jupitersterrain four

genuinely spine-tingling response; that the charming, friendly, talkative, interesting and  and apparently helpful man smiling at you across the table is mentally visualising how best to dismember you once he gets you home

Given that Silence of the Lambs preceded this film by a wide margin and showed us how a real pure psychopath would behave there really is no excuse

To be fair, they got his profession right: alongside Politics, Law-enforcement and Special Forces, the density of psychopaths in the financial sector is much higher than anywhere else in society

(This is not a criticism, just a fact that positions of power/control/authority is naturally where psychopaths congregate)

It wouldn't have been rocket science to portray Bateman correctly and hint at his darkness in separate, less pleasant, vignettes. Unfortunately the Bateman we see is aggressively psychotic in broad daylight and to anyone who sits "below" him on the socio-economic scale. His lack of interaction with any kind of employer to whom he must show at least a modicum of manners skips the chance to demonstrate the truly self-serving and ruthless nature of this kind of creature. In the wild, such a man would not remain undetected and at liberty for long

entertaining on a frenzied-bout-of-violence level



13.02

a guy who treats killing people at night like a hobby and is like the present generation of film of Norman Bates

thrilling suspense

one of the most terrifying performances that I have ever laid my eyes on

sex is his intention with them but something more serious is his ambition swell

One thing that puzzled me a bit about the way Bateman was killing his victims was that his house was always white and very bright


 He is a very destructive and impactful character who doesn't care who or how he kills as long as it is enjoyable for him which is what is so sick about his character

eerie, very different and slow camera angles

wanted to focus on the character Patrick Bateman and wanted to show that he is really sick in the head and what he is capable of


It was so gruesome and very psychotic because of how Bateman killed his victims


It shows that nobody can be trusted and nobody knows what is inside a person's true intentions are for someone

Personally, I found that Patrick Bateman was in a fighting relationship with himself because it was like a split personality

One thing that confuses me is that he sometimes spares people but then kills someone else

'I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.''


hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies