Never saw the film.
What I can say... as hard as it is to admit... the Narcissistic Personality Disordered can be helpful at times.
They can also be completely destructive ...as well as self destructive.
One collector I used to hang out with... always seemed like a nice guy. Invited a lot of strangers into his house, for
an Arcade party, which is how I met his, and got into collecting. However, if you say the wrong things to a
Narcissist.. such as simply disagreeing... they can turn into a nightmare of constant attacks.
I was able to shut down the torrent... and eventually things smoothed over. (Which actually is a Rarity with a
Narcissist)
Anyway... I rode with him and another collector friend to Funspot NH. Pretty cool place...
In the end, we were playing Air-Hockey against each other. Well, when this guy was about to be scored on...
he intentionally dropped his forearm down a hair, and the puck stopped dead under his arm. The claim was
"Accident", but this happened about 20 times, easily, in a single game! >_<
Mind you... this is a grown Adult man! Cheating on a game against some "Friends" ! >__< I called him out on it
several times... but he would never concede nor apologize. I became furious... not because I would often end up
losing because of it... but because it was so childish, and it was a slap in the face of actual friendship. I honestly
never cared if I won of lost... as to me, the fun is in the playing... and enjoying time with good company...
But to a Narcissist... its not any fun at all, unless you win 100%. To them, their massive, but fragile... Egos are
FAR more important than anything else... including "friendship".
They simply can not handle any form of Loss or humiliation... and they will go completely Bananas, if they do
lose, and or feel embarrassed / humiliated. Or they are upset that you dont like the same things / say and or do the
same things, that they say/do/like. It becomes like a personal attack to their Identity. (which is largely fake to begin
with).
So... its not hard to imagine someone totally wrapped up in themselves... as cheating... to maintain that false
illusion of "Perfection".
The Narcissist tend to have been formerly abused children... whom have mentally Cracked under the abuse. The brain
sort of forms a split-personality... and that 2nd persona, is developed to act in a way that portrays confidence, strength,
skills, superiority, perfection...etc. But deep inside, they really are scared and weak little children... that never fully develop
into an Adult state. Hence, they do not have typical rational and logical thinking patterns. And most of their good deeds,
are only done to gain themselves attention and more ego-boosting.
Most Narcissists, will not actually consider your friendship of much value. And most of their "friends", are shallow
acquaintances. Its better to be shallow depth with the narc... because once they get to know you.. they find infinite things
to hate about you.. and attack you over. You could be their so called friend for 20 yrs... and in a single opinion given,
they would instantly turn on you, and stab you in the back. There is no real middleground. Either they love-bomb you,
or they are slicing and dicing.
These people come in different degrees / levels. Some are less harmful / toxic than others. Some are actually capable of
full out murder. Others may have others attack you... via manipulations. Most of their abused is indirect psychological abuse.
(as thats harder to pin them on) But some go into physical abuse, as well as a combination of both.
Anyway... get educated in Narcissistic Abuse, with their well known tactics and reasons. It can greatly reduce the possibility of
becoming their next victim.