Christian Bale’s performance in the movie American Psycho
directed by Mary Harron was an absurd film based off a whimsical dream a man
was having because he was bored with his own life. It was very strange and
uncomfortable to view what was going on in his mind. The murderous acts he
committed to fellow coworkers and homeless people to the sexual acts he
attempts with hookers off the street. Christian Bale really took on this role
and made me see what he sees. It was scary when I realized it was all a dream
only because now he could make it a reality. The intense scenes were you could hear his
inner thoughts were quite disturbing, but that was supposed to be the general
feeling. The uncomfortable feeling is super strong in this film. I love that
the director was a woman as well, because you could see that she really tried
to take a new direction with the style of the movie. The fact that she achieved
this feeling out of me makes her a true director because not once did I stop
looking around or feeling awkward and not once did I think this was a horrible
movie. It’s strange that that was evoked. I was uncomfortable, but I liked it. Also
the scenes of routine from his exercising regime to his beauty routine were all
contributing aspects to how he was: creepy. I didn’t enjoy watching it, but it
was genius.
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