I won tickets to a Rules of Attraction screening

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

I won tickets from Rock 101 in Houston. The screening is this Thursday, but the movie doesn't really appeal to me that much from what I've seen of the previews. Should I go since it's free?

[Guest Incandenza]

If you have nothing else to do, yeah. Personally, it looks like it'll either be a brilliantly wicked satire, or an overblown, heavy handed piece of shit. I'm there, in other words.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

I want to see it.

 

So you should go just to mock me.

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

I also won tickets to UFC. I'm definitely going to that.

[Guest El Psycho Diablo]

Rock 101! The only real station in this town.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

I remember this movie as being the one with the poster with all the stuffed animals humping each other. Im going to guess its probably a funny movie, so Id go, especially if its free.

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

Dude, it's from the fucks that brought us American Psycho, so it's bound to be fucked up.

 

See it.

[Guest MDH257]

Rock 101! The only real station in this town.

Radio in Houston is horrible.

 

Terrible.

 

It Sucks.

[Guest converge241]

its my favorite book of all time

 

and hopefully they cant fuck it up that bad

 

go see it!!!

[Guest Ravenbomb]

what is this movie about?

[Guest subliminal_animal]

Dawson Creek punching that hot girl from 7th Heaven and them having sex.

[Guest LooseCannon]

I really really wanted to see this movie when I heard they were making it, because I'm a big Bret Easton Ellis fan. Then I saw the previews, and am now utterly ambivalent.

 

But I would defintitely go if I were you and had free tickets.

[Guest Incandenza]

I read American Psycho some years ago. It was brilliant in parts, but Ellis was in deserpate need of a (better) editor. He stretched the gag a little long. I felt the same way about the film version.

[Guest LooseCannon]

There are incredibly boring passages in American Psycho. Yes, in theory it's funny when you spend 5 pages describing what someone is wearing, but in practice its ridiculous to read. And when it's done throughout the whole book it becomes sadistically tedious. But Rules of Attraction generally avoids such excesses. I think its his most well-written work with Glamorama a close second. The only thing I didn't like was the ending. Though, I was also annoyed with the whole "I'm so bored with sex" attitude that Sean Bateman displays at times. How I wish I could relate to that sentiment.

[Guest Ozymandias]

The commercials for RoA suck, but that is more of a reflection on Lion's Gate's clueless marketing than on the movie's quality. The internet trailers (done by the director himself) were fucking great and have me indescribably excited to see this.

To think, there might actually be an Ellis adaption that approaches the original book's quality.

 

And on the subject of the book, I don't know if it's his best (that would be Glamorama), but it's the one I enjoyed reading the most out of all his books. From all accounts, Roger Avary kept all the book's best parts (except the Patrick Bateman cameo).

 

On another note, Avary bought the rights to Glamorama and wants to make it with the actors who play Victor and Lauren in RoA. That will be....interesting.

[Guest LooseCannon]

You're right Glamorama is probably the better book, but I enjoyed Rules of Attraction more. You definitely did a better job of convincing me to see this movie than the commercials did.