FILMMAKER MOVIE REACTION!! American Psycho (2000) FIRST TIME REACTION!!
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Outstanding! I believe you will find this a cut above. Brilliant performance by Bales. Kudos to Mary Herron for her directorial prowess. Only way to find Bret Easton Ellis's work palatable.
100% agree!!
freak urself out a bit and take a look at the role Bale played after this. "The Machinist" even some stills you'll see what he did. he then went on to play Batman (why he was beefy in the beginning)
Your right he was desensitized while working out
So my personal theory on what is actually happening at the end is this: they are ALL killers, and Patrick just broke whereas they were able to maintain their facades. Then, when the other guy says it’s not possible because he has lunch with Allen, he was just covering it up and trying to keep Patrick quiet so he wouldn’t oust them. Collective of high paid killers that protect each other, until one cracks.
Fun fact, Christian Bale said that what 'helped' him to act is Tom Cruise. He copied the 'empty friendliness' in his eyes. Weirdly accurate.
Bateman lives at 55 West 81st Street, Upper West Side on the 11th floor of the American Gardens Building (where he is a neighbor of actor Tom Cruise).
@Dexter Morgan That would’ve been really cool, Tom Cruise acting as himself
Fun fact, Christian Bale isn’t even American.
@@MartyrLoserKing really?
@@obamaspaghettitoiletsauce9150 Yup, he's from Wales
You know they filmed that Willem Dafoe interrogation three times ? Once where he believes Patrick, one where he's unsure and one where he totally suspects him. They spliced it together to create a very unsettling atmosphere.
That’s actually extremely brilliant!!
that's interesting cause I can NEVER tell if he's stupid or just playing stupid to get more info lol
That is so fuckin cool. And it totally demonstrates what a superb actor Defoe is.
There are so many extremely subtle editing decisions that make this such a fantastic movie along with Bales performance
It also looks like Harron also shot the interview scene in Bateman's office with a wider lens and the pan and tilt resistance off, so the subjects look stable but the edges of the frame are shaky.
According to Christian Bale, when he first got the script, he was expecting it to be a dark, gritty psychological horror. Only, he found himself constantly laughing while reading it. He called up the director, Mary Harron, concerned what that might mean for him as a person. But she told him, "Don't worry. It's SUPPOSED to be funny."
Hahaha that’s beautiful!
Dark twisted and hilarious ppl look to deep into the horror and get freaked by the humor the horror and darkness is just there for plot it’s a film ppl
@@current3109 'cus, y'know, films can't have any deep meaning. Just because it's funny, doesn't mean there aren't interesting or deep aspects to it. Not everything meaningful has to be dark and serious.
oh damn, i thought i was psychotic for laughing while watching. it is pretty absurd
@@gary7846 I DID TOO OMFG
The real villain of the movie has always been Dorsia. No matter how many people Patrick kills, he's never gonna get that rez.
Or that sea urchin ceviche
Dorsia? Noboby goes there anymore.
Funny is, in the book, he managed to get in Dorsia, but only through a reservation made by his hated brother Sean. Another humiliation for him, but his brother remained unscathed.
the real villain are those damn business cards
@@KP16OO I was going to say, the business card maker, now they are the ones making a killing.
"That wasn't very batman of him at all" So funny because he got the part of batman because of this movie.
Yeah, my understanding is that Christopher Nolan thought that Bruce Wayne had to be slightly unhinged to become a vigilante and so he needed an actor with the chops to carry that off.
Wait really!? 😆
@@JamesVSCinema So i heard, makes sense since he has 2 personalities like batman and Bruce. His dark side and his everyday business side.
@@JamesVSCinema that was after they laughed at him when he was first auditioning for Batman. He just finished The Mashinist and looked like a stick 😂 so the story goes...you have to see The Mashinist if you have not.
@@JamesVSCinema I've heard that as this movie was filming the other actors hated Christian Bale's acting, they thought he was a terrible actor. It was only after they realised what he was doing with his acting.
If this came out today Bale would have won an Oscar.
The phone call confession scene is his best scene ever. Could have played the Joker as well
If this came out today, Twitter would blow up like a nuclear bomb.
@@JP-1990 it really would
Factory freak out scene in the machinist is up there too.
It wouldn't come out today. They don't make movies like this anymore because of the fact that the media and Hollywood has preached so much about political correctness. At the very least there won't be another large budget movie that takes so much pr risk as this movie did.
“I guess I’m a pretty sick guuuuy” I laughed my ass off when I heard that line.
Cristian Bale's costars actually didn't like his performance and thought it was incredibly over the top. But, after the movie was released, they realized what he was doing. Cristian Bale is one of the best actors in Hollywood!
Did not know that!
I haven’t heard that.
