better than lack of understanding, because he perceives it as a complete understanding. to us, in a weird, hypnotic way, it comes across as both at once

He objectifies her. Her makeup, her scent. It's visual, physical -- divorced from the person within. He doesn't want to get to know her; he wants to possess her.

@GENESIS both for different reasons

The interesting thing about Lou is I think everyone should learn from him. Everyone should try to adapt to their surroundings and act accordingly to people, obviously not to the extent of Lou or his lack of emotional connection. But there's no denying that he's admirable to some degree. He gets what he wants through adaptation, planning and determination. Too bad he's a psychopath

@GENESIS nothin personell kid

Checklist? All ticks for that scene.....

Literally what I came here to comment, its like a lawyer setting up a closing argument. He's just doing the things humans are supposed to do, compliment each other and ask where they're from (he doesn't ask he instead tells her he's completely researched her). He knows how humans function on a base level, but lacks the nuance or ability to even fake interests to create bonds or relationships

No that's a bad interpretation of understanding people who are socially awkward. Its just simply him being awkward

thats exactly what it is. He rehearsed all this beforehand

@@moxiemaxie3543 hahahahaha. no. He is a psychopath

Damn the first time I watched this I was really hoping there wasn’t going to be a sex scene with them two

"Now, when I say that I want these things, I mean that I want them and I don't want to have to ask again. And the last thing that I want, Nina, is for you to do the things that I ask you to do when we're alone together in your apartment, NOT LIKE THE LAST TIME."

I'd like to see that! 😂

Probably didn't happen cause the director is married to the actress here

@@RShadow12 Omg I was thinking the same lol.

yeahhh is insanely intimidating thats great!!!like heath did to the joker just mind blew

Hard work equals great results .. It's simple . Dedication to the craft .

Alex Stein He put alot into his role. Lost alot of weight to look like a "hungry coyote" and he memorized every line in the script.

When I first saw it I was blown away by his portrayal of a sociopath. He was very believable, not cartoonish.

He's ok

no it isnt

@@amanthangellapally2067 He also doesn't think that, he's not dumb. He knew what he wanted and had the cards stacked in his favour so he went ahead and took it.

@@KandiKlover i just hated the way he generalized the character

Nah

i dont get it, that made me tear up so beautiful the way he crafts words to elicit sexual favors, it was like poetry

Gilbert Rivas psychopath

MeMelonTV This dude is a robot. Born psychopath, lol.

pyschopath****** he doesnt seem to have any sense of sympathy

He's playing roles that suit him.

you mean some sociopath played a very goof jake gyllenhaal in the movie

Lmfao

These lines only work on 60+ year olds, as is the case in the scene.

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But does your skin NIGHTcrawl?

-_-

headbite alien Then he must be black i guess

I hate it when my skin crawls, it crawls over to the fridge and helps itself to a drink and won't bring one back for me :(

SiliconBong jaja funny matte.

i feel like he wanted her drunk so she could be easily manipulated

@@kevinzhu6417 I sensed that she could -- and did -- cut loose with the drinks regularly when she's comfortable -- but she's not comfortable here. He's creepy but also grotesque in a way you can't turn away from. Yeah, she needs him but she's also fascinated by him as one would be by a wild animal, examining how this other organism exists within the same time and space. Still, her primate brain is screaming for her to keep her wits about her.

Dude that made me laugh hard! Bet they purposely did that so we could think that

I logged in just to say props on making me laugh my ass off

No way I'd feel safe drinking around him. He's so slippery and manipulative, you have to stay on your best game to spot the lies and underhanded tactics.

Helps her husband wrote the script so she probably had a lot of conversations about it

The nervous politeness of “One’s enough” after the cold offering of another margarita… That’s when you know she knows something’s wrong with the guy. So good.

i agree, there's something about their performances that are so explicit to me, like you can feel what they think

@@lucad6649 no

*Louis.

He's not a friendly charming guy, other people are just a means to an end for him

Not sure what you mean. I find him creepily charming

Movies that are similar to Nightcrawler (Character Study films) are : the most recent film Joker, Perfume The Story of a Murderer, Henry Portrait of a serial killer, Taxi Driver, The King Of Comedy, Raging Bull, There will be Blood, Clean, shaven, A clockwork Orange, American Psycho, Shame, Bad Lieutenant, Drive and Flight.

@@nox5870 thabkr you

Yeah... Such a good lines to write for that beautiful movie to those talented actors... Simply superb.... Always grateful....

