The writer of American Psycho had lunch with Christian Bale. Bale started the lunch off AS Patrick Bateman. He was so freaky that the PERSON THAT CREATED THE CHARACTER asked him to stop because it was so unnerving.
I like the story that during the shooting, the other castmembers all thought Bale was the worst actor they'd ever worked with, and complained constantly to the director that he was ruining every scene he was in, and she had to constantly defend him. And then when they got to see the final cut they said "holy sh*t, he's the best actor we've ever worked with"
I thought the story was they thought he was a good actor but also a complete asshole and near impossible to work with. Either way, I am NOT a big Bale fan, but he was brilliant in this role.
@@roberttauzer7042 he was yelling at a cinematographer that walked unto the set while he was filming a serious scene for terminator salvation. Seeing as Bale takes his roles very seriously and probably gives it his all to get into character it makes sense as to why he was so pissed off at the guy
Yeah it's cause Patrick Bateman himself is trying to "act" to fit in, and does a horrible job. So they were confusing Bale's acting with Bateman's acting. He was pretty much acting circles around everyone playing 4D chess. He was acting within acting
@@roberttauzer7042 First of all, this only happened once in his career 14 years ago. It was only one guy, the DP, who had ruined multiple shots in a row at the end of an 18 hour shoot, multiple people on set have said everyone was tired and cranky, and it was just a bad day, and only happened once
The trivia on the Dafoe interview is that they filmed 3 different takes. One where he knew Bateman was the killer, one where he absolutely didn't, and one where he wasn't sure. They then mixed the cuts together so you never really know what he knows and doesn't.
I take his willingness to be misidentified as someone else even tho he obviously hates it is purely cause of the whole “I want to fit in” complex, to call it out would be to admit that he is unememorable and forgettable
At that age in that era it was the start of the Millennial penchant for avoiding confrontation, and then complaining about the slight they should have called out but won't because that's being confrontational. An example I hear a lot is cutting in line, many millennials that happens to just won't say anything because they don't want the drama, and the ones that do get called Karens.
@@RobertMorgan the oldest millennial was barely a toddler at most in the time this story is set. Not everything you think is bad in this world is directly related to them. If anything this would be a boomer/gen xer thing at that point.
@@RobertMorgan lol another idiot who thinks "millennials" are at fault when they were barely babies when the movie/book is set and merely children when the movie came out. Dullard. I hope you respond to your idiocy or at least realize your shit for brains comment
The only characters he doesn't kill, Jean and Carruthers, are the only characters who genuinely care about Patrick. Everyone else mistakes him for someone else or could give a shit about him.
They're also the only people that actually got close to get killed, the rest is mostly fantasy except the homeless and maybe "Allen" if that is Allen. Even tho the bag drips blood in a scene and it does not in the next one, while the attendant doesn't care about what's dripping blood (suggesting it's part of his fantasy, or that he actually does not care)
I think the Realtor is another American Psycho. She will do anything to close the deal on a million dollar Manhattan condo, including covering up someone else's murders. That scene was about two American Psychos meeting each other.
And any of his co-workers are potential American Psychos too. The're all just as narcissistic and ruthless as Patrick is. It's really about a whole culture of greed and surface values that the era promoted as the epitome of success. The blending of horror and satire in this film is seamless and terrifyingly perfect.
apparently christian bale can sweat on demand. the director said during different takes, he always started to sweat at the same line, and they didnt use fake sweat on him! also if you liked the movie i recommend you to watch it again with the commentaries. theres one with the director and one with a screenwriter (she is in the movie too)
The business card comparison has so many layers to the scene, I love it that they're pretty much identical but the struggle for acceptance and status has them seeing something that's not really noticeable. Great movie and review!
I find it very disturbing how, after watching multiple reactions to this movie, everyone seems to have a stronger reaction to the killing of the dog than to the killing of the homeless man.
Cos humans in general are self serving and see others as expendable "better you than me", but dogs are man's best friend loyal and cute. I could be absolutely full of shit also.
People naturally and inherently hate other people and see each other exactly the way these characters do. Animals not so much. Something about the whole "cute and innocent" thing. It's really weird. People are just overly cynical I think.
So many little, subtle accuracies in this movie regarding real-life psychopaths: the odd obsession over seemingly meaningless things (the business cards), the blank stares, the bold bragging in the face of other facts (never getting into the restaurants he promises), and my favorite - the nodding “yes” as he says “no”.
The murders in Paul Allen's (if that was Paul Allen. Bateman might have mistaken some other guy for him, just as he mistook Bateman for Halberstram) apartment got covered up by the real estate lady. Having a bunch of horrific killings there would have really destroyed that property value.