The best of his generation
I also heard they were weirded out about his ability to start sweating on command during the business card scene. Every. Single. Take. Dude is so serious about acting he has control over his nervous system 😮
Yeah spell Christian right first, then I'll consider your fact
Yeah, the book this is based on is legitimately nauseating. Makes the movie look like a family picture in comparison. The murders did happen by the way, the theme of the movie is that nobody cares. That's why the woman selling Paul Allen's apartment gave him such a nasty look. She clearly disposed of everything so she could sell it at a high price, cause it was stated earlier how much it was worth. And the lawyer recognizing Paul Allen in the end is just another example of mistaken identity, which is shown constantly throughout the whole film. Love this movie, glad you reacted to it.
Thanks for the knowledge my friend!!
@Dexter Morgan Jesus, I don't think I could ever forget those moments. I still clearly remember the part where he walks by the gay pride parade. His overreaction to getting winked at is so horrible and ridiculous it kinda makes me chuckle, especially with it's single sentence delivery. The book definitely delves deeper into how much of a homophobe Patrick is.
@Dexter Morgan That scene felt more cold to me. How he just stood there watching the kid die followed by his explanation that it wasn't satisfying because not many people would miss him at that age. The later moments with his secretary felt the most human to me. Especially when they both write a nasty letter to his ex.
@Dexter Morgan I couldn't finish the book, almost out of principle. I don't see myself as being oversensitive and wouldn't ever call for banning the book, but it was just far more chilling than anything I've ever read.
Bizarrely the scene with the urinal cake is what stands out for me, possibly because it was one of the least impulsive ideas he had.
Thats what I thought too. That the woman selling Paul Allens apartment got some mafia types to clean up all he dead bodies because the property was worth millions.
The book was considered unfilmable, for obvious reasons if you happen to have read it (I felt physically sick at one point) A lot of people misinterpreted it as glorifying that lifestyle, as opposed to satirising it.
Mary Hannon and Christian Bale both did a terrific job of nailing the tone and character respectively.
Geeez...now I’m intrigued in reading the book!
@@JamesVSCinema The novel was written by Bret Easton Elis, who also wrote Less Than Zero. The main thing I recall from the novel was that the main character always describes people based on their fashion, or other materialistic qualities, and rarely their physical appearance. The character is almost completely detached from humanity, and likely a narrative of the cutthroat nature of Wall Street, and materialism in the 80s.
@@JamesVSCinema it’s actually brilliant. darkly hilarious. i think you’d love it.
The book is almost unreadable because it's so well crafted and the more you read the more insane you become. It really is delving inside the mind of Patrick Bateman, to the point where his mind is infecting you.
@@stuartspencer2161 just to expand a little on what you said: he goes into as much detail when describing his horrific crimes as he does when describing people's clothes and the music he listens to. As if they're all equally significant to him, which kind makes it even more unsettling.
Incidentally he talks in the book about his love for Whitney Houston but she refused to have her music included in the film...
He wasn't imagining it, the guy mistook someone for in London for Paul Allen in the same way Bateman is mistaken for other characters throughout the film (like with his alibi). Also the real estate lady cleaned up the mess so as to not let the value of the apartment drop.
@TGDS Could be explained by the fact he blends in so well he could have been anyone
In my head it’s the lawyer being complicit
Personally I think it’s whatever you believe. You can either think all of it was imaginary or all of it was real. It is why the film is so good.
@Aquarium Gravel Do you gave a clip or article of anyone saying that? I think that would be interesting read
@@elbowbread4393 same!
This movie is so intentionally unintentionally funny. When shit just goes 0 to 100 on the drop of a dime and the ultra self-important narration, it just makes me crack up. And the business card scene literally had my in tears the first time I watched this it was so dumb.
Hahahaha I’m going to forever look at business cards like that haha
I think the whole thing is a dark satire. A VERY dark satire.
I think that the reason his interaction with Lewis in the bathroom shook Bateman so hard is that it's the only time in the film you see him experience genuine affection, which to him is a completely alien concept; it's like he short-circuits.
@TuTíoJefferson yeah it is
No, I think it has more to do with affection more than possible homophobia. Notice that the only people Bateman spares even as he’s trying to kill them are those who show him affection, something a sociopath like him doesn’t know how to handle. It’s an idea that is entirely foreign to the dog eat dog mentality he has accustomed himself to and expects in others
Yes, he said that the strongest emotion he has is disgust. He was disgusted of even the touch of that men.
@TuTíoJefferson holy shit that makes sense now becuase of the blood
I think a lot of these ideas are part of the answer, which is a complex or difficult one to bring out. Another idea I thought about is that it would affect his image to be seen as involved in homoeroticism, and we all know how seriously he takes his image. But I like the explanation of real affection being alien to him, too.
He's not mocking people, he's trying to pass as one of them.
Mimick them.