House bolton would be honor to have him

I don't think him and Ramsay will get on very well.

This is more like Little Finger than Ramsay. He's manipulating people and they realize it when it's too late, unlike Ramsay who's just torturing them. He's a smart sociopath, not a sadist who doesn't think long term.

@@TheLeondude he would be Ramsay’s camera man

@@Ema-fm5zy nah, he's like Roose. Littlefinger is charming, capable of love, and has emotional revenge fantasies. Roose is a proper, clever sociopath who tries emulating people because he knows that's what you need to do to rule people successfully, but everybody knows he's a creepy, dangerous fuck. His eyes, skin tone, leech therapy, milk drinking, his voice. He's a reptile and everyone can tell - like with Jake in this movie. Speaking from the books' perspective mostly since they didn't try making Littlefinger charming in the show at all.

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His eyes

Yeah.... Natural acting.... Both on that scene.... With those beautiful lines....

He was probably a murderer on the run tbh. He seems like the type.

because he's found his calling, i guess. found something he is GENUINELY motivated to do, something he relishes, he has a solid dream, a goal...and he's GOOD at it, he's in DEMAND.

He's a product of motivational speech and youtube videos of sorts. Much like his whole persona... everything is learned so he can blend in. He's a sociopath that has learned what normal people deem normal. You have to think of him like a robot that's learning. Nothing he does or says has any motivation or substance, it's a learned algorithm.

Yeah I figured the beginning what with the thieving and the "impromptu interview" between him and the foreman kinda showed some of that sociopath behavior.

Troy - I had to do this to fit in too. I wasn't fortunate enough to be given the easy life and be born with a booklet on how to socialise. Outcasted for sixteen years. I had to research and learn from others to adapt. Don't look down on people like me just because you were privileged enough to be given everything you need to do well in life from the get go.

So Frigga and Mysterio used to work together, huh? Weird.

He says that knowing precisely that she can't and won't. Another tactic to gain the upper hand.

​@@PurtyPurpleshe can, but doesn't

"you can leave" and lose your job i thought that was pretty obvious

@Ethan Hagerty what the...

@Ethan Hagerty incel detected

@Ethan Hagertysuch weirdly misplaced hostility

@Ethan Hagerty Please come back and cry more, we miss you LOL

@Ethan Hagerty are you upset because the word flirtationship is in your daily vocabulary or something lol, like what would make you so angry about a comment like that. im curious.

Donnie Darko - he just exists in that film.

@@orangewarm1 What on Earth? That's how Donnie's character is supposed to be. Lost, dazed, just existing because he lacks a purpose or any drive until he met Gretchen, she's one of the things that pushed him towards his "fate". That's what I got from the film.. idk what you mean by just existing.

Lee Lorenz that was kinda Jakes breakout role.... you have no idea what ur talking about

Lol for me donnie birthed the kind of jake we know today which is a very good actor.

Lee Lorenz he was great in Darko. Played the character to a T.

And in the end! Jake Gyllenhaal killed this performance!

how did he lose the weight though extreme dieting or help with diuretics stimulents? etc

@@roxannemua9350 i dont think he lost extreme weight, he just lost weight. Typical diet without sugar and more cardio

@@Gerox566 Yea sorta. lost about 30+ lbs on a diet of Kale and Chewing Gum, and running about 15 miles a day from what I read

Well, he did just that.

Giggity.

He perfectly explained to a woman how much a man needs sex.

And he highlighted how deeply most women care about things which make them feel safe, like health insurance and the money from a job.

@@KandiKlover awwl'riight.. 👍

Good writing right there

i think that it's a perfect way of summarizing that Lou is mostly a shell of a human- but does not believe that he is. I think it's supposed to mean something about opening up to others, but coming from Lou, it sounds all fucked up

I never quite got that quote before the smile though.

@@evega312 Basically fuck your empathy, "friends" are something to be used to fulfill our own needs and interests instead of each others. He took the original meaning purposely out of context to support his proposal.

@@ryanpalmer19 You act like all humans aren’t self serving and when the chips are down and we have to fight for resources, we won’t.

@@alyxfaust5663 Society functions as needed and able to so if we can get more of what we want by helping others then we do. If we end up serving the needs of the group sometimes we must sacrifice our own life for their safety. And the group working together can often obtain more resources then an individual working only for themselves. These are useful things to know and understand. It doesn't mean we don't value providing for our own needs and wants. We know that we have a better chance of survival within a group then we do going it alone in the world.

tetrahedron in space would you like to go out on a date like this? I can arrange it. I like to start most dates with handcuffs and a full body examination.

