Christian Bale, Screamer, Video Game Lover (Oh, And Actor)

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: I think The Prestige was better, maybe 'cause Michael Caine was in it.

Cutter: Take a minute to consider your achievement. I once told you about a sailor who drowned.

Robert Angier: Yes, he said it was like going home.

Cutter: I lied. He said it was agony.

@SaanZ: But as much as that blew biscuits would you want your likeness attached to the game?

@Theoutlet: Umm. What?

It's not nitpicking of spelling or grammar, but content.

You called him out for making a judgement on someone he never met, then made a blanket statement about a nationality.

Which seems a bit hypocritical or 'ironic'...

omgwtflolbbqbye

The Machinist really does demonstrate how much dedication and discipline Bale can have - that's a man that really feels his work is something serious and that's great.

BUT The Machinist is still pretty fucking mediocre.

Juan José Méndez Gallardo

oh my god for i minute i thought you meant he was in THIS Pac-Man cereal commercial....i dont know why but this commercial still creeps me out a bit *now wants pac-man cereal though*

+ Watch video

DarthMetalHope

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Keifer Sutherland gets drunk and headbutts random people.

Russel Crow beats up hotel help with telephones.

Christian Bale gets upset and yells when interrupted.

Christian Bale is obviously the worst person out of this group, and the most worthy of our scorn. Because... you know... THAT makes sense.

Paul_Is_Drunk

@Jacob Schumer: This thread is full or RAGE and FAIL.

Paul_Is_Drunk

@SansSanity: I would love to meet the celebrity that played System Shock 2 over and over again...

InvaderBotGir

@SansSanity: They are talking often talking to a mass audience when they mention things like this, of course they are going to mention something the other people might recognize.

Warskull

@shufflemoomin: Hello he is an actor... actors have emotional outbreaks all the time--infact they're paid to do so. And if you watched the movie you would have no wonder why he would be angry considering he is yelling about 99% of the time.

lilsamuraijoe

COMBO BREAKER! Can't we all just agree to disagree? Everyone has a right to watch what they want, and play what they want. Why do we have to fight based on the choices another human being makes? Let's all be cool, watch what we want, play what we want, and respect the fact that not everyone agrees with what you watch/play, just as you might not agree with what someone else watches/plays.

Basically, let's all try to get along, because diversity is what makes the world great.

@domhnall: I really hope to whatever god exists that you were comparing the severity of "bad" in "Date Movie" and white supremacy only as a satire.

Just the backwards logical implications alone are making my brain hurt. But I won't attack your character, because you could just be making a very good, yet very sad example.

@the7k: Amen

We all like to think we should be entitled to our opinions. We should be. Some things are debatable:

"The United States should not have used the atomic bomb against the Japanese."

"'300' is an excellent movie."

But like you say, it can reflect poorly on a person's intellect. There are many examples in which a group of people believe something to be good, but all good taste and morality dictate that for all intents and purposes, these things should be regarded universally as bad:

"I think white supremacy is a good thing."

"'Date Movie' looks like a good film."

@the7k: "It's human nature. If I know something is bad, and someone else claims it to be the most awesome film they've seen all year, it reflects rather poorly on their intellect."

If it's human nature to judge a person's intellect on their interests and not, say, on their cognitive ability to reason or perform tasks or their actual intellect, then humans are self-righteous jerks.

But, something tells me that I knew this about people already.

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: Are you kidding. Equilibrium was so overrated. When I finally watched it, I couldn't believe all the good things I had heard about it. The plot is really weak. I'll conceide that the action is ok, but the whole "Gun-fu" thing is truly awful. I guess I went in with too much of a pragmatic approach and missed the vibe.

@shufflemoomin: Don't mind it, man. See it! The movie is too awesome for that thing to deny you the pleasure of watching it.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: God damn you Bubble, you always hit everything right on the money :(

SuperZombieMonkey

He also had a Halo addiction a few years back. Apparently he said he wants to play Solid Snake in an interview but I've seen no proof of that.

The video game media outlet I wrote/produced for got invited to interview him at E3 because Bam! Entertainment brought him in to talk about the Reign Of Fire video game.

I pretended to not sound excited because I didn't want competition on getting that interview, so I volunteered with a shrug. Back then none of my coworkers had seen American Psycho nor did they remember him from Empire Of The Sun. It was a fun interview.

The same scenario played out when we got invited to interview Hayden Panettiere for the first Kingdom Hearts

normalmode

@Atomsk88: Exactly! How would you call some guy who owns every generation of consoles and a couple hundreds of games but sucks at playing them, although he plays them on a regular basis.