But his detachment with emotions and reality, makes it feel like he's mocking them
He lives in a world of mockery. And by mock i mean the definition: "Not authentic or real". thats why there's so many mirrors in the film. Everyone is a reflection of everyone. A reflection is nothing but an image with nothing behind it. He even says "I'm simply not there" as he looks at the mirror. Bateman is just an example of one person of many in the movie who are obsessed with conformity.
Buzzardbeatniks not too long ago I started expressing my opinions with “I think” rather than just barging in with it bluntly, as in “I think he’s not mocking people, he’s trying to pass as one of them.” It has made my statements less abrasive than just stating my opinion as if it’s objective fact. It makes it seems less like I’m trying to correct someone and more like I’m adding to the discussion not shutting it down. You know, it keeps it subjective not objective. Really changed how I interact with people in a positive way in the comments. I mean it hasn’t stopped me from being passive aggressive, but I’m only human.
I think he's conflicted. Not in a moral way of course, as that doesn't appy here.
He mocks others because he looks down on them. It's fairly well known that many anti-social personality disorders also have co-disorders such as heavy narcissistic and detachment. He thinks he's better than everyone else. The other part though has to do with his insecurities, validation (purely egocentric) and status. So while he generally views himself as above the rest, it does irk him to no end if someone has something he deems valuable, e.g career promotion. And that is what makes him a valid threat.
Had a blast watching your reaction haha. Loved your analysis, and enjoyed seeing your brain melt at the end lol
Talk about a crazy piece of cinema..hahaha this was a wild experience itself! Much love as always Brandon
I love that you two are aware of each other. 2 of my favorite reactors recognizing each other. What a beautiful comment. Appreciate you both!!
The scene where he nearly kills Lewis is actually really poignant. He’s washing his hands afterwards despite wearing gloves, because he nearly killed the one person who wasn’t afraid to bare their true selves to someone else instead of putting up the cookie cutter facade everyone else, Bateman included, seems to revere. He was also the only person to truly ‘notice’ Bateman, which made him close up like a tortoise.
Um I’m sorry to tell you but no…. It’s because Patrick is a severe homophobe who believed that every single gay person has AIDS. It’s expanded upon in the book and is really fucked up :/
@@jadenantu6171 Hahah I thought this too
@@khaalmalki4039 It's dehumanizing, maybe it's not exactly hatred but it's viewing people as something other than people
It's because he thinks he has AIDS
@@khaalmalki4039 Please tell me how all the interracial smut where the chick calls the dude a hard R isn't an example of racism by fetishizing.
Fun fact: Leonardo DiCaprio was supposed to play Bateman but he ended up doing The Beach instead. I personally think nobody could have done a better job than Christian Bale
I agree. This was a much more nuanced character. Leo's best "villain" performance was easily Django Unchained in my opinion, which was a much more in your face character.
It’s said that Leo didn’t really understand the material & that it would have been a bad idea for him to make the movie due to his fan base at the time.
@@Bradford659 Fair enough, he's still a good actor tho who probably could've pulled it off.
He was talked out of it by someone (who's name escapes me) who told him that so many young girls love him and if they saw it, they'd be scarred
I love Leo and No doubt he would have pulled off his Version, he is a great Actor, but I can't picture him pulling off a better Version than Bale, specially when you consider how young he looks back than, i mean he had a Babyface and was skinny, like a Boy Band Member, Bale may had been just 1 years older than Leo, he looked more Mature, he looked convincing as Psycho Business man. Leo would have been a very young looking Patrick Bateman.
One interpretation is it wasn’t real.
Another is that just like Carnes mistakes Christian Bale for someone else, there’s a chance he assumes Jared Leto is the person he had lunch with when instead it could have been someone else and Christian Bale really did kill him.
Everyone in the world these people live in are so obsessed with certain look and a certain quality of life that they can’t distinguish one person from the other, nor do they actually care to since they are so wrapped up in their own lives.
Oh best believe i went on a deep dive about this film afterwards! I honestly think the second option is a very real winner
It makes also sense that the real estate lady cleaned up the apartment, no questions asked, so she could sell it again. That's definitly what was intended by the novel, as confirmed by the author. But I think in the movie they left it more or less ambiguous, probably to make you think about it a little longer 😅
My main take away is that it wouldn't matter if he really was murdering people or not, becuase of the selfishness of that world, nobody would of found out or even cared anyway
At the end, after Patrick's lawyer tells him had dinner with Paul Allen in London, you can hear one of Patrick's friend talk in a British accent.
