American Psycho: A Warning For Men
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This video explores the message of American Psycho on modernity and post modernism through Patrick Batemen's struggle in the movie called American Psycho. Patrick Batemen (Christian Bale) is a wall street banker who's perfect life begins to fall apart.
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@@Ayaz.shah131 nha it was me
@@Ayaz.shah131 cool
Oh the irony of you advertising degeneracy on a channel like this 🤣
The Adam and Eve sponsorship is really unbecoming of this channel. You do great work, and you shouldn't just take a random (degenerate) sponsorship.
What scared me the most about this movie was not Patrick, but the people surrounding him. So stuck on their own world that they do not react to a literal threat to society because they have no humanity in them.
you think it's because of the walls and masks Patrick has? the first monologue says "under this mask there is no Patrick Bateman only an idea of him." and that's somehow the fault of the people around him?
@@janefkrbtt That's more akin to establishing how he doesn't feel like Patrick Bateman, just another rich guy with superiority complex. When the real Bateman comes out, he finally feels like himself. And even then... He eventually returns to the status quo.
@@charallave1000 so let me see if I got it.
Bateman being self aware enough of himself, understands that being a psychopathic murderer is not good. so he tries to act like a good person so he can fit in with broader society. but because he also has an inferiority complex he lashes out at anyone he perceives as better. and because the people around him are generally disinterested in anyone but themselves he doesn't get the attention his mental illness needs and he, either for real or imagined. snaps, and goes on a murder spree so he can feel like he is in control of something.
and thats ALL because of "decadence" somehow?
No consequences = Absolute and complete madness.
Feed the ego until it pops.
It will be worse if those elites unlock longevity or immortality
I love how the movie shows the morbid realisitic parts of a psychopath. There is no climax, no big plot, no good ending. It's simply emptyness, lack of connection, unstable mental state, and constant suffering.
@@chimychimes Hey im like that too i just live with it.
@@chimychimes don't share personal information on the internet
@@zedoniusrulerofflame4675 ok 🥲
Btw, Patrick Bateman is a sociopath, not a psychopath
Well psychopathy is not like that do your research
After rewatching this movie last week, it's crazy how 20 years later the movie just fits what the world has become today. The way he narrates about his lifestyle just sounds so much like what social media "influencers" sound like today. How this narcissistic self love industry is slowly turning us into psychopaths.
My fav part about this video is the “toy” sponser
@@fish6087 it is pure irony of the topic.
Yes!!!
Yes
There was 4 mass murders in ONE WEEK in November. Moscow Idaho, Colorado gay club, UVC shooting, and the Walmart psycho. It's so sad and scary.
I just visited New York City for the first time last week. One night at dinner I overheard a conversation from the table next to us - judging from their expensive outfits, wine bottles, and haughty attitude, they came off as very similar to the elite in American Psycho. They discussed their previous night of debauchery rather unimpressively. They bragged about ditching out of an expensive Broadway play early because they got bored and didn’t care about the money. Their voices just sounded so… dull. Monotone. All the money in the world and they couldn’t find happiness in expensive things or events.
honestly fuck those kind of people
@Smoky Plays Did you ever read Atlas Shrugged? Sounds like James Taggart syndrome...
Were you on the UES?
They were probably just people that had different values than you. The real issue in America is the social fascism everyone practices IE everyone outside my group is dumb.
As someone who wasn't born into wealth myself, I don't envy those people in the slightest. Do I wish I had more financial "freedom"? Sure, at least enough to feel comfortable with. I see what greed does to people and I want none of that.
Living in Eastern Europe it feels so funny to hear people to the west saying things like "right now it's good times but we are entering hard times. After hard times it will be good times"
Lmao, here it has been hard times for generations.
Maybe you guys have it right and we are in the wrong... life is hard...but you guys still have "life".
@@megaponful He says the Truth. Cycles can be broken up, there can be Good Times with Stron Men all the Time, or Hard Times with Strong Men all the Time, and it also can be opposite, there can always be Good Times with Weak Men all the Time, and also Hard Times with Weak Men permanently.
As an asian, i cant agree more
And is not even an "all west" thing, Latin America has been doing just as bad for ages and I do feel that way as well, I can't relate to Americans and their non existent crisis because my country has been pretty busy with real, long-lasting problems.
@@megaponful spoken like a true privileged American. I’ll take USA over Eastern Europe ANYDAY
lets be honest, 50% of people that say they relate to batemen most definitely don't but say it for the meme on the internet or sarcastically.
For real
that has deep meaning
i’m sure once they start doin sun self reflection then they’ll probably understand bateman more and actually relate
90% of them just follow the trend + they’re all 12-16 years old
@@damienb99 you understimate how many 17-30 year olds shitpost
The one time I watched this movie, I was terrified by the ending because it showed that he was not the psycho, but it was the society and he was actually the hero who was trying to escape it in his weird murderous way. It's a cosmic horror genre.
are you fucking nuts?? the society has nothing to do with him. He walks up to a beggar and stabs him to death, in what way the beggar was stopping him from escaping the society?? It's his materialistic mindset that is stopping him to see any value in people apart of the money and status they have. It's his inability to form any emotional connection with anyone, that's not society's fault.
Nope,he was the psycho and society made him that
Perhaps. But it is shown multiple times in the film that he is just as repulsive as the people he criticises. The individual has as much responsibility to society as they want society to have to them.
@Lev Chicwown what are you talking about lmao
@@Charlie_probably... he said very clearly what he’s talking about
Almost every guy around me acts like Patrick. They are such good actors people believe them.
I could say I have a talent in analyzing evil, and I've witnessed my favorite person turn into Patrick. He's become obsessed with being the "sigma" and made fun of me for being a "beta" because I'm not into that shit.
He also uses "God" and religion to get away with his behaviors. He often talks about God, especially in front of professors, but he is nothing more than an ACTOR. He embraced MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES just from that movie.
I forgot to mention how many times he had told me he might be a psychopath, and only now do I see what he's turned into. I was blinded by his fake behaviors and emotions.
Thanks God I got out of that shit.
lmao he is just probably a fan, and believes in God, is probably not that deep
This is one of the few things/ topics I think no matter how you lean politically is what unites us. We all want to live a healthy, meaningful life. I don’t care what someone posts on social media, deep down, they want peace and happiness. Sadly, we will never agree on how to get there.
true. but admitting the common need may be the first step towards realizing there is something to strive for.
Untrue. Many people do not want to live healthy and meaningful lives and are satisfied with mediocrity
@@David.Isaac.147 You gotta be thankful for the peace you got
There's too many people comfortable with having the world economic forum control the world. People are so nihilistic these days that the collective benefit of society would come second to sitting and being told what to do, where to go by some fatcat and if they don't conform then no food no money no heating.
@@David.Isaac.147 what’s mediocrity for you ? Life is still hard in our time.
