All right, Sup Forums, time for a serious talk

All right, Sup Forums, time for a serious talk.

As we all can agree, "American Psycho" is a masterpiece, and the "business card" scene is the most important, it defines the movie, the whole movie exists only for this scene.

Which begs the question - what WAS the best design? Was Patrick wright to admire Paul's card with such a passion? Let's take a look at each card.

Patrick Bateman. Yes, bone was an excellent choice. But everything else falls short, but the real problem is the font. Numbers jumping all over, and the "&" symbol too much to the right. Oh no, this is not the sign of taste, it gives you an impression of barocco-ish overwhelmed IN YOUR FACE attempt to impress with cheap tricks and not of a confident business partner.

David Van Patten. A slight improvement over Bateman's card, but what the hell was he thinking? Eggshell? With Romalian type? Does he realize it looks like a cheap newspaper? It's a shame, because separately both of the choices are very sound, but the combination reveals his complete lack of taste. I can't believe that Bryce prefers this one.

Timothy Bryce. Oh, yes, he's onto something. The pattering is nice, not too cheap-looking, but not too braggy, the font is solid and confident, one could say it even gives stoic and minimalist impression. It's all in right place, But still, something is missing, something can be better.

Paul Allen. Almost perfection. Almost. Adress and fax/telex numbers are on separate line. Very good. Very thoughtful. But the font... Maybe needs a slight improvement.

What do you think? Which one is your favorite?

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I'll have to go with paul allen

You are such a normie.

Evelyn cucked Bateman with Bryce because he had the better business card

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Bryce, with Allen in a close second, Bateman in a distant third, and Van Patten in last.

they're all shitty

this. dubs confirm

BRYCE > VAN PATTON > ALLEN > BATEMAN >>>>>>>>>THAT TACKY FAGGOT LUIS


if you disagree your a pleb

They're all shit.
Luis had the best card with that duotone typeface.
Green like money, gold like honey. Faggot styled on all of them with their bland-ass cards.

Provide arguments, baby, it ain't a fucking street-level cocaine deal.

It's nice.
Except one thing: what the hell is this shit in the corner? Who does he think he is, Picasso?

And, by the way, coloring the font is two-way street. Some faggots like it, some people consider it fucking amateurish. It's a business card, not a children's book.

But movies aside, let's see YOUR cards, Sup Forums. Come on, don't be shy.

Bateman has the best card imo

Minus one point for every card because all of them have a typo.

You missed the point of the scene, and of the entire movie, if you thought any of them were better than the others.

This tbqhfam

You are missing the point of life.

van pattens card was obviously the best

dubs thread?

Bateman's is worst, because mixing text figures with uppercase text is just plain wrong.

Bryce's is best. Clean and simple, not trying too hard. It shows confidence.

They look like some woman ran them off on a photocopier and cut them out with a shitty pair of scissors.

What the fuck is going on with the margins?

All that bullshit, and it's clear you missed the point of the scene. Good job by you, white nerd of middling intellect.

Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?

very cool, but that's nothing. check this out

fucking this
let's see carruthers' dubs

carruthers gold font ruins the whole card, just makes it look cheap and try-hard

Time to settle this

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What would McDermott's card have looked like?

Why do they all have the same telephone extension?

Like a failure, obviously.

>not including the fag

good man

>no option for Carruthers

you fucked up

Paul's is actually the best.

it's meant to show how shallow their lives are and that all these yuppies are essentially interchangeable with each other

bateman: raised lettering; dropped

Bryce: font is too bland; paper looks like paper mache; dropped

Allen: boring font; dropped

Van Patten: paper is textured but the texture is very formulaic; serif font but the name is emboldened; great card

Bateman's is the best, perfect color and font combination. Van Patten's has a nice font but the color and texture ruined it. Bryce's font is boring and uncreative, plus the texture looks cheap. Paul Allen's card is pretty good but the font lacks in certain places and the dots in the phone number are horrible.

Bateman's card is an all-round winner.

>voting for paul allen
>when his card looks like it was printed on laminated paper

top lel

>aquisitions
>acquisitions

immersion fucking ruined

>Allen winning
>just like in the film

Kino

Boring cards go straight into the trash.
youtu.be/4YBxeDN4tbk

>Bateman's is the best
>Has uneven spacing around the ampersand

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Out of those 4 cards paul allen defiantly has the best one. It's crisp and the words are bolded and clearly understandable with phone and company in the corners and the address in center bottom. Van Patten and Bryce have the dumb texture shit that makes their cards look like sandpaper. Bateman is a close second but the wording is a little small and the address looks unprofessional while the phone number is different heights.