There is another explanation, a more sinister one. As we can see, no one in this movie cares about anyone but themselves. You may wonder why this fact is important, it’s because Patrick actually killed Paul Allen and other women and everyone in this movie is trying to cover it. Think about it, when Patrick visits the apartment where he stashed the women he killed, we can obviously see that landlady is testing him by saying “Did you see the advertisement on ........ ( I don’t remember where)” and Patrick says yes, she tells that there was no advertisement on ......... and tells him to leave. She knows that Patrick killed those women. Why she cleaned the house? To sell it for a good price, if she didn’t clean it, she would’ve to sell it to a lower price, because of all the murder happened in it. Secondly, the lawyer covers the fact that Patrick killed Paul Allen. How? When Patrick tries to talk him, he immediately calls him Davis, not because Patrick is actually a guy named Davis or he thinks Patrick is Davis, because he wants to make people around him think he is talking to someone else named Davis, if Patrick says anything related to the murder of Paul Allen, he doesn’t want anyone to witness he and PATRICK talking about it. And he obviously tries to avoid the awkward conversation to prevent anyone hearing about it. But Patrick insists, and lawyer actually tells Patrick his alibi for him by saying ”I had dinner with Paul Allen.” HE DIDN’T. he knows Patrick killed Paul and when Patrick insists he is basically saying “I know what you did, I am trying to cover it because you are my client and I don’t want to represent a fucking murderous psychopath, accept the alibi I made for you and shut the fuck up” you can see when Patrick says “no you didn’t”, lawyer makes an expression and Patrick figures that he is covering for him. You might think that if all of these murders happened, what the fuck were the killing spree and exploding police car right in the alley? Those weren’t real and Patrick was imagining them. He is a schizophrenic person but that doesn’t mean he is also a murderous psychopath.
There's actually a huge missed opportunity from the book that I really wish made it into the movie.
In the book, there's a woman who deliberately mocks Patrick Bateman. She refuses to say his last name correctly, so instead of calling him "Bateman" she calls him "Batman". If I recall correctly Bateman eventually kills her over it.
Given that Christian Bale played Patrick Bateman and then went on to play Batman, its a huge missed opportunity. If only Time machines existed.
This would've been insanely good, wish it really happened
Or the fact that Tom Cruise is Bateman's neighbor and runs into him in the elevator of their apartment in the book.
I would have liked to have seen the park bench following him or the scene where he goes to the zoo…
Christian Bale in The Machinist is a sight to see, especially with the knowledge that the movie he did just after it was Batman Begins.
Yeah then he played a POW in Rescue Dawn before The Dark Knight, and a drug addict in The Fighter before TDKR. Dude's weight was up and down like a yo-yo.
Yep. Machinist to Batman. 125 to 225. 100 pound swing.
DISCIPLINE
Yessss, amazing film
@@richieclean he says hes going to stop and he should shit like that will kill him if he carries on
@@paulelroy6650 that must've been right after he put on all that weight to play Dick Cheney 😁
15:32 "I wonder why that broke him?"
My theory is that Bateman has only one real weakness, which he himself actually mentions multiple times in the movie: "I just want to fit in". The only thing he's afraid of more than anything else is having his social position compromised, and back in the 80s, being gay was a serious liability in any social circle (especially the upper echelons). Even though Bateman was probably one hundred percent straight, the possibility alone that his faux pas could be interpreted as homosexual activity by his coworkers would be devastating to his career or worse.
Although Luis was unlikely to tell anyone for fear that his own homosexual tendencies would be reported, it's still scary enough for Bateman to be completely thrown off his game as a predator and forces him into immediate retreat.
“Sabrina, Don’t Just Stare At It, EAT IT!!”-Patrick Bateman
I've used the phrase "don't just stare at it, eat it!" out of context so many times, it never gets old haha... Luckily 99% of people seem to miss the reference!
Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?
@@zombiefinatic7033 did you see the sketch huey did as he was patrick batemanczcams.com/video/Fk15H6PjBis/video.html
@@Greenwood4727 Nope but that was fucking great, thank you hahaha
@@zombiefinatic7033 i mean i love it when stars know and parody themselves, makes them more human.
Impressive, very nice... Let's see Paul Allen's reaction...
Great work as always James!
😂😂😂
Oh my god... It even has a clickbait thumbnail....
I can't believe the patrons preferred It's Mr. Videos reaction to mine!
One of my favorite details of this movie is that the two people he can't see to harm are Evelyn and Luis. The only two people who show any genuine affection to him.
The Deliberate Stranger. Ted Bundy only killed strangers. I you knew him, you were safe, because he would see you as a real person. Mark Harmon played him in the mini-series.
That business card scene is iconic 😂
The only reason I have business cards. Of course they're 🥚 shell
Guess what? My glasses are Oliver Peoples too. No wonder I liked them the second I laid eyes on the them lol.
with romalian type?
But do they have a watermark?
Luv how all the business cards have same company, division & executive titles.
Side note: It’s common for company owners/high level executives to show signs from the psychopathy checklist.
The best part is how they care so much about the details, and yet on all of their cards ”acquisitions” is misspelled! What’s more, on Patrick’s card there’s an error in that there’s no space after the & 😂
Not-so-fun-fact: most of the stuff drawn in Patrick’s notebook is described in VERY graphic detail in the novel. I kid you not: VERY....