@@donvandamnjohnsonlongfella1239 that's funny to take part.... Part of the day would be busy dealing with funny side of the brunch....

Nah, jokers a psychopath. Jake plays a sociopath well.

Versp. 1 Anyone but Leto.

draco malfoy joker's both and also both psychopath and sociopath have similar characteristics in a way and would fit for an actor like Jake

I think he'd be an awesome Joker, but Suicide Squad movie was a disaster and Jake deserves a better movie.

All pyschopaths are sociopaths, but not al sociopathsare pyschopaths. I'm sure Jake would nail the Joker, but I think he would be much better as the Riddler.

Good; It should. That was one of the purposes of this movie. We’re waking up.

This movie has very little to do with real tv. It's fiction. That's why they skipped it on Oscars for example.

This is 4 years late but if you want to see a real life version of this check out "shot in the dark"

I thought so too walking out of the theater. Criminally underrated.

Nah

@@nunka34ify no

Good joke but the fact that he actually died at the end of the movie ruined it for me

@@codybolo7803you don’t get that that’s actually a good thing ?

His character is the embodiment of capitalism.

That’s anyone else too. What kind of fun can I have with this person? How do they make me feel about myself? What do they do for a living? Who do they know? So much pettiness and vanity with people. The difference is those with self-awareness who recognize their selfishness, and those who don’t.

@@mateo8120 Damn sounds like women🤣

​@mateo8120 The difference is that normal people are still aware of and value the fact that others are people too. By which I mean that they consider others' needs, wants, thoughts, and emotions as valuable and equal to/similar to their own. Whereas people like Lou do not. Other people are tools to be manipulated for self gain, and if they get hurt that is irrelevant.

perfect description of his behavior. Its like he is trying to say the right thing at the right time as per some protocol that he had memorized rather than seasoned organic interactions over decades as a normal human would.

Yep. He is doing a paint by numbers of how to get ahead Machivavellian style. No nuance, but he is fed up with his loser status, feels he deserves more and bending to his dark, tread upon impulses to seize his moment

''Nina , Tonight is the 2nd night of the week. You know what that means Stop fooling around''

No there will be blood is trash and boring as all fuck

@@beet1508 I agree with you on that. I fell asleep like 5 minutes into that movie, overrated as hell

@@jackandrews7878 I actually quite enjoyed it!

It goes even deeper - he forces himself on to Nina - who represents media. Corporation and media literally in bed together.

@@carlsagan4401 sick catch

He didn’t blackmail her. He gave her an ultimatum. Blackmail is give me what I want or I’m gonna rat you out. That wasn’t the case here. But other than that I agree with your analysis.

Nina's equal coldness is revealed towards the end she knows Lou is manufacturing his stories by killing people yet the success is too good to turn him in

@@xro1983 no. you do not understand

That girl was a goat and hoofed da penis.

I was watching it too on there like 2 days ago. That's why I looked it up on here. It felt so short. I remember thinking these 2 obviously liked each other and it was strange how the movie didn't explore it more. Now I learn that they actually did, and they just cut the clip out. Such a great scene which really gives a lot of depth to his character and personality. I wonder what else they cut out.. I'll have to watch the full movie.

As freelancer reporter and businessman

Christian Bale was in the flesh too. And chased hookers with a chainsaw.

I think the original comment is speaking to the fact that Lou seems closer to reality than Bateman. Patrick Bateman is the Superman while Lou is the everyman. A true life sociopath would watch a film like "American Psycho" over and over to copy that film but when they applied it in the real world it would look and sound more like "Nightcrawler."

Lets see Paul Allen margarita

You wanna fuck a guy like that, don't ya ;)

In today's work, due to the scarcity of resources and people's greed, this kind of situation is quite common; in universities, government agencies, businesses. Humanity is going backwards to the predator creature in the beginning.

well explained thank you for that!

“Now *this* is an Avengers-level threat”

@@owenlewis7928 I love Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio. The best Spidey villain and my favorite comicbook villain. I hope he stays for Homecoming 3.

And his employee is Riot.

@@TheBlackLodger & his news rival was a member of hydra

It was

sounds very much like you Patrick

@@zack8865 Patrick is very much in touch with his humanity

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