MC - What is your favorite Christian Bale film or performance? - Christian Bale Discussion

[–] Utpe (658) 6 years ago

"American Psycho" (2000) and "The Dark Knight" (2005 - 2012) trilogy.

Honestly, I haven't seen him in anything else except "Terminator Salvation" (2009) and, even then, I didn't think much about the film. He really didn't fit the role of John Connor.

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[–] mitzibishi (1632) 6 years ago

Who does fit the role of John Conner except for Edward Furlong.

Maybe Frank Grillo has the look of T2 John Conner

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[–] mitzibishi (1632) 6 years ago

Just watched the Big Short and he was pretty good in that.

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[–] legnadibrom (5802) 6 years ago

just "pretty good?"
that's borderline slander

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[–] mitzibishi (1632) 6 years ago

he was fucking good in The Big Short.

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[–] legnadibrom (5802) 6 years ago

much better

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 6 years ago

American Psycho
Prestige is a close second

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[–] ArmadilloKnight (456) 6 years ago

The Prestige is so underrated. Easily one of Nolan's best works. Just like The Dark Knight, I wish I could watch The Prestige for the first time again. The competitiveness is non stop, the two magicians are straight up outdoing each other, it's so thrilling.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 6 years ago

I think it's a tie between Memento and The Prestige. The Dark Knight is great, but it overshadowed some of his other work. I thought The Dark Knight rises was crap, and it kind of soured me on him. Inception I really liked, but I've fallen asleep watching Interstellar like 3 times, so it's hard to say. I absolutely love his remake of Insomnia; I would put that closely behind Memento and The Prestige. I really do love his work, but I want another one as good as The Prestige again. Also, maybe it goes without saying, but excellent performance by Bowie as Tesla.

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[–] ArmadilloKnight (456) 6 years ago

Yes Bowie was great.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 6 years ago

I'm trying to watch The Dark Knight right now and am struggling with it 20 minutes in.

The Prestige, on the other hand, sucked me in straight away, and all the way through to the end.

I also liked Memento, but The Prestige is much better, IMO.

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (6931) 6 years ago

Newsies.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 6 years ago

Ain't you glad you got a dream called Santa Fe?

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (6931) 6 years ago

Dreams comes true, yes they do
In Santa Fe

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[–] lordbishop34 (1442) 6 years ago

American Psycho and The Machinist are probably his best. He was good in The Fighter.

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

It's probably not his best performance but my personal favorite is The Prestige.