Ah yes, another video proclaiming the 'good times make weak men; weak men make hard times; hard times make strong men; strong men make good times; ad perpetuum' take. That's not how the real world works. That's not how the real world ever worked.
Edit: So I was right, it is about that. Great.
Thank god I found someone with some basic moral sense and not "return to old masculinity"-type of comments. There is still hope in humanity.
@@alexeyguskov3508 i don't think the video claims hurr durr be' stronk
Also another in depth analysis of American Psycho that misses the point that no one recognizes the main character/narrator as Patrick Bateman because the main character/narrator is not Patrick Bateman.
Well clearly you don't read. Yes, through out history that's exactly how the world had worked. There is literally literature, historical text, paintings the create a picture of the people and their mindsets and you factor the results of that period in time. One small but most known example is the fall of the Roman empires. There was signs of its collapse. 1 sign was that people were involved in plenty of Degenerecy. It wasn't the only sign. The other being the deterioration of infrastructure. There was once a time where major cities were a sign of progress, strength, culture etc. But what are they now if not pot hole ridden, crime ridden he'll holes. I live in LA. And it's not what it was once viewed as. I've also served. And I've seen first hand the demorilization of its military. Bad leadership and corruption filled is also a sign of hard times coming. All meanwhile our enemies what we would consider the barbarians are getting stronger. China , Russia, Iran are all getting stronger. Maybe not militarily but their resolve is growing. Sure those countries are filled with corruption. But they hold on to their traditions. Something so powerful that people are willing to die for it and not even oppression can extinguish. That's how France lost to Nazis. France was so demoralized from within that they did not have the fighting spirit they had in the first world War. I've heard many vets asking what they are even fighting for anymore. A fat, lazy, plastic, soft, corrupt, man hating society? You are a fool if you think we have progressed past that. That's why they say it's a cycle. You may not see it in your life time, but your kids or their kids will. As I said, I've seen the state of the military. They are supposed to represent the best of us? I've met soldier who have told me first hand that in case of a war, they would rather go to prison then fight a war. These are volunteers BTW. Met many criminals, bad leadership placed by corrupt politicians, low moral of people that want to get out as quick as possible. And you think this only applies to the military? Bad education, bad health due to inviduals drowning in unhealthy behaviors. And somehow you think these are not ideal conditions for bad times?
Also, the final Bateman monologue shows the egotistical nature of society, since he wishes his suffering to be upon everyone instead of using that suffering to help others.
my guy's first video was about how he hates porn and now takes a sponsorship from Adam and Eve.
Money makes people do things 😢
Moon is one fake ass bitch
People sell their souls and moral so easy nowadays
The reason why men are so depressed is simply because they aren't expected to express their emotions, and are mocked for doing so.
Then do so whether you’re mocked or not. As a girl I’ve been mocked for how I’ve expressed myself or about my mental health issues. You just need to do what is going to help you. Fuck everyone else who thinks your weird for doing so.
Men were meant to be stoic, you think the men that died on the titanic wanted to drown and freeze to death? Ofc not but they kept their feelings to themselves and let the women and children on the safety boats first bc that was their duty. You think the 18 year old boys storming the beaches of Normandy wanted to breakdown and cry, ofc they did but they kept their composure and kept moving forward bc that was their duty. Men who cannot control their emotions are weak men, these men turn out to be rapists and school shooters. Men are depressed now bc we almost have no purpose previous generations of men had World War II, The Great Depression, Manifest Destiny.
And who is exactly is doing the mocking?
@@shumishu6019 Men don't,contrary to popular belief.
@@ozanbarsaydemir6009 you know that’s not true
I think it's kind of cool because some of the things you surmise at the end of the video talking about purpose and what a lack of it can lead to is actually what I've been feeling lately, and self-improvement and working towards having a purpose and meaning in life is exactly what I've been doing. I think it's made my life better and me much happier and better off as a person for my future. Also great video I only saw the movie once thought it was really funny cuz it was kind of over the top, but I think you did a great analysis definitely an interesting take.
This is why free speech is important. If people are forced to say certain things through compelled speech, then you never know if a person is saying nice things because they mean it or if they are forced to by society. All this repression will have a repercussion, you can only get wound up so much without expressing genuine thoughts and emotion, before you snap
I am "liberal" but the more I see SJWs and enforced ideals the more I think that they're doing a bad job bringing people on their side. You can see it with Twitter these days: from woke feminists drama-arenas, to full on ultra-conservative hunting grounds.
I often get called commie by right wingers, but also fascist by leftists. I guess common sense is staying in the middle.
@Levi Chicwown Andrew tate is a bad person
Not the Adam and Eve ad in a video about hedonism and the degeneration of society 😔
bro got a toy sponsor 💀
You rant on for 20 minutes about society’s moral decadence and frailty but you decide to put a money sponsor about sex toys in the beginning. This videos gotta be a joke
Your videos are incredibly important for society. Keep up the great work.
His sponsor definitely isnt 😂
I don't agree with the hard times create capable men theory. Comfort is insanity, I wouldn't swap my life with Bateman, it would be hell.
I believe what you mean is the chance to be or develop yourself which depends on what you learnt about life. I think this has nothing to do with war or overcoming struggle.
I can kind of relate to him. I once did something really stupid. For some reason I wanted to find out how people would react. I wanted to feel important. I wanted to be seen. No one reacted. I wasn't seen. There were people who knew this ~someone~ who's called "Yustyna" and she did this thing but they didn't know it was me. When they found out it was me, they didn't react. They ignored it. I didn't expect them to react to it but they ignore it as if it's normal?! I also wanted to get attention from my teachers but when I got the best grades in class, they ignored me. I also feel like people don't listen. I can talk for hours and no one will care. But if I talk 10 minutes about the other person, we're best friends. I'm still searching for someone who's willing to talk and listen to me. I just want to be heard and hear other people's HONEST opinions but almost no one is like that... So many people lie and have a fake smile. Almost always when I get attention, it's because the other person is jealous of me.
This probably happened because my parents are bad parents: I was depressed. While I was crying, I told my mother I can't sleep because I'm crying the entire time. She hugged me and didn't say anything. She didn't even consider taking me to therapy. I needed to deal with my problems alone. I asked for help so often but no one helped me. 😭 You really can't imagine how often I asked for help... T-T I also got panick attacks and I feel like I was in constant survival mode. I looked normal but I was broken or even nothing inside... With that said: "If I relate to a character, he's the one I relate to!"
Thank you for reading this!!! 💕
…do you need someone to talk to…?
Rome didn't fall because weak men it fell cause it grew to large to fast
This is one of the best videos I've seen in a long time. Good job, Moon!
This is why I love that I am Serbian. Here, we still value our friends, familly, paarents, religion. Here we went trough hard times often. Like, I can visit my grandparents when I want, almost all my friends. Now, this is my opinion, but if you are strougling, you need supportive people around you.
