View Full Version : American Psycho,whats your opinion?
deftone666
16-01-2002, 21:12
Saw this for the first time tonight after trading for it ages ago and I must say,in spite of everyone telling me how crap it is,really quite enjoyed it.
I do find though,the more people keep banging on about how bad a film is I sit there the whole time trying to figure out WHY they didn't like it (some films are easier than others). But American Psycho I can understand why some people wouldn't get it (a bit like Fight Club) but must say I enjoyed it a lot...
GAmbrose
16-01-2002, 21:21
I think it's very good.
It's not a slasher film, it's more like a comment on 80's society of greed where the main character is a serial killer
Although it was all in his head
Gary A
Creamstick
16-01-2002, 21:26
Superb movie, one of few 'mainstream'(?) movies that dare to do something different, sits well along side films like Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, Twelve Monkeys, Velvet Goldmine, La Haine, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
A well adapted film of very difficult, and mostly unfilmable, source material. One can only ponder at what Peter Jackson would have done with it!
I think it's ok, although I thought the book was better (when isn't this the case though) a friend of mine absolutely loathes it though - god knows why
Sonicmint
16-01-2002, 23:04
IMHO I think its vastly over-rated, and compramises subtelty for the 'shock' value.
Cap'n Al
16-01-2002, 23:06
Whether you liked the book or not (I found it virtually unreadable), you can't deny that it worked on a purely technical level, and that it was about as repulsive a look as human nature as has been written recently. While the film removes a lot that made it so objectionable, it also takes away much of the point, turning Patrick Bateman into little more than a highly amusing caricature character, rather than a frighteningly convincing representation of human greed taken one step too far.
I like the film as a black comedy- the Huey Lewis monologue is absolutely hilarious, regardless of how often you watch it- but I would hardly say that it's especially profound or intelligent, with the would-be 'ambiguous' ending irritating more than anything else.
jumpin52
16-01-2002, 23:25
"Do you like Phil Collins?"-HILARIOUS!!!!!
I don't think anyone can deny that is something fresh from Hollywood which is certainly different!
carryonline
17-01-2002, 11:08
I loved it. A very intelligent and extremely twisted movie. Has anyone seen the sequel yet? It's in the release schedules for Q1 this year on DVD. I'm not expecting great thing for that one though.
Just Call Me Wanda
17-01-2002, 11:43
I loved the film - thought it was a very good satire with a great performance from Christian Bale.
Some of his monlogues when the music is playing are hilarious.
Arch Stanton
17-01-2002, 12:32
Mr Stanton thinks that it's a very good atempt to film an unfilmable book.
( Which means i like it's far from perfect. )
I await the forthcoming sequel ( about one of his near victims who decides to become a psycho :rolleyes: ) about as much as im waiting for Scooby Doo the movie.
I really enjoyed this film. A couple of friends of mine said it was utter rubbish, so I wasn't expecting much when I watched it (that may have been to my advantage):)
The "Phil Collins" scene was quality, it had me it bits:clap:
The book is possibly my favourite book ever -
and the films obviously has much missing and a few changes.
However - i really enjoyed it
the only bits i didn't like were those new parts that weren't in the book e.g the chainsaw bit
Pike Bishop
17-01-2002, 15:13
Again, this is possibly my favourite book ever, it had me in stitches and considering the subject matter that is a pretty difficult thing to do.
The film, whilst not as good as the book (usually I find the film to be better than the book), is still excellent and is part of my DVD collection. Christian Bale is brilliant and gives possibly the funniest comedy performance ever (yes I know it aint meant to be a comedy but some scenes are just so over the top that they are indeed hilarious). I was a little dissapointed that a lot of the extreme violence in the book was cut out completely. I know the makers of the film would not have gotten away with showing them but maybe in the film they could have suggested that these scenes were happening, like the ear scene in Reservoir Dogs, rather than cutting them out altogether.
As a satire on 80's culture (and 90's IMHO), it is a classic.
