it's not life that matters but the journey...

See, I thought Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was a Val Kilmer HIGHLIGHT. I guess it's all perspective but I don't think anyone could've done it like Val Kilmer. Some people know some of his lines and I've seen so many people try to say them, but nobody can really deliver it like Val Kilmer and that kills me. I thought that he seemed tired but I also attributed that to his character (but maybe it wasn't...the last thing I saw Val Kilmer in was The Salton Sea so I have no idea, really...and if you do don't tell me). It was really clever and I enjoyed the style a lot but honestly, Val Kilmer killed me in it. He was the reason I enjoyed this movie so much. I dunno, I've never really seen a snarky character that is actually funny. Usually they're just bitches.

Now, to American Psycho which is absolutely one of my favorite movies. It kills me (I acted out the Huey Lewis thing when we did Videoke and I'm still buzzing from how awesome it was). I do think those are really good points about the director being a woman because I think it would've come out as a typical movie about a crazy guy otherwise. I'm not sure I would say the main point of the movie (or character) is Bateman's misogyny, but I would say that it is a strong point. I do see the greed, but I see it more than the impulsiveness that I think characterizes a serial killer in most movies--I mean, he basically kills the guy over business cards.

What I really loved about the movie was the comedic aspect. It's so expertly done. Dark comedies aren't exactly prevalent (because they can rally only be satire, and satire usually ends up being more dramatic)--although if you looked you'd find that there was a huge spurt of popular dark comedies around the time of American Psycho (American Beauty and Fight Club to name a couple)--so when a movie actually manages to be that brilliantly dark and make you laugh at senseless killings or someone attempting to squish a kitten into an ATM machine (and somehow thinking pointing a gun at it will do it), then it's wonderful. I guess, as you said with the musical introductions, absurd is the word, but so dark that it sort of surpasses typical absurdism.

And I really liked the ambiguity of the ending. That's one of my favorite things about the movie.

That and the fact that yeah, Christian Bale does have quite the delicious bod.