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I had to, its adorable.
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“What I try to do is write from the inside out. I really try to jump into the world of the film and the characters, try to imagine myself in that world rather than imagining it as a film I’m watching onscreen. Sometimes, that means I’m discovering things the way the audience will, with character and story. Other times, you’re plotting it out with diagrams and taking a very objective view. Writing, for me, is a combination of both. You take an objective approach at times to get you through things, and you take a subjective approach at other times, and that allows you to find an emotional experience for the audience.” - Christopher Nolan
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Christian Bale, I’m Not There (2007)
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Marion Cotillard at the AFI Fest 2012, Rust and Bone Film Premiere.
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Christian Bale Movies
An amazing tribute to the films that Christian Bale has performed in.
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Jim Gordon: I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy. I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
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The final chapter of Christopher Nolan’s superb Batman trilogy; The Dark Knight Rises has had it’s fair share of reviews, however across the board it’s mostly praised as a typical Nolan film full of action, character and story.
It was confirmed just yesterday that The Dark Knight Rises has no overcome the $1 Billion mark, and has now succeeded what The Dark Knight grossed in theatres after the same period of time.
What did you think of The Dark Knight Rises?, was it better than The Dark Knight?, personally I felt that Rises was a film more about Gothom’s rise as it was Batman’s rise, about the courage and determination of Gothom’s finest, (including the protagonist who we’ve slowly come to love, Batman.) ?
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The Flowers of War (2011) was a film Christian Bale squeezed into the space of The Fighter and The Dark Knight Rises, but have no doubt, this film comes close in terms of quality.
The Flowers of war is a beautiful but harrowing tale of a Westerner who finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan’s rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety. During the 2 hours this film displays the horrors that were evident during Japan’s rule of Nanking, and the fear and sadness it spread amongst the Chinese.
Christian Bale plays a good performance and develops as a character from the start as a money directed man who has no intention of helping others without compensation. As John Miller (Bale) tries his best to direct the students to safety, he cannot stop the force of the Japanese, and whilst keeping these students safe, he falls in love with a prostitute who is in hiding with the famous beautiful prostitutes of Nanking in the basement of the church.
Yimou Zhang’s direction in Flowers of War is ‘spielbergian’ in it’s action scenes, and captures the scale of battle at a realistic level. The script for this film was mind blowingly good with fantastic dialogue that was true and heart draining at times. Without a doubt the dialogue is what makes this film so true and authentic. Flowers of War mixes action and character focus perfectly throughout the film without it getting corny. The audience slowly begins to side with John and believes in him, he’s a hero, a saviour, some may say a man sent from God himself.
This really was a great film, a film that felt so rich in it’s characters and their situation. I highly recommend The Flowers of War, however as it’s mainly an asian market, the DVD does come with a price tag of £17.99.
The Flowers of War - 7/10
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