i spent forever last night and again just now trying to coherently write a response to a research seminar i went to yesterday regarding bret easton ellis’s american pscyho, but it just wasn’t working, so for now at least, i’ll just post a still from the film.
after thought: as a genuine point of interest, because of how things went down in class yesterday. if you’ve READ THE BOOK, what did you think of it? honestly?
I’ve read it twice and I think it’s massively overrated and, to be honest, a little boring (how many people have actually read all of the music-related rambles and business card descriptions?). I’ve heard a lot of “oh it’s all satire! It’s all a satire on yuppie America and the misogyny is all part of that” and it just doesn’t wash with me at all. I’m not a fan of any of Easton Ellis’s work really.
I hated the film.
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flicketygee said:
i love it! it shows more of patrick pretty much become more and more mental as it goes along, and also the way he is so loathsome but likeable and charming at the same time. and yeah parts of it definitely made me squirm and left me reeling slightly!
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mechanicallyrecoveredmeat said:
Hard read. funny then horrific, endearing then repulsive. puts you in his head and If like me you read it all real quick, you feel ‘not right’ for a while. but it was still compelling. It satisfies the base parts of your brain. Could write loads more
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xglorious said:
Enjoyed more than the film, as there was a lot more ‘truth’ to Bateman, with his mum and brother. The rat scene made me feel sick. When the book cut off into Huwey Lewis, and other artists, it was a great touch. A fav’ book, certainly.
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myfriendsandthepit reblogged this from celebratedsummer and added:
Like Jess, I read it after watching the film. I loved the book, utterly depraved and darkly funny. I think the very...
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coldgin said:
Its been a while, but I really enjoyed it. The way Bateman was so exact and obsessed over details was hammered home in such a way that you started getting irritated with just that let alone his violent tendencies.
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rambunctiously reblogged this from sewingcircles and added:
I’ve read it twice...I think it’s massively overrated and,
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celebratedsummer reblogged this from sewingcircles and added:
genuinely felt sick reading some of it. I read...after watching the film
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