In the year 2000, Christian Bale probably had no idea how much of a turn his career was going to take. He took on the role of Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, a (supposed) serial killer, and led us through various suggestions that he was able to lure people into his apartment to their death. It all culminated in a complex confession that implied that he was either a gifted killer or had hallucinated all of his manic murders.
Despite the intrigue and genius of the film, it wasn’t perfect. We’ve gathered a selection of the ten biggest errors in continuity and plot holes in the film.
10 Robert Palmer
Something that many people probably don’t realize is that Christian Bale is actually English. The majority of his roles see him put on a very convincing American accent. An accent so good that he was able to play the lead role in a film with ‘American’ right there in its name.
However, his pronunciation of the world ‘Palmer’ when he is talking about the music of Robert Palmer is what gives away the true origins of his speaking voice.
9 Jean’s Words Don’t Match
Around halfway through the film, Jean visits Patrick’s apartment and he decides against killing her. When she leaves she mentions an appointment he has the following day, but her mouth movements don’t match what is actually being said. This suggests that either the line was changed after filming the scene, or an issue with audio meant it had to be overdubbed in post-production.
8 Bateman Holds Up The Wrong Album
A recurring motif in American Psycho aside from luxurious food is Bateman’s love of pop music. When talking about Genesis, he mentions the track ‘In Too Deep’, from a period after the band lost their core members and moved away from progressive rock.
However, the album cover he holds up is from Phil Collins’s (the singer of Genesis at the time) solo album No Jacket Required, which isn’t where ‘In Too Deep’ comes from.
7 And He Gets His Whitney Houston Knowledge Wrong
Another of the pop stars Patrick seems to be obsessed with is Whitney Houston, as he launches into a monologue full of facts about her career. This includes the suggestion that her debut album had four number-one singles in it, when it actually only had three. Surely a man with this much knowledge across the musical spectrum wouldn’t deliver facts he wasn’t totally sure about?
6 And He Doesn’t Know His Huey Lewis
The final musical slip-up in American Psycho suggests that either these are intentional suggestions that Bateman isn’t quite as knowledgeable as he thinks, or that Mary Harron really didn’t keep her eye on the ball. He claims that Fore! by Huey Lewis & The News came out in 1987, but it actually came out back in 1986.
5 The Wrong Drink
At the very start of the film, we are able to grasp Patrick Bateman’s personality from his treatment of the barman. He angrily insults him and describes how he was going to kill him as soon as he turns his back, without the barman hearing him.
Little did Bateman realize, however, he actually did have something to complain about: he asked for ‘two Stoli on the rocks’, but there are absolutely no ice cubes in sight in the drink he receives.
4 The Coat Collar
During his killing of Paul Allen, you’d expect Bateman’s clothing to end up a little out of sorts. However, the way this manifests itself doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. In certain shots, his collar is down on one side, in other it is down on the other side, and in a few, it is raised on both. These changes happen in the instances between changes of angle, making it look like magic.
3 This Is Not An Exit
Towards the very end of the film, we see Bateman visiting one of the many restaurants that recur throughout. On one door, we see a sign saying ‘No Exit’, but when he returns to the very same spot later on, the sign as changed to ‘This Is Not An Exit’. It seems strange that they wouldn’t just make use of the props they know they already have and have used, in order to avoid needless discrepancies in continuity like this one.
2 The Camera Crew
Interestingly, there is an issue with the very first thing we see in American Psycho. The opening shot shows a camera in a reflection on the knife. This isn’t the only time that cameras can be seen, though. For example, the camera crew can be seen in the reflection of a window by the ATM, and they appear in the reflection in the TV in his apartment.
1 The Lack Of Blood
Whether or not you classify Patrick Bateman a villain or not, he at the very, very least thought about carrying out some incredibly graphic murders. At the very worst, he killed a lot of people. Because we don’t know for certain whether he did what we saw, we can sort of look past the fact that many scenes don’t retain consistency in the blood that comes from his victims. However, if these are real murders, then the blood trails often don’t make sense.
from ScreenRant - Feed https://ift.tt/30qiHDS
0 Comments