Confusing as hell

Rating: 1/10 (7 January 2014)

I did not understand the concept of the movie at all. It did not have a beginning nor an end, which many would see at a positive angel. There are many great movies without any beginnings or ends but this one was not one of them.
The unique mind of Pat Bateman fills you with such wonders and awe that in some way that awe whitewashes the entire movie altogether. You get drawn into his world and I for one did not understand it which was the negative part of the movie. You were never informed of almost anything, the only reason you were there for was to observe, listen to what he had to say and that was it. A lot of scenes and plots in that movie were left in confusion or unanswered and after a while I realized they tended to keep it that way.
What I did like was the acting of Christian Bale. So drawn into his character I sometimes forgot he also is the savior of Gotham. Maybe I'm at fault for comparing two completely different characters, but that is what got through my mind as I observed Bateman. Instead of making a character out of a movie Christian Bale made a movie out of Batemans character. In my opinion he raised the movie into a whole new level. A level that made me feel confused about this movie. Was the movie good or bad?
One other thing leaving me a bit frustrated was the fact that the movie seemed to try being more than it was. The content weighed too much for the movie to be able to perform good and that kind of ruined the whole thing. Something THAT new like a whole new mind, thinking and world such as Batemans would've been something so good to work with if they hadn't rushed things too much. They tried to put it all into 102 minutes when we just had adapted ourselves into his way of thinking. If I had created this mind I would've at least had several movies about this or a series, because something like this, in my opinion, takes time. We didn't learn everything about the vampire, a whole new creature, with just one or two movies did we?