the gun, you can see that Patrick is genuinely perplexed that a hand gun was enough to make the car explode in such a fashion, and for the 1st time is starting to have doubts about his sanity and what is real or not.

Nevermind American Psycho 2 saying that he did actually kill because, c'mon, American Psycho 2 was a pile of garbage that should never have been filmed. No-one should treatr that movie as cannon.

i half agree with your points... yes he couldnt strangle Louise and couldnt use the nail gun on Jean... but maybe it was because:

A- he was in a public bathroom and new he woulda been placed at the scene of the crime.
B- Jeans his secratery maybe it was just a little too close for comfort?

Maybe those were the instances where he was dueling with his sanity and trying to stay in control from just killing anonymous strangers to ppl he actually knows and works with?

He says himself that his nightly blood lusts have spilled into his days and he feels himself losing his grip...Yes i know... but he killed Paul Allen didnt he? hmmmmmm...............
but what is that you noticed that made you believe when he actually is killing its all in his head? the only indication of that for me is that he is self narrarating as if hes talking from inside his head...

 

[Eggyman]

I view it as that the lawyer had lunch with someone else and thought it was Paul Allen. Nobody can tell each other apart because they are all so generically similar. I read the book, maybe a month ago, and the theme of them being so identical is much stronger in that.

The book doesn't have any closure. It's chilling in the way that it ends without resolution, allowing us to imagine him still out there, dancing to Huey Lewis with a prostitute nailed to the floor.

 

[bullets]

I hate when movies do this. In my opinion it's lazy filmmaking.

the director has releaved the true ending. either way i think it wasn't lazy because any other ending would have been just as easy.