And you could say what you want about that congressman (or whatever), but if he owns Pong and plays it every day when he gets home, then to me, he is as much a gamer as any teenager or fratboy on their XBox360 or PS3.

@shufflemoomin: *applauds*

choral_music

@the7k: Kind of like how your comments reflect poorly on your intellect.

Didnt he REFUSE to play himself in the Terminator salvation game?????

"I love video games so much of course I will...... WHAT, thats all your gonna pay me?? nevermind"

Crypysmoker

@Polite Society: Or Machinists?

@IRHari: This just made the rest of my day brighter, thank you :)

@uchennaokafor: I think its more a combination of the internet giving easy voice to the gamer generation, as well as the relatively recent persecution of gaming as a hobby. When other mediums such as TV and newspapers choose not to understand the hobby, and worse yet, help perpetuate ignorance in it, of course that's going to make gamers attitudes negative. They're on the defensive, after all.

Also the rift in what games casuals and enthusiasts play are still pretty wide, but getting narrower by the year. I remember a time when playing fake instruments was 'gay. Of course, until we get the general casual gamer willing to put some time into a King of Fighters game, Dance Dance Revolution, or Okami, that rift is gonna still stand.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: But 'game' can also be used as a verb, which is probably where the term comes from.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Well, you're trying to sidesteop the point here. It's not about casual enjoyment of movies and games, but a certain level of dedication towards the medium, whether it be in a competitive fashion, knowledge of the medium, advocation of games, or collective hobby-ism of games.

Anyone can goe see a movie, but when a person expresses interest because of the actors within it, the directors, the production, and even the grassroots promotion of it, they are a movie aficionado, not a 'movie goer'. Just as those who play games competitively, monitor progress of developing games, decided preferred games based on intelligent merits of game design, or even a preferred developer due to certain characteristics their games take would be game aficionados, or 'gamers'.

Of course, being a gamer or movie aficionado are analogous terms, just like 'athlete' or 'literature buff', but still not everyone can fit into them when they only show a casual level of devotion.

With that said, Christian Bale said he was a gamer, which I'll give him props for, it isn't like he had to know the whole NES library to prove how hardcore he is.

@SaanZ: Fun fact: He was offered the lead role in Terminator: Salvation (the movie, not the game), but turned it down to play John Connor, despite the director's insistence that he play the lead character rather than John Connor. Then when Mr. Bale found out that John Connor had a really tiny role in the movie, he forced the team to rewrite the script to make John Connor a main character.

@Ping5000 IS OUTRAGED BY BLIZZARD'S VOICE CAST: +1

Great actor have enjoyed him since equilbrium (gun-fu) and american psycho (book was better but still good film). The best batman for sure and pulled off John Conner very well.

@Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog:

Sad but true ... the retainer like lisp didn't help either.

@Theoutlet: Nice save.

@Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog: He doesn't throw his controller. He just gathers some people around it, shouts at it and humiliates it into submission.

shufflemoomin

@Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog: I haven't seen the Dark Knight and had heard great things, so I planned to. Then I saw the Nostalgia Critics recent Batman video where I heard what Batman sounds like in that movie. That's enough to steer me away. I don't want to sit though a movie and be unable to ignore something blatant in it that annoys me. Kinda like how Home Alone could have been a good movie if they hadn't put that little dipshit in there.

shufflemoomin

@Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog: But he's a gamer because he's got nothing but time to fill since Friends went off the air. How many busy celebrities have time to keep up with the latest games? :)

shufflemoomin

@kubevubin: No, it was publicised and caught on tape one time. You don't know how often it happens, unless you work for the guy or know him. I find it hard to believe that someone who behaved that fiercely hasn't done so in the past and won't do so in future.

shufflemoomin

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: I counted twice where I had to resist the urge to shout "AHM BATMA-A-A-A-AN!" in the theater, unfortunately, one is near the very beginning where he answers a radio call. I think that's just his "American" voice and it's hard to keep it straight, but he does a better job than the other folks faking an accent.

@Jacob Schumer: "One of my favorites is Super Mario. I wouldn't sleep until I finished the game, you know. What the fuck is it with you? What don't you fucking understand? Bowser, you want me to fucking go trash your castle? You want me to fucking trash it?...fucks sake man you're amateur."

