Without the eccentricities of other great celluloid stars (or precisely thanks to it), Christian Bale happens to be a moldable actor for all types of interpretations. Only in this way can we understand that having captained a trilogy that he could stigmatize as "The Dark Knight", however, Bale has not suffered that easy constraint with such a powerful protagonist.
Of course, the deliveries of the dark knight lasted between 2005 and 2012 and thus the power of the main character was diluted as necessary to not pigeonhole him, despite the fact that Christopher Nolan he always counted on him to embody the darkest hero. But it is that in the meantime and with each new film Bale is transformed with that chameleonic virtue of the type capable of adjusting rictus and resources for the most undoubted versatility.
Thus we find an actor whose roles are always unexpected, disturbing or overacted if necessary. The point is to insist on the mutation and give your all in it (mythical fights with film staff on duty included...) With a very early start in cinema, Bale is a sure value as a pull for the average viewer.
Top 3 Recommended Christian Bale Movies
The final trick (the prestige)
AVAILABLE ON ANY OF THESE PLATFORMS:In the face-to-face encounter between Bale and Hugh Jackman, for me it is Bale who wins the day in this film about magic at a time precisely loaded with symbolism between the esoteric and modernity. Surely it is the character played by Jackman who ends up shining as the best magician, the one who achieves the perfect effect that every conjurer seeks. But the matter, the chicha of the argument, goes the other way.
In the role of the tormented guy, it is Bale who reaches us with greater intensity. A guy capable of anything to win in the race of prestige and perfect illusion. Someone capable of putting spectacle before life, deception over one's own existence in order to maintain the aura of being supernatural...
In London at the end of the XNUMXth century, when magicians were the most acclaimed idols, two young illusionists set out to achieve fame. Sophisticated Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) is a consummate artist, while rugged purist Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) is a creative genius but lacks the skill to execute his magical ideas in public.
At first they are companions and friends who admire each other. However, when the best trick devised by both fails, they become irreconcilable enemies: each of them will try by all means to overcome the other and finish him off. Trick by trick, show by show, a fierce competition is brewing that has no limits.
The 3:10 train
AVAILABLE ON ANY OF THESE PLATFORMS:Go to conquer the wild west. A remake that achieves that desired improvement over the original. Russel Crowe is relegated to a mere companion in a main plot that goes beyond his confrontation with good old Bale.
Interestingly, many of the scenes were shot in Spain. In other words, back in 2007 it could still be said that the old scenarios that replicated the Wild West were valid to represent other distant scenarios.
Bale fits perfectly into a western with hints of impossible noir, something typical of his script adapted from a narrator like Elmore leonard. His experiences towards survival also connect with the idea of a remote American dream around the family and a land where to prosper...
Arizona. Hoping to get a reward that will allow him to prevent the ruin of his ranch, Dan Evans (Christian Bale) decides to collaborate in the transfer of the dangerous outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) to a town, where they must catch the 3 o'clock train: 10 to get to the Yuma prison.
The great American scam
AVAILABLE ON ANY OF THESE PLATFORMS:The film where we find Bale least recognizable. And it is just the tape in which it is shown that the friend Christian is not only that disturbing and even gloomy presence with which he usually wins over viewers.
A sarcastic guy, back from everything. a style to Say Caprio in the wolf of wall street. A self-made achiever with their corpses under the rug. Something like Robin Hood but without any interest in returning the money to the poor. Without ethics, money comes pouring in until precisely the value of money takes on its true dimension.
New York State, XNUMXs. Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), a brilliant con man, and his smart and seductive partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) are forced to work for a stormy FBI agent, Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper), who inadvertently drags them into the dangerous world of of New Jersey politics and mob.
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