#if the 'remake' is just an excuse to adapt the fucking rat scene i'm going to kill myself and every man involved in production | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

artymisxox · 13 days ago

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I did not have much faith in this project in the first place but I pray to god they mean this in a "we're going to adapt the scenes from the book that show Patrick's deeply-repressed longing for men" way and not in a "we're going to fetishize heinously graphic depictions of violence against women in the name of being 'transgressive' and 'edgy'" way, which the original film remarkably managed to avoid despite the subject matter (probably because it was written and directed by women). I deadass don't trust a man with this source material 😭 NOTHING about the book is 'erotic' (even the incredibly graphic sex scenes are uncomfortable to read because they're from Patrick's pov) and if this man thinks it is then. uh. he should be on a list. and this is coming from a sicko who finds Patrick Bateman incredibly sexy

#why do we even need an american psycho remake the 2000 film is great #and christian bale IS patrick bateman to me he's so iconic in that role #yeah ok it's not a direct adaption of the book but that's bc to be quite frank some of the stuff in the book SHOULD NOT BE PUT TO SCREEN.#it works on page and that's okay!! not everything needs to be seen!!!#i'd argue strongly if you wanted to make a more interesting american psycho movie you'd actually dial back the graphic violence even more #and make it a full-blown character study like the musical did bc it low-key works so well and is very faithful to the spirit of the book #but i'd like it better without the singing #if the 'remake' is just an excuse to adapt the fucking rat scene i'm going to kill myself and every man involved in production

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