IRHari

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: I could not agree more with that comment. I've heard the audio of his hissy-fit outburst and he does nothing but humiliate the poor bastard. Acting all high and mighty because he's an actor. Teams make movies, not actors alone.

shufflemoomin

@Atomsk88: Hold the bus there: There's a terminator game for current gen consoles? Hmm, how'd I miss that? Or is it a good thing I've missed it?

shufflemoomin

@elevenoverzero: I sadly have to agree with you. To say you know something is bad is arrogant. No, you think something is bad. Taste is nothing but opinion and is subjective. To judge someone simply because they enjoyed something you didn't is pretty pathetic.

shufflemoomin

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Complete agreement from me. It's borderline xenophobic when some people buy into the labels like "HARDCORE" and the like to distinguish themselves from "THE CASUAL" or whatever you call it.

STOP THE PRESSES EVERYONE
Christian Bale played Super Mario Bros! He's a GAMER now!

...betcha he doesn't play Fallout 3 like Matthew Perry.

Mr Bale, you just won our hearts!!!
Anyone who trys to deny it is a liar!

Ahhh the 'growing up years', they were much better than the 'being an adult years'.

This guy is an omega dick

xxAlucarDraculax

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: He plays a violent racist in shaft, very good IMO when I became a fan.

@I_Hate_This_Place:

Its unfortunate that you didn't like it. A lot of people, including myself, did.

*shrug*

Different strokes.

@Pitchswitch:Really? Personally of all the enthusiasts I often find gamers the most revolting. I cant stand the attitude they take towards others who enjoy the same games they do especially considering the fact that they have had no creative input towards that said game they take so personally.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Its absolutely pathetic if you ask me.

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: He doesn't talk like that in Terminator, no worries. I counted only a couple incidents where he yelled with the batman voice.

If I ever get famous and they ask "Sigmund, now that you are famous, did you ever play video games?"
I'll be answer that, "Well, yes. I did. So much that I did bad in school. I became anti-social. I never realized I was so competitive. And eventually got over games, you know, when Atari was caught dumping them in the desert? Yeah, that is when I realized, games are over-rated. They are another form of entertainment, you know, just like movies, stage, music,... too much can be too much...Hi mum!
".

SigmundTheSeaMonster

@Atomsk88: I think what it comes down to is our age bracket. How many of us grew up playing videogames when everyone told us it was a waste of our time, that it was a nerdy thing to do?

So after all these years of loving videogames, despite all the negative feelings from others towards our hobby, now finally they are acceptable (and rising in stature).

I think we are bitter, and we feel the title of "gamer" is something we earned and no one else should have it. Secretly renting the first Mortal Kombat and playing with the sound muted so your parents couldn't hear "FINISH HIM". Playing every single game you could get your hands on with cover art that made no sense, because you HAD to see what the hell the game was going to be like.

I think we need to let it go. We're all gamers now. I can finally play out in the open.

@Direct_Port: Haha, I know! Which Super Mario, Christian? The classic one? Anyone he actually plays games would have felt the need to specify - but not him. I sincerely doubt he even remembers which one he played - it was 20 years ago.

@Ghetto-Cornetto: I found his younger self to be quite annoying. I had to watch the movie for a class assignment not long ago.

@undefined: Yeah, that was the first movie I saw for him as well. It is 1984 with a happy ending.

@Theoutlet:

That fits in much more Europe now doesnt it?

SaanZ

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: And our survey said.. "Straight to Telly"

@Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog: Yeah, but that's because he's Matthew Perry.

@I_Hate_This_Place: I've never seen Empire of the Sun, and can only imagine him playing the role with his Batman voice. :/

@Cavefish: Heh, you bastard....

Oh well it could be a hell of a lot worse than 1 week from now.

@[www.dvd.co.uk]

Ooooh eh ehehe...

Cavefish

@elevenoverzero: Thanks! You're a real ray of sunshine yourself.

American Psycho was the first Christian Bale movie that I'd ever seen. He was amazing in it, and he eventually became my favorite actor. Few actors/actresses get so into their characters.

@jargy1:
You can travel the world and game :x

Good god, what is wrong with you?

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Christian Bale's always taken his roles very, very seriously. That isn't an excuse for overreacting the way that he did, but the guy pretty much demands quality from everything that he does. It was one time. Give it a rest.

@Stevil_T:
Being contractually obligated to make an appearence when you're exhausted from publicity is probably different to something you enjoy doing when you've got some downtime at home to relax.

@the7k:
You're really obnoxious.

@jargy1:
man, if I were Christian Bale, I'd have extras act out super mario bros, just so I could stomp on them.
best.game.ever.

nikolaj

@jargy1: It would suck to pass up an opportunity to enjoy Half-Life or Metal Gear once in someone's life...

