Classic

Rating: 9/10 (27 August 2003)

I've seen American Psycho perhaps 10 times; and it still rules.
It's funny, it's cool, and it's got a point to it. I saw it the movies with a couple of mates, and afterwards one goes to me 'so did he really kill all those people or not'? I replied 'it doesn't matter', with a sufficiently cold stare. They thought that was the most psycho line of the night. I was pleased.
I tried reading the book but stopped when I realised the guy writing it was essentially, a pretty sick guy. Really, why isn't that guy locked away? Lock him up. The violence in the book is thought to be there to enhance the message of the book, and to provoke some kind of distancing from the story itself. The point was made early on. It continues, maybe for noteriety, maybe because the guy is really that messed up. It's uneccessary.
The movie stays away from this. It tells the story the way it could be told, and is probably even more effective than the book. The monologues are fantastic and Christian Bale is excellent. I heard that Leonardo DiCaprio could have been Bateman for this, which would have been the next biggest shame; apart from of course the rest movies he has been cast in.
William Dafoe and Bale have great interaction together and I look forward to their scenes when I watch the movie again.
The music is great and whenever I get the chance I like to discourse about art/pop bands from the 80's to whoever will listen.
In conclusion, don't waste your time with the book, you'll just be appalled and needlessly so.
Check out this movie. It's excellent