Movies with Narcisistic characters?

I started watching Hangover II lastnight. Zach Gilifianakis's character of Alan was embarrassingly like the pimp/NARC. It was very uncomfortable to watch as he treated everyone around him as servants, criticized everything his mother did for him. So CHILDISH. The pimp/NARC is almost exactly like Alan in the movie...infantile...over-stimulated...ego-centric...weird...rude...emotionally manipulative...socially awkward...over-reactive...inappropriate...out of control...maniacal...I'll stop now. UGH...I shut it off.

Something possessed me to watch this yesterday afternoon. I remember really liking the movie when it came out in the late 80's, when I was in college. WHY?!?!?! John (Mickey Rourke when he was hot), the main character, was a somatic N. Liz (Kim Basinger), the woman, fell victim to all of his games/tests and she was obsessed with him. She finally left and the movie ended. I was so hoping that it would continue and they'd show the hoovering, push and pull of how it really is, that is doesn't really end like that. The whole time I was watching it, I was thinking about other movies of the same time period that I liked that had similar characters - Officer and a Gentleman, Against All Odds, The Thorn Birds, etc. Makes me wonder what role they played in setting up what I thought was desirable in a man. Or if I was drawn to them because of something that was already in me.

Peter O'Toole stars as an aging womanizer (Vanessa Redgrave stars as his ex-wife) He's become quite lonely, and Jodie Whittaker stars as his friend's niece who "comforts" him by drinking alcohol with him&doing sexual things for him (such as posing nude, he's no longer capable of sex) She provides him the ultimate, final NS. In the end, she abandons him to go partying with her young boyfriend&he dies alone. But she still gets his $$$ and gets praised at his funeral. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jii24hoM-_M

Season Greetings! We can't forget Jim Carrey's character in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas - its a great depiction eh? Cindy lou Who: "Santa, what's the meaning of Christmas?" The Grinch:"VENGEANCE! I mean... presents... I suppose The Grinch "The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there - and on such short notice. Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn't allow it. Four o'clock, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30, jazzercize. 6:30, dinner with me. I can't cancel that again. 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing; I'm booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9 I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. But what would I wear?" except the part about the Grinch growing a heart, of course Belinda

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It's a Cold War intrigue film. Gary Oldman stars as George Smiley, who heads the "Circus" (MI-5) and attacks people's weaknesses. In the John le Carre novels, Smiley is literally impotent. He is a cerebral Narc who coldly betrays and enjoys his power. His wife, the beautiful Lady Ann, is a somatic Narc who openly sleeps around. Colin Firth stars as a treacherous bisexual spy, who when the man doesn't show interest, goes for the wife instead. It's a story of tangled lies&betrayal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aco15ScXCwA

Miguel Cervantes' singular literary creation, Don Quixote of La Mancha, is the origin of our phrase "tilting at windmills" (to connote someone delusional) La Mancha is home of great Manchego cheese. Don Quixote is a voracious reader of romantic medieval tales, such as "Amadis de Gaul." (interestingly, the sequel to "Amadis de Gaul" was set in a fictional country called California) In "Don Quixote",the title character believes his own fantasies about being a knight errant, with his squire, Sancho Panza. Sancho tries to keep his master down to earth... it doesn't work. Don Quixote seeks out the unattainable beauty, Dulcinea. Don Quixote's self-absorbtion leads him into many comical misadventures.

Lightening McQueen from cars. I have kids and watch this often and picked up on it right away. He has no friends and is a very egotisctical and selfish race car. However he CHANGES and learns a valuable lesson that life is not just a party of one. Disney has a way of inserting messages into their movies.

Like Jane Austen, this is classical. But from Shakespeare this time. Coriolanus is a psychopath. He's mother enmeshed. He loves war, and willingly betrays anyone. Shakespeare describes him as a "man of tears"-he's one of Shakespeare's more infantile characters. In one scene, Coriolanus is described as having enjoyed tearing apart butterflies as a child. In the recent movie version, Ralph Fiennes stars as Coriolanus, Gerard Butler as his enemy/ally, and Vanessa Redgrave as his controlling, powerful mother. Ralph Fiennes directed this version, so it should be good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsYrGIQnmxo

One of the taglines goes "Emma loves trouble." it's a lighthearted romantic comedy, based on the Jane Austen novel, starring Gwyneth Paltrow (as Emma), Jeremy Northam (as Mr. Knightley) and Alan Cumming. Emma is a female Narc. She loves meddling. She sees other people as characters in her fictional romance novels, and engages in matchmaking. Then there's the paternal Mr. Knightley, who's always scolding her, even in front of other people. (In the trailer you can see Jeremy Northam repeatedly saying "Emma!" in exasperation) In the novel, but NOT in the movie, Mr. Knightley proposes to Emma by saying that he knew she'd be his wife ever since he was a teenager and she was a baby in the cradle... he was a teen when she was born. Mr. Knightley is a Narc, he's more controlling of Emma than her equal partner. One could argue that by marrying Mr. Knightley, Emma gets a perpetual childhood. I remember reading "Emma" my junior year of college. Traditionally, juniors read "Pride&Prejudice",but I think *SOMEONE* may have been envious of Colin Firth, hence the re-assignment. My classmates would compare the ex-Psych and I to Mr. Knightley constantly scolding Emma. It is Jane Austen, and therefore FUN. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmMCTU_OIbY

It's a funny TV show, full of pop culture references. The ex-Psych watched this show religiously, so classes would start with a recap of the previous night's episode. Somehow, he didn't manage to ruin it. In "The Simpsons",the title characters come across as lovable Ns. In the recent episode "The Food Wife" (with the voice talents of Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain&Gordon Ramsay), Homer throws a fit because Bart&Lisa prefer being with their mother. He bawls, and literally crawls up the stairs. To mock his wife&children's food blog, Homer strips down to his undies, and sits in front of the fridge, stuffing his face. He is condescending&patronizing to his wife&her interests. Marge purposefully sets up Homer to go to a meth lab instead of a fancy restaurant so she can come across as the hero&save him. "The Simpsons" can be seen as a mockery of narcissism, and pop culture. Besides, laughter is healthy.

In the 1983 version of Svengali, Peter O'Toole stars as Anton, a faded rock star who is now a vocal coach, and Jodie Foster stars as his student (then lover) Svengali is clearly the Narc. Ironically, the more successful Jodie's character becomes, the more dependent she becomes on Anton. An ex-boyfriend asks her if she's into wrinkles. Jodie Foster is not really convincing as romantic leads-so this movie requires a leap of faith from the viewer. A suspension of disbelief. She was more credible holding her own against the psychopathic Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs." In George du Maurier's original, Svengali, being the villain, ends up dead. In the 1983 movie, Svengali lives, and in the end he's seen with a new student. Here's a clip in which Jodie Foster sings under O'Toole's spell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zrvCv8tTUo

I watched the Tatum and Ryan O'neil series recently. Ryan O'neil is a colossal narcissist. He made my skin crawl how he turned everything around to play the role martyr!! He was incapable of of any insight into harm he does. He reminded me so much of my NARC. Also watched the Judds little reality series. Naomi's inability to see anything in anyway other than how it effects her was shocking.

Laura Esquivel's novel is beautiful and romantic-with some Mexican recipes thrown in. The movie is somewhat disappointing, but the soundtrack by classical Cuban guitarist Leo Brouwer is excellent. Pedro is DEFINITELY a Narc. His wife, Rosaura, is demonized (she eventually becomes obese&gassy as a result of her sister's cooking) Tita is kept around to be Pedro's mistress. Pedro isn't man enough to marry Tita, defy convention, he simply strings along his wife and his mistress. AND they're sisters, so it's triangulation at its finest. Unfortunately, this story of forbidden love (who doesn't like forbidden love?) raises NPD to a virtue. A sad irony is that Laura Esquivel eventually divorced her husband, the much older Alfonso Arau (she had watched his TV shows as a child) who directed this movie. Here's the trailer, it's in Spanish, so it has the flavor of a telenovela: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqm8_GjKDBc

I've always threatened my NARC that I'm going to write a movie about him and get Will Ferrell to play him. Is there such a thing as a biodramedy...true dark absurd movie...funny too because life with him has been surreal. I've HAD to find the humour in it. And I will...it's on my to do list. My cousin is screaming funny...and will co-write it with me.

Am just watching it again and it's a funny portrayal of an infantile narc - it doesn't get the pain they cause at all but it does show the ridiculousness.

Tatiana loves Eugene Onegin, a handsome&jaded aristocrat. She writes him a letter honestly confessing her love- and he cruelly rejects&humiliates her, lecturing her about "maidenly reticence." After she gets married to a prince, and her husband sings her praises, Eugene sends her love letters. In the end, she sends him away. Sofia Tolstoy, who was married to the Narc Leo Tolstoy, admired the fictional Tatiana's strength. The classic from Alexander Pushkin. (Dostoevsky references Pushkin's "The Shot" in his "Notes from Underground") Trailer for the movie- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMwgbba-Go Ralph Fiennes, now famous as Voldemort, is Eugene Onegin... and Arwen is Tatiana.