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Bale is an incredible Bateman
This film is truly amazing. It involves the viewer visually and intellectually. A great film, and well worth the cost.
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American Classic
Not only was the quality of a used DVD excellent (unnoticable!), the movie itself is one of my top five of all time. It's so humourously evil in the same sense as Fargo, where what's going on in the scene makes you squirm and chuckle deviously at the same time.
For those with a warped sense of humour or even those who just enjoy an amazing movie with superb acting, I recommend this!
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Bale at his best
As the Dark Knight opens I have a feeling that Christian Bale will soon be a household name. If anyone is a fan of Bale's work, this is a must see. It is not for all tastes. There are some sexually explicit scenes and violence. That aside, Bale plays the perfect looking, perfectly chisled, perfectly groomed Patrick Bateman to perfection. The man behind the perfect mask is truly psychotic. Bale is genious in this role. I saw that Leonardo Decaprio was supposed to play the part and I cant imagine anyone playing Batemen like Bale. He is the best actor out there and dedicated to his craft which makes him fascinating to watch. When he is on screen in any film, it is impossible to watch anyone else, not just because of his obvious good looks, but because it seems he becomes the character. I recommend this film and as a matter of fact, all of his films. He is a huge talent.
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WILDLY SHARP SATIRE! ONE OF BALE'S BEST!
I had never seen this movie before now and I must say it took me completely by surprise. Bale gives another winning performance in this dark satire about 80's yuppie life. The film is totally engrossing in the first three quarters, but does seem like a bit of a let down in the end. For that reason I give it a 4 star rating. You'll either love it or hate it.
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What am I missing here?
I am told in other reviews that this film is "hilarious", that it is a "brilliant satire", that it is "laugh out loud" funny. Well, I smiled at the running business card gag but otherwise I watched it with mounting disbelief - all the more so when I got to the end and felt cheated by the "open verdict" trick. The big joke is how vapid, self-regarding and immoral the 80's Wall Street scene was, but, once that has been established, it's hard to squeeze much more out of it. Tom Wolfe did a much better job of that in his satirical novel "Bonfire of the Vanities". It seems that some people find the graphic violence and animalistic sex funny; a phenomenon I've wondered at in films before: the more gruesome the event, the louder people laugh. In that regard, this film reminds me of another stinker which sharply divide reactions: "The Rules of Attraction" (see my review - I loathed that, too!). I guess your reaction to these films tells you more about the kind of person you are and your worldview; for me, the supposed satire just doesn't have the legs to sustain itself even over a short 90 minutes. Bale is a fine actor and all too believable in this ungrateful role - but he is so wholly unlikeable and repellent that you cannot identify in any way with him; he is just a monster and so the satire fails to bite if you cannot recognise the humanity within which has been perverted by greed and fear. Everyone in the film is a mess; there's no balance to it. I'm sorry that I wasted my time watching it and it really worries me that there are people out there who love this kind of thing. It affirms nothing but simply exploits a fascination with the utter self-absorption and the lunacy that results.
