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DickieGreenleaf84 t1_j26xd58 wrote

Christian Bale isn't much of an actor, imo. Just a guy who loves wearing make-up and changing his weight.

I suspect, however, that we have still yet to see the true range of Chris Evans.

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inmyelement87 t1_j26xs71 wrote

From Boston crackhead, to a vice president, to an autistic stockbroker, to a serial killer, to Batman, to a 1920s FBI agent. Dude has nothing but range. Wtf are you talking about.

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DickieGreenleaf84 t1_j26xwuw wrote

And played them all as "quiet and slightly crazy plus makeup".

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inmyelement87 t1_j26ynqr wrote

I didn’t pick up on the slightly crazy in Batman. Same with Vice and Public Enemies. In The Big Short he was an even tempered guy who kept a level head as the world around him was collapsing.

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DickieGreenleaf84 t1_j26zk39 wrote

>I didn’t pick up on the slightly crazy in Batman

Well now I know you're trolling.

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inmyelement87 t1_j27184i wrote

Batman he was tormented by the loss of his parents but not crazy. It’s the pathos of his character. Not just him being crazy for the sake of being crazy.

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2hats4bats t1_j273mx7 wrote

Exactly when did you fall down a stupid tree, hit all the branches, climb back up and fall down again?

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throwthrowawaywithme t1_j2728eo wrote

Troll comment

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DickieGreenleaf84 t1_j272xae wrote

Nope. Sincere. I don't see what people see in Bale at all. He's good at what he does, and I'd even call it acting. But if you asked me if he was better than, say, Brad Pitt, I'd tell you he wasn't.

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throwthrowawaywithme t1_j273eiq wrote

I mean, you could say you like Pitt and don’t like Bale. To say the guy is not much of an actor is just silly.

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DickieGreenleaf84 t1_j27466s wrote

Not really. But a lot of people seem to think doing something big with your prep, or using make-up, makes you a great actor. Happens all the time. Look at Monster. Look at The Whale. Fraser is finally going to be recognised, despite his performance only being as good as every other time he takes to the screen. But we can't admit that. Instead we say that particularly performance was way better than all his others.

Hell, Ledger's Joker? Probably the worst role I saw him in

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throwthrowawaywithme t1_j27bgzs wrote

You’re right. Heath Ledger was horrible as the joker, you convinced me.

/s

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DickieGreenleaf84 t1_j27c1hk wrote

I didn't say horrible, just anywhere near as good as his other roles. Unfortunately for a lot of people it was one of only three roles they'd seen him in.

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