I don’t get how can that upset someone. I mean it’s fictional and it’s just a book. Try watching Isis videos.. now those are horrific,sick and will make you almost throw up the first time but like anything you see many times you get desensitized. It’s one thing to read a book where a horrendous murder is told and completely different to see a real person getting burned alive, head cut off, drown, shot, getting driven over with a tank, man tight by his arms spread into two trees and getting both his arms cut off with a sword, person being thrown from the roof and the list of disgusting and sick ways Isis executed people goes on.
@@IntoTheWhite04 Not really. You see there’s a difference of watching a video and doing it yourself. I would never hurt anyone other than for self defense.
@@Timo8.2. you don’t need help, you’re just being an edgelord. I’ve seen plenty of the same videos you have and maybe more. This is a work of art which takes you purposefully through emotions. ISIS videos are just gore and violence on film. They are different ways to learn about related, but not identical, ideas.
I think what you need is someone who actually would engage you. You say something you know will trigger people, expecting no one to actually start a meaningful conversation.
Hope you take care of yourself, buddy. There’s people who love ya, and if not, there’s always people who want to love and be loved. It’s better than living in a world of hatred and pain.
i honestly can't decide which theory i like more - the one where he's just plain insane and has hallucinated and imagined the whole thing and from the outside nobody can tell what goes on in his head, or the one where everyone's so shallow that they mistake everybody for everyone else and patrick has been actually experiencing all of this and he's just getting away with everything because of the society around him (both are equally genius to me and did i mention how much i adore this movie haha)
The director confirmed that the murders did actually happen
You should watch No Country For Old Men or Interstellar
we done Looper and Arrival yet?
NCFOM!!!
He should watch both! lol
Oh yes. If he actually hasn't seen No Country For Old Men, it's a must.
No Country for Old Men is incredible
He's a literal psychopath. He was describing the characteristics of one in himself. That the person you meet is just a mask. he play acts like a normal person. So he can BE a psychopath.
The business card scene is my favourite scene of the film. When I watched this I couldn’t help but think what’s often explored in films and shows about serial killers is their need to be known or recognised for their killings. Being solidified in history among the other famous killers. That competitive streak comes out in his need to have the best house, the best business card and so on. Plus that’s an extension of his true self, his taste, the only thing he allows to be seen about him. Insult his watch or his clothes or business card and it’s an insult to him.
Another thing is almost anything he says, whether it’s his social views or his taste in music it’s like it’s been rehearsed and taken straight out of a textbook. It may be something we agree with to some extent but it’s said in a way that we as an audience who knows what he’s like can tell there is no truth to what he’s saying. It cements his way of presenting himself of something that isn’t him at all but the visuals are slightly different.
IT is also a comment on how t hey are all completely interchangable, they all have the same hairstyle, business card, eat in the same restaurant, have the same type of girl as their gf and so on despite thinking by being best or having eggshell instead of paperwhite that it makes stand them out (for real, do these cards look to anyone a lot different? To me just slightly and some are downright horrible looking) ... it is a satire on yuppie culture as much as it is on Bale being a literal "Character Mask". It is how in the way he consumes tries to differentiate himself, but isn't able to. When that fails, he resorts to killings to stand out... but even then, in modern society, no one cares about a few dead homeless or hookers... so a critique on the modern world and our indifference as well. In addition to that it can get quite theoretical and philosophical in a sense that you apply a symbolic value (i.e. the cards or the way he explains the music) to mundane things and in such a way try to make them unique, diversify yourself by that. Still, there is no real human character behind that, it is again just a means of setting yourself apart that has nothing to do with you as a person. Hence the "dream" sequence and debating if it was all just in his head or rather real. This is somewhat a bad choice I feel because in the movie because it would have been so much more powerful if there wasn't that ambiguity and literally everyone really mistook him and didn't give a fuck he carried all those murders out.
I think Patrick reacted to Luis advances that way not because he was a gay man coming onto him but because it showed that someone cared about him and tried to understand him as a person
Very interesting!! I didn’t even take it that way!
"It's almost like he's desensitized."
We've already seen him viciously murder two people, it's probably safe to say he's desensitized.
I love how Patrick actually tells his secretary to go away after he gets called by his fiancé. I think he actually doesn't want to kill her, which is very odd for him. Maybe it's her innocent way, but Patrick actually stops himself there just short of killing her. It's amazingly acted.
I found that super interesting and felt the same way!
@Dexter Morgan The funny thing is...I don't think this film is all that unrealistic in terms of big money companies. I think a lot of higher ups aren't much more likable than most characters in this film.
@@nikolaiquack8548 Well, the author of the original book only turned Patrick into a killer AFTER actually meeting and having dinner with yuppies for research.
In the book, Patrick has a kinda-sorta healthy relationship with his secretary that grows to be the only grounding force in his life. That scene where he calls her and is having a breakdown happens a few times in the book and she legitimately helps him through it
I enjoyed how the two people that made it out of his murderous Circle were the two people that actually showed him genuine emotion in this movie. They knew exactly who he was, they didn't mistake him for anybody else, and they took him seriously. That's why he couldn't kill them. They were actual, real people.
