Christian Bale
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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.
"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 -
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 30, 2010 12:50 PM)
How often does a "truly hardcore white charactera true tough guy presence " come along?
Gollum - Andy Serkis, Lord of the Rings (2003)
Kiefer Sutherland, Phone Booth (2002)
"nothing is left of me, each time I see her" - Catullus -
prestonm1993 — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 10:54 PM)
Supposedly, he changed his mind (about playing a role similar to one he already touched on in
American Psycho
) after doing a reading with Toni Collette. Not arguing against your point, just saying that is the public statement he made.