Song of the Week: Puttin' It Down

Spotlight On: Christian Bale

This week's spotlight is on one of my favorite actors, Christian Bale. He is an actor who has appeared in two of my favorite film franchises, Batman and Terminator. He is also very dedicated to his roles and has lost a lot of weight for several roles and has gained a lot of muscle for others. I have never seen The Machinist, but I have seen photos of Bale in that role, and it is just eery how much weight he lost for that movie. Anyways, he is a very talented actor, and here are some of my favorite roles of his.

Little Women

Little Women is still on my list of books I need to read, but I love this movie. One of the best things about it is Bale as Laurie and his relationship with Winona Ryder as Jo. It just breaks my heart everytime she rejects his marriage proposal.



Pocahontas

I added this one just because I think it is hilarious that Bale voiced Thomas in Disney's Pocahontas.



A Midsummer Night's Dream

Here he is in the film version of Shakespeare's famous play. He plays Demetrius, a man who is under a love spell and falls in love with Calista Flockhart's character.



American Psycho

My absolute favorite role of his, I love Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman. He is just this total yuppie rich guy who has to have the best everything and hates it when someone has stuff that is better than his. Oh yeah, and he is also a crazy psycho murderer...or is he?
Here are some of my favorite scenes:
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Batman Begins/ The Dark Knight

Here Bale plays one of the most well-known superheros of all time. What makes Batman different from other superheros is that he doesn't have any powers. What he does have is a lot of money, a cool car, a batsuit, and a utility belt.



Terminator Salvation

Here he plays sci-fi hero John Connor, the man who is prophesized to lead the resistance against the machines. While not the best Terminator movie, I still really liked it and am looking forward to another one!!!



The Fighter

This is the movie that Bale won his Oscar for. He plays Dickie Eklund, a former boxer and crackhead whose younger brother is getting his chance to be great. I thought that Bale was brilliant in this film, and think that he really deserved his Oscar.




Upcoming: I am super excited to see Bale in the remake of Oldboy. I loved the original, so naturally I was pissed about a remake. But with Josh Brolin confirmed to be in it and Bale rumored to be in it, it should be great. What I am REALLY excited to see, however, is The Dark Knight Rises, which will be the last time he will be playing Batman.

American Horror Story Episode 5: Halloween Part 2

I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! I goddamn knew that Tate was Constance's son!!!!! And he's also a murderer from about 20 years ago? I have no idea what was going on with that. This show always leaves me with a huge question mark hovering over my head. I mean, he is only supposed to be like 17-ish years old and one of the zombie people that he supposedly killed was around the same age but said that she was supposed to be 34 by now. Tate said that he didn't remember them, but he was getting flashes. So...is Tate a ghost? Did the real killer die and them come back reincarnated as Tate? WTF? Like I said, I have no idea what is going on with that, so I guess I'll have to wait to find out. I just feel really happy that I was right about him being Constance's son!!
Anyways, so Hayden came back! (another thing that I knew would happen...I am so smart...) It is interesting how other people can see the ghosts. Like that cop who was taking her to jail before she disappeared from the car. I am sort of happy that she told Vivien about her pregnancy. I mean, it sucks for Vivien, but she had a right to know that her husband is even more of a douche than she already thought he was. I thought that the ending was really cool when we saw all the ghosts coming back to the house. So, as far as ghosts go we have the following people:

• The wife of the man who built the house
• the nurse and the teenage girl
• Moira
• Zachary Quinto's character and his lover
• the twin boys
• Hayden
• the rubber man
• Adelaide?

I thought for sure that Adelaide would be one of the ghosts we would see walking towards the house, but I was wrong. Maybe they're waiting til next time to bring her back. Even without her they still have 10 ghosts haunting their house. Damn! And they're probably going to bring in more and more.
I am super excited for next week's episode! I really want to learn more about the thing with Tate, and it looks like a bunch of crazy stuff is going to happen with Vivien and her baby.

Character of the Week: Pam Swynford De Beaufort

This week's character of the week is one of my favorite vampires, Ms. Pam Swynford De Beaufort from True Blood. I've loved Pam since season 1 and I am glad that she is getting more airtime now. I love her because she is such a bitch, but she is also super loyal to her maker Eric. I'm really hoping that in Season 5 we get some backstory on Pam and see when Eric made her a vampire. According to her, she used to be a hooker, so maybe Eric found her in a brothel somewhere...

My Review: In Time

This movie takes place in a future where you don't age past 25 and you are only engineered to live to 26 unless you can afford to live longer. In this future time is money, literally. Instead of using currency, you spend time. For example, to take the bus you have to spend two hours. This plays a lot in the language of this movie. Like if you're from a wealthy family, you come "from time" and the police are called "time keepers." So, the rich can live forever and the poor die young. In fact, the cost of living keeps getting raised in this film, making sure that the poor die. So Will Salas, played by Justin Timberlake, along with his hostage turned accomplice, played by Amanda Seyfried, plan to put a stop to this by going Robin Hood and taking time from the rich to give to the poor. I thought that this was a pretty entertaining movie. Some of the cast members were obviously over the age of 25 (Cillian Murphy, Johnny Galecki, Vincent Kartheiser), but I'll forgive that. Although it was entertaining, I really don't think that the story was that interesting. I feel like they could have done more with it. My rating: 7/10

The Evil Queens

With the show Once Upon a Time on ABC and two upcoming film versions of Snow White (one with Kristen Stewart, one with Lily Collins) we are seeing a lot of this famous fairy tale. The character that I was really curious to see for all three versions was the Evil Queen. Here are the three different queens...

Once Upon A Time

Snow White and the Huntsman

Untitled Snow White Film

While I think Lana Parrilla is great on the show, I am not a huge fan of the Evil Queen's outfits on Once Upon a Time. I think that they are much too simple. I am really excited to see Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen. I think that she was a perfect choice, and that she looks really cool. As for Julia, we all know that she is going to be amazing, and the dresses that I have seen look great.

Horror-A-Day: Day Thirty One

I thought that the original movie was aweful because of how violent the rape scene were and because I don't think that the punishments she gives her attackers were violent enough. With this movie it gets a little more even. The rape scenes in my opinion were not as bad as the original. When I watched the original it freaked me out because of how helpless she was, and while she was helpless in this film it didn't have the same effect for me. Also, I don't think that a woman would act like she did in real life. If someone broke into my house I would be screaming at them to get the fuck out, not just standing there all quiet. Also, I don't think that the lead actress was that great in this film, with being with victim or the revenge-getter.This movie actually made me gag. It always grosses me out when I see people get things shoved in their mouths so I gagged both times she did that, with the rat and the guys penis. EEEEWWWWW!!!!