On your Pattinson point, he got crapped on for the sparkly vampire nonsense, but he really is a fantastic actor. I predicted after The Lighthouse came out that he'll win an Oscar at some point during the 2020's. He's also really good in The Lost City of Z.
Looking forward to The Batman.
Love Band of Brothers and WW2 history. Very cool about your grandfather. Both of mine were in the war too - one at Iwo Jima, one of the largest battles in the Pacific Theater. Been meaning to watch The Pacific - the follow up to Band of Brothers. Any fans of The Pacific here?
I understand that it's blasphemy and I will receive a lot of blowback, but I think Christian Bale might be the next Daniel Day Lewis. The guy's commitment to a role is really impressive.
Yeah, I have watched the trailer at least 20 times.
No blowback from me! Bale is one of the best. One of my favorite a-little-under-radar roles of his is American Hustle. He plays a con-man and gained like 60 pounds for the role. Of course I love his Batman, but also American Psycho, 3:10 Yuma, the Prestige and The Big Short. I’m sure I’m forgetting some other good ones.
Christian Bale did The Machinist where he had to look like an anorexic person then turned around and started doing Batman. The movies were released a year apart so he had to have put his body thru some absolute hell to bulk up for Batman.
Yeah, I know about that, but still haven’t seen the machinist. Crazy stuff. Hope all the extremes he’s put on his body hasn’t hurt his long term health
No joke. He later gained 40lbs to play Dick Cheney and then quickly loses it for Ford vs. Ferrari.
I don’t see how it could possibly help. It’s just not healthy to gain or lose weight as quickly as he sometimes does. I imagine he takes performance enhancing drugs and who the **** knows what’s in that stuff. Supplements and the like are practically one step away from being unregulated.
The weight gain part doesn’t seem hard. I’ve gained 7-8 pounds both of my last 2 week-long vacations, lol. Problem is getting back off! Takes about 3-4 weeks. So unfair!
Not that hard to do. Drink lots of water. Lay off the sugar and fast food. Throw in some intermittent fasting and you can quickly drop weight without even working out. Excercising will take the weight loss to another level.
Did you get around to this and if so how’d it go, lol?!
Dang man, sorry to here that! Hope it’s nothing too serious and you’re 100% again soon! And just let me know if/when you’re ready about the other thing.
Good call! A very entertaining movie. Matthew McConaughey was also good, although a tad over-the-top in acting his part. CGI dragons were fantastic. Far short of Oscar-worthy, but a nice Saturday night popcorn flick.
Watched The Outpost and Malice in the Palace yesterday during the rain. Both were great and both on Netflix.
I said from the beginning that if they decided to kill of Rick or he leaves the show then I was done. And I was. Rick was the show.
Yeah, I’m almost with you. I think it’s still ok, just not great like it was. Without Rick it’s just not the same. Plus I don’t get why such a long time jump after he left. Rick’s supposed to be back for a TWD movie. How they explain where the hell he’s been that is even remotely believable? Please don’t give that tired “he’s had amnesia” storyline!
