i mean it, i just don't feel like i can put my feelings about this movie in words. jeez. i just finished reading less than zero and i'm on halfway through imperial bedrooms and so i thought this would be a good moment to watch this and boy oh boy do i regret it! i though maybe the references to the movie adaptation on the beggining of imperial bedrooms were just meant to be funny, but for god's sake they are accurate! so, i'm going to list some of the major shockers, hope there's someone to discuss 'cause i feel really angry right now.

1. why would they make julian act like this total sad clown? this is not how julian is portrayed in the novel. julian is definitively okay (yes he does drugs, yes he's in dept, yes he has sex for money), but he isn't this absolute hobo slash junkie that made me cringe during all his screen time (no disrespect for RDJr, he was amazing and i'm glad this worked as a kickstart for him).
2. why is rip **such **a prick? i mean, obviously he **is **a prick, **everyone **in the novel is a prick, but c'mon! he wasn't a pimp and he didn't walk around with some gorilla named bill
3. why is clay such a good guy?! he is basically neutral on moral grounds. on the novel, he watches a teenage girl get gang raped and though he doens't take part in it, he watches and lets go; and when did he get so supportive of julian? yes he tries to help him, he gets him the money, but that's as far as it goes
4. why did they replace blair's father's _boy_friend for a _girl_friend?
5. why did they turn this amazing, thrilling, horrifying, immersive, fast-paced novel into a lame teenage drama?
6. why oh why did they replace the nihilism, the repulsive shallowness, the lack of morals, the despair, the emptiness, the emotional void with some phony morals?
7. why were the making out scenes *so * exagerated? ultra-cringe worthy level (like that super gross close up on clay and blair kissing, ugh)

okay, now that i let out most of my anger, i recognize that there are some nice things about the movie, namely the adorable tacky 80's outfits and some of the performances - mainly RDjr, but also andrew mccarthy and jami gertz (she was the most accurate version of the novel character actually). i also want to complain about the soundtrack, but i'll save it for later since i'm building a list of all songs mentioned on the novel and making up a playlist i want to compare to the movie's soundtrack. just to wrap this up for now, here's an interview with brett easton ellis about his view on the movie.