That's assuming he actually killed anyone at all. It's just as likely he imagined everything (or some of it) in a series of pathetic sociopathic power and revenge fantasies. Or he has schizophrenia. I recommend watching the film through that lens at least once. He's ultimately a totally unreliable narrator, so I'd argue pretty much any interpretation could be correct in the end, though.
I never liked that idea, seems ridiculous that some realtor would risk being in jail forever just for some commission, but I suppose you could argue for pretty much anything. I really dislike films that are deliberately left in the air usually.
@@7bootzy Yea I always took the movie as some coke induced power fantasy in his head and nothing was real. The entire 'action sequence' culminating in him instantly detonating the police car with one bullet kind of sealed that if it wasn't kind of obvious before hand lol
@@7bootzy yeah i believe in this theory too. When Bateman is dragging Paul Allen's body to his taxy, in one shot you can see blood leaking from the bag and in the next shot, the floor is clear, which shows its in his head
If you notice at 3:28 as he walks away his fake demeanor melts away and his true face appears as he is done putting up the act. And when Willem's detective character interviews him they made 3 takes where 1 he acted as if he knew he killed him, 2 where he suspected, 3 where he had no idea and they cut different segments of each into the final take.
If I recall the people around him are so self absorbed they ignore his extreme behavior or misunderstand them because they aren't listening actually. So he is stuck in his own torment of wanting to kill and needing to kill but nobody notices doesn't get the recognition he wants. Subtly references to also a 1940's film called no exit mostly dealing with existentialism.
It's kind of like how society has become over time shocking for shocking's sake, to the point now that we're not shocked by hardly anything. Oh, you have a gun and you're covered in blood screaming about your murders, lol, nice larp you cosplayer you, let's get a selfie, your costuming is on point AF 100 emoji no cap deadass.
The thing i dig most with American Psycho is that its a satire on the toxic elite class at the same an abstract of the human psyche going through a crisis.
Bret Easton Ellis, the author of the novel features Patrick Bateman as a side character in several of his other novels , such as Rules of Attraction, Glamorama and Lunar Park
His lawyer at the end, was covering his client. He was trying to play it off "I just had had dinner with Paul Allen" he's acting as Patricks alibi. And cut all ties, probably shredded some files too. And when Patrick realized that, he realized his journey to be human is all for naugght because he's surrounded by monsters already. Not humans. A social commentary from the perspective of a psychopathic serial killer.
Notice how when the detective holds up the Huey Lewis and the news disc, it shines light into Patrick eyes, usually this would would make someone blink, but he carries with a cold stare.
Arianna is my favorite reactor. She also gets the best movies!!! Definitely dhould check out Cape Fear with Robert DE Niro in it. Underrated role for him big time.
This movie uses a storytelling technique called "Unreliable Narrator". Because we only know what Bateman tells or shows us we can't know what's real and what isn't, because he really doesn't know.
wow you really nailed it. Come to think of it is there a scene that doesn't involve Bateman being directly in it? That to me screams it's all in his head.
5:53 "I don't know how I'm supposed to feel right now" I keep watching reactions to American Psycho to see if people have realized that this movie is a comedy at this scene. Most don't, because it's so strange and unexpected.
I love your reactions! I'm only here for Arianna, she gets movies, she's the person movies are made for! Picks up what the directors are doing in the film.
The director told willem dafoe to act every scene in 3 way (and tzey recorded all) one where he act like he thinks bateman is the killer. one where he knows bateman is the killer and one where he thinks bateman is innocent. they then mixed the versions so in the final movie every scene with him is a different.
4:30 "to fit in" in The Rules of Attraction, James Van Der Beek is supposed to be Patrick Bateman brother Sean at an Ivy League school. Great great film. Also London with Chris Evans and Jason Statham. You cant read him because he's everything you believe he is
This is my favourite reaction video ever because you actually seem very intelligent and able to read between the lines in real time, which is more than can be said for a lot of other reaction channels who are frustratingly unable to analyse the story beyond the surface level
Maybe I’m crazy, but during the Paul/Huey Lewis bit I always felt Bale was very purposely channeling Jim Carrey. Like the mannerisms, vocal inflections and bodily movements all felt very early Jim Carrey to me.
Genuinely my favourite reactor, most just sit there and pull a few faces. Some actual brains involved here. I would highly recommend the book, it's quite a remarkable piece of writing.
The scene where he goes into one building and shoots the desk clerk and then he goes into another identical lobby and signs in was filmed in the lobbies of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center.
Honestly Arianna just seems like such a genuine person. Love any video she's in, always such infectious energy. I feel like you could just shoot the shit with her for hours and never get bored
BEST REACTION I’ve seen so far for this movie, you totally understood the movie and appreciated it unlike many others I’ve seen react to this lol movie is a masterpiece and Bale gives him one of the best performances of the last 20 Plus years
Impressive, yes that was Ed Kemper "The Co Ed Killer" who said the head on a stick line..However Ed Gein was an inspiration for Leatherface so The Texas Chainsaw movie in background and Patrick's use of a chainsaw connect very nicely...Ps Douchebag Chic had me hysterical belongs on a T shirt..
