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Tao uptown new york1/12/2024 threesomes and science-knows-what done with a coat hangar. I guess I should also compliment them on the tasteful way (read: artistic) the sex and violence was done. Not so much on the Robert Palmer or Whitney Houston. This film, along with the gentlemen I go to the tavern with, really got me into Huey Lewis and Phil Collins. The book does a fine job of elaborating on the music of the 1980s, and I think they incorporated that well here (throwing it in to death scenes rather than as solo pieces adds an interesting twist). Besides the great acting (the real reason to watch this), the music is very noteworthy. The little dance during the Huey Lewis scene (one I have heard he added himself) remains for me one of the two key scenes (the other involving a chainsaw). As Bateman, he is perfectly self-absorbed and also maniacally distant. Bale is able to be any character he wants (comapre this to "Batman Begins", "The Prestige" and especially "The Machinist" and see if there's any of the same characters here). Bale was the perfect choice to play Bateman and I'm glad director Mary Harron would settle for no one else (turning down Ed Norton, who gets compared to Bale but remains inferior). But, of course, stealing the show is Christian Bale. Chloe Sevigny (one of my favorites), Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon (not my favorite but good for her role) and Gwen Turner. Even those looking for a horror film might be let down, as that isn't the real focus here. or just be really confused by the style (the directing is weird, but actually pretty straight-forward once you've read the book). Some (like myself) will love every little aspect, while others might be turned off my the sex and violence. or capitalist? This film explains there might not be much difference and perhaps shows us why serial killers in the 1980s were more celebrated than any time before or since in popular culture. Probably won't be going back.Patrick Bateman is a heartless man with no concern for those around him. Tough greeting when you’re about to spend close to $1000 for a table of four people. When the waitress first greeted us our greeting was “so do you know what you want “. Before we sat down we got a drink at the bar and the cocktail waitress kept telling me she gave me my credit card back and I knew she did it and then lo and behold she “found it“ I guess on the floor inside the bar somewhere. The wine list was outdated, the food was so-so, the atmosphere - the whole situation just wasn't as good as it used to be. When we got there they had plenty of tables. When we got there, we told them we were here, and a different woman was nice and actually seated us after a few minutes, no problem. She kept using the word unfortunately and basically sorry about your luck. Once she finally picked up the phone, she said you were a minute too late on letting us know so “unfortunately your reservation has been canceled” I tried to explain to her we are only 30 seconds at this point from the restaurant. We called up and told the woman that we were going to be late for our reservation by about 15 minutes as we were walking to the restaurant but I was on hold for 10 minutes. Unfortunately, and I use that word for a reason, this was not the case this time. We went to this restaurant years ago and had a great experience.
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