AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

[@samkem9631]

Apparently in the scene where Dafoe interviews Bale in his office, they did three takes. One where Dafoe suspected Bale, one where he knew it was him and one where he didn't suspect him at all. They edited all the takes together to make it so uncomfortable and literally impossible to know where Dafoe's character stands. Awesome film. Big love Brandon.

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

Woah that's a really cool technique!! Definitely makes sense now why he was difficult to read in this

[@psychonaut1829]

@@BrandonLikesMovies Also, Bale based his character on real life Tom Cruise

[@SocietyIsSoFucked]

@@psychonaut1829 if I remember correctly Patrick Bateman met Tom cruise in the books

[@nicholaswerner8170]

@@SocietyIsSoFucked On an elevator!

[@m1sh474]

That's an excellent director, I wish Hollywood would give women like her more opportunities.

[@matanron]

It gets even crazier in the prequel: "Bateman Begins".

[@magentuspriest]

_Comment of the Year_

[@FluxNomad678]

Batman Kills Joker

[@yarbo9900]

Clever girl

[@JK.47]

The prequel we deserve

[@mk-tu3gv]

Impressive, very nice. Lets hear Paul Allen's joke.

[@HoracioAmiritoDiaz]

The scene where Patrick is doing crunches while Texas Chainsaw is on the TV is really interesting because in the actual scene from the Texas Chainsaw movie there's no screaming from a woman. It's applying that either the screams are in his head or some poor woman was there screaming for her life while Patrick was working out. Goddamn this movie is so good!

[@Mrbased10]

I feel like there is definitely screaming in that scene, isn’t that where she gets in the truck and narrowly escapes the killer

[@andrewstephens5885]

either a mistake in the sound editing or he really was just doing 1000 crunches while someone died LMAO either way it’s a great shot

[@hermaeusmora424]

Woah thats a crazy little detail.

[@quartratic2389]

You're looking to much into this. They just added it in in post

[@byronbaldwyn7330]

You meant to type: It's *implying* that either the screams are in his head or some poor woman was there screaming for her life while Patrick was working out.

[@jimfilbert1928]

The business card scene is the most important in the movie and tells you everything you need to know. These guys are so vain and are trying so hard to one-up and stand out from each other... but to regular people they’re just all the same. Just like the business cards. The lawyer scene at the end is confusing until you realize that even he can’t tell them apart (his own clients!) Hell, Paul couldn’t even tell the difference between Patrick and Marcus and they work together daily.

[@jarsky]

Yeah the business card scene is a main point of the movie. It alludes to the fact these people only know each other by the name on their cards showing how shallow and narcissistic they are. Another big point is at the end where the lawyer tells Bale he's not Patrick Bateman, and mistakes him for Davis (who we never saw). It's worth noting the door guy he shot just moments earlier called him Mr Smith.... so I don't believe he is actually Patrick, and his interactions with Evelyn are also in his head. It's him internalizing a relationship based on Patrick who is part of the group of business men. The motivation comes from Bale's character wanting to be "normal", and he has an affection for Evelyn and idolizes Bateman who is the least vain and actually knows who all of them are. This is just my view though and there were a number of theories out there.

[@accordgolfer]

And then Batman kills the Joker

[@sammalla5238]

Also the fact that they have the word "Acquisition" spelled wrong on the card showing how materialistic they are

[@joaosantos5503]

I've always seen the lawyer scene as him trying to subtly tell Patrick that he's making an alibi for him. He knows he did it, but he's pretending he didn't so as to save him form jail.

[@kingmaul3038]

Actually the Lawyer is just smart and covers up for bateman, when you see Patrick's expression change is when he realizes his lawyer just made up a scene were he met Paul in London (kinda convenient).

[@robdilauro4344]

The Paul Allen apartment scene with the realtor was simply stating that even if bodies were discovered she would not want to lose the sale by having potential renters discover the grisly situation. She is also a selfish product of the decadent eighties. Just greed, that's all.

[@Annatar_Lord_of_Gifts]

That's the thing that is also never explained. Was all of it in his head? Was some of it in his head? Did they hide it all? Leaving it opened ended even by the author makes it even better

[@anti0918]

That’s why the title is specifically “American” Psycho - basically everyone is greed driven and willing to do anything to make a buck - the realtor potentially hiding bodies, the lawyer giving out alibis to avoid losing a case. Everyone is psycho.

[@davewolf6256]

Her costume design is conspicuously bicolor. The bicolor pattern occurs at some conspicuous moments in the movie, most notably, when Paul Allen's blood splatters on Patrick's face. It implies that the real estate woman herself is a figment of Patrick's imagination. FYI, the novel American Psycho goes into some detail demonstrating Patrick Bateman is a completely unreliable narrator, both paranoid and self important and very bad a reading people--which is partly explained by rampant drug use but also a symptom of psychopathy. I'm not convinced the movie is as carefully written as the book. But I do believe the realtor is written so that she could just as easily be a figment of Patrick's imagination. Perhaps he went to the wrong apartment. You know? A normal person might think they made a big mistake, but a psycho would assume the world is conspiring against them.

[@killercaritas9442]

Yep

[@Chimponaut]

I don't think he killed anyone tbh, everything in the film suggest that he's delusional imo. This scene specifically when he chases the woman with the chainsaw shows this pretty well, she finds 2 bodies hanging from coat hangers, I don't think that would hold, no one reacts to the noise of the chainsaw, he then hits her with it in an extremely odd and lucky way. When he then came back to the apartment you can see that most likely nothing had happened in it, the woman telling him to not cause any trouble was probably worried because there's a strange man that's not supposed to be there wearing a mask, snooping around the apartment. This also explains how he can blow up cop cars with his gun and how he can transport a body like nothing, and nobody notices. When he drags paul allen past the doorman there's a blood trail all over the floor, I think people would notice, he then meets his work buddy who doesn't realize he's stuffing a body into the taxi.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

The guy thought he met Paul Allen because everybody's interchangeable to them. Bateman realizes he is in a perfect hell where even his evil has no meaning.

