How's it goin everyone back with another movie I saw recently, American Psycho! A great movie all around and also one that I find to be very rewatchable, I feel like you get something new from it with every rewatch.
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I love this movie and can’t imagine anyone but Bale in the role. He gave an Oscar winning performance.
It's crazy that they wanted 10 other actors first! His portrayal is iconic and nobody else could've come close. Well, Dicaprio might have been interesting to see.
Absolutely!!! My sentiments exactly! It had to be Bale.👏👏👏
It would have been a terrible movie if Leonardo DiCrapio had played Bateman.
@@vladtheimpala5532 he’s half the actor Christian Bale is
@@johnnyronkonkoma5388 I feel like Brad Pitt could have pulled it off too.
The fact that he freaked the author out at their meeting is amazing. Keeping in mind Ellis created and wrote a far more graphic and evil version of Bateman
Right, like the book is 10x more brutal
Doesn't he kill a child 😢 😅
@@sergiorosales1689 stabs a kid in throat at a zoo
@@Scrotumofbodom1*buys book*
@@sergiorosales1689yea and loads of sick things
I’m normally a “if it was different we wouldn’t know” type person. But BALE MADE THIS MOVIE WORK. I don’t believe it would have become such a classic without him. His delivery is why this is memorable.
These people are idiots. Bale did a lot of good movies when he was younger.
Not to mention he had the exact empty look for the movie. Like sexy, but empty.
The only crime in this movie was Christian Bale not winning an Oscar for this performance
Bale basing Bateman on Tom Cruise is so good. Cruise has that vibe of greeting you with a smile while he plots your death, all while manically laughing like a serial killer. Scientologist are all psychopaths.
I'm not a fan of Scientology either, but feel that many are lost, unhappy people who have been lead astray by self-serving, greedy conmen. But I could be wrong since I stay as far away from their "religion" as I possibly can.
True words have been spoken.
And Patrick lives in the same building as Tom Cruise in the novel. I had a friend who said they thought Patrick Bateman reminded them of if Tom Cruise played Ted Bundy.
@@Kaylaw9 Thanks for this creepy fun fact about the novel. Now I know I need to read it here soon.
@@Peanutdenver it's a great book, but some things are more graphic in the book
Impressive…very nice ….let’s see Paul Allen’s 30 things you didn’t know list
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Are you all right? You're sweating.
When Defoe shows the Huey Lewis CD, he's genuinely purchased it and likes it. Bateman is secretly raging because he's talked earlier about how much he loves that album. This breaks Bateman's fantasy that's he's unique and special. It's why he denies having heard of the album, because he doesn't want to be a sheep.
Not in the book. And Bateman is happy to be a sheep. It's all he and his friends does. Even the opinion piece about Huey Lewis in the book is about comforting into the mainstream and how its a good thing. (Happens WAY later to the Kimball interview) Bateman is not special and he does not portray that. (In the book it's revealed that his family is actually ultra rich, so he doesn't need to work at all. He hates his brother who doesn't and instead travels all around and could easily get an reservation at Dorsia, He is seething with rage at this meeting) He is an empty husk who cant feel anything. It should have been Talking Heads album if they wanted to portray that as it is the favorite band of Patrick Bateman.
No but getting his teeth done really really was the move for playing Patrick!! Because Patrick WOULD have had his teeth done
Seems like Lions Gate really didn’t liked Christian Bale… they literally tried to cast anyone until they had no other option but accepting him as Pat Bateman
I was just thinking that like what the fuck was their problem with him?
He was unknown in Hollywood at the time during 1999 2000 he wasn’t in any big blockbuster hit. I’m an interview he says how he did this movie because his friends said oh this will ruin your career. He said bring it on.
A minor fact that I believe not many people have noticed: some of the characters' names in the film are slightly different from the novel. The ones I noticed are: Timothy Price (novel) -> Timothy Bryce (film); Paul Owen (novel) -> Paul Allen (film); Evelyn Richards (novel) -> Evelyn Williams (film). This really stuck out to me when I watched the film, as I had read the novel first.
Good catch! I noticed the Paul Owen/Allen and Evelyn Richards/Williams changes, but missed Timothy's name change.
Was the novel too much to read?? I want to read it but i also dont want to get traumatized lol.
@@palomazarate2313 Well, that depends on your sensitivity. I'm pretty enured to fictional sex and violence and I thought it was quite graphic, but not traumatically so. Not a life-changer, LOL.
@@palomazarate2313 Late reply but I would definitely give it a read, though only if you're all right with detailed explanations of sex scenes and murder, though - for me anyway - I didn't find it to be traumatic.
