Thomas Jane would've been a better Batman than Bale.

[7Hells]

Bale is too good of an actor to waste on such a one dimensional character like Bond.

[Kevin Roegele]

Originally Posted by 7Hells

Bale is too good of an actor to waste on such a one dimensional character like Bond.

Bond isn't about acting, it's about charisma and cool.

[Lazlo Panaflex]

It also comes down to how both actors looks as Bruce Wayne, Bale has more of playboy look and Thomas Jane looks more rough and gruff.

[7Hells]

Originally Posted by Kevin Roegele

Bond isn't about acting, it's about charisma and cool.

Exactly, Bale is too good of an actor to waste on a character like that. Thought thats what I said...

[CConn]

Y'know, theoretically, Bale could've played both Batman and Bond at the same time.

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I don't think Bale would work as well as Keaton in Batman Returns. I don't think Keaton would work as well as Bale in Begins. Horses for courses, as they say.

Yeah.

Although, I think Bale probably may have found some balance in BR.....I don't think Keaton could pull off the Batman in BB. There seems to be alot more to do, whereas his Batman was so much in the shadows.....he would have twice as much dialouge too, which again....is uncharacteristic of Keaton's Batman.

But, still....Keaton's a pimp...hell, he'd probably find a way even then. Nobody thought he would with BATMAN.

Bale is too good of an actor to waste on such a one dimensional character like Bond.

He's not one dimensional.......it's just....he's been written badly for a while.

Y'know, theoretically, Bale could've played both Batman and Bond at the same time.

Yes. Yes, he can.

[larryfilmmaker]

I think Bale is one talented actor. I think he's VERY talented. However, I think he's starting to become one dimensional as far as his choices of roles go. I mean, I know it's good marketing for him and it'll hold onto his cult audience but does he really have to keep playing dark, tortured souls? He hasn't played them in EVERY movie, but still, he always finds a way of having these characters who in some way have a cult appeal to them, even in Reign of Fire. I DO think he's a very good actor but I think he and Nolan both chose to do Batman for reasons other than trying to pay TRUE homage to the iconic character. I think it was a very good vehicle for both of them fanwise. I mean, hell, anybody who made a dark Batman film after the travesty of "Batman and Robin" and didn't completely screw it up was going to be called a hero. They just got there first. I don't think "Batman Begins" is very clever, well told story-wise, or that Bale makes a very deep Batman, but I do think that career wise, Bale knows that playing Batman in a "gritty" film version would forever label him as great in the eyes of today's anti-hero loving fans. There are a lot of flaws with this movie but the facts that

1) it was a "dark" take on Batman
2) it starred an actor known for playing dark characters
and
3) it didn't completely suck story-wise

have made it completely over-rated in my opinion. I agree, Bale would be a better Bond-like character than Batman. I hate the direction this series seems to be going casting-wise. All these hunky sex symbols playing heroes and villains. Make mine Keaton.

[Two-Face]

Originally Posted by Morgoth

I was watching the Punisher last week, and man he would've been a way better Batman/Bruce Wayne than Bale.

I like The Punisher movie and Thomas Jane was great as Frank Castle but I don't think he would been great as Bruce/Batman and I think Christian Bale was great in Batman Begins.

[chosen1]

Originally Posted by Morgoth

I was watching the Punisher last week, and man he would've been a way better Batman/Bruce Wayne than Bale.

"Cocaines a hell of a drug." -- Rick James (RIP)

[Dr. Fate]

Originally Posted by Morgoth

I was watching the Punisher last week, and man he would've been a way better Batman/Bruce Wayne than Bale.

Sorry Morgoth, but I cannot picture Thomas Jane as Batman/Bruce Wayne at all. He just doesn't fit it regardless of how good shape he may be in.

[7Hells]

Originally Posted by larryfilmmaker

I hate the direction this series seems to be going casting-wise. All these hunky sex symbols playing heroes and villains. Make mine Keaton.

Which means you must have hated Nicholson as Joker. The main reason I didnt like Keaton as Batman was because he just wasnt handsome enough. I mean how many kids in america grow up with all the money in the word and dont manage to get braces?

I think Bale takes characters that are interesting. The fact that most of them are dark just displays what he considers interesting in movie roles.

[larryfilmmaker]

Originally Posted by 7Hells

Which means you must have hated Nicholson as Joker..

uhhh when did Nicholson become a pretty boy?

Originally Posted by 7Hells

I think Bale takes characters that are interesting. The fact that most of them are dark just displays what he considers interesting in movie roles.

I think that saying or even hinting at the possibility that maybe Bale and/or Batman Begins aren't absolutely perfect in every way is like walking through the halls of Hype with a "kick me" sign on your back.

I also stand by thinking that Bale (or his agent, or maybe both) chooses roles that are of a dark nature because that's where his fanbase wants him and that's where the money lies... for now.

Bruce Campbell chose to work on "Congo" because it was an exotic location and it was a movie based on a very popular book by a very famous author. If the God of cult fanboy culture admits to not caring how bad the script was... well, you get the point. I don't know Bale personally and I don't know how the guy thinks... I'm just saying that he's found his marketablitiy and he's riding it out. If he's making good movies in the meantime, good for him. What do you think the chances are of Bale playing a flaming mad homosexual in a woman's bikini in an off-the-wall film directed by Lance Bass are? Even if he read the script and thought it was amazing... he's got an image to keep.

haha, I remember reading that Fox executives were pissed when Hugh Jackman was doing his musical dance routine onstage at the Oscars or some other awards show because "dammit... he's Wolverine!". that's hilarious

[CConn]

Originally Posted by larryfilmmaker

I hate the direction this series seems to be going casting-wise. All these hunky sex symbols playing heroes and villains. Make mine Keaton.

Except Bruce is supposed to be a sex symbol.

Originally Posted by larryfilmmaker

What do you think the chances are of Bale playing a flaming mad homosexual in a woman's bikini in an off-the-wall film directed by Lance Bass are?

He actually has played a rather flaming homosexal. No women's biniki or Lance Bass, though.