[@0103harleyq]

Woah I like this.

[@Bp-rg3oj]

@@0103harleyq yeah

[@Jerrongamereview]

Patrick is also the only character who has no trouble telling people apart

[@whendays659]

Insightful comment. Hadn't caught that before.

[@enotsnavdier6867]

@@Jerrongamereview You're actually wrong about that. At the start of the movie Patrick points out where who he thinks is Paul Allen is sitting, and gets it totally wrong

[@Rob_Fordd]

Fun fact, Bale's said he based his portrayal in part on a 1999 interview of Tom Cruise.

[@madison6988]

James M did you know that in the book Patrick Bateman meets Tom cruise in an elevator. So good!

[@silkwesir1444]

he's like knock-off Tom Cruise anyway :D

[@Rob_Fordd]

@@silkwesir1444 He never became a psycho scientologist at least.

[@silkwesir1444]

@@Rob_Fordd Fair enough

[@lennarthagen3638]

@@silkwesir1444 Ehm your wrong

[@NefariousKoel]

"I want to fit in." Being a literal psychopath he has no empathy so he's constantly trying to act like 'normal' people so he doesn't stick out. They definitely did a good job of wedging that fake personality into all of his interactions in the movie.

[@themoviedealers]

This was an ongoing theme in "Dexter," mainly in the form of donuts.

[@dmusiclife5727]

💯

[@dmusiclife5727]

The Show Dexter was completely based on or really ripped off from Patrick Batemans character. Everything down to the inner dialogue Dexter had through the show

[@GangstaStan010]

@@dmusiclife5727 I noticed that once I started watching Dexter lol

[@Olivetree80]

@@dmusiclife5727 yep, but Dexter is SO different from him, that there's really only a slight symbolic similarity.

[@Bradford659]

“I like to dissect girls. Did you know I’m utterly insane?” 😂

[@DanielS2001]

It's okay. I didn't like Iggy Pop either. But now that he's gone commercial, I like him. XD

[@phatfred2963]

That's my tinder bio

[@mr.pizzamozzarella]

@ebulating Now let's see paul allen's headstone...

[@acopp6891]

Really Patrick?

[@aaronbaca765]

The writer of the book clarified that in fact, he did commit the murders, it’s not all just in his head. The whole idea is that everyone in that lifestyle, at that time, was simply too self absorbed to realize it, even when it’s staring them in the face.

[@kirstyfairly4371]

Aaron Baca-And even worse, that some of them (like the lawyer & the realtor at the end) do in fact realise he's a killer but simply don't care due to their narcissism and greed, so are more then willing to cover up Bateman's crimes.

[@periwinkle43]

@@kirstyfairly4371 yup. The lawyer even gives him an alibi and indicates he would testify to Paul being out of the country which would complicate any missing persons investigation to avoid losing a case if anything came of it

[@tommykevans3]

What’s psycho is that the cast thought Christian bale was TERRIBLE. It wasn’t until they all saw the film that they realized how magnificent his performance actually was.

[@softshallow7435]

Really? Never knew that? Will have to look it up and delve deeper.

[@estefanosolano7415]

SOFTSHALLOW Yeah Bale said that they thought he was the worst actor they’ve ever seen. It’s really crazy that someone so talented could be thought of as terrible

[@softshallow7435]

Estefano Solano they were abit too snobbish for their own good it looks like. I remember him in Empire Of The Sun as a 13 year old ( I think) he acted better than some of the grown ups in that film£

[@augiemesa9429]

Anti hero for sure

[@RRS_027]

@@softshallow7435 Kinda ironic considering the themes of the film, wouldn't you agree?

[@nilefly]

Fun fact: in the scene where Bale's character is chasing the woman with the chainsaw, the woman didn't know that he would have a chainsaw so her reaction was totally genuine!

[@e.d.i8772]

Wtf

[@frothyfriz9722]

Fun fact Christian bale came to set naked as a surprise so her reaction was totally genuine

[@johnp.smithasimpleman7281]

Fun fact: Christian Bale actually took some liberties and killed the actress to make it more realistic, so her reaction at dying was totally genuine. Props to Bale for being such a hardcore method actor!

[@andrewstephens5885]

thank goodness it was a woman director or that would’ve been some kubrick kind of chaotic director energy lmao iconic directing either way!

[@LiilYogurt]

Fun fact: Christian Bale actually went on a real murder spree to get in the mindset for the role

[@user-uq4gr5nl5o]

The main thing about the character is that he's completely empty inside, to the point where he's incapable of spotaneous normal human behavior. That's why his interactions with other people seem so weird and bizarre. Every time he interacts with someone, he's acting out the way he thinks a normal person would act to the point of overacting. The speeches he gives about music are probably reviews he read on a magazine that he rehearsed. He thinks that's how normal people talk about music without realizing how unnatural and artificial he sounds.

[@lmaximus5653]

No, if you read the book he actually has really good taste for music and it's the one thing he actually likes and has a passion for and no he doesn't act artificial, the whole point is that he is clearly a psychopath but yeah everyone around him is so shallow and self obsessed they can't see his mask is slipping. Point of the movie is how people behaved in the 80's.

[@joeodonnell5125]

@Carlos Saraiva and this era is that side of the 80s on steroids with people constantly uploading either mundane tasks like its the most amazing thing ever done to people are showing pictures of what restaurant they are at or holiday they are in..not for the joy if it but the response of like the business card scene in the film

[@wfly81]

I think he's giving his real interpretations of the songs, because if you listen to his interpretations, they're way off. He can take something as upbeat and fun as Huey Lewis and The News and call it cynical because he's projecting his own cynicism onto it. And he takes a Whitney Houston song about becoming a better person and interprets it as being able to empathize with yourself when you can't empathize with others...because he's projecting his own self-absorption onto the song.

