'he is literally me'

[OperatorMax]

honestly jokes aside, i really do love these types of characters, one person who's outnumbered 10 to 1 and still wins
like Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver, 1976), a former US soldier who fought in Vietnam applies for a job as a cab driver, as he sees the "outskirts" of society, and i don't mean the "we live in a society" type of society, but the filthy, dirty horrible kind of society, he can barely sleep, he eats unhealthy junk food, he barely has any friends, he's slowly being pushed in decisions, the 2nd date with his love interest fails as he's confused all because alot of people who in adult theatres go with their wives too, he meets a girl who gets sold in the streets for lowlives and junkies and pimps, which becomes his breaking point

Travis Bickle is different from Arthur Fleck (Joker, 2019), Arthur is a loner too, but he suffers from a condition, society walks all over him, because there isn't really, his mother is delusional, and he's not even a legitimate child, he was beaten and battered ever since, he gets betrayed and humiliated by the very same person he idolized, there are multiple breaking points, but there's also the straw that broke the camel's back, the final nail in the coffin that pits Arthur in the "point of no return"

and Arthur is different from Patrick (American Psycho, 2000), Patrick Bateman is a yuppie with a mask that hides his real identity ("there is an *idea* of a Patrick Bateman....some kind of *abstraction*...but there is no *real me*...only an *entity*...something *illusory*...and though i can *hide* my cold gaze...and you can shake my hand and you can *feel* flesh gripping yours, and maybe you can even *sense* our lifestyles are probably comparable...*i simply am not there*"), you can guess he probably doesn't even care, he just does all these things, going at restaurants, listening to music, keeping up his public persona ("because. i want. to fit. IN."), he doesn't reach a breaking point, but he does reach a melting point, as he admits he's not good at controlling his willpower, sobs, and his mask slips, nothing ever happened, it was just a fantasy for Patrick to release his pent up rage

and Arthur is different than Tyler (Fight Club, 1999), Tyler Durden is basically as "Moon" (the channel) calls him, a Man's Man, he's the embodiment of...a sigma male, he's got a damn good looking leather jacket, he sells soap, got spiky hair doesn't exist, he's all in the main character's mind, and i get it why he would literally be Tyler, living in a world full of comfort, where food comes in pre-packaged filled with BPA and sugar and whatever chemicals, testosterone dropping completely and being replaced with estrogen, working a job where everyone almost dresses the same and do the exact same thing for meager pay ("you'll own nothing, and you'll be happy")

and Tyler is different from D-Fens (Falling Down, 1993), William Foster represents the last up standing American of the 1920s-1980s, but he's out of time, he's not in the golden age of America anymore, the 1990s is the start of America's decline (Russia had it's own decline too after the dismantling of the Soviet Union, while the government was struggling as the Chechen Republic Of Ichkeria broke free with the help of Dzokhar Dudayev causing 2 whole wars from 1994-1996 and 1999-2009, as crime became rampant and mobsters took over while Krokodil became the most destructive drug similar to Heroin, as the police tried hard to crack down the crime), he worked on missiles which were used in foreign countries for death and destruction, he was a very useful tool by the government, but once he proved he is no use anymore, then the machine rejects that one cog, he's no longer "Economically Viable", as D-Fens faces not just price inflation, construction and customer rights, but also neo fascism and gangsters and entitled elites, and this chaos started, all because of a traffic jam during a hot day in L.A


while i can't say these character's are "literally me", but i can relate with such as ideas like
-the idea of being lonely

-the idea of no longer being of use to someone or something
-the idea of wanting to just fit in with the rest
-the idea of wishing for something to happen or do the right thing
-the idea of people walking all over you or living a lie
-the idea of someone who's broken free from comfort or coping mechanisms

they're not literally me, but there are a few parts i do relate to

[esotericegoism]

He is tho IM THE MENTALLY ILL MAIN CHARACTER HES

[NoEffortAnimation]

When I was at my most reclusive and I watched taxi driver for the first time I was horrified to find my psychology felt like it was in a similar paranoid decline. We can all be like Travis in a lot of ways, but you should never have his lack of self awareness.

[Nick-vvik]

Literally me scrolling through instagram reels of happy couples

[MultiSpeedMetal]

I do in fact look and act exactly like Ryan Gosling.

[sovietred]

You don't need her, she was but a spec in your life, GO, Get strong, get money, live your life until the right one appears

[pradeepsaw]

I didn't use copy mechanism for this character . That character is literally me !

[annonimus]

"Corporate needs you to tell the difference between yourself and this motion picture"
*proceeds to blackmail my boss with self-inflicted injuries like a gamer*
"That's literally me"

[moister]

He is so me, I want to be mentally unstable too

[followingtheroe]

When in reality you are just The Cable Guy

[deadmeatjb]

I didnt care for taxi driver but now my life is almost exactly like Travis's, I moved to the city so I can drive around all day so I can see what everybody does all day n night. Its lonely, my weed doesn't help my mental illnesses, last night I had a dream abt taking my gun and going back to the people that wronged me.

I feel like we have 2 selves, the selves when we are a lone and the self around people, they need balance and when its just one it tries to compensate in these ways. I dont have the answer im just glad I stay hygienic and self aware, hopefully ill get a gf one day and the ride ends

[flyingboi]

I meam fr tho, they patterned Travis' personality to my personality, techincally he is literally me tho like fr fr no cap

[amegamitenseifan]

This is me. Literally me. No other character can come close to relating to me like this. There is no way you can convince me this is not me. This character could not possibly be anymore me. It's me, and nobody can convince me otherwise. If anyone approached me on the topic of this not possibly being me, then I immediately shut them down with overwhelming evidence that this character is me. This character is me, it is indisputable. Why anyone would try to argue that this character is not me is beyond me. If you held two pictures of me and this character side by side, you'd see no difference. I can safely look at this character every day and say "Yup, that's me". I can practically see this character every time I look at myself in the mirror. I go outside and people stop me to comment how similar I look and act to this character. I chuckle softly as I'm assured everyday this character is me in every way. I can smile each time I get out of bed every morning knowing that I've found my identity with this character and I know my place in this world. It's really quite funny how similar this character is to me, it's almost like we're identical twins. When I first saw this character, I had an existential crisis. What if this character was the real me and I was the fictional being. What if this character actual became aware of my existence? Did this character have the ability to become self aware itself?

[dochris]

Can someone name all the movies that appear ?

[gsmooth]

Day 900 of using dating apps and not having a relationship that lasts more than a week

[BenurRadio]

And you need like 100 dollars to shoot this movie.