D_Jurgen Klitgaard
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Equilibrium was the first Bale flick I ever watched. Very enjoyable movie.
Check out The Machinist if you haven't yet. it's not sci-fi, but it's a mind fuck.
Equilibrium was the first Bale flick I ever watched. Very enjoyable movie.
I've seen it. Great movie. Also loved him in American Psycho. Pretty much the only movie I've seen him in that I didn't like too much was Harsh Times.
Check out The Machinest if you haven't yet. it's not sci-fi, but it's a mind fuck.
That is the one with Christian Bale in it. I want to see that. Is it out already on DVD?
HELL YES!!!
I got American Psycho the a few weeks ago on blu-ray. Sick movie!
I have the KILLER COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD of AMERICAN PSYCHO.
They said that the character from RULES OF ATTRACTION, Sean Bateman is Patrick Bateman's younger brother. How interesting!
Both movies were crazy funny.
Been out for a few years. He is so SKINNY, you wouldn't even recognize him! he did it right before shooting Batman, which is even more amazing.
never seen that one, but AP is sooo twistedly funny!:biggrin1:
Man, he looked like he would give up his asshole for a peanut butter cracker in the "THE MACHINIST". What actors will do for those roles.
The Prestige was wonderful. One of his best roles so far I think.
To keep the thread from experiencing complete Bale-drift, he was also pretty good in Reign of Fire, which could probably loosely be classified as science fiction.
Man, he looked like he would give up his asshole for a peanut butter cracker in the "THE MACHINIST". What actors will do for those roles.
OMG :rofl:
He really is good though. Have you seen The Prestige?
My favorite line from the Carpenter remake:... even more unpalatable.)
The Thing (Again, the original made in the early 50's, though John Carpenter's remake was good.)
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Mars Needs Women! (best camp sci fi from the 50's)
The Body Snatchers (The original from 1955. Made the weirdness of the 50's and the nasty taste of McCarthyism even more unpalatable.)
The Blob (The original from the 50's. Steve McQueen Saves the little town -- what a heart throb. Plus the blob was pretty frightening for a 1950's angst fest.)
I might add, I saw all of these films in the little movie theatre in my agrarian home town in Ewetaw when they were first released.
Well, MARS NEEDS WOMEN is from the 60's as Tommy Kirk was a tad young to be playing an adult then. I though this was a stiff, plodding movie. You are correct, sir! It was 1966 or 67. But given the the choice between Plan 9 From Outer Space (as much as I am amused by Ed Wood) the stupidity of Mars Needs Women has always made me giggle. Tommy Kirk? Yea Gods! There's a name that's gone from memory.
THE BODY SNATCHERS wasn't about the McCarthyism (or the Red Scare, but those elements are obvious comparisons), since Jack Finney always said he wrote the novel to scare people. Jack Finney may have not intended any metaphorical comparison with McCarthyism, but Don Siegel, who directed the film, can be seen in the Filmakers on Film series produced by USC noting that he intended there to be obvious comparisons because although he was too young (or dumb) to be black listed, he felt he had the opportunity to push the envelope in support of those whose careers had been destroyed. Kevin McCarthy, the actor in the film, was considered a friend and supporter of the "better dead than red" Hollywood crowd.
I think I like THE BLOB's remake, since it was funny and better paced. In the original there's long bits of nothing happening. The remake of the Blob doesn't have the same dumbness as the original (nor does it have Steve McQueen). It's the zeitgeist of the 1950's teens facing the fact they could have be absorbed into a hokey red jelly substance while sucking face in the balcony of the theatre in which they are watching the film that I love. With the advent of Freddy Kruger, teens EXPECT to be sliced and diced and are disappointed when they don't get their money's worth of blood and guts. I prefer the more simple version. Besides, it caused my mother to quit making J-ELLO and trying to pass it off as dessert.
Might add the hokey SF Film KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE uses THE BODY SNATCHERS and THE BLOB as templates, though the film has some weird charm of its own. The Killer Klowns from Outer Space is truly a fine homage to the earlier Snatcher and Blob films. I never have or will trust a Klown (clown). And now we all know what cotton candy is actually used for. Again, I will have trouble sleeping. A pox on you for reminding me of that film. (Well, not a real pox. Just wake up tomorrow with polka dots on your face made with red crayon and I'll be happy.)