subject: A Few Of The Greatest Movies From My Favorite Actor [print this page] One of the best actors in Hollywood today is Christian Bale. You can argue that he's a little intense, but you cannot question his devotion to his craft.
Here are some of my favorite Christian Bale movies.
While Batman Begins was great, The Dark Knight was even better. With an all star cast and a legendary performance by Heath Ledger, Christian Bale's performance was overshadowed. Ledger created one of the best villains in Hollywood history, but Bale did a pretty great job with Bruce Wayne as well.
In another film involving deception and playing two sides, Christian Bale was incredible in The Prestige. You never know until the end of this movie whether or not he is a good guy, which I cannot even imagine how hard that is to do. He stole the show from Hugh Jackman.
The Machinist - This movie is the epitome of an actor devoting himself to a role. Bale lost over 70 pounds for this movie, eating only an apple and a can of tuna every day for months in preparation for a movie that was in limited release.
American Psycho - An instant cult classic, in American Psycho, Christian Bale plays Patrick Bateman better than anyone else I can image. The movie is a satire of the 1980s and Bale is both hysterical and terrifying at the same time. I have probably seen this one fifteen times.
Inspired by a true story, in Werner Herzog's Rescue Dawn, Christian Bale plays an imprisoned US pilot during the Vietnam War who plans an escape into the jungles of Laos. Sufficed to say, he lost a ton of weight for this movie as well.
Equilibrium - This movie is sort of bad, but amazing. In a futuristic world where humans take pills to suppress any sort of emotion, Christian Bale does a great job at showing his struggle to feel, while taking down bad guys at the same time.
