Volently hilarious

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2016)

I would like to say a special thank you to John "The Flick Pick" Flickinger for introducing me to this film on his YouTube channel.
I had always seen some of the more famous scenes from the film on YouTube but had never actually watched the film in it's entirety until about two years ago when I bought the Blu-Ray (A bit reckless I know considering I'd never seen the film and automatically bought the Blu-Ray).
I was blown away. Blown away with Christian Bale's performance, who up until then I'd only seen in Nolan's Batman trilogy, which managed to be hilarious, narcissistic, sympathetic and absolutely terrifying in equal measure! The way it's shot is beautiful too, the long wide shots of Patrick's apartment, the night scenes in the back alleys, even the opening scene of Patrick's routine, just lit so well and his apartment is almost too white, in stark contrast to what his night time activities end up looking like.
It's so devilishly funny as well, with most of the humour provided by Bale. The sheer narcissism of Patrick Bateman may just be a trait of one of the best movie antagonists, even characters, of all time.
Definitely one of my favourites now. 10/10.