Underrated as hell

Rating: 10/10 (11 October 2006)

It has the same dark hum-our as A Clockwork Orange and Christian Bale is absolutely brilliant. It's a film you don't like the first time you see it. Probably, you hate it. Yet, after a few viewings you see the brilliant, dark hum-our in it. It's absolutely hilarious to see Bateman slaughtering people, but in the next scene noticing that all he really cares about is returning his videotapes on time or that someone has a better businesscard.
Patrick Bateman lives in a lot of people in a way. Lots of people don't give *beep* about other people, just care about there possessions and mostly themselves. In this aspect American Psycho touches a lot of the same grounds as say Fight Club.
Just as the main character of Clockwork Orange, you are shocked and terrified of Bateman because he is an embodiement of all our greatest realistic fears and worries. Or at least a lot of them anyway.
yet, Fight Club and A Clockwork Orange are seen as two of the greatest movies ever and this movie only gets a 6.9 People should dare to see beyond there disgust. Maybe that's why they don't like it, it reflects too much of themselves. It scares the hell out of them. It's like looking in a mirror and they don't like the reflection.
I truly hope in time this movie will get the appreciation it deserves.