The Dark Knight The Christian Bale/Bruce Wayne thread

[Borat]

i fink dat he doesent make a good batman as cloony or kimler coz hes to serious about fings batman shoud be funny some times coz it makes da film good for da familys and stuff people seem 2 forget dat batman WAS A KID CAR2OON B4 IT WAZ A FILM so dont say it needs 2 be serious coz ur 4geting about histrory and stuff and i if u 4get about da history den ur not a real fan of batmans ur just a fan of da movies wich IS NOT A REAL FAN OF BATMANS

LOL!

 

[Gianakin_]

You have to see Syriana. He won an Oscar for it and did an amazing job.

Seen it, filed Clooney under category #2. Nothing new. Good, but the same.

 

[BatmanFanatic]

Seen it, filed Clooney under category #2. Nothing new. Good, but the same.

It has to be "new" to be "good?"

DeNiro always plays everything the same. Pacino plays everything the same. Morgan Freeman plays everything the same. No one says they're bad actors.

 

[Gianakin_]

It has to be "new" to be "good?"

DeNiro always plays everything the same. Pacino plays everything the same. Morgan Freeman plays everything the same. No one says they're bad actors.

No. Pacino and DeNiro are now playing the same. They used to be versatile. And "no-one" is not my concern. In my definition of a good actor, trying different stuff is a must.

Plus, if you noticed, I said Clooney was good. But there others who, using the versatility criterium, are better to me.

 

[baronghede]

new Bale interview
http://www.parade.com/celebrity/articles/080623-christian-bale

 

[TNC9852002]

Clooney was good as Batman in the Batman movie that he was in. You can't take Clooney's Batman and put him in 89 Batman or Batman Returns or definitely not Batman Begins. I think Clooney just carried along the tone and the personality that went with the movie. I would've liked to see how Clooney would've handled a more dark and realistic Batman film by a director like Nolan or maybe Burton.

-TNC

 

[saberewok]

I never liked Clooney in anything except his ER tv days. Kilmer is still equally good as Bale.

As for Metal Gear, they also mentioned Hugh Jackman and Bana but I think Bana is perfect seeing his work as a Delta Force in Black Hawk Down.
The man needs a hit too after his many flops and stinker films of late.

 

[Aidan2209]

new Bale interview
http://www.parade.com/celebrity/articles/080623-christian-bale

Nice interview.

 

[zelas]

new Bale interview
http://www.parade.com/celebrity/articles/080623-christian-bale

nice find~!

 

[Hole Shot]

The man needs a hit too after his many flops and stinker films of late.

Munich?

 

[Nightwing1977]

i fink dat he doesent make a good batman as cloony or kimler coz hes to serious about fings batman shoud be funny some times coz it makes da film good for da familys and stuff people seem 2 forget dat batman WAS A KID CAR2OON B4 IT WAZ A FILM so dont say it needs 2 be serious coz ur 4geting about histrory and stuff and i if u 4get about da history den ur not a real fan of batmans ur just a fan of da movies wich IS NOT A REAL FAN OF BATMANS

God!! Go away, spiderfreddie. No matter how many times you keep coming back with getting banned more than once, you just don't know how to behave like an adult. And the fact you just never learn.

 

[Captain Useless]

Kind of random, but I thought these pictures were funny:

 

[Gianakin_]

Good lord, he's practicing keysi on the poor doggie!

 

[Ace of Knaves]

that super freddie is a slag. has anyone private messaged him yet? how can any one be so seriously ******ed

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

If this was posted somewhere, my bad. But, here's a new interview with Bale in Parade magazine.
Christian Bale talks parenting, privacy and “kindred spirit” Heath Ledger in the new issue of Parade. Here are some great excerpts:

Your co-star Heath Ledger, who plays The Joker, died tragically after the film wrapped. Do you mind talking about him? No, listen, I want to talk about Heath.
When you miss somebody, you want to speak about him. He was a unique character, a very infectious character. He was a good man, and I was glad to have spent time with him. He
was somebody who I’d been seeing on a daily basis for months. It takes a long time to accept that someone’s gone, when all body and mind are telling you that this is somebody you will know for a great deal of time. He was something of a kindred spirit to myself.

It must be difficult. Much of it has to do with my respect for his daughter, whom he loved so dearly and whom he would talk about so often. For me, that is of
incredible importance. I hope in a small way that The Dark Knight can be a celebration of his work. Not like the hideous circus after he died, which I felt was an invasion of
a private life. This movie is not a personal home video. This is what he did. I hope people will embrace that in the correct fashion.

Tell me about agreeing to do the next Terminator. I’ve always had two varying degrees of success, and I’m not talking about anything to do with box office. I’m talking about my own parameters. You know, an interest in attempting in a wide variety of stories. I never desired to be a big studio movie actor, action actor. I’ve never desired to be a serious independent movie actor. I enjoy all of those. It depends on what mood I’m in. And therefore, I will try to bend those stories into becoming something that I can enjoy myself, varying degrees of success with that. We have an opportunity with it for a continuation, but also a reinvention, and I have to say, much the same way in my mind as we have with Batman. And beyond that I won’t say anymore because we’re just starting. (Editor’s Translation: “No, I can’t talk about it.&#8221



What have you learned about Bruce Wayne and about yourself in the years between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight?

