Patrick Bateman Vs. Christian Bae

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Patrick Bateman, the protagonist of this wild story is played by no other than Christian Bale. Bale is portrayed as a crazed serial killer that loves the many, artistic ways you can kill a person; also the various ways you can torture a person before they die. He is also portrayed as a narcissist. He loves control, is ego is over the moon huge, he lacks empathy (big shocker... not), and he thinks very highly of himself and believes that he should be associated with people that make him look better. Ten minutes into the movie and it is already evident that Patrick is a narcissist. By the time the movie ends, the audience can tell that Patrick suffers from Schizophrenia. Patrick Batman is a lunatic who hallucinates all his murders, but his thoughts

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