IMO license fee cuts. If you use book names the payout increases but if you use similar names you don't pay for the original names but only the story of the characters. I guess it is the reason because if you take international sales then many movies come without the original dialogues and other countries have to do their own voiceovers. You can also decide if you want to purchase sounds, effects, music and loops or do your own as well. The best voiceovers a country did for years was Poland - one person did all characters :D Male, female, young, old... all one person. And completely emotionless like reading a verdict of a judge :D you can try looking up older movies in polish language to see for yourself. It is crazy :D Oh and adult films were not spared from that "technique" as well :D
Oh it had to be BALE...no other actor could have pulled this off! Phenomenal performance.👏👏👏
Amen! He MADE the movie .
My thoughts are identical to your opinion. Thank you for expressing this in words.
Pretty cool video especially the tidbit about shining the light in Bateman's eyes. I can't understand why so many of the designers had a problem with their labels being worn by a movie character. So many of those designers have ties to so many unsavory people and events, you'd think they'd hardly be bothered by something fictional.
This spooked me actually. Working in retail for so long, I assumed I ignored loud noises and annoyances because it meant more work if I acknowledged them. But I could just be psychotic idk
I highly doubt that the designers cared one bit. They probably loved it. I would bet that it was their consultants and PR people who made the decision to publicly voice their displeasure for no reason other than fearing the non-PC optics. Even back in those days they were worried about losing money over what we now call the PC police getting triggered and trying to get people to boycott the company by shaming anyone who would wear their clothes. We know this movie triggered people with liberal sensibilities because it shines a light on those people who virtue signal with fake ideological rants. Bateman’s rant at their first group dinner at Espace was a perfect example of this.
Entertainment industry has a huge influence on fashion etc... they were worried that they would lose sells as their brand is being associated with an undesirable character
@@lrn_news9171 “all press is good press”. They were virtue signaling before virtue signaling was a term. They weren’t actually worried. They just figured they could get more press by making a big deal out of it than they would get from having their brand in the movie. If they knew what a cult classic the movie would become, they would have been begging for their brand to be in it
@@joeshmoe12301230 What concern besides sells and profits would they have? Even is the concern is incorrect I don't see what else they would care about. If it's about image, why would they care about image if not maintaining their products desirability
DiCaprio has shown many times since that he has the acting chops and I'm sure would have done a fine job but Bale was the absolute perfect casting decision. He has tremendous range and talent and amazing instincts. But it was his commitment and understanding of the vision of the screenwriter and director that really nailed it for me. I genuinely think it's one of the most perfect screen performances ever and every time I watch it I am just transfixed by Bale and the way he creates a totally believable character from something that is essentially farcical satire.
Idk, man. Have you ever seen Man In The Iron Mask? He's absolutely dreadful in that. Even Titanic wasn't all that good a performance (great film overall, but not because Leo was great). He's come a long way in 25yrs, tho, and I think he's one of the best we have today. If we could take Leo from this past decade and cast him then? Absolutely I'd watch that! But 1997/98 Leo? Not a chance. Obviously he had the makings of greatness, but at that time he seriously lacked depth and his characters had nothing more to them than light reflected into a camera lense. Something happened tho mid-2000s. Maybe it was working with Scorcese and Deniro, growing up, not sure, but he's a real talent and pleasure to see now.
DiCaprio, although undeniably talented, wouldn’t have had the discipline and athletic prowess to get in as good a shape as Bale. Which would have made it less of a memorable character.
I can't imagine the Patrick Bateman's morning routine with Leo
So I'll say it. "I have to return some video tapes". That is when Bateman goes into his alter ego fantasy. It is where his personality shifts. Follow that line through the movie.
Go onnn...
@@craigulatorrr Just watch what happens after he says it. There is always some psycho Bateman in play. One interesting one is with Kimble. "Where were you the night Paul Allen disappeared". "God. I was probably returning video tapes".
No. It's the ultimate answer to get out of any uncomfortable situation. I use it myself mostly on first dates lol.
@@r3games1985 Did you watch the movie?
Him dancing right before he kills paul Allen to “hip to be square” reminds me of jim Carrey so much😂😂
I was thinking the same thing, glad we have similar thoughts 😂
I kept thinking how much I'd hate to have seen anyone but Bale play Bateman...but Jim Carrey could turn this into an entertaining comedy 😅
For some reason now I wanna see Jim Carry cast as a serial killer.
I believe he wanted to give a little Jim Carrey appreciation into the movie because he inspired him or something 😄
Exactly what I thought.