You and Hamza truly changed my life and I hope more and more man will get enough of this sad life, and start fighting for their freedom
Scamza was debunked by Wheat Waffles and Tails
that "strong men, make good times, makes weak men, makes hard times" cycle is bs lmfao. please look up crime statistics from the 80s and 90s.
Nope, you can see it in reality in the USA right now, strong men back then made developments to the us, good times then now we are almost to the hard times
@@edrockyt178 so what's the timeline than? surely we can plot out the cycle if it's so obvious
@@janefkrbtt Ok, here:
1776 - 1975strong men made good times
1975 - 2022: good times make weak men, weak men make hard time
(Western world)
@@edrockyt178 alright cool. now what was the cycle before that? can you give me a timeline on that?
Patrick Bateman is literally a teenage girl
Holy shit bro.. Honestly thought this was going to be lame but damn you have widsom and extreme foresight. This is brilliant.
All of these guys videos titles are like
“Movie title: A warning for _____”
Yeah and in everyone he just spills bullshit
@@derPapierschredderhow
@@derPapierschredder maybe you didnt get it
I learned more words from this video than 9 years of English class
Nice timing I just finished watching the movie and I decided to seek out more information on the film’s layers. This analysis of the world and men is too accurate to myself as a 16 year old young man and many others I know and see on the internet. We are weak in the mind and in spirit. I have all but lost my purpose, creativity and will to live. I can narrow it down to overdosing on internet and all the filth on it, bad sleep habits, double life around my family etc. I hate what I’ve become and I can’t seem to break free from this. I will try but I will almost definitely fail and continue to live this decrepit life I currently live in. If anyone has read this please don’t be like me if you don’t feel or relate to this that is good and I wish I was still like that. Stay innocent and enjoy life. ✌🏼
I tried many things to focus on life but at the end of the day I was disappointed by myself.
Respect for becoming aware of your surroundings at such a young age bro! You have plenty of time to change and create a better life for yourself! I wish you all the best in your path to happiness my guy ❤️
You’re at least a decade ahead of me and many others. Some never even try to fix it, so you’re on the right path. If you’re reading this, be like this man - fix yourself.
Young Homie! Don't give up! You seem smart, so do a digital detox, and focus on the important things in your life. It's not your fault that your generation is being bombarded with this crap. You are self-aware, and can totally get away from this shit. One love!
The society Patrick Bateman lives in is late stage capitalism. Not saying you’re wrong about the idea of moral degradation, but in practice/historically “decadence” has been used to oppress people who don’t fit in to others “moral compass” (LGBT people, women who don’t fit into people’s idea of what a woman should be, etc.) The economic system rewards conformity, consumption, selfishness, and shifty personal morals. Replace “decadence” with “late stage capitalism” and we’re on our way to some real solutions
1:22 she didnt hear it. He says all these things knowing they wont hear it, tricking himself in to believing he can be himself for a second.
9:47 what suspicious circumstances? Who sees a friend putting luggage in a taxi and thinks "Probs a dead body... I should search his belongings just to make sure" You can look at Breaking Bad when Hank picks up 100k in cash and Walter says its 100k and Hank just laughs.
She didn't care*
Oh, the irony of this video's sponsor.
Keep doing what you're doing Moon, I appreciate you spreading an honourable message to counter the absolute fuckery we're bombarded with.
Fuckery 😆 🤣
Bros really sponsored by Adam&Eve 😂 Whatever makes you money I guess
How are you in any way qualified to say therapy is just "masking" the problems. You don't have that kind of authority to say who therapy does and doesn't help, my dude.
This video is literally a perfect example of what's talked about in this video. How paradoxical, literally making a surface level analysis, putting buzzwords and feeding into this culture of complaining and being soft. How can you turn a beautiful movie about a psychopath into this garbage narrative made to please wannabe sigmas?
This is an interesting point of view, but in the middle of the video I just realized that maybe, just maybe, it is a little wrong to blame society for all our problems? The world is full of decadence, no one has a purpose, good times create weak men, blah blah blah. But does it really matter? I mean, man, if you need a global crisis to turn you into a weapon capable of doing things, doesn't that make you weak? And by the way, can we really call today's reality "good times"? There are conflicts everywhere, crisis after crisis, people are always depressed - is this the "good times"? So why can't it create strong men? Just because of material wealth? Is that a sufficient reason? All I want to say is that no matter the time, you can always become the better version of yourself just doing shit done. Finding your purpose in life, its a purpose itself. If you want to be a doggy that suffices the needs of the society in "hard times", fine, that's enough for me, but does it really make you strong? And if you make yourself better, while no one needs it, and you are looking for your purpose, while no one needs it either, does that make you weak? Society has a huge impact on our lives, I cant deny it, but it hasnt taken our lives under full control. Yet. So, to summarize, I think if you want to be a superman - do it. But if you just want to be accepted by society, then what's the probkem? Become acceptable if you want it so badly. It is your choice to make, thats all im saying
It's always very interesting to see young men seriously "identify" with Patrick because of how obviously it shows they are incapable of proper media analysis. Too many people watch films and digest what is directly in front of them, with no thought into the themes, messages, and subtext. Having read the book, the film of AP isn't as good at getting the subtext across, but Christ ... you have literal teenagers who have completely missed the point of the film idolising Bateman when they are the type of man Bret Easton Ellis was criticising by writing the book.
AP is a caricature of the damaging effects of high society, late stage capitalism, consumerism, narcissism, misogyny, classism, racism. Identifying with Bateman means you are part of the problem. Telling the story through his perspective is a way of making the viewer confront the messages of the narrative. It has the unintended consequence of causing men to think "main character = good guy" and thinking the story is a message to society not to piss off men unless they snap and become violent.
The AP reminds me of the woke.
@@stud6414 How so?
@@AmyMarieJackson Rich superficial people who jump on anything new they're completely devoid of conscience and they hate their society that's the work that's the American psycho
Misogyny is seldom. Misandry is rampant in our society
@@cantescape4310 I don't want a debate, so let's assume your claim is true. What bearing does it have on American Psycho's subtext?
As a Muslim convert watching this video, you said a lot of truth here. The encroachment of nihilism and aimlessness and hollowness of Western society is creating a weak phase where the West will become very vulnerable to either an invasion or civil war. These feelings of pointlessness plagued me for a while until I learned of Islam, saw the truth and beauty of it, and have vowed to fight (not necessarily physically) for its cause. Worshipping the single Creator of the universe and obeying his laws can unite mankind as one and give us a transcendant purpose.
You don't need Islam to follow the Quran.
@@MACA_Zeon What do u mean? If you believe in everything the Quran says, that makes you a believer in Islam.
I now understand the quote "weak men create hard times, hard times create strong men" or something like that.