The real estate lady cleaned the bodies because she wanted to sell/rent the apartment and it being a crime scene would decrease its value. That dialogue proves that Bateman did commit murders and likely did kill Paul Allen. At the end the lawyer claims to have met with Paul in London, but he likely mistook him for someone else just like everyone was mistaking Bateman with Hallbertstram throughout the movie. However the sequence that starts at the ATM machine and ends with his confession is obviously not real. The chainsaw murder likewise was probably not real due to how extra noisy it was. Another evidence for at least some murders being real is the scene where he plays with the hair of a victim in his office, and the fact that Paul Allen went missing.
Yooo, great film. Remember that Bateman is telling the story. There's a debate(man) that none of this happened at all and it's the delusional fantasy of a faceless corpo. But if it did happen, the "I want to fit in" line at the beginning is referencing his camouflage. "I'm simply not there..." is a confession to the viewer. "I want to fit in" is an explanation to another character of why he continues to live a "normal" life. This is one of my favorite films of all time. It's probably my number one of my top five. The tanning bed scene where it panned up his body was supposed to evoke the feeling that you're looking at a shark. This film had so much thought and care put into it.
Regarding fingerprints: it's the 80s. Forensics wasn't what it is now. But more importantly, unless you've already been arrested, the police don't have your fingerprints on file. So even if fingerprints are found at a crime scene, there has to be something to compare them to.
I liked Arianna's read that all his messes just got cleaned up because everyone in that superficial world didn't want trouble, my reading of the movie was that it was all delusions and that he hadn't actually killed anyone. The ATM saying "feed me a stray cat" and the cop cars exploding suggest he is having a mental health crisis.
I think someone was killed but no one cared, the thing is the apartment probably just had 1 body in it or many, but it doesn't matter as the only think that matters to them is money and appearance, while bateman could get away with killing "nobodys"
Holy shit! Arianna knows Big Ed Kemper from Ed Gein with respect to the ‘head on a stick comment’. I’m not even going to add to that because it’s awesomeness speaks for itself.
'Fun fact' - I have a button that says I Have To Return Some Videotapes...yeah, that's why I used the ' ' quotes. The book is way more gruesome and intense, and has whole chapters devoted to Whitney Houston, Genesis etc - which breaks up the horrific killings nicely.
for the sex scene christian bale drew stick figures and they discussed it with the director. i think he come up with the stick figures casue they wasnt sure howto discuss teh differnet positions etc
It gets better every rewatch. I’ve caught on to things I’ve never seen prior. Plus the book is amazing as well. Consistent question of the unreliable narrator. Plus in the movie and also in the book you have to decide what is reality and what is in the narrators head 👌
So for those that think the ending is ambiguous (did he actually kill people?) it really isn't; the whole point of the novel is that everyone in the 80s were so self-involved that a clear serial killer exists in their midst, one of their own is dead (Paul Allen) and no one seems to care or mourn The realtor was just any other 80s realtor; she hurried up and got that place cleaned up and ready for the next potential client because that's the business. It only furthers Bateman's delusion that he doesn't exist because the things he is doing is going unnoticed. It's a brilliant black comedy, and one of Bale's finest performances
You know your sks. When you said "the Co-Ed Killer" I kinda fell in love. It was indeed Kemper who said that. If you haven't seen it you might wanna check out 'The House That Jack Built'
I love the way they did the scenes with the detective. Shooting it three times and splicing it so it`s really hard to read how the detective reads the situation and information. One were he knows, one were he is unsure and one were he is oblivious. Great choice.
If you haven’t reacted to it yet, Silence of the Lambs is maybe the best horror movie of all time and Red Dragon was a terrific sequel. This movie is so underrated as social commentary.
Such a good reaction. 90% of the people I've watched this with instantly just think that he didn't actually kill anyone, but the satire is more about how someone in his position and environment could get away with a lot of what he did. Not that some of it wasn't in his head.
Nobody is checking up on the place because it takes a couple of days to assemble a crew to cart away bodies and clean the place under the supervision and payment of the realtor. She is just another American Psycho. She just makes sure the property value doesn't go down so she can continue to profit no matter what.
Yeah so basically it is ambiguous as to whether he did the killings. The writer and director lean more towards he did at least some of them. But he was losing his mind as well, so the killing spree at the end was enhanced by his mind going. But yeah basically he lives in such a self absorbed and greedy society, that some people don't notice or care what he's doing, and others blatantly cover it up
You should look into a book and film called The Rules of Attraction. Same author. Directed by Roger Avery, who worked with Tarantino a lot. One of the main characters is the younger brother of Patrick Bateman.