[@libertatemadvocatus1797]

@@lmaximus5653 I have read the book and JJJ is more on point. He does go through those long form reviews on music just like he does in the movie and he misses the points of songs all the time. And he's not "clearly a psychopath". He's clearly lost touch with reality by the end of the book. Remember the part when he talks about Bigfoot and a giant Cheerio being interviewed on his favorite talk show or the park bench trying to mug him? Whether or not he ever actually kills anyone is up for debate given the context of the book* is ambiguous. *Bret East Ellis has said that he always intended for Patrick Bateman to be a psychopathic serial killer, but I honestly think that's something he retconned. Patrick Bateman is actually the only decent character in "The Rules of Attraction" (his part is told from his point of view) and he goes from cold and calculating to drinking his own urine and sobbing uncontrollably over minor mistakes.

[@kylereese5841]

I feel he did the murders, but everyone is so self absorbed they didn't notice, and the homeowners of Paul Alan's apartment cleared it out just so they could resell it.

[@sawysauce1256]

The apartment would be a crime scene though. I like the idea that he did it too and in the books he did do it. But i feel the moment when he shoots a cop car and it explodes and then the lack of a crime scene at the apartment kind of tell you this version is different.

[@Soulsphere001]

From what I understand, whether or not he killed anyone is not the point of the movie and doesn't actually matter. It's the more nuanced aspects that are what the overall movie is about. Apparently even the book is suppose to be ambiguous about whether or not he killed anyone.

[@reactions5783]

There is a third option. That, Bateman 'did' commit the murders (or at least some of them). But, that his paranoia and unstable state of mind also may have 'fantasised' about some of the more far-fetched murders.

[@Dotseoem]

tbh, the murders don't matter.

[@freestyleentertainment821]

I read the novel and it’s more obvious there that you’re right... although I don’t know if they were going for something different in the film.

[@oakraidergrl4lif]

“ I got to return some videotapes.”

[@d34d10ck]

Me too

[@Psilocybin77]

Haha that happened as I read the comment

[@horrorhistory7342]

Note: In the scene when he says that quote about “women’s heads on sticks” and claims it was said by Ed Gein, it was actually said by Edmund Kemper.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

Yes, and another one he mixes up, the girl corrects him. "That was Ted Bundy."

[@andrewreisinger6860]

That can be seen as either a goof by the writer of the screenplay or an intentional "mistake" showing Bateman losing his sanity and getting his killers mixed up.

[@Si_Vert]

It's intentional. Every person mistakes everyone else for the wrong people, it's one of the key parts of the film. Everyone is so self absorbed and narcissistic they don't bother to learn other peoples names. All the cast are called by different names during the film, so you never know who's who or who was killed and mistaken identities lead to false alibis.

[@ChamChamRealSmooth]

It fits with the whole theme of the movie where everyone is mistaking each other's identities.

[@imageword5576]

only a true psycho would know that and want to share it with others lol

[@oakraidergrl4lif]

“ Don’t stare at it EAT IT.”

[@colirino]

A line I've used a few times. Thanks Patrick

[@DesolationAngel101]

Based on reports from the making of this movie, Christian Bale can apparently sweat profusely on command.

[@TheSpoonman00]

After all those crunches, I wouldn't be surprised if he has complete control of his autonomic nervous system lmao

[@FrancoisDressler]

@Tim Graham Boom! Boom!

[@ricardomiles2957]

I can do that too but that's because I mastered "getting anxious for no reason", basically if I look at the ground and "ignore" my surroundings and space out, I instantly enter in a anxious state that gets progressively worse the more time I "space out".

[@DarthMaVader]

I live for the business card scene

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

So hilarious 😄

[@Pillowlips77]

Iconic scene

[@bonniehowell4259]

I love his expression as he drops the card feeling completely defeated...

[@jamesoblivion]

The whole thing about his musical tastes is actually that, being an emotional sinkhole, he has no real connection to music, and only listens to super commercial Top 40 pop music, which he dissects in the most pretentious way. Patrick Bateman is the ultimate dork, I believe Bret Easton Ellis has said.

[@jsmarty1]

Right. The film as a whole is a critique of western, and in particular, high end American culture. Like, I like Huey Lewis, but he’s a pop star. Yet with Bateman, he’s critiquing it like he’s talking about Bob Dylan. And even more ironically, at the start, he tells Evelyn “I want to fit in”, then he praises a song about non conformity and how it’s ok to be different, but in doing so, he’s conforming to liking Huey Lewis, a mega pop star. And I think it says it all: he’s two faced, he doesn’t believe what he says, he Patrick Bateman does not exist because he’s just another suit and conformist personality. He wants to be different and stand out but he can’t bear to not fit in. It’s why the business card scene is so important. He wants to stand out but not so much that he’s radical. The differences in business cards in micro, but they matter to him. Yet ask any other normal person, and they can’t tell the difference. Which is exactly what Bateman is. Someone who’s just the same as everyone else but a slightly different shade of white. By criticizing Bateman and his environment, the writers criticize that bubble as a whole and how stupid that echelon of life. But at the same time it’s a lesson to everyone else. Because while this film particularly criticizes upper class American society and its uniformity, it’s also a lesson to everyone else and their little bubbles.

[@DoorElevenProductions]

The fact that he can espouse highly articulate critiques about music and restaurants (which were probably partially lifted from the New York Times) but doesn't know how to behave or identify emotion beyond greed and disgust is what tells you everything you need to know about the character.

[@mokane86]

Yes I always sort of assumed that he plagiarized his info on the music straight out of some pretentious critic review.

[@lmaximus5653]

No I disagree I think he actually feels a lot through music as it's the one thing besides murdering people and being a narcissist that he enjoys. There's a message in his criticizing huey lewis that is symbolic of his dilemma about not being understood and suffering from materialism.

[@DoorElevenProductions]

@@lmaximus5653 It's a great point. Even in his critique of "The Greatest Love of All" he says something to the effect of "even if we can't empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves" which is right on in keeping with the character. I think the only caveat is that as much as he may be able to understand music, it's juxtaposed to how little he understands himself (or, atleast, humanity.)

