Best movie Christian Bale has been in? - General

What's good about the Machinist? It's like a really out of touch Fightclub...

[QUOTE=Rusty100;27908570]the machinist is good, but he's been in much better ones.[/QUOTE] Eh, I'd definitely rank it up there with the Nolan Batman series and American Psycho on your list. Though, to say he was good in the Batman movies is debatable. As Batman himself, I thought he was quite terrible... what with his throat cancer voice hamming up every line spoken and all. As Bruce Wayne... he was perfect. Not to say that the Batman movies weren't good, well, The Dark Knight atleast. Batman Begins was a pretty formulaic and silly superhero action film.

I thought he was pretty good in Swing Kids, hating on Jews in his Hitler Youth short shorts.

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Well tbh I can't really say he talks enough to be a memorable main character, but I think he does fantastic at supporting roles. I say the Prestige was his best

He had a memorable main role in American Psycho.

American Psycho Batman Begins The Fighter The Prestige in that order

The Prestige is my favourite, then probably American Psycho.

[QUOTE=Cl0cK;27908641]It's impressive to see Christian Bale so skinny in a film in the Machinist, if anything it's the film that he put more dedication in.[/QUOTE] Compared to what he looks like in Equilibrium he seems like a totally different actor I know

[QUOTE=The_Marine;27909906]Eh, I'd definitely rank it up there with the Nolan Batman series and American Psycho on your list. Though, to say he was good in the Batman movies is debatable. As Batman himself, I thought he was quite terrible... what with his throat cancer voice hamming up every line spoken and all. As Bruce Wayne... he was perfect. Not to say that the Batman movies weren't good, well, The Dark Knight atleast. Batman Begins was a pretty formulaic and silly superhero action film.[/QUOTE] he was fantastic as bruce wayne and fantastic as batman i hate people who make fun of the raspy voice. it was good. it was understandable and it was cool. batman begins was also not formulaic in the slightest. there has been no superhero action film like it beforehand. that is a shithouse opinion with no basis.

Empire of the Sun.

I'm between three movies: The Dark Knight, The Fighter, and American Psycho. All great movies.

Oh he was in I'm Not There too. Also his best film. :downs:

Just to put it out there. I think Batman Begins was much better than The Dark Knight. There was too much happening in Dark Knight, the whole Two Face thing annoyed me and i think Heath Ledger was the best reason to call this movie a blockbuster. But yerh, my vote is on American Psycho.

the fighter was one of his best performances and probably his best movie. dark knight was great too, of course.

[QUOTE=Rusty100;27916142]he was fantastic as bruce wayne and fantastic as batman i hate people who make fun of the raspy voice. it was good. it was understandable and it was cool. batman begins was also not formulaic in the slightest. there has been no superhero action film like it beforehand. that is a shithouse opinion with no basis.[/QUOTE] No, the voice is fucking stupid and unnecessary. I never said it wasn't understandable, I said it hammed up lines as in made everything he said sound silly like he was trying too hard to sound tough. And Batman Begins was a very formulaic action movie that barely detailed Batman's humble beginnings. Also, I always had a little problem with the pacing of the films. They all move at a lightning fast pace and never really give you a chance to soak in their performances.

The Machinist is my personal favourite. However I still need to watch American Psycho and from what people are saying my opinion will probably change.

American Psycho and The Dark Knight. I also liked him in Public Enemies.

That movie where he was a POW in Vietnam and American Psycho.

He wasn't bad in Public Enemy either. [editline]8th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=nunu;27922266]The Machinist is my personal favourite. However I still need to watch American Psycho and from what people are saying my opinion will probably change.[/QUOTE] wait....HE WAS THE SKINNY GUY IN THE MACHINIST? holy shit. The make-ups did a great job I guess!

[QUOTE=DEMONSKUL;27925890]He wasn't bad in Public Enemy either. [editline]8th February 2011[/editline] wait....HE WAS THE SKINNY GUY IN THE MACHINIST? holy shit. The make-ups did a great job I guess![/QUOTE] He actually lost a shit ton of weight for that role.

My favorite movie of his that I've seen has to be The Fighter, however so many people have said American Psycho, I think that might be one of the movies I will watch next.

Equilibrium and American Psycho.

[QUOTE=SilverSilhoette;27897191]The Reign of Fire? (that one where London is infested with dragons and they have to find and kill the giant male one)[/QUOTE] we don't talk about reign of fire

I don't care what anyone says, whenever batman is talking i can't take it seriously. it would have been cooler if he talked in his normal voice like batman always did. [editline]7th February 2011[/editline] plus it just gets rediculous when other actors start growling back at them, it's like a dick measuring contest but over how gravelly and cigarette ridden your voice sounds

[QUOTE=The_Marine;27921956]No, the voice is fucking stupid and unnecessary. I never said it wasn't understandable, I said it hammed up lines as in made everything he said sound silly like he was trying too hard to sound tough. And Batman Begins was a very formulaic action movie that barely detailed Batman's humble beginnings. Also, I always had a little problem with the pacing of the films. They all move at a lightning fast pace and never really give you a chance to soak in their performances.[/QUOTE] you keep saying it's formulaic and never why that is wait don't answer, i know why because it's not [editline]9th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=El Pollo;27929109]I don't care what anyone says, whenever batman is talking i can't take it seriously. it would have been cooler if he talked in his normal voice like batman always did. [editline]7th February 2011[/editline] plus it just gets rediculous when other actors start growling back at them, it's like a dick measuring contest but over how gravelly and cigarette ridden your voice sounds[/QUOTE] don't you mean how cool your voice sounds? its a proven fact that growly, gravelly voices are cool. if u disagree then you are not a man [editline]9th February 2011[/editline] just look at solid snake. everybody knows he's cool. and the original snake. he IS the coolest dude ever in a film.

Begins just felt [i]too[/i] much like an average comic book movie. I mean it had ninjas, speeding train fights, poisoning the water supply, even Scarecrow seems a bit a more comic villainous than Ledger's Joker. Alongside its ropey plot and Katie Holmes addled performances. Gotham never felt like a city in Begins. It was just a claustrophobic mess that never really knew what it wanted to be. It was a schizophrenic mess. Whilst aesthetically I prefer Burton's art-deco Gotham to the modern metropolis we saw in TDK, I do think the latter was used to better effect. It told a better story: the story of Gotham the city. Also to add a drinking game to Begins, count how many times someone has a line or monologue about having to pick yourself up after falling down. Every single main character in the film has that line, so drink up whenever someone says it. You'll be vomiting before the movie's over.

it was based on a graphic novel sorry that bothers you [editline]8th February 2011[/editline] "i don't like benjamin button it was too bookish"

Graphic novel =/= comic book

[QUOTE=Ringo_Satu;27896145]The Prestige or American Psycho. Can't decide.[/QUOTE] Pretty much the same