Crazy that this film has the Green Goblin interviewing Batman about the Joker being missing! 😂
Damn it, bro. You beat me😆
😂😂😎😎🍷🍷
Yeah Batman had enough of his shit and finally snapped back.
Oh this is great, nice one!
Jared Leto is the Joker like Megan Markle is the Queen of England.
"I have to returns some video tapes" is my all time favorite excuse. Especially after the demise of VHS. It brings the point home that much quicker.
I also say this to my friends and family.
"Well I gotta go home to return some video tapes"
😂
"I have to returns some DVD:s".
"I have to returns some Blu-Rays".
"I have to....watch some Netflix".
@@sebswede9005 “Uh.. Sorry, but I have to go cancel my Netflix subscription.”
@@sebswede9005 2077 i have to reject some BD from my brain biochip
2387... "I have to return some videotapes".
The classis never die.
The writer of American Psycho had lunch with Christian Bale. Bale started the lunch off AS Patrick Bateman. He was so freaky that the PERSON THAT CREATED THE CHARACTER asked him to stop because it was so unnerving.
That would be Bret Easton Ellis, assuming this story is true. Also, I’ve met Bret and he’s nice. Hard to believe he wrote this.
@@IoiniEverson Tell him McCluskey!
I like the story that during the shooting, the other castmembers all thought Bale was the worst actor they'd ever worked with, and complained constantly to the director that he was ruining every scene he was in, and she had to constantly defend him. And then when they got to see the final cut they said "holy sh*t, he's the best actor we've ever worked with"
This hits better after his recent GQ video. He said they chose another actor/director and he just continued to go through life like he had the role.
I thought the story was they thought he was a good actor but also a complete asshole and near impossible to work with. Either way, I am NOT a big Bale fan, but he was brilliant in this role.
@@roberttauzer7042 he was yelling at a cinematographer that walked unto the set while he was filming a serious scene for terminator salvation. Seeing as Bale takes his roles very seriously and probably gives it his all to get into character it makes sense as to why he was so pissed off at the guy
Yeah it's cause Patrick Bateman himself is trying to "act" to fit in, and does a horrible job. So they were confusing Bale's acting with Bateman's acting. He was pretty much acting circles around everyone playing 4D chess. He was acting within acting
@@roberttauzer7042 First of all, this only happened once in his career 14 years ago. It was only one guy, the DP, who had ruined multiple shots in a row at the end of an 18 hour shoot, multiple people on set have said everyone was tired and cranky, and it was just a bad day, and only happened once
The trivia on the Dafoe interview is that they filmed 3 different takes. One where he knew Bateman was the killer, one where he absolutely didn't, and one where he wasn't sure. They then mixed the cuts together so you never really know what he knows and doesn't.
Yupp, so much lovely little trick in this movie :)
brilliant. makes it so uneasy.
After I read this trivia, the scene becomes 1000x better, what a genius move.
Bateman didn't kill anyone. He is just asleep at his desk.
@@Tijuanabill that's one option
I absolutely love when someone properly appreciates American Psycho as much as I do. Brava, nice reaction.
I enjoyed it
I take his willingness to be misidentified as someone else even tho he obviously hates it is purely cause of the whole “I want to fit in” complex, to call it out would be to admit that he is unememorable and forgettable
At that age in that era it was the start of the Millennial penchant for avoiding confrontation, and then complaining about the slight they should have called out but won't because that's being confrontational. An example I hear a lot is cutting in line, many millennials that happens to just won't say anything because they don't want the drama, and the ones that do get called Karens.
@@RobertMorgan the oldest millennial was barely a toddler at most in the time this story is set. Not everything you think is bad in this world is directly related to them. If anything this would be a boomer/gen xer thing at that point.
@@RobertMorgan lol another idiot who thinks "millennials" are at fault when they were barely babies when the movie/book is set and merely children when the movie came out. Dullard. I hope you respond to your idiocy or at least realize your shit for brains comment
@@MBloke At first I thought you meant the time this movie was filmed lol
"Willam Dafoe as a detective."
I think Arianna needs to see Boondock Saints.
THERE WAS A FIRE FIGHT!!!!!
@@TheDenigreur What if it was one guy with six guns?
i love you strangers #1 and #2
@@BigIronEnjoyer "why don't you let me do the thinking genius"
Hey, Greenly. Onion bagel, cream cheese.
"He's really into pop music" yup, he wants to fit in. So he listens to all the most popular music and memorized all the reviews.
That's so funny.
Good Job on Arianna catching the Cliff Huxtable line. Many reactors wouldn't have caught it, especially younger ones like Arianna.
That aged well. LOL.
@@christhornycroft3686 i mean it kinda did age well, Patrick is constantly sighting info and quotes from other psychos, so it does fit perfectly no?