[@ajax3748]

to think Christian bale went from this to batman 😂

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

Definitely polar opposite roles haha

[@jamesoblivion]

"What the hell are you?" "I'm Bateman!"

[@doctaflo]

@Brandon Likes Movies, i’m not sure they’re polar opposites; bale plays “unhinged” really well, and he brings it to every role i’ve seen him take on, albeit to varying degrees. random thought: i think he’s the best John Connor (Terminator Salvation) because of that. someone who went through that stuff as a kid and grew up thinking he was some kind of messianic savior of humanity would definitely have that coocoo-bananas cult leader dimension to him.

[@secludedmisanthrope6388]

@@ikskwizit That was a hard watch...

[@mojosodope45]

The Batman vs green goblin that we never got to see.

[@the_nikster1]

Re: 17:18 basically, Patrick has OCD and there was a lot of misinformation about HIV and AIDS back then, including how people thought it was exclusively connected to the LGBT community. notice how after Carruthers kisses his hand he immediately goes to wash his hands and then freaks out, using his line of "I have to go return some video tapes" to remove himself from the situation. Carruthers thought Patrick was hitting on him so there was some gay panic mixed with a bit of panic over being possibly exposed to HIV/AIDS. plus I don't think Patrick had any idea that Carruthers was gay so he was confused too. that's how I always saw that scene anyway.

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

This definitely makes a lot more sense!

[@spacemonkeyentertainment6413]

I think that Bateman just doesn't understand that level of thinking and genuine emotion. He plays a role to fit in and he can only do so, because he knows the "stage and scenes" so well. Caruthers doesn't follow the same script if you will. The reaction suprised him so much that he felt uncomfortable in the situation, because he didn't know how to "properly" handle it. That imo is also why the videotapes response is so funny. It doesn't fit the situation at all. Call it a brainfart on Bateman's part. To him everything is so systematic that he only goes through the motions, because he knows that everyone else around him does as well. He simply can't handle genuine surprises. There are also theories that Bateman himself might be gay or rather genuinely confused about sexuality, which he masks with surface level of "that is what people do right ?". Pretty much all women in the movie bore him, they have nothing to offer him and it is only the men he pays attention to, which also works on the whole consumerism level, i know, but might be indicative of something that he can't express, because he would not "fit in" anymore. Either way makes no difference to me, because in the end it's all the same. Bateman just doesn't understand how to be "human".

[@the_nikster1]

SpaceMonkeyEntertainment that’s another good theory! never thought of that one!

[@EssEll9791]

Great observation!

[@calvinwendland8373]

Christian Bale sites his inspiration as Tom Cruise's "un nerving soulless eyes and laughter" duiring his meltdown on Letterman.

[@DoorElevenProductions]

Also Nic Cage's performance in "Vampire's Kiss"

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

“Feed me a stray cat” is the creepiest thing in this movie.

[@brittyn]

I thought it was funny. Because it’s ridiculous. And I love cats.

[@tutsandreacts8021]

@Christicus 101 It was all in his mind, look at the explosion scene, he looks at his gun in disbelieve like how its possible to explode two cars with an hand gun? how many rounds does it holds? he never changes magazine

[@andrewstephens5885]

the power of projecting😳😼

[@MaximBG]

@@tutsandreacts8021 I think everything in the movie happened, except the cops and stray cat thing(would explain Bateman being delusional) , everything else happened, You can't really understand this movie if You didn't read the book or investigate about the ending.

[@weenis3746]

I found it funny ngl

[@vegasviking86]

I don't know why you keep telling us to click the like after watching. You know damn well we're clicking like before you even get to the movie 😂

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

Haha well I appreciate that!

[@DanielleSantos711]

Lol that's what I do! I press like before watching.

[@the_nikster1]

lol same. you should know by now that I click like before I even hit play. this should be common knowledge at this point.

[@punkypony5165]

Same!

[@user-en3yi3qt8b]

I click the like button the moment the commercial starts 😂

[@ProHero86]

Probably the most violent book I ever read, the movie doesn’t give the amount of drugs and violence he does justice tbh.

[@Th3Downz]

Is it good? I have no problem with violence (at least fictional) and have the book on Audible. I just haven't gotten around to it yet

[@the_nikster1]

I couldn't finish listening to the audiobook; it was that graphic. and I've seen this movie multiple times. I'm so glad they didn't go as graphic in the movie as they did in the book.

[@madison6988]

Taylor Downs I’ve read it as well and it’s extremely graphic. I had to skip a couple of pages because of violence towards a kid that I just couldn’t bring myself to read. It’s also kind of hard to understand at first but imo one of the best books I’ve ever read.

[@MrAdamloring1985]

the_nikster yeah. I tried reading it, and it was so pornographic in its detail that I could not finish it. And I’m no prude. It takes a lot to offend/ disgust me. But I just remember thinking, “ the last thing I need on my mind before I go to bed is this stuff.” I put it in a goodwill donation box.

[@Th3Downz]

@@MrAdamloring1985 Jesus. I'm at the very least intrigue to give it a shot.

[@Aymungoos]

10:57 Batman actor kills joker actor. It's a super ironic scene

[@justind7211]

Awesome point

[@calvinwendland8373]

@@ZaveAres two separate universes.

[@adamwarlock1]

Nice. Plus I have to feel that the Joker movie owes a little bit to this (as do less related things like Dexter).

[@RV-vx9ek]

Isn't that just a coincidence?

[@ianchristopher9422]

To be fair he was an awful Joker.

[@roebuckmckinney]

It's always been my head canon that the bankers and executives in the film all try so hard to make themselves stand out from the pack, but are so tightly held down to the standards of their in-group than none of them really can stand out as an individual. Even if he did kill Paul Allen, everybody still thinks Paul Allen is still alive because there's always another executive to take his place, and no one can tell the difference between the dead guy and the new guy. In any case Patrick is in a world of people who all look and dress and behave within such narrow strictures that even the most violent attempt to have his own identity isn't sufficient to make him a real person.