You guys just don't understand.

Christian Bale is a winner.

He picks on guys weaker and below him because he is their superior in mind and body. You don't bitch to his face because he is an actor, a chosen one. He'd kick you're punk asses back in line so fast your children would know not to interrupt his scene, his masterpiece.

Now go sort that goddamn light-bulb out, bitch.

MikoKeZ

@undefined: Lol @ whoever mentions Empire of the Sun. A young Bale who goes into a mildly retarded state anytime airplanes fly over. Including running into open gunfire and mortar fire just to "see" the airplanes. Yeah, great movie. /sarcasm

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Hey, if a person can enjoy crap, more power to them. When I hear a person talk about how awesome the Hitman movie is, or how I just really need to check out some Sci Fi Original Film, I can't help but to make a judgment call.

It's human nature. If I know something is bad, and someone else claims it to be the most awesome film they've seen all year, it reflects rather poorly on their intellect.

@Theoutlet: That's kinda subjective, you think?

I mean, gaming has become very diverse, and with that diversity we have different people of different backgrounds and status who come together to play games. I can't see myself comparing games to something along the lines of skateboarding. There is a culture to it, but is it an exact parallel to gaming?

I did say that it takes dedication, which is also much like practice. However, we have different genres of gaming. Maybe someone is terrible at FPS games, but they are great at RPG games. Is there a criteria to how well they must be? That's where it's subjective because, for however long this topic has been around, I've read opinions of what makes a gamer. How much knowledge of the culture you know, how well you are at a game, how much time you play a week, did you achieve the highest this or that.

As far as skateboarding, when skateboards were first around, anyone who rode a skateboard was a skateboarder. There were different reasons behind owning a skateboard, and there still are. If I simply ride a skateboard everywhere in terms of transportation, but can't pull off a McTwist, am I not a skateboarder anymore? I definitely spend enough time on one, but I don't do tricks.

FYI, I'm speaking metaphorically. I haven't been on a skateboard in years.

Being a gamer has changed, trust me on that. Because it is more socially accepted also means more people are willingly involved in the hobby. Truth be told, there were closet cases back when gaming was still geek. Gaming, in my opinion, has always been able to appeal to anyone. I almost feel as though we gamers were blinded by our television set to not see the potential in others.

Again, I believe it is simply how much you want to be involved and how much effort you'll put to playing and learning games. I could care less if someone started out with Super Mario Bros or Peggle, whether you're in the Top 1% on a leaderboard or only beat a game on medium difficulty.

Really, it feels like gaming is taking a 180. So accepting to let others know our ways and realize the joy one could have with gaming at first, but now gamers sit upon a council and determine someone's credentials to be issued a gamer title.

Everything seems to be in order, but sadly you never did find the princess, did you?

So what that he gave a generic answer and who cares if he's not an avid addict of games? Oh no, he doesn't like games! Just because an actor doesn't like my hobby doesn't mean I can't enjoy the movies he's in. And Terminator 4 was really good. Why WASTE your time villifying him if you can't stand him? Seems like wasted effort to me.

@Gunloc: You're kidding right? I haven't seen it yet but,
you're kidding he talks like that throughout the fucking movie right.......

@jargy1:

If i would be an actor and did all of those things you listed, i would still try to find time for gaming, cos' to me it's something I love. So i guess, to each it's own.

pepeman

@Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog: He should have left his batman voice out of Terminator Salvation if you ask me.

@the7k:

I certainly consider myself superior to any Movie Goer who willingly forked $7.50 over to see Meet the Spartans or Dance Flick, just as I consider myself superior to any casual gamer who forked over $30 to play Deal or No Deal.

Yes, you are definitely a better than the person who payed money to enjoy themselves.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@MentalNote:

The word you are looking for is SARCASTIC.

e.g of irony: Man devotes his whole life to protecting blackbears, but ends up being killed by one.

But then again, what do i know...i suck

pepeman

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Aren't 'Moviers' just called 'Movie Goers'? I mean, I know tons of 'em - they certainly watch a lot more movies than me.

Then again, I'd argue that I'm more of a 'Hardcore Movier' than the typical movie goer. I willingly watch only a few movies a year because the rest of them are beneath me. So, I guess a Movie Goer is closer to a Casual Gamer. I certainly consider myself superior to any Movie Goer who willingly forked $7.50 over to see Meet the Spartans or Dance Flick, just as I consider myself superior to any casual gamer who forked over $30 to play Deal or No Deal.