Its interesting to see what the female director did with the characters also. In the book all the female characters are beautiful blonde big boobed bimbo's and I'm sure that if a male director had directed the film this would have been the case. As it is, all the females (Reese Witherspoon excepted) are really rather more closer to reality in that they are all ugly bints :D
I watched it again the other night and I love it, there are just so many classic lines.
“Is that a raincoat?”
“Yes it is!”
mattjames355
17-01-2002, 17:19
cack
good book though.
actually, it had it's good points. started off interestingly enough, and yes, a good satire on the 80s, but peaked way too early with the huey lewis monologue (which was one of the best scenes of the year).
after that i thought they just attempted to re-do that scene a couple of times before going so ludicrously over the top that i couldn't care less about the 'ambiguous' ending and was just glad to get out of the cinema.
i was very very disappointed as reviews had been great (film of the month etc)
made me read the book though.
oh, and i've watched it a couple of times now on dvd, and i have tried to like it, in fact i found i was but then it gets silly and i end up saying how much i hate it all over again
mamboboy
08-12-2011, 18:54
Quite a few American Psycho threads, but this one seems the most apt...
Lionsgate Attaches Writer To AMERICAN PSYCHO Remake (http://www.iamrogue.com/news/movie-news/item/5415-lionsgate-inexplicably-developing-american-psycho-remake.html)
According to Variety, the studio has hired Noble Jones to write a screenplay adapting the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, whose work has previously been translated to film with the underrated The Rules of Attraction and the rightfully forgotten The Informers.
Jones has yet to pen a produced screenplay, but did serve as a second unit director on David Fincher's The Social Network. This new American Psycho hasn't received a green light and is in the very earliest stages of development at Lionsgate, which distributed the 2000 film in America.
http://i.imgur.com/F19Uu.jpg
Anorakus
08-12-2011, 19:09
A remake?? The original film is only 11 years old!
Hollywood must really be running out of ideas to contemplate remaking such a recent film. I think Mary Harron did a fine job, and I can't see how it could be improved upon..
Given the current penchant for torture porn and that this is coming from Lionsgate (aka The House Of Saw :nuts: ) I suspect that the remake would turn the gore up to 11. As our American cousins would say, I think I'll go ahead and pass :|
A.
They'll be making a new fight club soon!
Has a good soundtrack.
alphatyrant
08-12-2011, 19:45
Placing it in a modern day setting? What is the point of that?
Just leave things be, love the movie and the soundtrack.
SIMON ADEBISI
08-12-2011, 20:27
Why not adapt one of one Ellis's other novels. I'm baffled by this, the 2001 version wasn't exactly a hit so god only knows how they expect to make money off this? Unless they are planning to put Bieber or Efron in the lead.
They'll be making a new fight club soon!
Given that he's now in the remake-it-before-it's-even-on-cable mode, I don't think Fincher could complain.
AndyWilson
08-12-2011, 22:15
Placing it in a modern day setting? What is the point of that?
To save production costs - this is going to be much lower budget than the earlier version.
mamboboy
08-12-2011, 22:38
My moneys on Justin Timberlake as Patrick Bateman.
Shingster
08-12-2011, 22:48
Given that he's now in the remake-it-before-it's-even-on-cable mode, I don't think Fincher could complain.You do know it's usually the norm for Hollywood to remake recent foreign films don't you? :shrug:
alphatyrant
08-12-2011, 23:33
To save production costs - this is going to be much lower budget than the earlier version.
My point is the time that it was set in defined it, bringing it up to date just makes it even more pointless than it already is. Between this and the Three Stooges it just begs the question "how much further can they take the ****?"
Exactly. I wonder if Bateman will still have a love of 80's music and wax lyrical on Huey Lewis and the News or Genesis?
SIMON ADEBISI
09-12-2011, 10:05
Instead of Sussudio it will be a Black Eyed peas number, Subway instead of Dorsia and an diamond Ipad 2 cover will be the envy of the office not a flashy business card.
Instead of Sussudio it will be a Black Eyed peas number, Subway instead of Dorsia and an diamond Ipad 2 cover will be the envy of the office not a flashy business card.
*shudder*
Will he be returning his DVDs or Blu-Rays to Love Film?
Psycho :nuts:
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