[@theowinters6314]

I would recommend "The Cabin in the Woods" And "Tucker & Dale vs Evil"

[@xr4tihonk]

I definitely second "Tucker & Dale vs Evil". It's tremendous, and a little comedy-horror would be a great break if things get too heavy.

[@sallyatticum]

@@xr4tihonk I love "Tucker & Dale vs Evil!" I had no idea what it was when I started and at first I thought, why am I watching this? But I kept on watching. It was great.

[@MrHeiska01]

I also recommend both these movies, but The cabin in the woods gets better after he watch more horror movies before it.

[@horrorfanatic100]

I second cabin in the woods.

[@masterzombie161]

Creepshow (80s)

[@courtneyvaldez7903]

There's a ton going on in this film (and the novel it's adapted from) about 80s yuppy, consumerist, late-capitalist culture (a lot of postmodern "ists" at work here). Basically, the idea that people had become so overtaken by these aspects of American culture that people were no longer "people", but an amalgamation of the things they owned, their status symbols. The novel actually goes pages and pages on basically just listing things Bateman and the other characters own that it's like the person beneath doesn't even exist, that everything human about them is insignificant. People seem to ignore the craziest shit Bateman says because the psychosis of the culture is meant to be just a normal part of day-to-day life so it's something you don't really recognize. A lot of people get hung up in this movie with literalist interpretations, but that does the ideas beneath the surface a disservice. It's really a good film to show someone when you're trying to explain why stories need to be experienced literally AND symbolically. And yes, Bale fucking kills it.................pun only slightly intended.

[@allyin15]

Fantastic description. I was going to try it but this says it perfectly. An extra level I appreciated as I was reading the novel was realising the fact that I myself had at some point started glossing over the enormous descriptions of products and music, and I can't say for sure what details/confessions I might have missed that could have been hidden within. I started participating in this act of dehumanisation even as a reader.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

Awesome comment.

[@bonniehowell4259]

Well said..

[@michaal105]

Would you consider yourself to be a good person? How many lies have you told, and what do you call someone who lies? Have you ever stolen something, no matter how small, and what do you call someone who steals? Have you ever taken God's name in vain/blasphemed, even ‘OMG’? That’s taking the name of the God who gave you life and using it in the place of a cuss word - would you do that with your mother’s name? Have you ever dishonoured your parents? Jesus said whoever looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery in his heart. Have you ever looked with lust? Most people probably have broken all 5 of these commandments. I myself have. I’m not judging you but if you have done these things then you’re a lying, thieving, blasphemous, rebellious adulterer-at-heart by your own admission. That's only 5 of the 10 commandments. God is fully just so he must and will punish every and all sin (which is departure from/rebellion towards God and the conscience) when he judges us. He cannot simply cancel our debt and let us go, or else he would be unjust. If you went into the courtroom and said: ‘Yes Judge, I’ve done these things but I also give money to the Red Cross and volunteer at an old-age home. I try my best to love people’ the judge is not going to take that into consideration. You’ve broken the law; the good you’ve done won’t help at all on the day of judgement. If he judges you by the moral law will you be innocent or guilty? Heaven or Hell? The answer is Hell. Doesn’t that concern you? But, fortunately, that is not God’s will. He is so loving and merciful, he made a way for you to be forgiven. The Son of God came down as a man, Jesus Christ, and lived a perfect, sinless life, so was the perfect sacrifice. He excruciatingly suffered and died on the cross to pay the FULL debt we owe because of sin; justice is fully done. You and I broke God's law and Jesus paid the fine in his life's blood, being resurrected again 3 days later. That’s why he said “It is finished” on the cross - in other words the debt has been paid. God has the payment ready to go for you. What you need to do is repent (recognising you are a sinner deserving God's punishment, turn to Him) and trust ALONE in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins. Our works can do nothing as by the standard of God’s moral law we fail, but faith in him is enough to save us from all sin - past, present and future! Then though you have grievously offended God, he will forgive you and you will inherit eternal life being reborn in the Holy Spirit when you put your trust in the Lord and saviour. Too, you enter a covenant relationship with God - sonship, and truly I tell you your life will change in his presence. So repent and trust (i.e. Biblical faith), receive the free gift of grace. He redeemed me. God, The King of The Universe, came down as a man. He lived the first 30 years of his life as a poor carpenter then spent the next 3 preaching, healing and saving souls - all the while being persecuted, insulted and hated by his own people - and took the punishment to save our lives. It’s the most amazing love that anyone ever displayed. Christianity’s not just a religion. It's a pure, sweet relationship with God. Because of Jesus, I am now a son of God. He is my dad, and you can be his child too. God loves you. Will you let him come?. . .. . .. . .

[@david1731048]

@@michaal105 well there's a lecture nobody asked for...

[@macready84]

It was real to Patrick, and the very last line says it all. "this confession has meant nothing" The turmoil that he felt was real and coming to the point where he wanted to confess what he did put him through hell, but there is no penance for things that never happened so he's left feeling the guilt for his actions but no way to reconcile them.

[@RRS_027]

@Rob G That's the thing, the book is so much ambiguous and meant to tell the story that way that baffles me that the director stated that. Bateman is stalked by a anthropomorphic park bench ffs. But oh well, movie is movie and book is book, right?

[@MrZampanov]

“It was definitely a process. [Bale and I] talked a lot, but he was in L.A. and I was in New York. We didn’t actually meet in person a lot, just talked on the phone. We talked about how Martian-like Patrick Bateman was, how he was looking at the world like somebody from another planet, watching what people did and trying to work out the right way to behave. And then one day he called me and he had been watching Tom Cruise on David Letterman, and he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes, and he was really taken with this energy.” - Director Mary Harron

[@JeepersCreepers2013]

Him dancing around to Hip to be Square is totally hilarious. It's creepy as hell, but it cracks me up every time.

