I watched it for the first time and while the theme is completely correct that capitalists are soulless husks who can get away with anything, I don’t really understand the hype around it
Well regardless of the movies quality (I think its ok) the movie is kind of a meme in the same category as Shrek or Bladerunner 2049. So you see a lot of people talking about it.
Plus a lot of chuds like the movie same as with Fight Club.
I think it’s more notorious than anything, and then it has a pushback over that which makes it get evaluated higher by people defending it as actually having good themes in showcasing wealthy businessmen as vapid, alienated, chauvinist lunatics who don’t actually work but live in luxury while destroying everyone around them. That just signal boosts it a bit more I think, like “oh no it’s not edgy trash it’s got a good point to it” sounds a lot more emphatic than “yeah it was a movie and it had some good points.”
I think that’s a general phenomenon too, where something that’s problematic but has redeeming qualities gets disproportionate attention because of people defending it as “actually good” which generally tends to result in exaggeration or at least more attention.
I’ve always seen the sigma male meme as satirical, much in the same vein as American Psycho.
It’s unfortunate if people are taking it as a serious role model. I mean, the whole entire beginning and ending monologue in the movie, which stem from the same paragraph in the book, flat-out state that his life is pure agony for him.
Its the best and most realistic depiction of how real wealthy people behave in a fictional film. The only other film that comes close is Knives Out. Edit: Also Sorry To Bother You
