Why Christian Bale is my all-time favorite rock music critic (punk, single)

Molecules · 01-31-2009, 10:01 AM

oh yeah and realising this has veered off-topic but didn't the movie completely disregard the novel anyway with the twist at the end? Or did the novel have that too and i'm just going senile?

lucifer_sam · 01-31-2009, 11:12 AM

22 is the new 87.

Surell · 02-01-2009, 10:54 PM

I like it on Reservoir Dogs when they was talkin bout that Like A Virgin.

Roygbiv · 02-01-2009, 10:58 PM

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i agree lol but i imagine inclusion of those scenes would have hampered it's cinematic release; and i think in light of the movie being a compacted version of the book (obviously) the original mutilation scenes would have just baffled audiences and ruined the movie. Who knows. Anyone who enjoyed the film should read the book regardless, i picked mine up on amazon for pittance. And then read Generation X

edit: the direct-to-video sequel stars William Shatner apparently *sigh*

By Douglas Coupland?

khfreek · 02-02-2009, 06:30 AM

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I like it on Reservoir Dogs when they was talkin bout that Like A Virgin.

To bring up Tarantino again, there's another scene I like. In Jackie Brown, when Jackie introduces the bail-bondsman to the Delfonics.

Piss Me Off · 02-02-2009, 06:55 AM

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Patrick Bateman knows alot about music, I remember in the book there were a couple of detailed chapters just about musicians.

I thought the whole joke was that he didn't know anyhting about music?

Surell · 02-02-2009, 09:58 PM

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To bring up Tarantino again, there's another scene I like. In Jackie Brown, when Jackie introduces the bail-bondsman to the Delfonics.

Tarantino's good at making weird conversations cool. It's in every movie of his I've seen. Maybe not Kill Bill, I can't remember it.

sweet_nothing · 02-02-2009, 10:03 PM

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I thought the whole joke was that he didn't know anyhting about music?

Whaa?

kthedrummer · 02-03-2009, 05:00 AM

The book is a great satire on the excess of the 80s era...Ellis wrote it to piss everyone off including his publisher but it ended up being a big hit...The movie is good mostly due to Bale's perfromance but it has nothing on the book as Jackhammer said...The book is very tedious to read and captures OCD as well as a writer can to present to the reader. I found it almost impossible to put down and read it in about 4 hours...I need to read it again though.

Piss Me Off · 02-03-2009, 05:51 AM

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Whaa?

He likes Phil Collins and Huey Lewis.

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kthedrummer King of the Idiots Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The free love freeway Posts: 262	The book is a great satire on the excess of the 80s era...Ellis wrote it to piss everyone off including his publisher but it ended up being a big hit...The movie is good mostly due to Bale's perfromance but it has nothing on the book as Jackhammer said...The book is very tedious to read and captures OCD as well as a writer can to present to the reader. I found it almost impossible to put down and read it in about 4 hours...I need to read it again though. __________________ Your brain has the shell on it.