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re: American Psycho
Posted on 6/25/21 at 10:52 am to HoboDickCheese
Posted on 6/25/21 at 10:52 am to HoboDickCheese
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I didn't realize there was a book which I’ll be buying
yeeeeeeah the book is similar in tone and very dark humor but it’s not the easiest read; you’re not standing in the outside watching Bateman like in the movie, with the book you’re in his head and it gets fricking BRUTAL. 
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Posted on 6/25/21 at 11:02 am to AZTiger7072
As always the book was better.
The movie was fantastic. Christian Bale nailed the role. I'm so glad he beat out Brad Pitt for the character.
The movie was fantastic. Christian Bale nailed the role. I'm so glad he beat out Brad Pitt for the character.
Posted on 6/25/21 at 11:19 am to Nguyener
It is fantastically unforgettably unique.
Posted on 6/25/21 at 1:01 pm to AZTiger7072
It’s in my top 5. I absolutely love that movie. With that being said. I have to go return some video tapes.
Posted on 6/25/21 at 1:17 pm to HoboDickCheese
I remember the first time I watched it and had no idea what it was going into it, and the longer it went on, the funnier it got
I thought it was supposed to be a horror movie, and it did have some disturbing parts, but overall it just made it funnier somehow
I thought it was supposed to be a horror movie, and it did have some disturbing parts, but overall it just made it funnier somehow
Posted on 6/25/21 at 2:55 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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The book is not funny, at all. It is very good, for what it is. Extremely well-written. In fact I would say that the book is "better" than the movie. But I would never recommend anyone else read it. It is one of the most nihilistic, misanthropic, disturbing books I've ever come across.
Read Less Than Zero. The movie is tame compared to that. I ended up reading both because of the movies. It's weird in that he is trying to expose both the west coast and east coast for their vapid, narcissistic, anti-social, shallow, vile, every non-redeeming quality of thoughts and actions of the 80's. One was straight forward and the other was in some form of metafiction.
Posted on 6/25/21 at 2:57 pm to Cdawg
Why stop there? Read Rules of Attraction while you’re at it
Posted on 6/25/21 at 3:29 pm to tylerdurden24
Since the film was released, whenever someone mentions a name I don't recognize, I always reply with: "Maitra d at Canal Bar?"
Posted on 6/26/21 at 11:48 pm to AZTiger7072
One of the funniest movies of the 2000s.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 3:36 pm to AZTiger7072
It was a hell of a sequel to Newsies
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:40 pm to Cdawg
Read the book first, well before the movie came out. Thought it was hilarious. Movie nailed what the book was trying to say, while also being more digestible and approachable.
For the music discussion, in the book, there are entire chapters devoted to his tastes. If memory serves, in addition to Huey and Whitney, Bateman prattles on about Phil Collins and U2.
As jacked up as this book is, Glamorama, a later Ellis novel, is even weirder. Ben Stiller took the central themes and turned it into Zoolander.
For the music discussion, in the book, there are entire chapters devoted to his tastes. If memory serves, in addition to Huey and Whitney, Bateman prattles on about Phil Collins and U2.
As jacked up as this book is, Glamorama, a later Ellis novel, is even weirder. Ben Stiller took the central themes and turned it into Zoolander.
Posted on 6/28/21 at 1:17 am to RoyalAir
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Read the book first, well before the movie came out. Thought it was hilarious.
Uh... ok. Sure. It's a real laff-a-minute.
Posted on 6/28/21 at 8:17 am to TheTideMustRoll
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It's a real laff-a-minute.
It's clearly satire. I mean, it's not going to elicit belly laughs like a Christopher Moore novel, but it's desperately funny.
Posted on 6/28/21 at 8:47 am to RoyalAir
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Apparently my sense of humor is not sophisticated enough to find that book in any way funny. In fact I would place it amongst the most bleak and humorless works of fiction I've ever read. The situation it presents is indeed ridiculous, but it is ridiculous in the same way that Jeffrey Dahmer was ridiculous.
Posted on 6/28/21 at 9:07 am to Cdawg
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Read Less Than Zero. The movie is tame compared to that.
Man, I'll say!
And by the way, the Less Than Zero film was almost nothing like the book.
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