Mad Hatter

[tinhuvielartanis]

I know it's evil of me to giggle every time I come across reports of how Terminator: Salvation is flopping at the box office, which is probably the reason why I keep looking out for more reports. From the moment I saw Christian Bale in Velvet Goldmine, I despised him. His taking the role of Batman further ruined that character for me, which had already begun a slow downhill journey after Michael Keaton left the role. My love of and need for schadenfreude was spoon fed the hope that his star may be falling when that tape of him losing his temper was released to the news media. I'd like to think that people finding him out for the shit head he truly is, is reason for the poor showing for his latest film at the box office. I hope this is the beginning of his star not just falling out of the heavens, but plunging.

For the life of me, I can't understand why anyone would think the man is handsome, talented, or anything else. I've heard the arguments that I really need to see American Psycho before I pass judgment, but I don't. I got a vibe off him from the moment I saw him. It had nothing to do with his appearance or his "ability" to act. The guy is bad news, that's what I perceive. That dude on the set of Terminator: Salvation would probably agree with me. I'm sure I'd enjoy American Psycho if Christian Bale weren't in it. I have a weakness for serial killers and dragons so, if I'm incapable of enjoying Reign of Fire because I'm too busy hating on Christian Bale, I'm pretty sure the same will go for American Psycho.

So how can I watch The Dark Knight? That's easy. The Joker so far outshines Batman in the movie, it's as if Christian Bale isn't even in it. And, now, I only watch the Joker scenes anyway, most of which have nary a hint of Batman in them. Plus I get to see Bale as Batman get his ass kicked a couple of times, so that heartened me quite a bit. If there were more movies made where Christian Bale receives a serious beat-down, I may watch more Bale movies.

And, to end cryptically just for fun, here's hoping FollowFriday means what I think it does. If it does, it's gonna be a long four days. Great Goddess, grant me patience NOW.

Comments

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I loved Aaron Eckhart as Harvey. He's my second favourite character in TDK. I'm with you to a certain point. I think the guy was brilliant! So, no I'm not pissed off. Well, no more so than normal, but that has nothing to do with your comments. :D

As for Bale, I can't help but think that his publicised outburst isn't isolated. There's something about him that screams uhm.... SHIT HEAD .... to me. And I can't compare him to the other Batmans because I've never seen any of the other Batman movies. Remember that vow of mine to never watch a Batman movie without Keaton in the title role? Well, as you can see, I kinda broke my own vow (you can blame the Mother Unit) with TDK, but I've not seen any of the other movies since 'Batman Returns.'

I'm glad you like Christian Bale. It helps take the pressure off me to like him. ::smirks mischievously::

[dferguson.livejournal.com]

To be honest you're really not missing anything by not seeing BATMAN FOREVER or BATMAN & ROBIN. I do like how Val Kilmer had little mannerisms of Keaton's Batman/Bruce Wayne that I appreciated to kinda bridge a continuity on an acting level at least. Unlike George Clooney who appears to have just watched the Adam West performance from the 60's TV show and based his performance on that.

The only thing I don't like about the Christian Bale Batman is that he's gotta get a new voice.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Yeah. If I didn't hate him so much, I'd pass him a freakin' cough drop, but I don't care if he horks up a lung, so the voice stays I guess.