Christian Bale

Sherick · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:39 pm

Christian Bale
(1974-), English

1987 Empire of the Sun
1987 Mio min Mio
1989 Henry V
1992 Newsies
1993 Swing Kids
1994 Little Women
1994 Prince of Jutland
1995 Pocahontas (voice role)
1996 The Portrait of a Lady
1996 The Secret Agent
1997 Metroland
1998 Velvet Goldmine
1999 All the Little Animals
1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream
2000 American Psycho
2000 Shaft
2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2002 Equilibrium
2002 Reign of Fire
2002 Laurel Canyon
2004 Howl's Moving Castle (voice role)
2004 The Machinist
2005 Batman Begins
2005 The New World
2006 The Prestige
2006 Harsh Times
2007 Rescue Dawn
2007 I'm Not There
2007 3:10 to Yuma
2008 The Dark Knight
2009 Terminator Salvation
2009 Public Enemies
2010 The Fighter
2011 Flowers of War
2012 The Dark Knight Rises

TV Movies
1986 Anastasia: The Story of Anna
1987 Heart of the Country
1990 Treasure Island
1991 A Murder of Quality
1999 Mary, Mother of Jesus

tyler · **Joined:** Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:25 am **Posts:** 522

Pretty much spot on with the bold-ing . American Psycho and Equilibrium are personal favourites.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:39 pm

You might as well bold Shaft.

Sherick · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:44 pm

Now why would I do that?

Sodacake · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:18 pm

Because his performance in it is awesome?

Sherick · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:21 pm

So are Equilibrium and Swing Kids :lol:

pave · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:37 am

spot on... i was going to say you could be a bit more liberal with the regular bolds, but idk which those would be.

my only question is why 3:10 over Prestige? im just curious. not that i necessarily disagree, as they got pretty equal acclaim. just curious what the deciding factor was.

pave · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:39 am

change my mind about "spot on"--- Little Women??? :lol:

Sherick · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:46 am

Well it was kinda one or the other with those films, and with 3:10 he had a more central role and I mean come on, Christian Bale, doing a wester? Poff...Turns out damn good.
Honestly, I think the way he plays Dan Evans as so stoic yet vulnerable and seemingly conflicted but with a stunningly rigid moral compass really gets to the meat of Bale's artistry as an actor. Not that The Prestige wasn't a complex beneath-the-surface performance of course.

Little Women...not one of my favorite movies, but he got praised somewhat for it, and it was seen as his comeback after years of mediocre parts and put him back in the spotlight.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:03 am

He also got a lot of acclaim for his role in Harsh Times, and I still stand by his performance in Shaft.

Also, I love this quote from his bio on IMDB. I don't care whether or not it's true, it's awesome.

Christian Bale wrote:

I was up in Toronto and went to see that movie Life Is Beautiful. By myself. And when I came out, I had a craving for blood unlike anything I had ever experienced since I decided to go vegetarian at the age of 7. It was a compulsion. It was undeniable. I went to several restaurants, one right after the other, and got the biggest, bloodiest steaks I could get my hands on. It was the first time I had tasted flesh in almost twenty years.

Curiosity · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:25 pm **Posts:** 1399

3:10 to Yuma over The Prestige? You did what?

Sherick · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:22 pm

Sodacake wrote:

Christian Bale wrote:

And when I came out, I had a craving for blood unlike anything I had ever experienced ...It was the first time I had tasted flesh in almost twenty years.

That alone is amazing.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:32 pm

It's how he phrased it that cracks me up. Patrick Bateman indeed. When I was reading it I kept hearing him say "I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy" as Bateman in my head.

Hendrix · **Joined:** Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:55 am **Posts:** 396

Equilibrium should be bolded...

Sherick · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:51 pm

Performance-wise, Equilibrium doesn't stack up to Rescue Dawn or The Presitge.

On a side note, we now have a name for Batman 3.

Christian Bale

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