/lit/ - Literature

>>16716216
Movie better

>>16716232
No it's not

>>16716236
Why? The movie is a classic. Amazing acting, good humor, memorable quotes, interesting concept.

>>16716232
Facts

Why? You like reading a fashion catalogue? The movie was better.

>>16716248
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>>16716292
The novel has more nuanced characters and an engaging style. It's also more gruesome in it's depiction of Bateman's violence against his victims.

>>16716216
I preferred the movie for American Psycho.
The book was funny but uninteresting at times.
But for less than zero I preferred the book.

This is undeniable. The book is one of the most important books of the late 20th century. The movie is an amusing black comedy.

I liked the movie better overall, but the best scene in either, when Patrick goes insane and starts eating raw meat and yelling at waiters about Kosher food, is only in the book.

Wouldn't be against another adaptation. There was a lot left out. Good movie either way and made me pick up the book

The movie is a fantastic adaptation, expertly reworking it into a true black comedy, but the book stands alone in its incredible style and intoxicating characters.

>>16717642
I bet they make a series, probably not set in the 80s, but in 2016 or something like that

>the part where he kills the kid at the zoo
>the part where he wears the prostitute’s decapitated head on his erection
>the part where he feeds a urinal cake to his girlfriend
>the part where he goes on a stabbing spree and eats the bag of crack.

>>16717312
>The book is one of the most important books of the late 20th century.

I wish someone would write something similar with Deanos as the subject

>>16717772
It’s true.
Any novel that wades through ultraviolence of this caliber and still relates a well spun story will be important to society. Did you enjoy Blood Meridian?

>>16717784
Lmao, ever since I saw that original deano copypasta I've been thinking the same thing

>>16716216
Agreed, book is better. I like the movie but it's definitely much more shallow compared to the book.

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>>16717762
>>the part where he feeds a urinal cake to his girlfriend
kek i forgot about this part anon

>Second chapter where he lists all his stuff and talks about himself

>>16719355
>fourtieth chapter where he lists all his stuff and talk about himself