Like people who like these might have a very basic taste in movies, but they are real movies made by real people. Not a collection of gifable moments smashed together by an algorithm and 35 focus groups.

Also the guy's favourite movie is American psycho, I feel like you can't be an American psycho guy and make fun of fight club guys.

  • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Also the guy’s favourite movie is American psycho, I feel like you can’t be an American psycho guy and make fun of fight club guys.

    That reminds me of a quote from the director of American Psycho that went something like "and sometimes guys come up to me and they're like 'yeah I'm totally like Patrick Batemen' and I'm like 'so you're a giant dork, or a literal serial killer?' because Patrick Batemen is just such a gigantic loser when you look at him."

    Edit: I went and read the wikipedia page, and found this horrifying bit: "On September 10, 2013, it was announced that FX and Lionsgate were developing an American Psycho television series that would serve as a sequel to the film.[61] It would be set in the present, with Patrick Bateman in his 50s, grooming an apprentice (Andrew Low) to be just like him.[62] In April 2015, it was stated the show was still in development but as of 2019 it is presumed to have been cancelled or in development hell.[63]"

      • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        I believe the point is that Patrick Batemen isn't cool or interesting at all: he's physically fit and affluent, which people mistake for being cool, but as a person he's completely vapid and obsessed with status symbols and what other people have to say about them, hence the constant cutaways to bizarre monologues about fashion, or food, or pop culture that are all completely empty of any substance when looked at beyond the most superficial level. The only original thoughts he has are ways of saying literally nothing on a topic while giving the appearance that he's made some insightful comment, and everything else is just repetition of critics or ads he's read.

        And that's him as a person even before you get into the "he compulsively kills people for fun or over perceived slights," stuff.

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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      3 years ago

      There was a literal Patrick Bateman serial killer guy about a decade ago, Luka Magnotta.

      Big CW for searching this guy though since he filmed and posted himself both killing cats and a person, and at least one documentary feature brief clips of those videos.