I don't get it. Could you explain the significance?
@@MrFredstt Cliff Huxtable is Bill Cosbey's famous character
Dorsia is the real antagonist of the movie
Try the sea urchin ceviche if you can get a reservation.
Nobody goes there anymore
I disagree- Paul Allen’s card is the antagonist.
The only characters he doesn't kill, Jean and Carruthers, are the only characters who genuinely care about Patrick. Everyone else mistakes him for someone else or could give a shit about him.
They're also the only people that actually got close to get killed, the rest is mostly fantasy except the homeless and maybe "Allen" if that is Allen. Even tho the bag drips blood in a scene and it does not in the next one, while the attendant doesn't care about what's dripping blood (suggesting it's part of his fantasy, or that he actually does not care)
He doesn't kill anyone, it's all in his head.
I think the Realtor is another American Psycho. She will do anything to close the deal on a million dollar Manhattan condo, including covering up someone else's murders. That scene was about two American Psychos meeting each other.
And any of his co-workers are potential American Psychos too. The're all just as narcissistic and ruthless as Patrick is. It's really about a whole culture of greed and surface values that the era promoted as the epitome of success. The blending of horror and satire in this film is seamless and terrifyingly perfect.
but did any of those kills happen? or just allen's?
@@andryuu_2000 According to the director, all the murders happened. In the book it's not that clear.
I always thought Paul was involved with shady stuff. Maybe mafia. And that was them trying to hide his trail.
@@seren4740 Ellis confirmed he wrote the book with the intention that all the killings were real.
Wow, good catch. The "her head on a stick" quote wasn't from Ed Gein of Wisconsin. It WAS Edmund Kemper, the Co-ed Killer.
Maybe Edmund Kemper said it, too, but I'm pretty sure Ed Gein is where that quote came from.
@@pwgearedturbofan2348 The real Ed Gein wasn't into young women. He had mommy issues and like to dress up in suits he made out of their skin.
Is it just me or did he say: "shtick" instead of "stick."
Oh snap! Arianna with the pickup on Patrick's wrong reference. He was indeed misquoting Edmund Kemper as Ed Gein. Nailed it!
apparently christian bale can sweat on demand. the director said during different takes, he always started to sweat at the same line, and they didnt use fake sweat on him!
also if you liked the movie i recommend you to watch it again with the commentaries. theres one with the director and one with a screenwriter (she is in the movie too)
Well that's an interesting fact about him
The business card comparison has so many layers to the scene, I love it that they're pretty much identical but the struggle for acceptance and status has them seeing something that's not really noticeable. Great movie and review!
Also, they all misspell "acquisitions".
I love that "Mistletoe alert!" just to avoid explaining himself.
I find it very disturbing how, after watching multiple reactions to this movie, everyone seems to have a stronger reaction to the killing of the dog than to the killing of the homeless man.
Agree. Black homeless guy, meh. Then, OMG!!THE DOG!!!
Cos humans in general are self serving and see others as expendable "better you than me", but dogs are man's best friend loyal and cute. I could be absolutely full of shit also.
We are all psychopaths
People naturally and inherently hate other people and see each other exactly the way these characters do. Animals not so much. Something about the whole "cute and innocent" thing. It's really weird. People are just overly cynical I think.
@@justmeeagainn Has nothing to do with him being black but way to bring your own biases to light
So many little, subtle accuracies in this movie regarding real-life psychopaths: the odd obsession over seemingly meaningless things (the business cards), the blank stares, the bold bragging in the face of other facts (never getting into the restaurants he promises), and my favorite - the nodding “yes” as he says “no”.
The murders in Paul Allen's (if that was Paul Allen. Bateman might have mistaken some other guy for him, just as he mistook Bateman for Halberstram) apartment got covered up by the real estate lady. Having a bunch of horrific killings there would have really destroyed that property value.
That's assuming he actually killed anyone at all. It's just as likely he imagined everything (or some of it) in a series of pathetic sociopathic power and revenge fantasies. Or he has schizophrenia. I recommend watching the film through that lens at least once.
He's ultimately a totally unreliable narrator, so I'd argue pretty much any interpretation could be correct in the end, though.
I never liked that idea, seems ridiculous that some realtor would risk being in jail forever just for some commission, but I suppose you could argue for pretty much anything. I really dislike films that are deliberately left in the air usually.
@@7bootzy Yea I always took the movie as some coke induced power fantasy in his head and nothing was real. The entire 'action sequence' culminating in him instantly detonating the police car with one bullet kind of sealed that if it wasn't kind of obvious before hand lol
@@hadoken95 the way he looks at his handgun after the car explodes always makes me chuckle lmao man was confused as fuck
@@7bootzy yeah i believe in this theory too. When Bateman is dragging Paul Allen's body to his taxy, in one shot you can see blood leaking from the bag and in the next shot, the floor is clear, which shows its in his head
If you notice at 3:28 as he walks away his fake demeanor melts away and his true face appears as he is done putting up the act. And when Willem's detective character interviews him they made 3 takes where 1 he acted as if he knew he killed him, 2 where he suspected, 3 where he had no idea and they cut different segments of each into the final take.