Anyway, Gamer is just a designator to say that you play video games. Could be from time to time, could be every waking moment. That's why we have 'Hardcore' and 'Casual' as a way to denote the rest of that equation.

Yes he played Super Mario! Not that there's many or anything.. So yeah I know which one he's on about.
My question is to prove himself. Did he play it on a "Nintendo"?

r u saying batman eats pacman and rocks out on his grave with an axe ?

hmmm....

i'm sold :P

EMPEROR_COW

@Cavefish: IT SAYS JUNE 3RD, YOU COCK-TEASE

T_T

[www.blu-ray.com]

I'm lol'ing hard at all the Christian Bale hate replies.

He's just an actor, why so serious lol?

@jargy1: Spectacular comment.

+1!

@Stevil_T:

I guess that's why he added "growing up years."

paulrenzo

@Cavefish: Holy shit when did it come out on Bluray?

@SaanZ:
Are you implying he actually is a gamer to the extent he could see what a complete trainwreck the Terminator game was going to be, so didn't contribute because he didn't want to be associated with such a lackluster project?

TrjnRabbit

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Good thing the DP has you to fight his battles for him, lol...

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.:

And yet, when someone like Matthew Perry name drops Fallout 3 on national TV (a show for women, no less), there are nothing but cries of 'Attention Whore' around here. :)

@omgwtflolbbqbye: Sure, if there's commentary to be made about late night bloggers in need of editors as being very "american".

Thanks for the nitpicking though!

You can always grade the level of discourse of an internet conversation by the level of insults. With comments about grammar and spelling errors scraping the bottom of the barrel!

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: I agree, it is beyond awesome. Man, they had me at gun-kata.

His white suit in the end is inspired by Bruce Lee's outfit in the beginning of Fist of Fury. I had the top tailor-made, only in black.

Oh, and it's out on blu-ray. Buy it, people!

Cavefish

I don't think he'll ever top American Psycho. If you actually realize what that movie is about (I'm not talking about the plot either, I mean the subtle subtext going on through the entire film) then you'll realize he nailed the role even better than it was written in the novel. That's a pretty rare event.

As far as gaming goes, do I really care if he's played games before or likes them? Here's what we all need to realize: as actors, these people don't have time to just sit around playing games and keeping up with the newest hot titles. They spend quite a bit of time promoting films, reading scripts, going to auditions (yes even famous people have to try out), actually acting which takes anywhere from a week to a couple of months depending on the role and budget and location and such, preparing for a role by exercising or studying accents...I mean the list goes on and on. They have actual jobs just like the rest of us. Theirs just happens to pay a ton more and put them in the public eye all the time.

Even if Bale played every title out there, I'd just assume he was a loser. He has the money, respect, and ability to go wherever he wants and do whatever he wants on the entire planet. For him to waste his time sitting at home playing games would be tragic in my opinion. If I were in his shoes I'd give up gaming in a heartbeat and go travel the world.

jargy1

Oh now I remember Christian Bale! He stared in a Treasure Island film adaptation opposite Charlton Heston. Maybe he played Monkey Island? ...Nahh to much of a flake

@Atomsk88: Well, why don't you consider it more in the realm of skateboarding? Sure there are some people skate every now and then but they don't do it enough or well enough to really consider themselves a "skater".

Why can't we apply the same thinking to the label of "gamer"?

Oh GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.

You are I, we're fuckin done, professionally.

McG, you got anything to say to this prick?

:)

@Theoutlet:

Oh no, don't get me wrong. I loved the movie. It was easily my favourite theater experience of last year.

Just Bales voice was a little bit much to handle as Batman, haha.

It could be because the Joker pretty much scene-stole the entire movie, even if Heath hadn't died.

Sweet name drop Bale.

@Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog: Y'know, overall I found the subjects discussed in The Matrix to be what I like the most. Such as Smith's views on the human race.

While with Equilibrium I found the story to be thought provoking at best (not a bad thing, just some questionable parts for me) while the action was just beautiful and truly fun to watch.

@Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog: Eh, I guess it just doesn't bother me that much. I mean, I understand the reasoning as to why Bruce Wayne would think talk like that, which would be to add to his Batman persona, and so it's justified in my mind and I don't focus on it.

I understand how some people could get hung up on it though.

However, for as good a movie as TDK is, it comes off very nit picky. Like as a talking point for people that didn't or don't want to like TDK for the sake of hating on something popular.

I'm not saying that's the case with you, it's just what my mind automatically thinks of when someone brings it up.

@Theoutlet: But, certainly there are noncompetitive games that would make someone a gamer? Granted, there are types who willingly choose to make anything competitive.