Edit: his coworker that was gay revealed his true feelings to him, which might have disgusted or repulsed him. His secretary was also very real with him, and that's why he couldn't do it.
If you watch the lawyer's facial reaction after Patrick tries to say "No you didn't" the first time, you can see him raise his eyebrow in a way that says "Careful what you say, I just gave you an out with a false alibi."
Gives new meaning/interpretation to the ending once you finally notice it. Maybe some were real after all (definately Paul's)...
All of them were real, both in the book and movie, also the director stated that herself. Only part that wasn't was the cat ATM part as he is having a psychotic breakdown
@@Desmond_Video_Discussions Whether they're real or not was never the point in the book. BEE himself isn't sure, and constantly flip-flops on it, something he's said before.
My favourite fact about the movie: When Defoe is investigating Bale, the director had them act it multiple times and told Dafoe to play it differently each time. Once as if he is sure that Bateman did it, once as if he doesn't know anything and once as if he is unsure about it. And then they editied the different versions together to throw the viewer off.
"That's not Batman at all" - James, you're killing me my guy! 😂
Hahaha this is his prologue hahaha
The scene where Bateman breaks down over the phone and confesses everything to his lawyer's answering machine is pure gold xD
James's most iconic line: "OH MY GOODNESS... YO!"
Did anyone have any associations between Patrick and Homelander? They are very similar in character in my opinion.
Interesting video right there haha
"Thats not batman at all."
Nah thats not batman, thats bateman.
“Who are you?”
“I’m Bateman”
This was one of the best written and most disturbing books I’ve ever read. There are a few more heavy themes in the book and a lot more crazy things happened in the book. But the film slimmed it down nicely.
I guess this is the perfect reaction to ask. Have you seen the 'Hannibal' tv series by Bryan Fuller? 'Hannibal' would be a great show to react to in terms of characterization and cinematography. Just a thought. 🤗
I really enjoyed this reaction though. When you start to talk more about the plot than the cinematic aspects, you know a movie gets to you. 😃 Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.
This! Personally I've found the Hannibal TV show a bit lacking in writing at times and made a vid on it but its so beautifully shot. Especially the cooking scenes! Plus the sound design is great, even if it does grate later on.
I have not seen Hannibal!
@@JamesVSCinema Been watching you for a while man these past few weeks. I reckon you'd love it. It's a bit slow burn though, so it might be worth asking people for some good episodes?
I absolutely love Hannibal, I think James would get a lot out of reacting to the series
What about Manhunter?
Also “he’s a problem” is probably my favourite reaction 😂 may be a bit of an understatement
😂😂😂 that’s like my saying for situations like that hahaha
@@JamesVSCinema It's a good way to be! Really enjoying your videos, looking forward to the next one and thanks for sharing 😊
There's a lot of dialogue where Batemans thoughts cross over into reality; His thoughts are presented as his responses during certain dialogue, when in fact his actual responses are being contrasted with these thoughts. Like in the first car scene he simply just wants, "to fit in!", but it is understood he never actually voices this. There are plenty of scenes when he has ludicrous outbursts, but no one acknowledges them. From this we can also understand a few other events and themes throughout the movie that might not make sense at first. It isn't until the end, at the social gathering when he is talking to his coworker where we see he's essentially lost control of that "chameleon" mask. On the inside he is a completely different person and the movie is showing the breakdown of his own reality as his mind begins twisting and warping everything.
Honestly, there's always gonna be people who don't believe your reactions. Can't win em all, but I think one just needs to learn to accept that. Anyway, looking forward so much to this reaction. This is one of my all time favorite movies. The dialogues and inner monologues are just genius level.
Exactly, hahaha at this point it just comes with trust and that’s something I can’t necessarily prove unless people are with me
There is another reaction guy, not this guy, who i'm 100% positive he's seen most of the movies he's watching. He doesn't fake it well. Again, not James vs Cinema. That and every movie he predicts everything. 'Bet that's he's his father." "Bet he escapes with the blah blah blah." Like who knows every plot twist of every movie they see?
I swear you and Brandon likes movies have the most genuine reaction when it comes to films. That being said I would really like to see you react to Blue Velvet by David Lynch if you haven't already. Another dark beautiful masterpiece.
A small detail I love is at the start of his first monologue. Notice how before he even tells us his name he tells us where he lives? To him, his material possessions ARE his identity, even more so than his name
Christian Bale is truly so good. He's an incredible actor. He should have gotte some serious nominations for this performance but for some reason he didn't. Maybe because it was so out there with some stuff. IDK.
Between reading the book and watching the film, I feel like you can interpret it two ways:
It’s all in his head. Sure enough, fine.
Or.
