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27 January 2005, 07:54 AM
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Read the book years ago. Very hard going, as about 20% of it seems to dwell on Batemans' obsession with what other people are wearing (Gucci ties or whatever). Supposed to be an insight into the characters mind, but got a bit heavy after a while.
27 January 2005, 08:01 AM
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The book is a superb. Bateman's obsession with outward appearances while forgetting peoples names is a statement of how vacuous and shallow people are in the materialistic 80s.
27 January 2005, 09:28 AM
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What happened to the bit with the rat and the prostitute ?
LOL - "Suddenly it hit me - his apartment had a better view than mine"
LOL - "Suddenly it hit me - his apartment had a better view than mine"
27 January 2005, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by lightning101
LOL - "Suddenly it hit me - his apartment had a better view than mine"
Originally Posted by TelBoy
I can relate to Bateman. 
The film tries hard, but doesn't match the standard of the book, imo.
The film tries hard, but doesn't match the standard of the book, imo.
27 January 2005, 11:01 AM
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The book is .... errr .... interesting. The film is crap.
My problem is I can't find any sympathy for Bateman, not because of his love of bestowing sick and twisted acts of violence upon his victims, more because he actually likes Phil Collins
tiggers.
My problem is I can't find any sympathy for Bateman, not because of his love of bestowing sick and twisted acts of violence upon his victims, more because he actually likes Phil Collins
tiggers.
27 January 2005, 11:57 AM
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Book = crap (whole chapters devoted to Whitney Houston, Phil Collins and Genesis etc)
Film = quality (apart from the ending which is rubbish)
"Christy don't just look at it...eat it!"
Film = quality (apart from the ending which is rubbish)
"Christy don't just look at it...eat it!"
27 January 2005, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Dream Weaver
Didnt he drill into some womans head in the book or something? 
Haven't read it, but remember the mrs reading it.
Haven't read it, but remember the mrs reading it.
The starved rat and 'habitrail' pipe bit is quite disturbing too.
27 January 2005, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by FrenchBoy
Book = crap (whole chapters devoted to Whitney Houston, Phil Collins and Genesis etc)
27 January 2005, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by tiggers
The book is .... errr .... interesting. The film is crap.
My problem is I can't find any sympathy for Bateman, not because of his love of bestowing sick and twisted acts of violence upon his victims, more because he actually likes Phil Collins
tiggers.
My problem is I can't find any sympathy for Bateman, not because of his love of bestowing sick and twisted acts of violence upon his victims, more because he actually likes Phil Collins
tiggers.
27 January 2005, 03:02 PM
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just watched it. crappy ending! did he actually kill anyone or not???
No one could ever recognise eachother so even at the end where his lawyer said he'd had dinner with Paul Allen recently it's likely that it was actually someone else he thought was paul allen, after all the lawyer had just completely not recognised Bateman.
A lot of the book was missed out in the film...
Patrick Batemans brother is the main character in another Easton Ellis's famous books thats been made into a film, "The rules of attraction". In the book Patrick himself actually also features for a chapter...
27 January 2005, 06:08 PM
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Yes he does, he throws the chainsaw down a flight of stairs and kills the prostitute. He lso takes a guy back to his apartment and puts plastic sheeting down before smashing his head in.
27 January 2005, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 16vmarc
Yes he does, he throws the chainsaw down a flight of stairs and kills the prostitute. He lso takes a guy back to his apartment and puts plastic sheeting down before smashing his head in.
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