Finally! I kept forgetting that I wanted to answer this! ^_^;
Hm yes. You're definitely right with your definition of a psychopath and it also fits Patrick Bateman mostly. However, this only fits up to the, let's say, last fifth of the movie when suddenly things stop making sense. Of course, it could be his warped mind seeing things like this, assuming he's not receiving the attention he deserves. After all, the story is narrated through his eyes, so we only have his limited view, of course.
What I find scary but also fascinating is that this narrator called Bateman tells us everything about his life, every stupid useless fact he can think of. Which face scrub he uses, how many sit-ups he can do. Stuff like that. But when we WANT to know what's going in his strange little head, then the voice-over keeps its persistent silence and we're left behind, puzzled and horrified. I thought that was really interesting.
I hope you get a chance to see it again soon and then I'd very much like to hear your opinion on the possibility of it not being real! ^_^
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Date: 2003-08-05 04:38 am (UTC)Hm yes. You're definitely right with your definition of a psychopath and it also fits Patrick Bateman mostly. However, this only fits up to the, let's say, last fifth of the movie when suddenly things stop making sense. Of course, it could be his warped mind seeing things like this, assuming he's not receiving the attention he deserves. After all, the story is narrated through his eyes, so we only have his limited view, of course.
What I find scary but also fascinating is that this narrator called Bateman tells us everything about his life, every stupid useless fact he can think of. Which face scrub he uses, how many sit-ups he can do. Stuff like that. But when we WANT to know what's going in his strange little head, then the voice-over keeps its persistent silence and we're left behind, puzzled and horrified. I thought that was really interesting.
I hope you get a chance to see it again soon and then I'd very much like to hear your opinion on the possibility of it not being real! ^_^