If I had to accept one of their cards for business it would definitely be Paul Allen's.

>yfw luis approaches you at the office again

>As we all can agree, "American Psycho" is a masterpiece, and the "business card" scene is the most important, it defines the movie, the whole movie exists only for this scene.
>Which begs the question - what WAS the best design?
>missing the point this bad

youtube.com/watch?v=hQzDeEtbvME

Was waiting for this

He should have used comic sans desu senpai

>mfw have a luis right behind me at the office at this very moment

GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE

My boss would tell me to get fucked if I showed him a business card like this.

Its shit
but I laughed anyway

This. I totally agree with this. Which fits the storyline and reinforces the power of graphic design and how we've fallen as slaves to consumerism.

Amazing film.

I don't know if youre being dense on purpose but the entire point of the scene is that it doesnt fucking matter. They're almost completely identical with only extremely minor differences. Exactly like Bateman and his peers. They think they're individual snowflakes but really they're so similar that most people could easily confuse them. Just like what happens to Bateman and Paul Allen.

>using try-hard as an adjective

you know how i know your underage

Was not expecting that. I kek'd.

Objectively, Bryce's is the best.
You don't use serfi fonts for short messages, like business cards.
Allen's business card is though.

>uses your as a conjugated verb

you know how i know you're underage

Bryce's is my personal favorite, only way it could improve is if it had slightly smoother patterning, maybe like Van Patten's

is shit*

It's an allegory for their dicks.

I prefer this one
youtube.com/watch?v=gJEErf9bZWM

Well, take a look at mine.
It's bone.

youtube.com/watch?v=LiXsDUcDims
look at those tryhards

Paul Allen's is fantastic

you cheeky bastard

@80541145

Trying too hard.
Wall of text.
tl:dr
Low effort

>off by one

Is bone colour represents that Bateman is sexually capable?

Allen > Bateman = Van Patten > Bryce

welp

Honestly would have been perfect if they were all exactly the same
They were talking all theae differences,but on screen they were exactly the same card

No, one of them was bone, not a card/

>the whole movie exists only for this scene.
i beg to differ

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Let's face it - none of the cards were actually meant to look exceptional within the scope of their detail. The graphic designer that made them didn't have that kind of talent. And they have a typo in them.

They just look kind of same-ish, and the ones with noise in the background just look lame.

youtu.be/hQzDeEtbvME

BLASPHEMY

That's FAS, you downie.

And it is so simple, too. Noise is the perfect metaphor for the lack of autistic perfection the writers wanted to convey, so it's very fitting.

Ohh nice.. but check this one out

You aren't very bright, are you?

Well, as they say, you'll never shine if you don't glow

Nah, you're just a big dummy for posting FAS and calling it down syndrome.

There's no joke here except you being stupid.

Allen > Bryce > Van Patten > Bateman

Bryce's would be best if it weren't for the texture

Allen's is objectively shit-tier. Font stands out against the background. Bryce's font is just cheap and background is too much in your face.

One thing is clear; You have full blown autism. Seek help.

I'm not even the guy that originally pointed out your nonexistent intellect, though, user. Back to your board, Sup Forumsirgin.

OH MY GOD YOU ARE FUCKING PLEBEIAN

I really like Bryce's card.

>dots between the numbers
wtf is this an ip adress ?
>company name
did you get your caps lock suck buddy

Bateman's is far superior

Bryce would've been perfect if fax/telex was on separate line like on Allen's card.
But Allen have much worse font, so Bryce wins in my book anyway

You guys just dig the sharpness of the font, but it's a poor blend. The ratios are all fucked up.

Doesn't matter.
A key sign of Autism is when someone can not distinguish sarcasm or irony and take things at face value.

Any doctor would diagnose you with autism just from you posts alone. Please seek help.

>American Psycho thread
>OP doesn't get dubs

You have too much Sup Forums reaction images and you clearly don't belong here. Time to stop posting.

Been posting here since before Oval was a thing. Try again child.

I prefer Paul Allen's card the most as well. It has a class and timeless feel to it. Whilst at the same time incorporating the modern advancements of society.