Weak men are not the main reason why people became poorer. It's literally just capitalism doing it's thing. Income inequality always increases over time and wealth trickles up. Look the 2008 and what Blackrock keeps doing. This speculative way of trading will only lead us in one direction.
If you have depression or suicidal thoughts DO NOT look at this person's channel. All he does is get people riled up and angry. Whatever peace you had is gone as soon as you watch his stuff. He spreads hate and says that you're an idiot for not thinking exactly like him. Go ahead and watch, but I guarantee you'll just end feeling more depressed. Mock me if you want but if you want help... you won't find it on this channel
Don’t know how I feel about the sponsorship… lol. Gotta get that 💰 tho
you missed the whole premise of this film. It is not about modernity and how the male fits in.
How does moon make so many quality videos back to back bro. He ain’t every made a bad vid😅
Nah, the meta one wasn't very good but otherwise I really enjoy his other videos
@@rodmunch6865 Why didn't you like it?
@@rodmunch6865 what was bad about that one?
I need to struggle and actually feel how bad life can really get if i dont do my best, this will push me to do better and do more hard work because i have experienced what a life of despair is.
This is an awesome video. Thank you for creating such thought provoking videos, they really break up the monotony of my everyday. With that said I have one point that I personally disagree with. I believe that the larger issue that men face is less about being great and more about being authentic.
my friends and I have been quoting this movie since 2016, crazy how society is now rediscovering it.
I love your video essays, they are so well made.
Bro didn’t even watch the video stop capping
@@wsgryze this video is reuploaded for like 10th time
@@vojaurosevic5176 and?
@@wsgryzei’ve seen this video before, this is just a reupload
this movie is cringe af
That’s kind of the point, genius. Nice take.
@@justmeeagainn stay mad
"Weak men have created hard times for us". That saying about, "hard men breed good times", etc is probably one of the best sayings that describe the times we are living in currently/
I found yesterday this channel, I'm amazed with this incredible work! Keep it up Moon!
I thought at the end it was all in Patrick's mind and the poor guy needed help.
Nothing dumber than using the hard times mantra as a way to justify pointless conflict. Not necessarily pointed at the video itself just that sort of sentiment.
Wanting a conflict in order to become "strong" is just ridiculous. I guarantee you would not be repeating that line during the real hard times, the ones where you'd be getting your limbs blown off without even knowing what hit you.
You are supposed to learn from history, not perpetuate the cycle.
A strong man is productive, caring and unyielding. Which is not at all easy among narcissists and cynics.
I've watched this movie no less than a hundred times srsly. I own 2 copies on DVD and 1 on Bluray. Only movie I've seen as many times as The Godfather.
Great video and social commentary!
Finally, some who has also seen it over 100 times! American Psycho is a masterpiece and my favorite of all time.
It's interesting how the director of American Psycho has stated that it's actually a strongly feminist film, portraying Patrick Bateman as an extreme caricature of toxic men.
I've noticed some comments that try to negate the premise of this video based on Mary Harron's statement on the film, but I don't see how there isn't a significant overlap between these two views.
Well, she’s an idiot then. I love the movie, but she completely missed the mark of that was her intention.
I'd call it the perfect 'humanist' movie. Of course the main character happens to be male, however, with the exception of his secretary and possibly (at a push..) Lewis's girlfriend, women are not exactly portrayed well in this movie either..
@@MattyMooresyeah maybe this is the thing I struggle with, I mean women in the movie are portrayed in pretty degrading ways/plot devices to show HOW TERRIBLE Patrick is, which is fine, but like half of the people who glorify Bateman are teenage boys who watch grotesque anime hentai so the message goes over their heads. We're clearly supposed to hate him but that somehow gets lost on a lot of young men, and maybe that's how it's a feminist film? It kind of weeds those people out.
Feminism isn’t necessarily incompatible with masculinity. In fact in many ways responsible forms of masculinity (none of that toxic Andrew tate type stuff) are very feminist because both are built on the principles of self reliance and societal duties as opposed to merely surviving off of the work/under the boot of others
I love the speech that Bateman gives about apartheid, homelessness etc. He's trying to sound serious, but because he doesn't believe in anything that he's saying, it just comes off as a joke.
This happens very often with tv hosts, politicians, CEO's and wealthy people in general.
For example: It very much reminds me of politicians talking about problems that plague so many, yet those politicians can't relate in the slightest since they've never had to deal with it.
Excellent!! Perfect
Yep I fully agree.
🤡Kamala: The border is secure
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
So, it's basically never able to be talked about? That the result?
@@Zynet_Eseled No, but the people in power talking about it are just using those issues for talking points to make themselves popular. They don't really give a shit about any of us lower on the social status ladder
I feel like Patrick’s decision to not kill the secretary is not really because she has morals or virtues, it’s because she’s one of the very few people that actually notice Patrick as an individual person. It’s the same reason he doesn’t kill the gay man. They both make him feel seen and heard for once.
Yep I believe this is the reason and Patrick doesn't know how to handle this , he freaked out when he got actual love from the gay dude and Patrick spared his secretary when she treated him like a person but again he was confused by this care she was giving him Patrick doesn't know how to handle when someone really cares about him
Yeah this is meant by that. She isnt dull and a shallow person but an individual that hears what he says
They are his underlings, his 'twitter followers', they are not competition and have value as the hand that feeds him.
@@roderick8167 is homosexuality the compensatory mechanism for gender hate (hate for men and women)?
@@mariussielcken to be honest I don't know Lol
Little billy : That guys Is a “sigma”! I wanna be just like him 💀
Unfortunately, there are a lot of little Billy's
you sound corny as hell 😭
The stern women real estate agent is also a psychopath who recognises one of her own. She doesn't care about Patrick's murders as long as it doesn't affect the sale price.
To see it that way literally changes the film for me now I don’t know if Patrick lost touch to reality or if all the other people lost it cause the one guy at the end don’t even know if the guy he was eating with is dead if that what you say is right
@@Milan-lr2hf Watch the scene again and look at the placement of the shadows, it is used by film makers to portray good and evil on the surface and underneath.
Wow! I had never thought of that over multiple viewings, but it really sounds like a legitimate explaination. Especially in 80's NY real estate. God I love movie conversations.
@@zencomeseasy602 It is a really chilling scene when you realise the unspoken communication. Two predators facing off against each other, with one agreeing to back down and leave the other's territory.
Maybe she just thought Patrick was some nutty guy that wandered in without an appointment and had no business there. Most apartments are painted and fixed up before a sale. Could be nothing was there to begin with.
Crazy how movies like this, the joker, taxi driver, fight club, a clockwork orange(to a degree) and many more speak to young men in such a way
Yesss
American Beauty
Back when we didn't have rollercoaster Marvel movies, ah how I miss those days.....