Society is so desensitized and blasé, he gets away with everything because no one really paid enough attention or care. They called him the wrong name several times, because no one really cares about anyone but themselves, so it’s no surprise no one would notice Paul disappeared.
I always prefer the second one as a satire to a society of debauchery and self indulgence. Especially 80s Wall Street.
THE GAME with michael douglas is a good whatthef**k movie as well
Yes I hope he watches that too.
Great movie until the ending. You've REALLY gotta suspend your disbelief with that one.
"Is that Donald Trump's car?"
When he kills the homeless.... "you are a looser" ...Trump´s word
@@Alpha_Beats Well, Trump was a yuppie just like these guys.
@@SuzakuX The fact that Bateman was written as such a psychotic, materialistic, racist, homophobic, sexist asshole, all while being a huge fan of Donald Trump (and the book came out in the early 90's) is just hilarious. The writing really was on the wall...
@@cdsmith1990 Trump Is a sociopath as most billionaires and bankers become or always were.
Fun fact: Bale said he based his performance off of a Tom Cruise interview where he saw this kind of empty friendliness he portrays in the film
PS: You should check out the Raiders of the Lost Podcast episode where they talk about this movie and some more, really interesting
James! Good to see you brother. This film is definitely one of my favorites. Glad you enjoyed it. Favorite moment is definitely the card scene simply because of how great Bale's face acting is. Stay safe. Much love
Ayyy thank you as always for the check in homie! I’m great! Hope the same is with you brotha much love!
I purposefully skipped to the “Hip to be Square” scene reaction 🤣 great vid man. Really enjoy your reactions. This film is up there in the polarizing/controversial section, love it
“American Psycho” has an ambiguous undertone that persists throughout much of the viewing experience. The scene where Patrick threatens to kill the bartender for being rude can be perceived one of two ways: did he or didn’t he really say that?
The answer is intentionally left unclear, instead, leaving it open to interpretation. It’s a masterpiece because you never truly know if the events taking place onscreen are merely a figment of Patrick’s twisted psyche or whether they are indeed happening.
I really love getting to hear a filmmaker's perspective on movies I like, because I have absolutely no idea about framing or anything you talk about, so it's interesting to watch what you think about a movie and then go back and rewatch that movie with your commentary in mind and focus a bit more on certain things you point out.
thank youuuu for reacting to this! i love the insight you give and the effort you put into these reactions.
Thank you Micah!! That’s really good to hear!
love to see this on here. One of my favourites. One of the commenters mentioned william's three different versions of playing his character during his scenes with Christian. This is mentioned on the audio commentary by the director. She is the real deal. If there is an audio commentary I can recommend is this one. I learnt a lot about film making listening to her though process and ideas. she mentions lots of details about the production design too. One funny thing I recall now is that she said Christian Bale during the card scene started sweating exactly at the same time on command during every take. I love his acting in this movie so much!!! Also loved how they use sword sounds beings pulled out of the sheath during the card scene, just perfect!
"He's not Batman at all..." Hahaha Such a funny line.
I love the ambiguity of this movie. At the end, when Bateman's lawyer claims to have had dinner with Paul Allen in London, Patrick starts questioning his own sanity which then makes the audience question if wheat they've been shown is real. But, at the same time, people have been mistaking Patrick for different people throughout the whole movie. So is it possible that his lawyer didn't actually have dinner with Paul Allen? Maybe it was just someone else that he thought was Paul and didn't care to figure out if it was actually him or not.
the reflections and the soundtrack and the overall haunting feeling this film gives off keeps reminding me of perfect blue
I loved your commentary, he's trying to blend into a toxic culture, and the emptiness of it makes him even worse than he might have been otherwise! Toxic masculinity and the worship of money for status were a HUGE part of 80s business culture, it made people empty!
I always found the scene where Luis confesses to Patrick to be interesting, because - like you - for the longest time I didn't understand why the confession made Patrick freak out and leave: it could be such extreme homophobia that he didn't want to interact with him, it could be that he realized how obvious a kill it would have been and could have been easily tracked to him, but I think it actually is because Luis knew who he was and actually paid attention to him; throughout the whole movie people are constantly mixing up faces and names, they all just blend together because they are so alike, and everyone is so detached and narcissistic that they don't even pay attention to each other's names or identities, and you constantly see Patrick trying to stand out in small subtle ways (and more obvious ones) because it feels like what he really wants is for people to recognize him and pay attention to him, so when Luis proved that he WAS paying attention, it freaked out Patrick and he didn't even know what to do, like a sense of guilt washed over him for nearly killing someone who was doing just what he secretly wanted.
"And just like that, chameleon. Gets back into his chameleon skin."
Me imagining Patrick climbing into a giant chameleon skin like it's a Halloween costume.