If I recall the people around him are so self absorbed they ignore his extreme behavior or misunderstand them because they aren't listening actually. So he is stuck in his own torment of wanting to kill and needing to kill but nobody notices doesn't get the recognition he wants. Subtly references to also a 1940's film called no exit mostly dealing with existentialism.
Is No Exit worth a watch?
It's kind of like how society has become over time shocking for shocking's sake, to the point now that we're not shocked by hardly anything.
Oh, you have a gun and you're covered in blood screaming about your murders, lol, nice larp you cosplayer you, let's get a selfie, your costuming is on point AF 100 emoji no cap deadass.
@@RobertMorgan Soceity has a problem with apathy
The thing i dig most with American Psycho is that its a satire on the toxic elite class at the same an abstract of the human psyche going through a crisis.
Bret Easton Ellis, the author of the novel features Patrick Bateman as a side character in several of his other novels , such as Rules of Attraction, Glamorama and Lunar Park
His lawyer at the end, was covering his client. He was trying to play it off "I just had had dinner with Paul Allen" he's acting as Patricks alibi. And cut all ties, probably shredded some files too. And when Patrick realized that, he realized his journey to be human is all for naugght because he's surrounded by monsters already. Not humans. A social commentary from the perspective of a psychopathic serial killer.
"serial" I think he kills just 2 or 3 person
Personally I think the lawyer confused someone else with Paul Allen, just like he did with Patrick.
He based how he portrayed Patrick after seeing Tom Cruise in an interview.
Notice how when the detective holds up the Huey Lewis and the news disc, it shines light into Patrick eyes, usually this would would make someone blink, but he carries with a cold stare.
Arianna is my favorite reactor. She also gets the best movies!!! Definitely dhould check out Cape Fear with Robert DE Niro in it. Underrated role for him big time.
CounSlurrrr!
"I'M BoUnD fOr tHe PRomIsE lAnD!!!"
Oooh good shout
Agreed and this might be my favorite one so far
Big agree
i just loved it when Patrick was having a mental breakdown over a card 😂😂 So hilarious 😂
This movie uses a storytelling technique called "Unreliable Narrator". Because we only know what Bateman tells or shows us we can't know what's real and what isn't, because he really doesn't know.
wow you really nailed it. Come to think of it is there a scene that doesn't involve Bateman being directly in it? That to me screams it's all in his head.
@@ethanshrago461 not all
5:53 "I don't know how I'm supposed to feel right now"
I keep watching reactions to American Psycho to see if people have realized that this movie is a comedy at this scene. Most don't, because it's so strange and unexpected.
"Take notes men!" Lol I'll do that, I'll take notes from Patrick Bateman
I love he based his performance on Tom Cruises personality....
I love your reactions! I'm only here for Arianna, she gets movies, she's the person movies are made for! Picks up what the directors are doing in the film.
Does she have her own channel? If not she should, don't care for the other reactors.
exactly!!
Have anyone of the Women watched "The Descent" yet? That would be a great movie to react to. It has (imo) one of the best stories in horror.
We might watch that one. It's on a list
The director told willem dafoe to act every scene in 3 way (and tzey recorded all) one where he act like he thinks bateman is the killer. one where he knows bateman is the killer and one where he thinks bateman is innocent. they then mixed the versions so in the final movie every scene with him is a different.
4:30 "to fit in" in The Rules of Attraction, James Van Der Beek is supposed to be Patrick Bateman brother Sean at an Ivy League school. Great great film. Also London with Chris Evans and Jason Statham. You cant read him because he's everything you believe he is
19:30 Chloe Sevigny here excellent performance. Jared Leto, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas brilliant cast
This is my favourite reaction video ever because you actually seem very intelligent and able to read between the lines in real time, which is more than can be said for a lot of other reaction channels who are frustratingly unable to analyse the story beyond the surface level
Maybe I’m crazy, but during the Paul/Huey Lewis bit I always felt Bale was very purposely channeling Jim Carrey. Like the mannerisms, vocal inflections and bodily movements all felt very early Jim Carrey to me.
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That's what I was saying.
Ed Gein was from Wisconsin. The "co-ed killer" that you're thinking of was Ed Kemper.
I think it’s awesome how you’ve become an absolute natural with these reactions. Cheers!
Ed gein was of wisconsin though. Apparently leatherface was inspired from him too
Genuinely my favourite reactor, most just sit there and pull a few faces. Some actual brains involved here. I would highly recommend the book, it's quite a remarkable piece of writing.
