Christian Bale

analyze the actor Christian Bale. I chose him because I think he is an extremely one of the best actors that there are in film today. The three movies I was able to watch solidified my opinion on his talents. Those three movies included, The Fighter, The Machinist, and American Psycho. The Machinist and American Psycho he plays a mentally disturbed character. However all of these performances by him were extremely well thought out, and executed to near perfection. In The Fighter Bale plays a washed

When we think of Israelites we typically think of Christian Bale on God and Kings or even the everyday Rabbi walking the streets of Gaza. In this paper I will tell a story of an African that was born in America in the city of Chicago. Leading 48 families to the Promised land of Dimona, Israel, free of sickness or disease, free of crime, and honoring the Father of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Questions you might ask are who is Ben Ammi? Who are the Hebrew Isarelites? Who are the Jewish will be answered

American Psycho stars Christian Bale, William Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon, and Josh Lucas. Patrick Bateman is a very wealthy man who in his own world believes he’s a murderer. He leads his secret life hiding it from the public that he is a serial killer. Throughout the movie Bateman seems to be losing control of his urges and begins to see things that might not be there. The movie ends leaving a doubt in our minds if Bateman was really a serial killer or was all the agony and pain all made up in his

A suspenseful tale built on illusions and trickeries, “The Prestige” has been established as one of the most criminally underrated movies of the century. In this filmic masterpiece, director and writer Christopher Nolan, plays a magic trick on the audience and misdirects the viewers, but also hides the secret obviously in plain sight. Co-written by his brother, Jonathan Nolan, and adapted from a novel by Christopher Priest, this film is set in the nineteenth century London, and deals with an obsessive

the actors for the film. The film’s all star cast is composed of Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman. Yet, out of the entire A-list cast, there is one actor that stands out the most: the late Heath Ledger. Ledger’s portrayal of The Joker is able to

the most popular superheroes in the world. Well-known and award winning director, Christopher Nolan, recently directed a trilogy of Batman movies dating between 2005 through 2012. The second installment of the trilogy, The Dark Knight starring Christian Bale as Batman and Heath Ledger as the Joker, is critically acclaimed to be one of the greatest Batman films to make it to the big screen cinemas. Similar to many other super human heroic protagonists, there is a counterpart to that aspect of the valor

Dorian Gray Film and Literature Richard Lankford Bret Easton Ellis's dark and violent burlesque of America in the 1980s is taken to the screen in this disturbing drama (2000, American Psycho) with blackly comic overtones. Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale), the son of a wealthy Wall Street banker, is chasing his profitable career with his father's firm. Bateman is the perfect well-groomed, obsessed with success, fashion, and style. Dorian Gray is also a serial killer who murders, rapes, and harms

In the depiction of Dicky Eklund, David Russell was indeed accurate, even in Dicky’s eyes. Dicky worked with Christian Bale on and off of the set of the film in order to fine tune Bale 's boxing to better represent the depiction of Dicky’s style. Dicky also coached Bale in “Dickynese”, which is the unique diction Dicky uses when speaking in the movie according to Men’s Journal. The only aspect of Dicky Eklund that Russell seemed to leave

with Christian Bale’s (Bruce Wayne/Batman) lack of enthusiasm and chemistry with Rachel, The Dark Knight struggles to find its footing. With all this being said, The Dark Knight is still an excellent film, and that is entirely thanks to Heath Ledger’s phenomenal job in recreating Batman’s archenemies; the Joker. They say that a superhero film is only as good as its villain, and good doesn’t do Heath Ledger justice, try Oscar-winning good. Surrounded with a superstar cast around him; Bale, Aaron

Even to this day, many have failed to replicate what has been known to be the most successful superhero trilogy of all time. With awards totaling south of over seventy total wins and over 100 nominations, the Dark Knight Rises remains to be everything a film needs to be to always remain a timeless classic. The method the team used to overwhelm the world with this immaculate trilogy was to create the last installment as more than just a film, but as a piece of art as well. Many methods were used to