@@nimazsheik5152 Superheroes ruined movies for this generation man. I feel bad when kids tell me how marvel is the greatest thing ever and how She-Hulk is the face of feminity. I feel bad how they have no idea what a well written female character is anymore. They are no more human and are just trying to act to love whatever trash is thrown at their face. We need a revolution like Tyler said. We need to stop excusing these hypocrisy and immoral silence of this generation and ignite the fire among young men and women.
@@primenumberbuster404Bro who df defending she-hulk 💀💀💀💀
A reminder to men : Masculinity is not about how many muscles you have, how many times you have had sex or how rich you are. It is about how much you value your morales and your relations with people.
That is not the right definition..masculinity is power and that power should be used to save the weak until they try to opress you
no it isn't lol. masculine men aren't defined on their morals or relations to people, they're defined by their strength and usefulness. masculine men work in sewers and oil rigs, not feminine men/women.
@@soyboy1292 Masculinity is doing what's right for your family and the ones you love. Not about exerting power. The bravest men do what has to be done, not for themselves or power or glory. They do it to better the lives of their children, families, people they care about, their community. The only reward is knowing these people are better off than when you began. It's not about YOU and your image of power. Did you learn nothing from this movie?
If men felt like building connections and community was the biggest tenant of their masculinity instead of violence and plunder what a world we might have.
@@candicefrost4561 lol don't go there Candice...do we want to talk about modern women, ripping homes apart, stealing kids from father's and basically being sluts?
Tinder studies prove this. Tv that is popular with women prove this also.
What crap do you see as you check out at the grocery store.
Crap only women read. Toxic crap. That's what modern women love, they love seeing men get destroyed.
I don’t think that American psycho is about masculinity at all. It seemed to me like a statement about predominance of how you look to what you do in modern society, the hyperbolised image of murder is tool to make this parallel work better and make stronger effect. People do not pay attention to Patrick’s performances, even after his confession. It’s approved in his monologue, he said that his confession was useless, he lost edge of real and fictional world. All he got is his pain of being a “proper” human in society with no opportunity to express himself and he want’s it to be inflicted on others. He basically lost himself due to the ignorance of society he lived in.
This is the proper take. Bravo 👏🏻
Which is what's happening to men all the time
I thought american psycho's theme is as the title suggests psychopathy.. And how a psychopath can hide and mingle in a narcissistic society.
Thinking it is about masculinity probably comes from being preoccupied with male identity and its narcisstic defense mechanisms?! Maybe hypermasculinity is a consequence of narcissistic masculinity or something?!
Little boys want a show to project their misogyny so they picked this one lol
@@MaxMustermann-zr6kf it's mostly a critique of the materialistic huppee life style.
Interesting take, I like it. I think this can be extrapolated out to all of modern corporate culture. Patrick doesn't just reflect rich people, but also modern companies, saying all the "right" things, but ruthlessly wreaking havoc when they think no one's watching or there won't be consequences. Pushing for civil causes at home but using slave labor in their manufacturing overseas.
Was looking for this comment.
Are you talking about Patrick Bateman ?
Well honestly in America they will be no consequence we have seen it time and time again
Ok but when did anything about the movie or video show that it's metaphor for manufacturing culture?
Corporate dropout here and you're dead on. Toxic. And working 60 hours a week while your wife works 70 is just unnatural. Being stressed out and fake all of the time makes a person inhuman.
I wonder if these disturbing and dystopian films tried to warn us or conditioned us to not resist the grim world they depicted
I think they conditioned the stupid while warning those who are alive enough to pay attention
I think that’s a bit paranoid, there are some films that seem to almost capture our modern life such as Fight Club, but don’t forget that these were first books not movies and there are plenty of other dystopian books that also picture exactly what our modern life feels like (and would be great for conditioning) that don’t get made into movies or even read by many people. Remember that the elites just want money, they’re not these hyper-intelligent aliens that are planning to force us into dopamine addicted cyborgs. They simply make movies that they think people will somewhat relate to in hopes of getting more profit
They didn't warn you, nor did they condition you...truth is that they ARE you, these ideals are simply a reflection, a logical conclusion, of the societal ideals of America. This has been the trajectory of the American society ever since the founding fathers were accepted as gods. The moment you said, 'so what if they had slaves, at least they put forth the right ideas'....the fate of that society was sealed.
Both, mostly the latter.
@@outy4013 that’s the dumbest take I’ve heard in a while. You started strong and ended stupid. America liberated its slaves and the founding fathers were essential to the premise of individual liberty and the right to self-empowerment. The outcome of Bateman is a result of material decadence because of the success of ideals such as nationalism and individual sovereignty. It is the logical outcome because their ideals worked so well to create such success and industry.the mistake was made in that this unprecedented success was not tempered along the way to maintain the success of men.
Your idea of deracinating America from its strong roots, of being founded in the best of men, is what has led to us being entrenched in this spiritual, headless shit hole were in.
American Psycho is really worth to watch, even for people who aren't into movies, especially for the memes
Lmao it'd be nice to finally understand the context of the memes
@@Jabe_VeX you havenet seen it?!!!!!!!!!
@@Andreyabish nah
@@Jabe_VeX its iconic
@@Andreyabish ye, I wanna watch it eventually
“a Materialistic worldview leads to weakness, it’s all about decadence and hedonism”
“Anyways, this episode is sponsored by Adam & Eve”
Yeah we're gonna have to bully him into dropping that sponsorship.
Yeah, kinda disappointing ngl. You'd think he would know better..
@@aye3678 never do anything for free ;)
Why don't you man up and sacrifice yourself to create good times then?
The duality of man
That's a different take, but I think the actual problem depicted in the movie is how fake and status obsessed everyone is. Bateman "just wants to fit in," but the competition of trying to be higher status than everyone else while at the same time realizing that half of the people he knows don't even know his name (and no one listens to him) enrages him to the point where he has to violently murder someone.
Of course that's even more true today and has trickled down from New York business types to the rest of society because of reality shows about the lives of status hungry rich people and social media. The moral isn't something about decadence destroying men or society, its that you have to be an authentic person and live an authentic life where what you say, do and think matters, not what you are wearing or what you own.
This youtuber is stretching the narrative too far.
The movie isn't some deep message or warning about our mordern life and its upcoming doom. Its a satire on yuppie culture and how materialism destorys everything and makes everything meaningless.
This video felt a lot like those little dark age edits these 16 year old homophobic boys do that completely miss the point of masculinity.
I don't see how the two perspectives you laid out are contradictory. What is shown is how materialist decadence destroys authenticity, and without authenticity true masculinity suffers. The message is what you described, you should be your authentic self and strive for honesty, and with honesty you can pursue true masculinity.
@@lukky6648 My God, this is nothing like those homophobic edits. I too find Moon's pitch focus on masculinity weird, but he isn't the KKK lmao.
