christian bale must maintain his playboy image by day so that he can kick butt under the cover of night. sound familiar? whereas "batman begins" attempts to shed light on bruce wayne's motivations, "american psycho" doesn't bother to give any motivations to its anti-hero, patrick bateman. bateman is just a killing machine with an ever growing appetite for "murders and executions," which isn't necessarily a bad thing. sometimes critically hailed as a dark satire on the eighties, i thought the film was a slasher flick -- without the benefit of on-screen slashings -- masquerading as a poor man's fight club. the movie left me as emotionless as its main character.
Friday, July 22, 2005
american psycho
christian bale must maintain his playboy image by day so that he can kick butt under the cover of night. sound familiar? whereas "batman begins" attempts to shed light on bruce wayne's motivations, "american psycho" doesn't bother to give any motivations to its anti-hero, patrick bateman. bateman is just a killing machine with an ever growing appetite for "murders and executions," which isn't necessarily a bad thing. sometimes critically hailed as a dark satire on the eighties, i thought the film was a slasher flick -- without the benefit of on-screen slashings -- masquerading as a poor man's fight club. the movie left me as emotionless as its main character.
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