[@FingerBrokenBranches]

Funniest part in the book, he walks into a MacDonalds, tells the cashier he has a reservervation, looks at the prices of the food and asks "Is this a goddamned joke?"

[@RBailley]

An incredible Christian Bale performance is "Empire of the Sun" highly recommend

[@kthx1138]

He gotten bitten by the acting bug early after working with Steven Spielberg!

[@joeypotter6051]

Such a good movie

[@финик-с6ч]

*Patrick Bateman is actually Dennis Reynolds from always sunny. The only difference is that one exists in drama and the other in comedy xD*

[@melimel67]

Oh my god this is so true 😂

[@jamielawson9001]

Spooky season! Let's go!! Great performance from Bale in this movie.

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

The best season of the year

[@superme63]

@@BrandonLikesMovies if you have yet to see it, I HIGHLY recommend Rescue Dawn. It's another Christian Bale film, and he absolutely smashes that role. Knowing your taste and appreciation of film, you will absolutely love that movie.

[@wpgme85]

American Psycho has one of the most misunderstood endings in film history. While it's likely that Patrick's final rampage was in his mind, alluded to by his earlier comments of his mask of sanity slipping and clear visual hallucinations in the ATM message and explosions, Patrick DID commit all the other murders throughout the film. When he goes to Paul's apartment to clean up and finds it empty, recently painted, and newly on the market, he's extremely confused and begins to believe he's loosing his mind. Our confusion mirrors his. But the property manager's attitude is the first confirmation that he committed all the murders. She realizes he's NOT there to view the apartment and confirms it with her question about the ad. When she asks him to leave without causing trouble, she's basically confessing to having covered up his murders. Like Patrick, she only cares about appearances. If it was known that multiple murders were committed in the apartment, the property value would tank and she'd likely lose her job. Her demeanor is icy because she knows EXACTLY what Patrick has done. And she doesn't care. Later at the club, when he confesses to his lawyer again only for the lawyer to say Patrick couldn't have possibly had dinner with Paul, THAT'S when Patrick realizes the film's thesis. Literally, as he's saying 'no you didn't', he realizes that the lawyer didn't have dinner with Paul and is lying. The lawyer being able to tell everyone he had dinner with Paul Allen in London twice is great peacocking. A total status move. People look on him with envy when he tells his story about not one, but two private dinners with his great friend Paul. And when Patrick finally makes him believe that his is a real confession and not an outlandish joke, the lawyer, like the property manager, makes a decision to cover up Patrick's crime for the sake of keeping up appearances. His demeanor is icy because he knows Patrick murdered Paul. And he doesn't care. Status is more important. Patrick's confession meant nothing because what he's done isn't strange in his world. Everyone of his colleagues, maybe everyone in general, is just as psychotic as him. Albeit in different ways. The entire film is an an amazing criticism of the shallow consumerism of the 80's and a condemnation of yuppie obsession with status. And so many people's confusion at the ending contrasts Patrick's understanding. We don't see the madness because we're part of it. We, the audience, are complicit in the psychosis. We can't see it because we are it. In the world of the mad, who is truly insane?

[@tysoncrowe8870]

Shut up nerd

[@OrderRealm]

A great great movie, a personal favourite.

[@lashier13]

The scariest thing about Patrick Bateman, by far, is how much he loves Huey Lewis and The News.

[@adamwarlock1]

For me it's that he thinks Genesis got better after Peter Gabriel left. I mean, agree to disagree about murder and stuff, but THAT?!?

[@danielponder690]

last time I heard, Huey Lewis was developing a new drug...

[@shainewhite2781]

Dude, Christian Bale is insane in this movie! I watched this film several times, and it will keep you guessing till the very end! Anyway, I'm watching the Sci-fi Horror cult classic, EVENT HORIZON. Hope you enjoy.

[@Covenantt666]

One of my favourite films.

[@SvenDeBinj]

Literally insane lol

[@loucifer9618]

I really want him to watch both Pandorum and Event Horizon.

[@ThanatoselNyx]

Event Horizon is great. It is 40k's The Warp the Movie

[@Kleehv]

Great space horror

[@squishymcsquisherson]

"Don't just stare at it, eat it." Best one liner in cinema history. Side note: Dexter used the alias Dr. Patrick Bateman when ordering his M99. 👌🏼

[@Adam-oh3vu]

she cant, she has to return some videotapes, lol

[@SonicMegaKing]

Nah, Ass to Ass is the top.

[@shainewhite2781]

6:25, he's even pretending it's a wine stain, but it's not. Lol!

[@Thomaswake]

or is it

[@theocole]

Cranberry juice... cran-apple

[@ProductionAnything]

2:23 "Willem Dafoe is in this ?! Woah, incredible actor ! Oh Jared Leto, i know him..." We share the same opinion man

[@A1985Jonesy]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time!!! My take on this movie is it makes fun of the yuppie culture of the time. Most people are only focused on reservations and materialistic things so batemans murders go unnoticed. That’s why in the chainsaw scene no one hears it and comes to help the girl. As to what’s real or not the shootout is most definitely a figment of his imagination, but I think most everything else he did. I believe he killed Paul Allen, and the lawyer just mistook someone else for him just like what happens all throughout the movie with Bateman.

[@sethrussell6393]

Yeah, I think the joke is that they're all so interchangeable that they get each other's names mixed up all the time. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do with these people. It just matters what you have, which is lots of material possessions.

[@jessbelen1492]

@Rob G wow. Did she said something about Allen's apartment and why there were not bodies? It's the only scene that makes me believe it wasn't real.

[@jessbelen1492]

@Rob G long time ago I read the author leave it to the imagination because he didn't know what to do.