@@evan7391 Decadence and materialism are two different things. Materialism is the value of things over other values. Decadence is indulging in pleasure. The characters in the movie aren't seeking pleasure, but they do value the material things they own more than anything else. Those material things give them self worth and status, but they don't get any pleasure from them items themselves.
@@jasons5916 what moon talked about was the decadence of materialism.
The bartender couldn’t hear Patrick calling her an “ugly bitch” and saying he wanted to stab her to death. The other woman in that club didn’t hear that he said he’s into “murders and executions” or she thought it was a joke for “mergers and acquisitions.” The women weren’t oblivious to what he said. They either didn’t hear or they saw it as a joke or they misheard it.
I think the whole film is a metaphor , these instances maybe show how 'women don't listen' ?
Yea... I don't know how Moon could have watched this film several times and not realised that the women were not supposed to hear him properly in those loud areas.
Also, on the decadense point, I think the movie highlights another problem more than lack if purpose: Lack of perspective/appreciation of the "good times" we are living in and for the very rich, the lack of perspective/connection with the lower classes of society. Depression is at a high I think in part due to growing wealth inequality and also because people just not remembering or knowing how bad and miserable the hard times were. Or how miserable "hard times" currently are, because of coarse there are places in the world you can go right now if you want to experience hard times... or even to experience violent forms of meaning e.g. you can go fight for Ukraine right now if you value the West/liberty/defending people against invasion etc. Or fight for Russia if you believe in the rhetoric of "strong men" style leaders like Putin and his claims about Western decadense.
Or he was just talking in his head
He probably just thought it inside of his head and did not actually say those things out loud. That's the easiest explanation.
This is single handedly the most terrifying horror movie I've ever seen. Watched it for the first time back in July and I was horrified and on the edge of my seat throughout the movie watching Patrick Bateman. Patrick is more terrifying than all the classic horror slashers, demented and would even stun Dexter Morgan. Great performance by Christian Bale
I always used to wonder how Dexter would attempt to deal with Bateman, and I don't see a scenario where he wouldn't have trouble. Bateman is random and inconsistent enough to not create patterns, rich and connected enough to avoid suspicion and he's probably in better physical shape than Dexter. Our boy would certainly have his work cut out for him.
@@jakefoley9539 The fact Bateman is at least to me unpredictable because I was always on the edge not knowing what he'll do and even shouting at the screen gives him some sort of an advantage with Dexter. But I think Dexter would ultimately win
@@jakefoley9539 I wouldn't count our Bay Harbor Butcher out just yet, seeing as he's taken out far more elusive targets. The most simple solution would be to stake out Patrick's apartment (which he can't help but brag about), and make his move. Dexter is also incredibly patient and meticulous, so it wouldn't be hard to catch the hyper-impulsive Patrick off-guard. Besides, it doesn't seem like Bateman's colleagues would notice his disappearance all that much.
I thought horrors are fiction
oh man, wait till you watch fight club. Its this really great movie from the 90s and it'll knock your socks off.
My brother is a huge fan of American Pyscho. I frequently encourage him to better himself but he is stuck in a cycle of loneliness, trying to impress people who don't care, running from the trauma of his past, and I wish he would break away. I had to break away and I am still dismantling my preconceived notions in regards to life in my future.
We have to stop hoping someone will notice us, and instead notice ourselves first.
The last sentence, the best thing I've read in a long time.
As much of a cliche it is, the hardest part is letting go. Maybe when your brother finally lets go of that fool’s errand he can actually start living
I highly recommend Andrew Tate videos, they're life changing
He explains in detail how you have to upgrade yourself, improve yourself
How the sun won't stop shining and the world won't stop moving if you fail
What other people think, how it makes you feel should've no bearing on what actions you take
Do what's necessary to upgrade yourself as a man
"You're the only person who can make this work and the only person who can eff this up"
~ Emory Andrew Tate III
Your brother’s life is really none of your business.
@@justmeeagainn phew, my brother talks to me about his life. This comment is strange..
Something that always seemed so interesting to me from the movie was that Patrick could have had the opportunity to get rid of Louis (The guy that liked him) and Jean (His secretary that seemed to either like him or show some type of care with him).
He did not act on it on those occassions because for some moment on his life, 2 people saw him as a human and not just some occupation or thing. And it also meant to him that they had some degree of humanity left in them, compared to the other people he got rid of, who he saw, as "things". Just tells you how empty his life was even if he had "everything" and the type of people that surround him.
What's your explanation for killing the homeless man ?
@@rabbychan Notice how he only said he was "Kind" and whatnot when Patrick said he would give him money? The man was sadly helpless and had a very human reaction to being offered money when on a situation like that, but Patrick saw him as only saying those things because he wanted his money, therefore he got rid of him.
It's not about humanity, his actions are based on mere personal beliefs, who he believes deserves to live or doesn't.
The reason Patrick didn't kill Louis was because he found him repulsive. Patrick couldn't keep his hand around Louis's throat to finish the job.
@@rabbychan It's in his own interest for them to stay alive to continue serving him and feeding likes.
The harsh truth: Bateman is quite the opposite of a "sigma male"
Fr, but since he’s confident and a terrible person people love him
His whole character revolves around his obsessive desire to conform to society's rules and how he looks to the people around him. He's also a lazy slob who never does any work and just sits in his office listening to his Walkman and reading magazines. He is exactly what a confident, motivated and independent man is not.
Idk why people love this character
This
Sigma male is so cringe
I recently deleted social media for this exact reason. I am young, I have a sizeable family of my own and all the lack of attention to detail on top of never ending drama has made me not want to even have it in my life anymore. Seeing what it's doing to some family, people who I use to call friends and even myself. Already feeling better.
TH-cam isnt a social media am i right?
And i dont think social media is the only problem.
School is because they designed it so that we would all be the same
and act the same just like in the movie.
Yes, lucky you, in betwen thanks to modern society, that dont give oportunity, and over saturated with suppose university graduates, lack of jobs, i gratuate more than 5 years and i dont have a job, i start a volunteer thing a year ago, and i havent had a single client and yet nothing not even a congratulation, i feel everithing is empty, is sad, modern society only if you are someone and win a lot matters the rest dont matter
Yeah social media really sucks and some people become addicted to it. The constant dopamine hit. Feeling noticed bc they get likes and comments. It’s really sad and it’s shown to cause depression, especially in teenagers. They’re seeing people living these amazing lives when really that’s not even that persons actual house or car or money, or face even (facetune). It’s all a big lie. People get mad at me bc they’ll message me on fb or insta and I’m like dude I haven’t logged into instagram in weeks. I usually check messages once a month on fb insta and snap and that’s it. I am forever on TH-cam tho, better content than most streaming services if I’m honest.
@Grayson I remember growing up in the 90's without social media, we were so much more aware of the world, as everything every task was a journey, you had to memories everything, names, numbers, location addresses, I remember driving without GPS everything was a huge life learning risk.