Gamer, to me at least, is the dedication you put forth to the hobby. This of course brings about the terrible labels of "casual" and "hardcore", but to what time and effort you'll put in is definitely a factor to claiming (what seemingly is now considered) the honorary mantle of GAMER.

"Christian Bale is best known for bananas at some cinematographer."

What? I don't watch entertainment news, so maybe it's me, but isn't there something wrong grammatically here?

Any who does it bug anyone else when people who claim to "love games" can't even remember to add "bros." to the end of the title? Poor wee-gee, always getting the shaft.

Herabek

@SaanZ: Exactly what I was thinking.. You love games so much, pony up to voicing your character in the game based on your own movie.

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.:

Tread softly, Preston.

For you tread on my dreams.

Thats not to say I didn't like him in his other great films but Equilibrium just holds a special place in my heart. The style, musical score, action and even premise were all just fantastic.

I'm someone who loves very stylized films and games and Equilibrium just excelled in everything I enjoy about films.

@Theoutlet:

"Let get his jollies judging someone he doesn't know.

Man I love american culture."

Irony?

omgwtflolbbqbye

@Theoutlet:

I hope you were being ironic.

@Theoutlet:

+ Watch video

This pretty much sums up my problem with him in TDK. I loved him in the first movie, and I loved the second movie as a whole, but his voice in the second one was just *too* retarded.

@Black-Dog-Howls: Then you bring him to the side and talk it out. You don't draw him out and degrade him, and then try to blackmail the director into firing him.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@Theoutlet: Also, I realize I need to learn to take a joke.

Sorry!

@-Xehanort: How is feeling better than someone else for playing a video game in any way a good thing?

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@Launch: The only reason I could see someone ever playing the game is for getting the easy achievements/trophies. Complete a chapter, blip, achievement/trophy.

Speaking from a PS3 perspective, completing the game earns you nothing but Gold trophies and the Platinum for basically finishing it on Hard.

@Black-Dog-Howls: Shhhh!

Let get his jollies judging someone he doesn't know.

Man I love american culture.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: The thing you forget is that most games are competitive which brings about the distinction.

@Theoutlet:

The Machinist and Empire of the Sun. Maybe 'The Prestige' too (oh man I loved that movie and its twist after twist).

But Equilibrium I found to be a more fun movie than the Matrix, which it always gets overlooked in favour of.

He's excellent in Harsh Times too.

benfresh76

One of my favorites is that one Super Mario game, too. The one where you play as Super. That one.

I love video games, too.

my favorite actor...

Tychonius

@Polite Society: I just really think the cast of TDK was just that good and if you think about he didn't have as much to work with. They pretty much already built up his character in Begins and chose (wisely) to focus on the other characters.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Technically almost everyone he's blown up on was actually in the wrong. The lighting guy he went nuts on screwed up the scene several times by fussing around.

Black-Dog-Howls

I'd bet you this man is a controller thrower.

<3 the American Psycho pic.

@rich8606: Ofcourse it does, it's 4 hours long?!!?! That'd have to be the best 4 hours of my life to justify a purchase.

Best known for his bananas?

mcderek3000

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: I actually see the elitist approach to gaming as being favorable, as it maintains the strong sense of attachment to our 'core' experiences, while also making our role in the industry shine like the green grass on the other side. ;)

At least, those are my thoughts.

-Xehanort

@Polite Society: hmmm.. hasn't been in as much as i assumed he had.

i must admit he was the worst thing about the latest batman movie. which is weird because he was so amazing in begins.

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: While I love that film I can't say with a straight face that it is his best.

I'd have to say The Machinist is probably his finest work. If just for his pure dedication to the role.

@SansSanity: I'd probably faint if a celeb I didn't hate ever mentioned they enjoyed something like Rez.

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: it was a fun action flick, but he's been in better, surely. At least american psycho if you didn't enjoy him in some of his latest escapades.

He was freaky in the machinist too.

*checks imdb*

@SansSanity: Well, if there was one game that could turn you into a gamer in the 80's, it was Super Mario Bros.

Question is, how much of a gamer is he today?

That picture provided is him before smashing his Famicom afte trying Super Mario Bros 2 correct? No not that Doki Doki panic crap the proper poison mushroom infested one.

mitch_93

Playing games would explain the rage then.

Really?

Best known for that?

Yeah.. try best known for Batman. Not for some sound bite that we'll all have forgotten about this time next year.

He loves games?! Did anybody notice how bored he looked in the extras for the Batman Begins game?