[@mrfunnyperson100]

Yep, 80’s and early 90’s greed and consumerism being excessively dehumanizing was the main subtext of the novel: Patrick Bateman name-checks celebrities he is only tangentially related; is overly concerned with meaningless details (notice in the business card scene they were ALL Vice Presidents); creates pseudo-philosophy about cheesy pop music that was popular 5 years ago (in the 80’s); and always wears the most expensive clothes with absolutely no concern for if they match. He’s a sociopath who his disgusted by the by trying to fit into a society that is so shallow people routinely mistake each other’s identity. That’s why he’s unable to kill his secretary Jean and the gay executive in the bathroom; they’re the only 2 people in the movie to show him any sort of real affection and it confuses him.

[@mrfunnyperson100]

Rob G the book left a lot of question over whether it was real: the longer the book goes on the more drugs Bateman takes and his kills start to become physically impossible. Plus the author has gone on record saying the movie should have made it even more unclear what was real and what was fake, and that even as the author he didn’t know.

[@jromins9155]

Man people really sleep on Christian bale. He's such an amazing method actor. With this, machinist, prestige, and others, he really gets into his roles. A lot of people just "Christian bale is just batman"

[@superheroedits1315]

Love this movie! Hope to see you react to Nightcrawler if you haven’t already since it’s another thriller

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

Love that movie!

[@laflame4473]

One of the best movies ever in my opinion so funny and thought provoking, one of my favorite performances ever as well just great overall

[@ian3314]

Looking forward to this one! This movie is great and so uncomfortable. Early congrats on 65k man! Keep it up!

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

Thanks Ian!! Really appreciate it 😁

[@Jacob_Junge]

If you think the movie is uncomfortabble, don't read the novel!

[@ian3314]

@@Jacob_Junge oh ya I did after I saw this years ago. Brett Ellis wrote a weird one.

[@movieman175]

I found out today that my sister died and these reactions really are helping me out . Putting a smile on my face. Thanks for that.

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

I'm so incredibly sorry to hear that!! My heart goes out to you

[@movieman175]

@@BrandonLikesMovies thank you. We're going to get by. We've experienced a lot of tragedy in the last couple years. I have to say your reactions are helping me a bit today. Can't sleep but I know that's something I can watch that usually makes me smile. I'm sure you do good for a lot of other people. Thank you.

[@horrorfanatic100]

Sorry for your loss. My condolences

[@dianem8544]

Belatedly saying that I'm sorry for your loss, too. My dad died around the time you left this comment, so I'm feeling you hard right now. I'm very carefully avoiding certain media-things that might make me cry right now so I know how valuable channels like Brandon's are at a time like this.

[@jacobbruen9231]

I’m really sorry for your loss. It never exactly gets easier but if you’re willing to take advice from a random stranger, try to remember the good times with her and honor her with happy memories.

[@doctaflo]

christian bale plays “unhinged” really well, whether it’s this movie, the machinist, batman, the prestige... i think he’s the best John Connor (Terminator Salvation) because of this attribute. someone who survived a cyborg attack as a kid and grew up thinking he was some kind of messianic savior of humanity would definitely have that coocoo-bananas cult leader dimension to him.

[@solovinojuntoseva8463]

Fun fact... Leonardo Decaprio was supposed to play Bateman before dropping out. Funny how fate makes things happen as Bale was masterful in this role.

[@michaeltabor4176]

October deserves a reaction to The Lost Boys!!!

[@Jacobsherman341]

Or lost

[@JMartini810]

The way he smoothly puts together scenes to give a crisp viewing experience , honest and pure reactions to anything put on the screen before him is violently refreshing and even a post movie review really put this whole experience together..... Oh my God... he even has a Patreon.

[@gorgdemorg9381]

Every time I hear hip to be square, I think of this movie 😅

[@tomclough705]

My all time favourite film, Bale is unnearving as Bateman. I can imagine wall street is very much like this even now. Its almost two sides of the same coin as Batman. Which is amazing that he got to play both. Also extreamly under rated as a female directed film. The cinematography is brilliant, the music is perfect and ever small detail means something

[@rx7dude2006]

I went to school here in Gig Harbor with Josh Lucas who was a year ahead of me.He has come a long way, his biggest role was in Sweet Home Alabama and Poseidon.

[@enriquesd69]

Bro, you should watch The Machinist - so insane movie of Christian Bale.

[@stephaniebristol3837]

Very good.

[@jamesswainston826]

Timing sequence connection: Christian Bale in American Psycho times the chainsaw drop several floors down the stairwell to hit his escaping victim exactly as she crosses underneath. Also Christian Bale in The Dark Knight as Batman times his jump several floors down in the parking garage to hit the escaping van exactly as it crosses underneath. Maybe I'm just over-thinking it.

[@Funktastic_Ed]

Christian Bale could actually have been a better Joker than a Batman, this movie is evidence.

[@oskar27971]

John Carpenter’s The Thing should nicely set the October tone...

[@shainewhite2781]

3:53, they spoofed the intro in a Aloe Vera Commercial with Margot Robbie.

[@Rupsyy]

something similar to this would be “A clockwork Orange.” Definitely worth a watch, one of my all time favourites.

[@shainewhite2781]

3:10, they are called Yuppies.

[@doubleMx2]

You should watch "The House That Jack Built", it fits this month's criteria.

[@meghanmonroe]

Visually, I loved it. But that's standard with Lars Von Trier movies. Otherwise the movie was not exceptional.

[@Jwood20025]

I literally just watched this lmao However, “This confession has meant nothing”💀

[@grayantihero6059]

This book/movie is simply an allegory of the materialism and high decadence that was the 80s.

[@joshuarainn951]

Well looks like sleep has been postponed by a half hour

[@Tenpinmaster]

Jacobs Ladder with Tim Robbins. A MUST WATCH.

[@elisabethlarsen4282]

I... What?! Did I miss that this was on the schedule?! I would have freaked out the minute I saw it there! Just woke up! This in insane, dont know if I am seeing this correctly 😍😍

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

Haha hope you enioy 😄

[@195511SM]

I saw this when it originally opened in theaters. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who was confused by it. Holy smokes! I commented before reaching the end of the video....& you said the same thing about being confused by the end of it.