The scene where he goes into one building and shoots the desk clerk and then he goes into another identical lobby and signs in was filmed in the lobbies of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center.
Honestly Arianna just seems like such a genuine person. Love any video she's in, always such infectious energy. I feel like you could just shoot the shit with her for hours and never get bored
it's so cute watching non-crazy people react to Patrick's intrusive thoughts with confusion.
crazy people instantly vibe.
So…you’re a serial killer too is what you’re saying?
@@justmeeagainn it's a spectrum. not everyone goes to the dark side.
I think neurodivergent people understand this movie way better, that's true.
Christian bale said he based his performance on Tom Cruise
The way this movie satirizes 80’s Reagan era upper class people is perfect. Still relevant to a lot of people walking around in the US to this day.
BEST REACTION I’ve seen so far for this movie, you totally understood the movie and appreciated it unlike many others I’ve seen react to this lol movie is a masterpiece and Bale gives him one of the best performances of the last 20
Plus years
Impressive, yes that was Ed Kemper "The Co Ed Killer" who said the head on a stick line..However Ed Gein was an inspiration for Leatherface so The Texas Chainsaw movie in background and Patrick's use of a chainsaw connect very nicely...Ps Douchebag Chic had me hysterical belongs on a T shirt..
The brain on you! 😜you're absolutely right about Ed Kemper saying that quote and not Ed Gein. You're on fire with you're serial killer knowledge 🤘
If you want to see one of those rare movies that's timeless and legendary then you gotta watch SLING BLADE
Agree. I'm surprised there aren't more reactions to Sling Blade.
P.S. Go fuckin practice, Randy!
Might I suggest, "In the Company of Men," as a delightful movie that would make the perfect double-header with, "American Psycho."
The movie is really just a trailer for the book. I'd recommend it to everyone. It's really something.
I swear this is the only reaction that caught the Cliff Huxtables joke finally, I know it's a small joke but I always found it really funny.
Ed gein was a serial killer in wisconsin known as the butcher of plainsfield.The co-ed killer was ed kemper.
Patrick has a brother named Sean Bateman, and he has his own movie called "Rules of Attraction" with James Van Der Beek, great movie by the way.
"I dont know how I'm supposed to feel right now"
you nailed it
“Oh he’s like in jail now, right?”
Girl we also thought that.😂
The real estate lady cleaned the bodies because she wanted to sell/rent the apartment and it being a crime scene would decrease its value. That dialogue proves that Bateman did commit murders and likely did kill Paul Allen. At the end the lawyer claims to have met with Paul in London, but he likely mistook him for someone else just like everyone was mistaking Bateman with Hallbertstram throughout the movie. However the sequence that starts at the ATM machine and ends with his confession is obviously not real. The chainsaw murder likewise was probably not real due to how extra noisy it was. Another evidence for at least some murders being real is the scene where he plays with the hair of a victim in his office, and the fact that Paul Allen went missing.
you can't do that in 1 single night
Yooo, great film.
Remember that Bateman is telling the story. There's a debate(man) that none of this happened at all and it's the delusional fantasy of a faceless corpo. But if it did happen, the "I want to fit in" line at the beginning is referencing his camouflage. "I'm simply not there..." is a confession to the viewer. "I want to fit in" is an explanation to another character of why he continues to live a "normal" life. This is one of my favorite films of all time.
It's probably my number one of my top five.
The tanning bed scene where it panned up his body was supposed to evoke the feeling that you're looking at a shark. This film had so much thought and care put into it.
"debate(man)" 😂😂😂
"I have to return some video tapes" is the best excuse ever..works everytime
Fantastic movie, certainly ambiguous, clearly satirical and absurd, but funny and dark as hell. A lot of people just don't click with it sadly
Regarding fingerprints: it's the 80s. Forensics wasn't what it is now. But more importantly, unless you've already been arrested, the police don't have your fingerprints on file. So even if fingerprints are found at a crime scene, there has to be something to compare them to.
These days, they encode your fingerprints in a chip on your passport. At least here in Sweden.
I liked Arianna's read that all his messes just got cleaned up because everyone in that superficial world didn't want trouble, my reading of the movie was that it was all delusions and that he hadn't actually killed anyone. The ATM saying "feed me a stray cat" and the cop cars exploding suggest he is having a mental health crisis.
I think someone was killed but no one cared, the thing is the apartment probably just had 1 body in it or many, but it doesn't matter as the only think that matters to them is money and appearance, while bateman could get away with killing "nobodys"
There are so many hidden details in this movie. It's just so perfect.
Holy shit! Arianna knows Big Ed Kemper from Ed Gein with respect to the ‘head on a stick comment’. I’m not even going to add to that because it’s awesomeness speaks for itself.