Same
I remember after watching the movie that I went to read the book and being absolutely stunned. They left out such an important part of the book from the movie, so if you care about spoilers for the book (I recommend you read it if you haven't!). There's a part in the book near the end where Patrick Bateman is robbed in the back of a taxi by the taxi driver, he mentions how Patrick Bateman is wanted and instead of killing Patrick to get justice for the other Taxi driver he murdered he just takes his stuff showing how vain everybody is. It really is a dystopian book that unfortunately isn't far from reality on how we as people act in our modern reality. Patrick Bateman is a really great showcase of how people are in the modern world, which just makes me sick to the stomach that there are people, even in my own life, that are like him.
It's not like people want to be like him. I myself are 16 yo, and I already see a lot of him in me. A lot. And it terrifies me. But I don't want to be like that. So I'm gonna change myself, think about the world life etc. Pls just remember to give people a chance
Is not tha tpeople want to be like him, the rich and elite, kick the ladder down, now, youth and people can no longer raise or progress, the feminatzi and SJW, and all the LGBTQ whatever have brainwash woman, so now men cna no longer neither progress, nor have famili, there is no purpose, there is no way to advance, all these make so the rich and elite can always be rich and elite, in plastic and empty life, as they destroy the very own foundation of the society, and not only that, we dont allow men to be men, so men repress masculinity, we dont allow people to even have faith or anything, so the entire society, feel empty, there is nothing, no reason to defend it or even care, so we live in a society, that no longer listen and constantly push people to misery and poberty.
Eventualy a society can no longer sustain itself, please, we live in a world were leaders praise each other of how authoritarian they are as it is something good, society is decadent
@@teeistschonnicenh2647 Also do not forget that, is not that easy, for example, one critic i have to Jordan Perterson is that he said clean your room, and it is correct, but he forget that, ok you want to clean your room and put life in order, but he forget the outside forces, you want to use your freedom of speech and treat and be treat as an individual, but lets suppose you do these, you have social media, you have the people around oyu that continue to literaly pushing you down, is not that easy
@@Krysnha he said clean your room and put your life in order so that you’ll be ready to face the outside world. physical and mental needs to be stressed for it to be strong, but you need to rest after. You have a clean room and life in order to rest after a whole day of stressing out
@@carlitospatarandang75 ok, maybe i miss understand that part
And even with all the atrocities the character has commited, I feel pity that he never had closure on the incident, he seemed to have realized that he needs to experience justice, and even then, no one was real enough to deliver it. If I’m allowed to imagine beyond the story, I would hope that he uses the mercy that reality gave him and that he does become “real”.
He tries so hard to be different but in the end nobody cared to the point he would doubt if what he did was even real and got to be ignored by the selfish society that doesn't want him to be' different, they just repress him into the yuppie zombie that has to prove he knows how to fit in.
He could kill hundreds and still couldn’t stand out
Honestly if you are rich there are usually hardly any consequences, a banker friend of mine totaled 2 cars within a year, throws his phone across the street, acts with utter disregard to others, basically destroyed a holiday house on a weekend and physically assaulted a barkeeper. All with basically no consequences aside from a higher insurance premium.
An investor of ours were even much more rich and extreme.
Of course sometimes lawsuits come, but usually nothing comes out of them.
And while you might think that girls and women would run away from anything like that, they don't, many are drawn to that, even to open psychopathic behavior. Which shouldn't be that surprising when looking who the main male protagonists in women erotica are.
Reminds me of better call saul, same idea. The main character cannot fathom how criminal society is and how little they themselves will be punished for being immoral to the point it drives them insane to not feel the consequences of their own actions.
@@rivershen8199
Gabe Newell said something similar to "Not consequences" when talking about how they made Half-Life.
"We make the walls have bullet holes when you shoot them because that makes you feel like you have agency in the game. If you shoot a wall and nothing happens, to me it feels like the wall is ignoring me, I am getting a narcissistic injury"
Moon, I was hooked in by this. The way you told this is wonderful; true. Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see you have 1 million subs. Thank you.
I first got somewhat of a bad vibe early in so I paused and decide to look at the comments, unfortunately it was not me overreacting to due personal biases (obligatory I’m a queer and was born female disclaimer) but like,
American psycho was about yuppie culture and just how superficial and hollow it all is, the problem lies in capitalism bro, destroy that instead.
Also literally why give a shit about this “weak men” “strong men” thing? What happened to just being yourself? What happened to self discovery? Why the fuck do you need a war to go out there and improve yourself? Generally speaking you don’t really need “hard times” or whatever to go and at least attempt to get your shit together, just takes commitment. What if the world was made of pudding.
Love the video
just want to appoint a little thing: Patrick and Paul go to Texarkana, the dorsia is never seen in the movie
I love this fact: Dorsia is like the place that consacrates their believes, that validates them to a higher level in the eyes of people, and yet, it's never even seen once in the movie, I like to think it's done so that it symbolizes something unreachable
this movie is incredible
i thought that patrick and his mistress ( not reese witherspoon, other one) had gone to dorsia
@Chinteshwar Babu…Barcadia.
@@dannymcguire3623 ahh okay
The crazy part is, that reading american psycho helped me to understand my dilemma. I am too soft and I live my life too comfortably. The realization is that I need to finally get out of my lazy skin and start exercising. People who feel good in their bodies are automatically more confident in their appearance. On the other hand, I also learned that you don't have to follow every trend like sheep and should stay true to yourself. We must value life and leave the house every day with a smile.
Just asking, how did reading American Psycho lead you to that conclusion? I’ve read it and I want to be the furthest thing from Patrick, including his obsession with his looks and going out every day to his job where he does nothing and meaningless social events, which to most he wears a fake smile
@marina ◍✧*。 I workout to look good for other people but to feel good for myself.
It's not just the aesthetic that makes you feel good, it's that your body is doing the thing it was literally designed to do. Your brain craves activity, it wants to survive, it wants to socialise. It will do what it must to push you in that direction even if it means making you feel like hot garbage.
I don't think that's what the book is about but as long as it's positive and makes you feel good is okay
@Levi Chicwown actually, he had his job and money because of his dad. His dad owned the company that he had a job at. He barely did any work at all. He just mingled with his equally shallow friends. Then after that, he would go and murder people. He was obsessed with celebs and the opinions of others. He would be one of those “celebrity twitter people” if American psycho took place today. The only thing he worked for was his muscles and his hair. He’s not the “sigma” you think he is 💀 you didn’t understand the message of American psycho
For my money Christian Bale is one of the best actors around today. But so so underrated. loved him in the film Equilibrium, a classic almost on a level with the Matrix.
It's is an incredible film. I also love him in Reign of fire
I'm sorry,who says he's underrated
the prestige as well
I remember when American Psycho and American Beauty both came out on video, I had two hire tapes, pizza and just finished a 60 hour work week. What a great night of entertainment. It's even more relevant today than twenty something years ago.
