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re: As a huge Christian Bale fan, American Psycho is his best work to date

Posted on 2/17/14 at 10:00 pm to
Posted by Melvin
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Posted on 2/17/14 at 10:00 pm to
you didn't really right?
Posted by JLock
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Posted on 2/17/14 at 10:00 pm to
I watched it for the first time a couple days ago. Bale was fricking amazing
Posted by RoyalBaby
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 12:17 am to
Machinist I believe was his best acting job. I loved American Psycho too.
Posted by wadewilson
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 12:19 am to
I'm kinda partial to The Machinist and The Fighter, but you really can't pick a wrong movie, unless you say Batman.
Posted by drake20
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 12:50 am to
+1 on The Machinist.

...great movie and performance...took me a while to get around to watching it...glad I did.
Posted by 632627
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 1:33 am to
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The Prestige was fricking incredible


the prestige was the best movie he was in, i don't think it was his best acting job however.
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 7:55 am to
As I do not like him personally, and did not really care for his Batman - I tend to agree. He is, to me, an easily unlikeable person who is spot on as Patrick Bateman.

His work as a child actor was fairly good, too - Empire of the Sun was impressive.

I need to caveat this with - I have not seen all of The Prestige, but I suspect his performance, while lauded, will not surpass his performance in American Psycho.
Posted by GetCocky11
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 8:54 am to
He was pretty great in The Fighter. I don't think I can rank his American Psycho performance above it.
Posted by WW
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 9:51 am to
I've seen American Psyhco, the Batman movies, the Machinist, The Fighter, American Hustle, and the Prestige. Which other ones should I watch?
This post was edited on 2/18/14 at 9:52 am
Posted by GetCocky11
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 10:04 am to
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I've seen American Psyhco, the Batman movies, the Machinist, The Fighter, American Hustle, and the Prestige. Which other ones should I watch?


3:10 to Yuma

Empire of the Sun (he was still a kid when he was in this)
Posted by LoveThatMoney
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 10:23 am to
Both American Hustle and The Fighter were better performances than AP. The Machinist is on par with AP.
Posted by Billy Mays
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 10:29 am to
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American Psycho is his best work to date


Meh. He's been in a ton of better movies since then and performed very well. The physical transformation for the Fighter and Machinist was incredible, as was his performance.

American Psycho is cult awesomeness, but it's not movie nirvana like some make it out to be.
Posted by TigerMyth36
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:21 am to
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Both American Hustle
nope
Posted by LoveThatMoney
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:42 am to
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The physical transformation for the Fighter and Machinist was incredible


You do realize that he transformed his body for American Psycho, too, right? Did you see how ripped he was? That's not normal. That's a lot of working out, cardio, and diet control.
Posted by Ryne Sandberg
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:43 am to
Newsies imo is his best work.
Posted by LoveThatMoney
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:45 am to
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Both American Hustle
nope


If you don't think his performance in American Hustle was better than his performance in American Psycho, I don't know what to tell you. Every little nuance of his character was perfect in American Hustle. He was a great Patrick Bateman, but so much of that movie was made to be campy, that I don't know how you can accurately deny he was better in AH.
Posted by Melvin
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:54 am to
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nope
Yup
Posted by AmosMosesAndTwins
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:54 am to
I like American Psycho, but he impressed me in the Machinest more.
Posted by Billy Mays
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:58 am to
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You do realize that he transformed his body for American Psycho, too, right? Did you see how ripped he was? That's not normal. That's a lot of working out, cardio, and diet control.


Bale is physically fit by default, you do realize that, don't you?

Posted by AmosMosesAndTwins
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Posted on 2/18/14 at 12:01 pm to
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Bale is physically fit by default, you do realize that, don't you?


No way he walked around like that normally. He was shredded.
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