Posted: 1/1/2009 4:40:54 PM EDT
| just wondering, did Christian Bale actually whack all of those people, or in his delusional mind make all of the events up? |
I literally just finished the novel yesterday. Hoping that the book would clear things up better than the movie...I thought it was just as ambiguous as the film suggested. The book goes into much more detail about Bateman than the movie does however. Not a bad read at all, but it is one of the most gruesome novels I've read to date (referencing any chapter with the title "Girl" or "Girls", etc )
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anyone see the Psycho movie with Vince Vaughn? is that one any good ? You mean this version..? Never even watched the thing right through... Vince blew in that one.. 
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I can see how you would find things confusing at the end of the movie.
I think that the movie makes it seem like it didn't happen, that it was just some strange fantasy of Bateman's. Read the book. It blew me away. It starts out slow, but as the book progresses so does Bateman's insanity. And there is no question at the end as to whether or not he has killed. |
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see, in the movie he goes back to the apartment, no bodies, no mess or crime scene tape. hell, people didnt even know his name! so to me, in the movie, it was all fantasy. i do LOL when hes banging the hookers, and looks towards the camera to flex his muscles in the book it happend too. i was assigned to read the book for my freshman english comp class in college. it was kind've left up in the air if it was real or not in the book. just remember, this is not an exit. |
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I can see how you would find things confusing at the end of the movie. I think that the movie makes it seem like it didn't happen, that it was just some strange fantasy of Bateman's. Read the book. It blew me away. It starts out slow, but as the book progresses so does Bateman's insanity. And there is no question at the end as to whether or not he has killed. I seriously doubt he did it in the book. There were constant references to "am I dreaming" "will I wake up" and remember when he goes on the killing spree, and hears helicopters and SWAT teams about to break in, yet the next scene continues as if nothing happened. |
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i was assigned to read the book for my freshman english comp class in college. it was kind've left up in the air if it was real or not in the book. just remember, this is not an exit. I've always felt that the movie's biggest flaw was leaving out the "This Is Not An Exit" sign at the end. (IIRC, you can see the sign, but the lettering is blurred.) I think that sign is vital to the ending. IMO, that sign was Ellis' way of telling the reader, even if you choose to believe that Patrick hadn't actually killed anyone (and that is left up to you to decide-I've never believed that he did), it doesn't really matter... you're not off the hook. We're not off the hook. No matter what, Patrick is still a well-nigh fucked up individual... a by-product of the world he exists in. A human bereft of humanity. And, in all likelihood, not the only one of his kind. Of course, that's just my opinion... what the hell do I know? 
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