Stevil_T

Try getting to the Warp Zone now you FUCKING STUPID BASTAAAAAAARD!!!!

@Jacob Schumer: I always hated the term "Gamer". It's too elitist. You don't see people going "Of course he likes that film. He's not a hardcore Movier like me" or anything like that for anything else. (Well, you do, but it's still stupid.)

BubbleF**kingBuddy

@SaanZ: That's his best career move, the game sucks....

rich8606

I still think Bale's greatest movie EVER was Equilibrium.

Absolutely fantastic movie you have to see if you even think you might enjoy an action film.

Doesn't it seem that most of these said celebs who play videogames mostly say the most famous franchises as their favourite.

You know like Pong, Donkey Kong or Super Mario. Seems like there's no celeb love for lesser known older titles

SansSanity

Too bad he's too much of an overreacting asshole.

I bet he's the guy who's always degrading his team through the mic in any FPS.

BubbleF**kingBuddy

As a consequence he hasn't slept in about 15 years.

Method actors don't need sleep! they are like vampires. or postal workers. or vampire postal workers.

He wasnt in the terminator game is my only comment...

SaanZ

This reminds me of the congressman that said he was a gamer because he played pong.

Will Arnett. Now THAT is a gamer.

Jacob Schumer

@Black-Dog-Howls: I know you're not defending Patrick Bateman's behavior, but I think what everyone found so amusing was how it went on for...like 2 minutes? Even a 30 second cursing rant seems like a long time but wow...

IRHari

@BubbleF**kingBuddy:

At least his outburst was super entertaining. And he didn't smack anyone with a phone.

@Crypysmoker:

Look at it from another point of view. Its a movie tie-in game, and as I hear it, a rather bad one.

KenseiKitsune

@Jacob Schumer: How everyone in here managed to take a post that mentioned Will Arnett and turn it into fail is beyond me.

Rockabully

@tnmnsquare: Wow, sorry for the scads of grammatical errors, "dirty dozen" is on.

tnmnsquare

@shufflemoomin: The production of multi million dollars films is high pressure with little room for mistakes, schedules are razor thin and minutes can really cost thousands of dollars. While I agree that BAle overreacted a bit, anyone working on set like that knows better than the f&*k around making noise while a scene is being filmed. Actors are emotional freaks and they are almost expected to through "hissy fits" thats why they are actor, not directors, not DPs, not grips, who can't ever be emotional.

tnmnsquare

@Theoutlet: just like americans love crass generalizations which could be made about anyone else from any other nation which allows free speech.

tnmnsquare

So who really cares he likes games? I like games but you dont see stories about me on websites.

Its because we elevate celebs to a status higher than normal people and treat them like they are better than us. Bale curses someone out at work and its allover the news despite thousands get cursed out at work everyday and you dont hear about them. Bale plays games and its on the web but millions of others play games to.

@Theoutlet: lol nice save, but really I best knew him from American Psycho and before that, Newsies, LONG before he was Batman.

Jim Topoleski

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: have we all forgotten Newsies and Swing Kids???? lol

American Psycho is a great movie... But my favorite of his movies, and all movies to be honest, has to be The Prestige...

@SaanZ:
I wouldn't have wanted anything to do with the game either...

@the7k: Well, as always, I respect your right to an opinion, even if I disagree. However, I like to think that we can be better than how you think we are. Your Gregory House outlook on life may be "true", but we don't have to accept the worst parts of ourselves as what defines us.

In the end, though, I suppose I'd rather be a liar to myself then to be overly-judgmental to everyone I know or meet based on my likes compared to theirs. I can understand lowering my opinion of someone if I found out they were baby-eaters on the weekends; I would severely lower it in that instance, obviously. But otherwise, so what? So someone likes a certain band or movie. That's their preference, it doesn't define them, and I frankly don't care. Hell, I love Coldplay, and I had numerous people think less of me for it in High School, not to mention all the Rage/Audioslave arugments people want to get into with me because I like them both, but like Audioslave better.

And you're right, there were times in my life where, say, someone didn't like the Watchmen movie like I did, for a recent example. But I didn't think less of them, I was only disappointed in that I couldn't share something I liked with them. I can't be mad at anyone for not liking something that I do.

But hey, you can keep on truckin' with what you believe, I have no intention of stopping you, nor do I think that you're lesser of a person than I am because you believe that and I don't; after all, I was only ever addressing how you said you thought all of human nature was, and I don't think everyone is like that. And hopefully, for the both of us, I'll never have to be proven wrong in that.

