Christian Bale
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Shaft
collin-linden — 19 years ago(March 15, 2007 10:42 PM)
Ok, first off let me say this was not a great or even good movie by any accounts. The one thing that stood out to me was Bale. This was the first movie I ever saw him in and he was amazing. I have never hated a fake person as much as Bale in this movie. He has some dam talent.
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gehanpalipana — 19 years ago(April 06, 2007 04:32 AM)
You are absolutely right, it was the first movie I'd ever seen him in as well. The amount of hatred i felt towards him was shocking, but he's one of my favourite actors now. I thought he was good in American Psycho as well (once again playing a crazy bastard).
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BenGrimms_Thing — 18 years ago(April 12, 2007 06:15 PM)
Uhh, easy everyone, its a remake of an exploitation film. It's not supposed to be a cinematic masterpiece. I love it though, I was always hoping that thanks to Bale's star being on the rise that they would re-release the DVD with the airport fight vs. Walter and Shaft which I believe is what made Bale want to do the film in the first place. Wright was amazing though.
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misticknight — 18 years ago(May 25, 2007 03:09 PM)
i thought this was one of Bales weaker performances, don't get me wrong Bale is one of my favourite actors, he's awesome in The Prestige and The Machinist, but this one wasn't anything special.
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franco_xxl — 18 years ago(November 21, 2007 03:17 AM)
His work in Shaft was kind of a warmed-over reworking of his Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, which is one of his finest performances
Couldn't agree more.
I had just recently seen American Psycho for the first time before seeing this one.
Amazed at Bale's talent, it wasn't very hard to see that the two roles wasn't far from each other. He's more of an beep than a psycho in Shaft but still pretty similar.
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Bladerunneru0095 — 16 years ago(December 10, 2009 04:54 PM)
He seriously considered not taking the role for precisely that reason. He felt he had done that role already, except this one was far more one-dimensional. Personally, I though it was lousy they had to make this about such a hate-based race crime, but there you go.
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Bladerunneru0095 — 16 years ago(March 29, 2010 05:17 AM)
Pacino in The Godfather, Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, De Niro in Cape Fear or Raging Bull or Taxi Driver or (pick one), Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet, Christoper Walken in At Close Range none Irish or Australian.
"nothing is left of me, each time I see her" - Catullus -
Bladerunneru0095 — 16 years ago(March 29, 2010 05:17 AM)
Pacino in The Godfather, Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, De Niro in Cape Fear or Raging Bull or Taxi Driver or (pick one), Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet, Christoper Walken in At Close Range none Irish or Australian.
"nothing is left of me, each time I see her" - Catullus