It's funny that one of your first thoughts was that this was big when it came out. When this came out it actually didn't do well commercially. It only had a limited release and was considered sort of a cult film. Some friends of mine ran an alternative video store that carried all sorts of oddities at the time (anime, B movies, rare stuff) and when this hit, it was huge in our city. Now it's memes and probably a film class staple. It's crazy how art can grow over time like that.
Yessss, I love this one🔪🔪
He based this character after seeing Tom Cruise in an interview and how dead the eyes were and how they only turn on when asked a question directly.
A little detail that you may have missed, whenever he gets uncomfortable or bored of a conversation or situation he always uses the excuse that he needs to return some tapes both refering to the fact that he doesn't know other means of casually ending conversations and there is also the fact that he recorded a ton of the murders he did, kinda like a trophy collection.
One of one of the best of these. Good job
I think there's actually estimations that quite a number of guys who are high up in these kinds of businesses are indeed psychopaths. Granted, most of them are likely not killing hookers, but they're doing damage in other ways.
I'll always remember when reading the book this is based on there was a typo toward the end where they left the e out of his last name making it Batman.
Your transparency is refreshing and you sir are a breath of fresh air, we appreciate you James!
Yo Samantha seriously thank you so much! You guys are the best
@@JamesVSCinema much love! :)
Affection and compassion is what saved the ones he didn't kill. The landlord at Paul Allen's apartment got rid of the bodies and the blood because it would have become impossible to rent it out again after what happened. Hence the awkward interaction where she almost seemed like a reflection of him.
I love the take of seeing Patrick as a chameleon.
Interesting thing about the scene where he starts shooting everyone. You questioned if he knew who he was at that point, and in the book that scene is actually written in the third person (the rest of the book is first) so...you might have been spot on with what his mindset was and what people involved were trying to convey with the scene
I love the constant references to the book like the head in the freezer and people "recognizing" other people
I recommend ‘The Departed’. Has a bunch of great acting and a fantastic story.
THE DEPARTED is overrated. It perturbs me how many people find it brilliant because I think it's a massive blow to Scorsese's oeuvre.
Watch the original Hong Kong movie first and compare the two!
Yeah scrap that and watch internal affairs
I love this movie. I thought it was hilarious when i first saw it. I was younger though so i didn't until later get the deeper commentary on 80s consumerism. I just viewed it on the surface as a story about a crazy dude.
YESSSS!!! So glad you’re doing a video on this🤩👑
I love Thursdays! All your Thursday picks have been bangers so far.
His morning routine would drive me batshit crazy in no more than a few days...
James: *utterly traumatised by absolutely everything he sees on the screen*
Everyone who lived through the 90s: 'Yep, that's exactly how it was, we didn't think much of it at the time.'
:P
Wait how
I learned that the Dafoe interview scene with Patrick was shot 3 times: one where he doesn't suspect him, one where he does suspect, and one where he knows he killed him. It was then spliced together so Dafoe's reactions are all over the place.
in the end Bateman realizes he is in a perfect hell where even his evil has no meaning. BTW ure reactions are A+ my man.
The moment you realize that Batman full crazy mode is much more Psycho than the Joker! XD
Ppl really think that you fake an ENTIRE film reaction.... for MULTIPLE FILMS!!😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
You'd be surprised how many people think that, and even wonder why the reactions are edited down. IT'S CRAZY!
Blows my mind every time hahaha
I don't think I could hold that facade for a whole reaction. And faking surprise is pretty difficult for me. I definitely couldn't do it lol.
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20:47 wow that’s a really great description. I’ve seen many people’s options and reactions to the scene with him shooting the car and it blowing up. And yours is truly brilliant and I’ve never thought of it. Most people start to think then that everything else had been in his imagination. Or they simply wonder how the car would blow up. But the way you describe it right away like it was his endorphins simply raised in the moment of him doing these things. I wish I could explain it better but when you said that I was really impressed
Bateman's lil brother is in the film the rules of attraction. He's played by James Vander Beek from Dawson's creek.
Also...on Christian....his performance was also so amazing considering this isn't his natural accent either lol 🤘
14:35 You got the point of the movie perfectly
One of my favourite bits of trivia is every that Dafoe scene was shot 3 times with very different moods and then they mixed them up in the final cut.
Every time I see this movie and Dafoe I want to watch The Boondock Saints
I AM EARLY LETSSS GOOOOO great channel your videos definitely brighten up my day
Ayyyy Diegooo my brotha!!
Finally you reacted to this! This is one of the best films of all time and in my opinion Christian Bale's greatest performance, he got snubbed by the Oscars for this.
I'd highly recommend City of God (Brazillian), it's extremely unique and raw in it's storytelling and delivery.
This
in the Top 10 movies of all time in my opinion
0:22 respect. i was 100% thinking that 😂 ...but also, for real. watch all this good shit already, man! lol thanks for the fun content!
Could be my favorite reaction from you so far. Good job!
This movie is HILARIOUS. It's one of the best comedies ever.