The real psycho, is the person who measured, the distance of the card edges
Lol right lol Lil right lol Lol right lol Lol right lol (I'm a psycho)
@@tommyvercetti891Bro you are not a phsyco
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Finished the novel today. Waaay more brutal than anything in the movie.
I've watched the movie so many times and am convinced that almost everything takes place in his head.
I read the book several times and came to the same conclusion. Patrick Bateman works a mundane job (that he really doesn't need to do as his parents are rich) and does a lot of drugs. His imagination, fueled by his drug use, are all he has to escape from his boring life.
I need to buy and read the actual book again. I read a downloaded ebook over 10 years ago and it seemed like it was missing parts..and it felt like it was too fast of a read. That totally makes sense with regard to the competency portion of being an attorney at a corporate firm- I sort of wondered how he'd be able to just show up for work throughout the movie and not really be shown working on anything. Makes total sense if he's imagining that too!
@@mattb9664 - imagining the job would be a twist and a half! Edit to add: if you get a chance, read/watch 'The Rules of Attraction' (the movie was very well made). It is Patrick Bateman's brother, Sean, wasting his time at uni. The movie has a scene where Sean takes a phone call from his brother. Surprised that this channel didn't make any mention of the cross-over.
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The movie director herself stated that he infact did kill these people.Reading the books the actual meaning becomes very clear.Batemans lawyer mistook Paul Allen for another person.The lawyer doesnt even recognize Bateman.Allen doesnt to.Throughout the film and in like every second sentence of the book everyone mistakes everyone because everyones essentially has slicked back hair and wears Oliver Peoples redwood horn glasses.The joke is: No one cares about Bateman being a psychopath and committing murders.He even testifies it to many persons in the book but everyone laughs it of because they only care about themselves and their looks and things.The whole story is about a non human society, about 80s consumerism and its effects in an absurd way.Even the bodies were removed from Allans apartment and nobody really cared.They just wanted to sell the place and make more money.
If you have seen the machinist you know bale has to be an alien because his transformations are not human.
On my dating profiles, I put my body type as Christian Bale-like. They hope for American Psycho, will settle for The Machinist, but get Dick.
Yeah. When I saw that movie I really, actually thought it was cgi or something. Guy looks insanely unhealthy in it. It was shocking to hear how fast that transformation was into Batman. Seriously many people can't do that and it has to be unhealthy as frick to your heath.
He ate only an apple a day apparently
Bale's expressions were just priceless and acting so on point.
Also another thing I love about this movie is the casting for his receptionist Jean, Chloe Sevigny is a very good and underrated actress but she played that part so well
"is that a raincoat?"
Yes it is!!
@@sizzlinshizzle I'll bet it's a gucci. With a hand formed transparent plastic shell and a purposeful, yet tactically placed, reanissance inspired top pocket.
How does he not take the academy award? Flawless performance of a psycho murderer....
Besides the misspelling on the business card, it's perfect. The spacing puts the Firm name within an aligned box, and Patrick's name and title are not under neither the phone or firm name. This goes back to 1800 linotype practices, as men of these calibers understand. :)
I hate you men of caliber...
You didn't say anything about the perfection of the color.
they misspelled words in their own business cards
OMG it even has a water mark.
DiCaprio was scared of missing out on all the 13 year old fans
if you thought the name patrick bateman sounded familiar, that's because that's the main character on American psycho
Another unknown… when Ellis turned in the book draft to the publisher, the publisher said they could never release something like that. Way too violent. They dumped Ellis, let him keep his advance (I think $200k), and he shopped it to another publisher. The book was also found by police on the bedside table of infamous Canadian serial killer Paul Bernardo.
Eerie....very eerie
It even inspired another Canadian serial killer Luka Magnota
Christian Bale was really funny in a very clever way. Excellent acting and a beautifully crafted movie. Will not stop watching it.
One of my favorites of all time. I still say the psychological interpretation works better and is more fun than the realistic interpretation.
I absolutely love your videos. The pacing, the precise content, the amount of the interesting things I didn’t know.. and it even.. has.. a good thumbnail? *starts shaking and sweating profusely*
Agreed 100% and I'm someone who usually very picky about these types of channels especially narration. Everything is solid here!!
The Tom Cruise part was itching at my brain: "Where have I seen this before??" Everything makes perfect sense now.
He def should have gotten an Oscar. Its a masterpiece.
He has.
@@r3games1985 for this movie?
