Comments on: Unreal Man Crush: Six Kick-Ass Christian Bale Movie Roles

By: Maha

Maha — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:33:44 +0000

You can’t leave out Jim from Harsh Times. You just can’t.
The movie wasn’t successful, but his character, and the way he played it… awesome.

By: Rina

Rina — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:09:26 +0000

Nice list, laughed my ass off over the homeless people quip. Anyhow thought you should have included Howl’s Moving Castle. Bale might not be a badass in it but most girls (myself included) melt for the movie.

By: Borden

Borden — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:19:20 +0000

kind of crazy how you put his role in a yet-unreleased movie on the list, but completely shut out little Jamie Graham from EMPIRE OF THE SUN. This was kid Christian Bale making grown men cry, in an epic war movie no less!

By: poe wrote on both

poe wrote on both — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:48:18 +0000

how could you forget him in the newsies!

By: lonesome phreak

lonesome phreak — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:22:59 +0000

Equilibrium is one of the best movies ever, IMHO. The amazing gunfights aside, the way it depicted enforced drug use to pacify the population was terrifying. One of the best scenes that Bales has ever had is where he tears down the plastic coating over his window, watching the rain come down and make the normally stoic and gray cityscape glow as tears run down his face realizing how much they had given up to maintain “peace”.

By: italkfilm

italkfilm — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:35:47 +0000

The Machinist is his best film in my opinion not an honorable mention by far. Him losing all that weight just to play a role is just pure devotion to his character. Also I disagree with you about Reign of Fire , dragons are cool but, the ending with jumping with an Ax to kill a dragon was just plain silly to watch. American Psycho is a classic though , a great script and well directed, one of my favorite films.

By: John

John — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:38:28 +0000

@Adam – agree with TDK comment. I think it’s because other actors were so great though and the movie as a whole was quite depressing. Amazing movie, just left you leaving the theater feeling like crap.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:35:42 +0000

I don’t know if it’s because of Bale or the script, but Batman turned out to be a boring character in TDK, leaving me unimpressed with this actor. Equilibrium was also pretty bad.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:18:25 +0000

FYI: Harsh Times is a shit movie. Possibly the only shit movie staring Mr. Bale.

By: Madison

Madison — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:59:52 +0000

@Danny M

And “lame quips?” That just hurts, dude. You’re breaking my heart.