Is Nightcrawler a modern day classic??

Nightcrawler is one of my favourite films and Jake Gyllenhall gives his best and my favourite performance of all time..

It's certainly unique, and like you say, Gyllenhall's performance was out of this world.

Time will tell!

7/10. It's intriguing but the protagonist is not sympathetic.

So?

A movie doesn't need a sympathetic or "good" anti-hero to be a great one.

I felt very sympathetic for Lucas.

It's hard to know exactly how sympathetic it is to feel for Louis, if at all. His first on-screen act is to attack (and possibly murder) a security guard who catches him stealing some fencing, which is definitely disproportionate retribution. He may have had a difficult background and possible mental health issues, but as I recall none of that is ever confirmed so it could all be conjecture. It's not like the other characters that are involved in the "nightcrawler" business are complete sociopaths either, so you can't automatically presume as to Louis being that neurodivergent. But again, this is all subject to interpretation one way or the other.

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Nightcrawler and Louis character is very consistent and I have no complaints in this regard. It's rather I can't love a movie if I don't feel any sympathy towards it's protagonist especially when all movie revolves around him. Usually even most evil villains have some admirable qualities. Not in this case, for me.

Yup

You've got to admire his entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to his job.

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Louise Bloom vs Patrick Bateman (from American Pscycho)??

They inhabit two different worlds. They are fundamentally incomparable.

One is defined by his search for wealth and uses violence to that end, while the other is a wealthy man looking to define himself through violence in and of itself.

I think it should have won Best Picture..

Both are total psychopaths. Or is Louise a sociopath? From what I remember I liked Patrick in some sense, maybe because I could experience his way of thinking, whereas Louise is portrayed from third person perspective.

Yeah I don't know if you can compare Bloom and Bateman.......

Bloom is a sociopath & Bateman is a psychopath

I guess in some way they were both crazy so......

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The only thing I liked about Patrick was our shared love of Huey Lewis and the News.

Patrick was insane, Louise was ruthless careerist.

Do not talk about Patrick like that.

He is in touch with humanity.