Why 'Literally Me' Characters Are So Important

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Movies shown:
American Psycho
Falling Down
Buffalo '66
Fight Club
Taxi Driver
Mean Streets
The Brown Bunny
Five Easy Pieces
The King of Marvin Gardens
Midnight Cowboy
Straw Dogs
The Last Detail
The Last Picture Show
Joker
The Batman
Donnie Darko
Blade Runner 2049
Enemy
Good Time
The Lighthouse
The House that Jack Built
Drive
Another Round
Cowboy Bebop
Spiderman No Way Home
Avengers Endgame
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

Music:

All other music by my man Sweet Release

[GhostGum]

It’s nice to see the kino corner review movies that are literally about my life

[verleptehenk]

My friends be like: "You changed man". Of course I changed, a new Ryan Gosling movie came out.

[XombieLejon]

The masculine urge to say "literally me" when you see a picture of Ryan Gosling

[no_one-pm]

I like how girls pick the baddest girlbosses in cinema who rule the world and say "She's literally me" but when it comes to guys, they pick the most vulnerable men who are against the world and are suffering greatly and say "He's literally me"


Like bro that's literally me

[mister-x]

Still smiling ear to ear because of the term "Sigma Cinema"

[DzikiWaclaw]

The funny thing is that Taxi Driver inspired me to finally get my driving license which helped me to get my first job after 3 years of being jobless after graduating

[chengjiahuang]

charming + lonely + doesn't give a shit + have a sense of lifestyle + violent = literally me

[HeirToTheEmpire]

It's crazy how "The Batman" gave us two "literally me" sigma characters like Bruce Wayne and the Riddler lmao

[ianadler]

>drive up to girls house to pick her up for date
>messages her with just "here"
>she comes out of her house and to the car
>tries to open door
>left it locked on purpose
>she gets in
>monotone "whoops"
> it's okay she says as her foot crunches a 4 week old bag of chipotle
>it fucking reeks
> "it's kinda messy in here"
> I wait 4 seconds before responding
>"yeah I didn't clean"
>puts the car in drive
>still haven't made eye contact
>puts toothpick in mouth and whips out phone
>screen is cracked to shit
>she notices my Ryan Gosling wallpaper as I go to spotify and play "sigma radio"
>"where are we going?"
>I wait four seconds again, still haven't made eye contact
>"...chilis"

[hadryannah]

I will never not be amused by the fact that Robert Pattinson is now primarily regarded as a guy thing.

[oldoldmeme]

I feel that the vast majority of people start off being ironic in their admiration and relation to these characters, but upon further examination and conversing with others online, they come to unironically relate in many a manner.

[jamm]

personally I relate to and look up to the literally me characters because they are suffering from internal struggles and are alienated from society, but they decide to do something about that and it's really motivational for me. obviously I'm not about to shoot my local McDonald's manager for not accepting my sigma bucks from alpha land, but I'm motivated to do something with my life to stop the alienation of my inner struggles

[TheoJay]

I started watching Gosling films as a joke and they ended up being very endearing to me.
Granted, I haven't bought a scorpion jacket.

[stumakesdinneratnine]

A farmer who hates city slickers?
Literally Sneed

[Retrver]

"There's something about you, it's hard to explain, they're talking about you boy, but you're still the same"

[WorthlessWinner]

Travis in Taxi driver was inspired by the real guy who shot Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace, and it in turn inspired the dude who shot Ronald Reagan. The inspiration for Travis also inspired the new Joker, who quotes some lines from his manifesto in the movie.

[maxresdefault_]

I love films like this, they're basically the men's equivalent of chick flicks, despite never seeing myself in any of the protagonists. I wonder how useful the "literally me" tag is when analysing them.

[saeedbaig]

I think you nailed it on the head; the common theme all these movies have in common is alienation. Specifically loneliness - all these characters feel like they don't "fit in" in society and are without partners or even real friends to share their struggles with. Even the ones that seem to have a social circle (e.g. Patrick Bateman) find it superficial and still have no one to lean on.

[ARZZiO]

Oh hi sir, what personality would you like today?
we got:

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, if you're feeling a little... bold and spicy.

Ryan Gosling as Officer K for moody nights.

Also Ryan Gosling but as the Driver for real human beans.

Jake Gyllenhaal as Lou Bloom if you feel like grinding.

Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker if you feel like society has let you down.

Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden, perfect for when you forgot to take your pills.

Michael Douglas as William D-Fens, hits just right when you're frustrated at everything.

Willem Dafoe as the lighthouse keeper if ye're craving some lobsters.

Robert Pattinson as Connie Nikas if you're planning on seeing your brother.

Uh and who could forget the classic, Robert Deniro as Travis Bickle, if you have some... bad ideas in your head...

Go ahead, pick your poison.

[ubereats]

I’m literally Patrick Bateman, Walter White, The Joker, Riddler, and Robert Pattinson Batman all wrapped in one