i am Patrick Bateman; we're all Patrick Bateman

Rating: Null/10 (23 April 2000)

i have read the book MANY times (cuz it's damn good) and i was so excited to see this movie. i saw it tonight, and i think it does alright! tho i reallly think everyone should read the book before seeing it. i put myself in someone's shoes who hasn't read the book, and the movie might not make much sense. but for me, it has re-confirmed that i *am* patrick bateman. he is to me, a figure of what jealousy, hate, greed, fear, confusion, sadness, etc, etc all are, bundled into a character. i chose to see the murders in the book as well as the movie more on the psychological tip, where we have all murdered people in our heads. how many times have we gotten jealous and said, "i could kill so and so" or hated someone for something, and uttered, "if i see so and so next time...". those very thoughts are the murders that we read about in the book, and see on screen. patrick doesn't have a problem with murder as some people have commented. it's not the murder that is the problem at all. for me i hate commercialism and how society makes you feel ugly if you do not conform. i hate it, but i have to do it in order to survive; i am conforming, working at a job i dont' really like, paying too much for shoes that fall apart after 1 month, worrying too much about how fast my computer runs. but i try to take time out to focus on nature and the beauty of being alive when i get the chance to. it's the only way to stay sane.