"About myself, I always remain the last person to know. But with Bruce, what we have is no longer the angry, young man. We have somebody who now finds himself confronted with the responsibilities of power, not the pursuit of it. He has been surprised by the fact that this is clearly not going to be an endeavor with a finite ending. What Batman is all about is a double-sided edge; there's a duality to this character, which makes him still interesting to play in the sequel—I hope in a third. And I'm working with people who are going to inspire but also demand that I come up with something new. I do love the unknown, but there's more to investigate in Bruce Wayne and Batman."

Now you are not only going to be compared to every Batman that came before you, but with your own portrayal as well.

"Right. I've always enjoyed that challenge, anyway. I don't know if I will grow out of it one day. But I still have a love of just being perverse. I don't mean to waste other people's time by being perverse just for the sake of it. But it can be bloody enjoyable at times."

Superheroes are on the scene in a big way. We seem to be in a time when we want some security, someone to save us.

"I always feel completely oblivious to any Zeitgeist that's coming on. Whenever people talk in those terms, I feel absolutely lost. I know certainly what intrigues me. Most of the time, I tend to think it's complete coincidence if other people are interested in it as well. I do find the man that I play, although he's certainly in the superhero pantheon, is the most questionable of superheroes as he doesn't have special powers whatsoever. I think the others may well question his legitimacy to be a member of the club."

Michael Caine is back as Alfred. How would you describe his influence on you?

"Michael is grace under fire. When I think about him, I think about surfing, which is all effort for me, I get out and battle the waves and I'm exhausting myself. Then you see people who are riding multiple waves in the time it's taken me to fight out there and feel like I'm drowning. Michael's like that. He makes it look effortless."

You can't talk about Batman without discussing the famous suit, and you've been candid about your complaints. Have they done anything to make it more comfortable?

"Thank God, yes, they have. I'm so appreciative of that. The first movie was like having a vice tightened around my skull for months on end. Which I convinced myself only helped me to portray the rage that this alter ego, Batman, felt. I thankfully discovered that I didn't need that vice squeezing my head to portray that rage this time around. They were able to make that a whole lot more comfortable."

So you have an air-conditioned Batsuit?

"It was nothing so advanced as that. It was just material that was able to breathe a little, so that I wasn't leaving the puddles of sweat behind me if I stood still for longer than 30 seconds."

Is success hard to cope with for you as it is with so many stars?

"I don't feel qualified to talk about that yet — not in my professional life. I can't say that I've completely experienced that feeling yet. I would hope that there would still be a fire if I did feel like I had achieved what I'd set out to. But maybe what helps is that I have no idea what I've set out to achieve, so I'll never know when I've gotten there. And so I won't have a sense of having conquered it."

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

What did he say?!? I couldn't make out the audio at that part =((

after dent says that he wont let anything tragic happen again to anyone like what happened to bruce...it shows a clip of him saying
"I dont know Harvey Dent, I eh I try to stay away from politicians *ehh* ya never know what your gonna get with those guys, but if anyone is rebolishing a speeding ticket, they got my vote"
reminded me of patrick bateman when he said it lol

 

[BatmanFanatic]

after dent says that he wont let anything tragic happen again to anyone like what happened to bruce...it shows a clip of him saying
"I dont know Harvey Dent, I eh I try to stay away from politicians *ehh* ya never know what your gonna get with those guys, but if anyone is rebolishing a speeding ticket, they got my vote"
reminded me of patrick bateman when he said it lol

rebolishing a speeding ticket?? do you mean abolishing the speeding ticket?

It's just annoying not to understand the audio because it's not like it's going to be in the movie... and yet it's part of the overall story...

 

[BatmanFanatic]

Kind of random, but I thought these pictures were funny:

Is that actually his house? I would imagine because it's gotta be one of his dogs... it's just really odd for some reason picturing Christian Bale living in this happy, sunny, hippy-artist-type New Mexico style house in LA...

 

[Ferd]

He's shooting Terminator right now I believe. Pretty sure the shoot was done there--(Alburqurque?). The pics are from Parade Magazine and there are a few more from the shoot. Can't say for certain, but I'd be willing to say it is not his house--although it is cool to see him looking so casual.

 

[Batmania]

Munich?

Munich was great but the other poster is right in that Bana has made some odd/bad choices in the past few years. Leaving a leading role in 3:10 To Yuma to do The Other Boleyn Girl, a pretty poor movie in which he had very little to do, is one example. I do like Bana, so I hope he can get his career back on track.

Anyway, nice pictures of Christian.

 

[ActuallyRobin]

Munich was great but the other poster is right in that Bana has made some odd/bad choices in the past few years. Leaving a leading role in 3:10 To Yuma to do The Other Boleyn Girl, a pretty poor movie in which he had very little to do, is one example. I do like Bana, so I hope he can get his career back on track.

Anyway, nice pictures of Christian.

Was Bana going to take the Bale role then?

 

[Kaizer]

Munich was great but the other poster is right in that Bana has made some odd/bad choices in the past few years. Leaving a leading role in 3:10 To Yuma to do The Other Boleyn Girl, a pretty poor movie in which he had very little to do, is one example. I do like Bana, so I hope he can get his career back on track.

Anyway, nice pictures of Christian.

He got to act opposite Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman...I don't know if that's the worst choice you could make :P

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[Da Joker]

what do you think about the looks of BW in begins/DK ?
Is it too 'formal' ? I'd like to see a Lee Bermejo-type bruce, with no tie, uncombed hair and shades after a night out in the town.
what do you think ?

 

[Mr. Earle]

Where are those last two TDK pics from?