I started reading the book after watching the movie 4 times, and wow it feels so different. Either nobody cares about what each other says in Bateman’s world or he’s saying his thought out loud and people are deaf
Nah it's just like the movie
Having read the book, how do you feel about brie cheese?
I was going to watch this video until you started advertising porn and sex toys. You are advertising for one of the major horrors of society. Way to lose all credibility. Some sponsors are not worth it.
Finally. This video has given me the answers I’ve been looking for for so long. How comfort makes men and society soft and how prominent virtue signaling and smokescreens have become in society. Hell, I see it with the people I love, how people want to avoid uncomfortable topics or try to dress them up because it makes them uncomfortable and how artificial it makes them feel. I’m glad I found this video
Life isn't black and white
I think you’ve got it backwards. This film is a warning about toxic masculinity, and a criticism of Wall Street culture as well as traditional masculinity in general. Mary Herron was a feminist and it comes through in Patrick Bateman, as he is everything a man should not be.
@@ryanbollinger1759 this, OP you missed the mark by an insane margin lol
@@ryanbollinger1759 i think you misinterpreted my comment because i completely agree. I was trying to go further with it like the video and how the culture of Wall Street trickles down to the rest of us, how some people are hording decadence like it's going out of style because shit's going to hit the fan.
@@ryanbollinger1759 there is nothing called toxic masculinity. There is only toxic people. Toxic masculinity is the term for shame men by femishits. Feminism was also contributed for this decadence.
You really hit the nail in the head. So to speak. It is a shame that people are so influenced by a society that is increasingly making everything around them meaningless. One day they will realize that they were lied to.
LOL!
Peak copium video, this film has barely anything to do with male masculinity (atleast as intended by the director, you can have your own interpretation of it but that doesn't really effect what the makers had in mind).
The film is about the "hypebeast" type of culture found in 80s rich wall street working male demographic, and their hyper obsession with materialistic wealth, beauty and fashion. The movie pretty much perfectly predicts how unstopped materialism and a constant rat race will eventually lead to the top of the ladder of society looking identical to each other, with no discernable characteristics to set one another apart, as seen by how similar all the fellow employees of Bateman look and act. They have similar hairstyles, fashion sense, humour and ideology, and will lose their breath at the slightest notice of falling behind their competition.
Cope beta
@@barackputin beta sigma and omega bullshit is the same as women astrology, yall just embarrassing yourself creating personality archetypes basing on alphabet)
@@Inssspector Astrology is fake yes, but the hierarchy system isn't. Why do people respect their parents, elders or anyone else who has more experience than them? Same thing happens with men, some are submissive and unassertive while others just go for it
Ah classic Moon, sneaking in his agenda about societal collapse into any video that he can.
I know. He should sneak the lgbtq and feminist agenda 🥺
as Alfred from Batman once said: "Some men, just want to watch the world burn"
I want to see that
Absolutely it would be a dream come true saying the world burn
Bateman Batman crazy coincidence it has the same actor.
>talks about decadence and losing masculinity
>does ad read for adam and eve
Yeah ok man
Before I watch this can someone tell me if this is one of those “men should be men”/Andrew Tate/ right wing rant videos? You know exactly what I mean.
I just don’t want my recommendation feed getting filled up with stuff like that and eventually I have to looking at the Quartering and Shapiro’s faces.
Definitely lot of misreading and a huge lack of media literacy. Moon is just projecting onto the movie.
His entire channel is just far right rant videos disguised as "the truth", with some technology bad and mysogynistic rhethoric put in
@@harleyberrycookie What things does he say that you have an issue with? I am interested, haven't watched that many videos from him, but till now they seemed to make some kind of sense
(Didn't like this one, the "bad times, create weak men and roman decadence caused their downfall phrases are just wrong or far to simplified)
I may not have watched the most problematic videos or ignored bad aspects, so i'd be happy see what i didn't notice.
am I the only one that took the movie as simply being about a psychopath, and nothing to do with “masculinity” as a whole? why is that a trend now, that every disturbed male character is now being associated with some sort of message about modern masculinity? I truly don’t think it’s that serious. the one character I can say reminds me of many guys nowadays is travis bickle, but patrick bateman, I don’t see it.
You are right the women in Power are exactly the same
If you know what narcissism is… the character of Patrick Bateman is a reflection of what a narcissist is
But isnt narcissism when you love yourself too much and think you’re beautiful? I don’t think he ever loved himself, he didn’t even know who he is, that’s why he felt like he had to be like everyone else. Lack of self fulfillment and belief.
@@martinafghahi not necessarily…it’s more they have no core inner self and they need attention from external resources (people)
And will do anything to control and manipulate people to essentially get fuel for there fragile ego…it stems from not developing empathy as a child
@@martinafghahi just reading back your comment…yes he didn’t love himself and did not have a true identity…hence why he was a yuppy cause of the status image but the reality was they all had the same personality
@@brayofficial2160 You're describing very different things here. Needing attention from external resources doesn't have anything to do with not developing empathy as a child
Thats one opinion …not all of them
Are you seriously advertising a sex toy company?
This is the most accurate and in-depth review/explanation of American Psycho I've seen. Great Job 👍🔥
I have a friend who is Greek and is absolutly obsessed with American psycho, as an American I think that funny and we quote the business card scene all the time
Honestly I’m mixed about this video.
1. For one, the thumbnail is some “rad trad” grifter clickbait that I think doesn’t do justice to the good points that the video makes.
2. I don’t think the movie is about what happens when “masculinity is lost”, it’s about the poisonous twisting of masculinity and the negative aspects of it that harm men and those around them. Patrick embodies both 80s materialistic hedonist decadence and (yeah I know this phrase gets misused a lot) toxic masculinity. Superficially, he would be considered an “alpha male”. A strong, athletic, successful man who constantly stresses the importance of his work (which he barely does) and is in a leadership position. He has sex with a bunch of women and has tons of money. These are all things considered “manly” and “masculine”. It’s more about the corruption of masculinity than a lack of masculinity. It’s what happens when being a man is boiled down to being physically strong, financially successful, dominant, capable of violence, “hardworking”, and sexually active.
3. The idea of needing conflict to make men strong isn’t true at all. War doesn’t do anything good for anyone. I think if you need war or struggle to be strong or “manly”, you aren’t much of a man.
4. Pretty good analysis of Patrick and how his decadent materialism has made him empty. And I do agree that staying in your comfort zone will kill you. I just don’t think that war or poverty needs to occur to keep people from falling into complacency and selfishness.
5. I think saying the 80s had no conflict isn’t true at all. The Cold War and all the associated proxy conflicts, apartheid, AIDS crisis, crack epidemic, poverty, street gangs, domestic terrorism, etc. basically all the shit Patrick pretends to care about. While he only talks about these issues for social approval, they still are real issues that were happening back then.