The American Psycho Appreciation Thread

[YouMadd?]

Man you been readin the same websites as me. Stop it.

I mean these theories are pretty widely held about the movie so I wouldn't be surprised if you read it somewhere online... I use to browse IMDb forums a lot, which is where I first discovered them..

I've read the book a couple times as well and they make it a little more obvious that he wasn't imagining everything...

 

[Non Sequitur]

Yeah the book much like most of Bret Easton Ellis' works, far exceed its movie version... I swear, outside of "American Psycho" and "Rules of Attraction", all of the other movie translations of his writing are pretty second rate...

Which is crazy because the guy gives the directors/screenwriters a lot to work with...

You didn't like Less than Zero?

 

[YouMadd?]

You didn't like Less than Zero?

Ya know, because I liked the book so much, I can definitely enjoy the film for what it is. Downey Jr. was really good. They fukked it up for me by leaving out the 3 most memorable scenes in the book:

Spoiler

The teen snuff/murder film, the 11 year old girl on heroin being tied to the bed and used as a sex slave, and the dead teen that they discovered in the alley way

as well as making the main character anti drug, when in the book he was a coke fiend...

It was like they made it into typical brat pack film and didn't make it as gritty as it should have been...

 

[Non Sequitur]

Ya know, because I liked the book so much, I can definitely enjoy the film for what it is. Downey Jr. was really good. They fukked it up for me by leaving out the 3 most memorable scenes in the book:

Spoiler

The teen snuff/murder film, the 11 year old girl on heroin being tied to the bed and used as a sex slave, and the dead teen that they discovered in the alley way

as well as making the main character anti drug, when in the book he was a coke fiend...

It was like they made it into typical brat pack film and didn't make it as gritty as it should have been...

True, true. They cleaned up American Psycho a hell of a lot more than that though.

 

[YouMadd?]

True, true. They cleaned up American Psycho a hell of a lot more than that though.

Yeah you're right... I guess Bale's performance and the dialogue was so on point it made up for it. I don't hate on less Than Zero that much though. I just wonder what could have been. I guess you can do that with America Psycho as well though.

 

[Brandeezy]

The Moonwalk with the Axe

 

[The_Dread_Dormammu]

As I arrive in this thraed I'm on the verge of tears as I'm certain someone else will have used this quote.
But no one has.........Relief washes over me in an awesome wave.

Great post!

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

Reading the book now, though I just started...it's already surpassing the movie though...and I like the movie a lot.

i listened to the audiobook while on a plane ride
this shyt was wild, the dude who did the audiobook reading was the guy who played Nick Sabotka in The Wire