This was a nice reaction.
Lets see Paul Allens reaction next.
If you've seen The Rules of Attraction then you've met Patrick's younger brother Sean Batemen played by James Van Der Beek. The Batemens have issues.
'Fun fact' - I have a button that says I Have To Return Some Videotapes...yeah, that's why I used the ' ' quotes.
The book is way more gruesome and intense, and has whole chapters devoted to Whitney Houston, Genesis etc - which breaks up the horrific killings nicely.
for the sex scene christian bale drew stick figures and they discussed it with the director. i think he come up with the stick figures casue they wasnt sure howto discuss teh differnet positions etc
You're right, Patrick misattributes the head on a stick quote. Personally I believe that's an intentional choice.
you're right. he's wrong all the time it's worse in the book
It gets better every rewatch. I’ve caught on to things I’ve never seen prior. Plus the book is amazing as well. Consistent question of the unreliable narrator.
Plus in the movie and also in the book you have to decide what is reality and what is in the narrators head 👌
"I'm not getting a solid read. I don't know why. I'm normally so good at this" . . . .well thats because he's a psycho.
*menacingly moonwalking with an AXE * " He's been compared to Elvis Costello ... " XD XD
You don't even want to KNOW what he does with the head in the fridge in the book.
God knows if the head was real or imagination
So for those that think the ending is ambiguous (did he actually kill people?) it really isn't; the whole point of the novel is that everyone in the 80s were so self-involved that a clear serial killer exists in their midst, one of their own is dead (Paul Allen) and no one seems to care or mourn
The realtor was just any other 80s realtor; she hurried up and got that place cleaned up and ready for the next potential client because that's the business. It only furthers Bateman's delusion that he doesn't exist because the things he is doing is going unnoticed.
It's a brilliant black comedy, and one of Bale's finest performances
You ARE usually good at this, which is why I keep coming back :D
You know your sks. When you said "the Co-Ed Killer" I kinda fell in love. It was indeed Kemper who said that.
If you haven't seen it you might wanna check out 'The House That Jack Built'
The song my Huey Lewis, "Hip To Be Square" was on an episode of American Dad "The Kidney Stays In The Picture."
...ohhhhhkay???
I love the way they did the scenes with the detective. Shooting it three times and splicing it so it`s really hard to read how the detective reads the situation and information. One were he knows, one were he is unsure and one were he is oblivious. Great choice.
The more I watch this movie and reactions the funnier it gets, it’s just so ludicrous and over the top
Ed Gein was a serial killer in Wisconsin. He was the bases for this movie and the Texas chainsaw massacre and other movies as well
ed gein didnt say that quote though. it was ed kemper. the coed killer
fun fact: you can see batemans mask slip at 3:28 when he walks out the door
I love that you love this. The book is far more horrifying btw.
"Omg I love Rabbit"
"Chick's restaurant? What does that mean?"
If you haven’t reacted to it yet, Silence of the Lambs is maybe the best horror movie of all time and Red Dragon was a terrific sequel. This movie is so underrated as social commentary.
Silence is absolutely not a horror movie
Manhunter >Red Dragon
This is one of the most brilliant & hilarious movies ever. The more you watch the better it gets.
This movie is my favorite ever, it reflects today's world.
The 2 hooker scene with Bale explaining the state of pop music is one of the funniest scenes of all time.
God dammit I’m 27 years old now too lol
Such a good reaction. 90% of the people I've watched this with instantly just think that he didn't actually kill anyone, but the satire is more about how someone in his position and environment could get away with a lot of what he did. Not that some of it wasn't in his head.
I like to think Patrick is the human embodiment of a corporation.
He didn't kill most of the people but some he probably did and the worst part of that is no one cares if that happened or not.
Nobody is checking up on the place because it takes a couple of days to assemble a crew to cart away bodies and clean the place under the supervision and payment of the realtor.
She is just another American Psycho. She just makes sure the property value doesn't go down so she can continue to profit no matter what.
I HAVE TO RETURN SOME VIDEO TAPES
Dear Arianna. Read the book, It's amazing.
Yeah so basically it is ambiguous as to whether he did the killings. The writer and director lean more towards he did at least some of them. But he was losing his mind as well, so the killing spree at the end was enhanced by his mind going. But yeah basically he lives in such a self absorbed and greedy society, that some people don't notice or care what he's doing, and others blatantly cover it up
Imagine Arianna reacting to Mindhunter season 1. It would almost be too much!
She's already seen it
You should look into a book and film called The Rules of Attraction. Same author. Directed by Roger Avery, who worked with Tarantino a lot. One of the main characters is the younger brother of Patrick Bateman.
Yes! Glad you caught the serial killer quote too. That was definitely the co-Ed killer and not whoever Patrick said.