@the7k: Pauly Shore will actually pay you to watch Bio-Dome. I think he massages your feet while you watch.

@FyreWulff: I said something you disagree with, and you think me of inferior intellect. Just as if someone said "The Wayans Brothers are talented", I'd think them of inferior intellect.

Congratulations, you are one step closer to human.

@Silveth: The fact of the matter is - you, me, everyone here and everyone out there, are self-righteous jerks. Anyone who doesn't seem so is only putting on a mask, in order to obtain a positive public image. Everyone, Prisoner and Priest, thinks themselves better than the rest of their lot.

I have a friend of mine that said, quite openly, that he enjoyed Uwe Boll's Blood Rayne 2. Did I stop being his friend, or stop being civil with him in any way? No, but silently my opinion of his was lowered. Everyone does this, and to deny it is to lie to oneself.

Also, I'm sure domhnall was camparing "'Date Movie' looks like a good film." to "'300' is an excellent movie.", not "I think white supremacy is a good thing."

@domhnall: Glad someone can see where I'm coming from. You can say "It's all a matter of taste" as much as you want, but some taste requires a level of intelligence. It takes intellect to appreciate Schindler's List, and it takes a lack of intellect to appreciate The Hottie and The Nottie.

The only way I can approve of anyone spending money on Bio-Dome is if they are planning to heckle it.

Are the writers for the Kotaku articles beginning to loose the focus on details and quality it once had. Anyone else notice glaring problems with that article?

Yeah and next you'll tell us that Vin Diesel plays WoW.

ctorrans

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.:

Yes. Equilibrium is fucking fantastic....but I didn't originally think so.

My wife had watched it already on cable and was like, "I want you to check out this movie and tell me what you think". So I watched it with her, and thematically, it's like 1984 & Fahrenheit 451 smooshed together. When we finished it, I was like "the action was good, but that story was the most derivative crap I've ever seen!"...and she was basically like, "I know, right?". So we went to bed...

The next morning we get up, and I look at her and go "Man! That movie was fucking awesome!"...and she was basically like, "I know, right?". LMAO

As an aside, the same exact thing happened with Tetsuo: Iron Man (minus the derivative part). The next morning it was awesome.

On to American Psycho:

I hate that movie, and only after seeing Bale's other movies, I realize that my hatred of that movie is the ultimate compliment to Bale's acting. The character he plays is so awful and annoying....and he plays it to such perfection, that his awesome acting actually keeps me from liking the movie. He can be awesome in that movie all he wants, as long as he's not doing it at my house. Take that shit down the street! I went back recently and tried to watch it and nothing had changed. Just as aweso-noying as ever. The greatest love of all is inside of Patrick Bateman. :P
I love the story of how he got the role too.

On screaming @ some guy:

You know, after what he did to himself for a role (The Machinist, look it up), I have no doubts that this guy is working harder, and takes his job more seriously, than anyone else on the Terminator set. Serious actors have to get into character, and many don't like to break that character in between takes. Can you imagine having to eat your lunch as Batman in a hot rubber suit? Bale did that.

The set is his office. You're damn straight you're gonna get yelled at when you're fucking around with the lights during a scene where an actor is in character, playing a scene as a guy who yells 99% of the time. Bale is not fucking around. Plus, the guy had been warned before.

The best thing about his rant is even though he's freaking the fuck out, he's completely in control. He's not calling the lighting guy fat. He's not mocking his kids or his car or his wife. He's yelling at the guy for not doing his job, on a set where minutes cost thousands, and a moment cannot be recaptured, dramatically or schedule-wise. He even stops to tell the dude that he's a nice guy, but that he needs to stop fucking up. This is a far cry from yelling because the candy bowl has brown M&Ms in it (though that was actually legit for a different reason. See: Van Halen). Bale is a professional, who sacrifices more than probably 90% of us here, to do his job.

On Dark Knight: Yeah, he sounds like the Cookie Monster. He, and the movie, were both still awesome.

See Equilibrium. The source material is nothing new, but it's smarter than 99% of the other action flicks out there.

*climbs under sheet*

LEAVE CHRISTIAN ALONE!!!11one

(I actually keep Equilibrium on my MP3 player, and watch it whenever I get stranded/delayed in any kind of public transportation situation)

pacman comercial? he is more gamer than any of us.

typingfromwork

He's an actor?

Guess that explains why he was in all those movies. I thought he was just one of those guys that stood there and talked a lot, like Keanu Reeves. Except he does it in a really low, rough voice.

TheCodexx