For "Fighter" movie, Dickie Eklund's role
I totally agree with you. You've read my mind 😊
Encapsulates 80's yuppie culture so well
One of the best movies ever made in my honest opinion. I saw it in 2018 for the first time and honestly became one of my top 10. I always saw it in Blockbuster and saw the memes, so I wondered what the fuss was. One of my best decisions. 🎉
The movie is nothing compared to the book.
Wow! I saw it for the first time in 2018 too! Now, I think I have seen it over 100 times! 😊
@@r3games1985 you’ve always got to separate them. Movies will always miss out on one of your favourite scenes, or view a character differently. If you wrote the movie, Christian Bale might’ve though of Bateman in a completely different way, for example
Anything American Psycho will now make me think of Tom Cruise, like he wasn't already cringe-worthy enough.... great video about a great film, Kudos
I love this movie so much, Bale did a phenomenal job. It's funny, it's freaky, it makes you think, never seen anything else like it.
Amazing video like always. Keep it up...
The movies 'graphic nature' is nothing compared to the book.
Just got done reading the book!! Bloody Hell (literally lol) I had to have regular breaks between the chapters because it was so intense. Brilliant but so intense.
It's so weird that brands/brand names are able to have a say in what people are able to wear in movies. WTH?!?
Well it is their brand so they can have a say in it
@@nathanjoosten6685 Sounds ludicrous to me. What if Bale just bought his own Rolex and wore it as a good luck charm every day of his life... now he has to take it off for the movie? How would Rolex even know that the watch would be used in a movie ahead of time??? Sounds like too much of a pain in the butt if people on set have to call every single company and get the okay from them if something can be used in a film.
@@loveforeignaccents but that doesn't matter, it is still their product so and I also think it doesn't matter that much. They should respect the opinion of the company
The only person in a film NOT using an iPhone will be the villain.
I've always found the difference between movies and books interesting regarding this. Doing some research, I found out that in books, it's totally fine to use brand names as much as you like, so long as you make no false statements about them. Bateman accordingly wears Rolexes and other clothing brands constantly in the book and every character's appearance and outfit is super detailed in the book, letting you know about almost every piece of clothing on their bodies.
I can't believe that I still haven't seen this movie. I always get reminded about it's existence randomly somehow, and then I always forget to actually sit down and watch it.
Me too!
Honestly, Christian Bale’s physique is what I strive for.
Cruise may also be a frame point because in the book they live in the same hotel and while in the elevator they have an awkward conversation about cocktail, a movie cruise was in but Bateman calls it ‘Bartender’ making cruise angry
Few people have the courage to tell the truth albeit in a satire about American supercapitalism. These American ethics put monetary wealth above human life. Few if any stop to notice. Thank you!
Great video! I learned so much.
12:38 Bale hasn't got a Welsh accent!😂 He was born in Wales, but spent his childhood living in England. (Dorset, Bournemouth & Surrey) When being interviewed for Empire Under the Sun, as a child actor he had a pleasant standard English accent. As an adult he's lived in America longer than in Britain and now has acquired a rather affected odd "cockney" accent!🤔
Yep. He's also stated that he is categorically not Welsh on camera.
The speaks volumes when the higher ups are more worried about the sex scenes than the brutal graphic murder n torture, pretty disturbing tbh.
A perfect example of the suits not knowing anything and the artists sticking to their guns and getting it right. This is a film done right. Thank God for Bale and Harron.
there are no gods, thanks the parents
I love this movie so much , bale is amazing actor.
omg Christian Bale was so adorable with his old teeth ❤❤
In the book Patrick Bateman actually meets Tom Cruise in an elevator, Ironic Bale decided to base his character from Cruise in an interview without having read the book beforehand.
Nope! He actually said in an interview he read it before and again during the filing of the movie he even had the author of the book on set with him to get insights. It’s his video where he goes over his career on KZhead
Just watched it yesterday it was absolutely brilliant
“Your compliment was sufficient Luis”
Dude, awesome video 😎
Thank goodness Dicaprio didn't play Bateman.
bruh if I had lunch with christian bale and he completely stayed in character as bateman I would straight up leave
Thanks for the video! You really have an eye for detail and do a lot of research... quite impressive!! Have a good one.
Holy shit. That Batman typo. Christian Bale playing Batman and Bateman. YOOOOOO YOUR OBSERVATIONAL SKILLS ARE ON POINT. SUBSCRIBED MY FRIEND GOOD SHIT!!!
Good lord! I'm SOOOOOO HAPPY we were delivered the film that we received! At 6:05 I'm freakin' out!
Great insight. I missed all these facts.
