Hands down, Christian Bale is the best goddamn actor of his generation. I could say it's Heath Ledger or somethin', but the dude's dead!
R.I.P. homie! |
Now you could pit my boy Bale against any would-be pretender, but this guy seems to method act more than Daniel Day Lewis does on dickhead mode.
Well not exactly crystal meth, but what the hell?!? |
When Mark Wahlberg mentioned that Manny Pacquiao was also a factor that made him play Micky Ward, I kinda' half-expected him to bust some Pacquiao moves.
Without busting a single move. |
What we saw was far from it. Like a washed-up Buster Douglas perhaps?
Washed-up Mike Tyson sounds better. |
Too bad Marky-Mark didn't take his method acting cue from Mr. Bale. I believe he didn't put in any real effort in cutting weight to get that welterweight look.
Does this look like 147 to you? Hell no! |
Crack could also help you cut to lightweight. |
As far as biopics go, this one did the character justice, even if I haven't read much about Micky Ward. Though his name definitely rings a bell, even if I haven't been closely followin' the boxing scene for the last decade. I'm just not that big of a fan.
This gets an 8.5 outta 10 just because Christian Bale's in it.
And pretty much all of Nolan's Batmen get at least an 8.5. |
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