[@seanlittle2302]

Brandon watches movies that I find merely "ok" and he makes me appreciate them more. His enthusiasm is genuinely contagious. Best reaction channel on KZbin by a longshot!

[@kyubey3961]

Ok, so, about the business card scene, I have a personnal connection to it that makes it even more hilarious. You see, both my parents were bookbinders, so they worked a lot with paper. They love paper. When I say that they love paper, I am serious: they love paper, and they see every little detail about it that most people would never think even exists. So I remember them seriously having that type of conversation and enthousiasm about business cards or books or anything, just because of the quality of the paper, the printing, etc... So now, everytime I see this scene, I just see my parents xD

[@theprogwalrus7564]

How would y’all think Brandon would react to Requiem for a dream?

[@Emburbujada]

Absolutely yes!

[@J_JetClips]

Don't understand why people like that movie...it's one of those films that's so depressing that you wish you never even watched it

[@Emburbujada]

@@J_JetClips Not an easy one to watch, but the techniques the director decided to use and the acting make it worth the watch.

[@bonniehowell4259]

@@J_JetClips That movie made me afraid to even smoke weed...lol

[@kikicat7563]

@@J_JetClips agreed!

[@TheBOR1S]

A personal favourite.......also 'Sunshine', and 'Starship Troopers' I hope you can fit them in sometime. Thanks for the great entertainment!

[@chrisdunlap5482]

This is what I needed today...looking forward to the October themed stuff.

[@jediknight73]

Dude your voice and demeanor is so relaxing calms me down lol. And sleepy to.

[@TdMe99]

Woohoo!!! This is a good one!!! Notification squad here!

[@DarthAnnhiliax]

Patrick is Dennis Reynolds, fully unhinged 🤣🤣🤣

[@jonathansefcik473]

"You can always be thinner" lol 4 years later Christian Bale loses 63 pounds for his role in The Machinist.

[@thekeyboardess1150]

And later on, he did it again for "HUNGER" (another striking performance) 😨

[@flibber123]

The business card scene is one of my most favorite scenes in all movie history. It's like a short film all in itself.

[@TheeJasonReyes]

I could only imagine how great Christian Bale would be as a Joker in a multiverse DC film...like the Flash movie thats coming up.

[@brittyn]

As somebody who has seen this movie tons of times, it was really fun to watch your reaction to it. I will never forget seeing the trailer in theaters, I think they showed it before Fight Club. I worked at a videostore when it came out on VHS and after seeing it (lots of customers recommended it), I was confused why it was in the “Drama” section and not “Comedy.” I too immediately watched it again after the first time. I know Bret Easton Ellis says Patrick really committed the murders but the book has some other crazy scenes that still leave me doubting it: he kills a kid in broad daylight at the zoo, and he sees U2 in concert and thinks Bono is talking to him telepathically from stage. He’s clearly got some mental issues!! Fun fact: the scream track from Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the same one as when Christie is running away from him with the chainsaw. Why do none of the neighbors hear her banging on their doors? Fun fact #2: co-writer Guinevere Turner is Elizabeth (his friend he invites over when he sees Christie again).

[@jordanbates5465]

This movie is proof that Christian and Heath could've switched roles in the Dark Knight and it would've been just as good! Dude is so cold in this!

[@SnowTheJamMan]

What a pleasant surprise, one of my favorite films of all time, Bale's performance is incredible.

[@claymccoy]

I can’t watch the killing Paul Allen scene without thinking of the Weird Al and Huey Lewis parody of that scene.

[@leonardoyeth7080]

Had to watch this reaction to make sure I’m not the only one who laughed at the hip to be square murder😭😭

[@holdena]

I hope you do Hereditary if you haven't seen it. It's one of my favorite movies, and I know you'll love it!

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

Saw it in theaters 😁

[@psychonaut1829]

Midsommar is better.

[@mcgfn]

Trump's Neck Vagina taste in movies is very subjective, you can't just tell someone that one movie is better, you sound pretentious man.

[@EfftupSmith]

We reviewed it on our radio show and while we all liked it, my colleague was just un naturally obsessed with how bad Gabriel Byrne's hair was in the film.

[@ianchristopher9422]

@@BrandonLikesMovies Saw "It" in theaters😅👌

[@terrencecoccoli524]

Some of the best commentary from a reaction video. Good job.

[@Griebss]

Super excited for this one, my all time favorite movie!

[@BrandonLikesMovies]

Hope you enjoy the video in that case Evan!

[@samuelgreenslade9610]

I always think that Patrick Bateman is who Glenn Howerton channels when he plays Dennis in It's Always Sunny.

[@thebadasstimes]

Now you must watch and react to #RulesOfAttraction with James Van Der Beek. Where he plays Patrick Bateman's younger psycho brother, Sean Bateman. This film is also a beloved classic.

[@augiemesa9429]

This is why I watch reactions and especially yours. It's great to relive the first time I've seen a movie through the eyes of another. I feel all the crazy emotions all over again. I had to watch it a handful of times before I understood some of the stuff you've mentioned. Love it.

[@MrJosdp]

i always thought he was most psycho when not killing. Obsessed with himself all the time looking in the mirror. imagine that

[@wikiwikiwee1]

I love the part where he turns around all calm after killing paul allen and there is a lack of blood on his face in that part of the shot

[@wyattjohnson3714]

You seem to really like Willem DaFoe! In the theme of Halloween, maybe you should check out the Lighthouse, would make a great reaction. Anyway, great video! Keep up the great work

[@krs5267]

Fun fact: big corporations tend to favor people with sociopathic or psychopathic tendencies for higher positions and even tailor their recruitment processes to that affect (they need CEOs who can fire thousands of people without batting an eye).

[@osamabinlaggin3281]

“What’s up friends, it is sp00ky season” -Brandon

[@cupoftea4787]

As far as people watching movies channels go yours is the best, you have a very interesting take on dissecting movies.

[@Jeminai77]

now look up the role he played after this, "The Machinist", then ofc he went on to Dark Knight.