That was really good, thank you
Baby face Dicaprio couldn't have done this role like Bale in a million years.
Brilliant!!! Bale on working out: "In Wales, we don't go to the gym. We go to the pub."
Bale identifies as English, not Welsh
The author of American Psycho also wrote Rules of Attraction. One of the main characters in Rules is named Bateman. In the last pages of American Psycho, Patrick Bateman is visited by a brother. In theory, the brother is the Bateman from Rules.
Excellent video. Bale is also outstanding in The Machinist
"You like Huey Lewis and the News?"
You're a beast, great facts 👏
I also took the CD thing as him saying that he has been to his house or that he has done some research on Bateman and knows things like his music taste. Just to rattle him, see if theres a reaction. Same outcome for both things though
love it man keep it up
The narrators cadence is constantly ascending and descending. It’s more disturbing than the American psycho film.
17:16 No way! Whow! That’s insane! 🤯 That’s truly amazing 😱
Mad to think the other cast members thought his acting was terrible during the filming.
Det. Kimble using the CD like that, very sneaky, and yet another little knowledge nugget I'm going to point out to whomever watches the movie with me next.
This movie wouldn't have hit as hard with anyone but Bale as Patrick Bateman.
Thank you so much for specifying that Christian Bale has a Welsh accent and not just calling it 'British' like most people on KZhead do. We're only a tiny little country, but a damn proud one, so thanks for the proper representation, friend!
Love that piano bgm
The best meme on the internet is the scene where Patrick says " Now lets see Paul Allans card " but the meme has a fat Patrick and the phrase " Now lets see Paul Allans lunch " it's hilarious.
Brad Pitt could have never pulled this film off like Bail did 💯or dicaprio.
Great list.
Not only the movie felt like a fever dream. Also these facts feeling like one
I know this movie very well . . . and perhaps I didn't know ~15 of these facts . . . so a good video.
I weirdly connect with this movie sort of like a comfort movie for me, the way Bale acts in this is so perfect that I can watch this movie over and over again
My favorite scenes are the one with Bateman & his friend in the toilet & the previous scene with the business cards.
I’m glad DiCaprio didn’t play Bateman, I don’t think he can play a convincing stone cold narcissistic psychopath
Unforgetable movie!!
If you ever wondered how Christian Bale would have played the Joker, here you go.
He’s also British so he was very good at the American accent!!
Frankenstein afraid of his monster 💀 at dinner 🍽️. Good on you Christian that was so intense of you mate. 😅😅😅
0:43 I didn't know that Calvin Klein pulled out of endorsing the film but love that right when this is mentioned they show Bale running towards us naked holding a chainsaw! Made me laugh out loud! Great movie and I've rewatched it many times!
One of my favorite retorts is "I've gotta return some videotapes."
This was great, I read the book first and saw the movie afterwards. I was impressed by Christian Bale and enjoyed the movie, but there are some scenes from the book that live rent free in my mind forever.
12:38 they were so real for that
Whats crazy is the amount of ups and downs to get this role and the fact if almost losing the role and did fir a shirt while but got it back witha miracle like he daid to lose a role to the same person would brake anybody down
Omg the way he pronounced Comme de Garçon made me giggle
Great job
He continued brokering and murdering right up until September 11 2001 where he had been working with Eurobrokers on the 84th floor for 8 years His last moments were witnessing the plane approaching to which he responded 'That's not correct at all' as he returned to his phone call
Al Quaida was returning his videotapes. "Delivery directly to the customer."
I just noticed Luis Carruthers's business card states his last name first.. no wonder Patrick hated him so much
Lol I knew about the shrink wrap around the book in Australia because, surprise surprise, I am Aussie and when I went to buy the book after seeing the movie I was like wtf?? I had never even heard of a book being shrink wrapped. It still makes me laugh. At first I found the book kinda boring actually. It's so much of him describing what every single character is wearing and I was like, ok I don't care, get to what happens in this chapter please. But after persisting for a little while, suddenly I found the descriptions and all the clothing was interesting and kind of making it into a page turner for me. I knew the clothing was representative of each character etc but it got boring really fast, until it wasn't. I don't even know how to describe it but suddenly these descriptions were almost intoxicating and I wanted to know. If that isn't a sign of an amazing writer, I don't know what is. I liked the book a lot. I love the movie. And I really enjoyed this video. Good job 👍👍
Christian Bale sweating on command is beyond impressive
One of my favorite films
I'm shocked no one mentions Bale's one bad slip of accent. In his phone confession, he clearly says "guhhl" for the word "girl". "I killed another girl with a chain saw..."