I meant Christian Bale after he started looking normal again, after The Machinist, ita.
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Alibelle - Mar 07, 2005 4:30:59 pm PST #9786 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2005 4:33:19 pm PST #9787 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You thought that he looked better during The Machinist? If not, he's squarely in the Clooney/etc camp -- looked worse for a role, came back to the pretteh. It's just that he went in the other weight direction.
What's different in my response to Renée (from my response to the guys) is that I thought she looked best inbetween weights, and worse at her desired weight than at her movie size.
I don't think that's what you mean about Christian, is it?
Alibelle - Mar 07, 2005 4:45:50 pm PST #9788 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
No, I believe the quote was something like, they don't look good after packing on the pounds, or something along those lines. And I said that Christian looked better after he put on weight.
It was more of a passing comment.
sumi - Mar 07, 2005 5:25:21 pm PST #9789 of 10001
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I think I agree with ita -- but to add that each time she put on weight for Bridget Jones when she took it off again, she took off more weight than she had put on to play the role, thus leading to her scary 2-dimensional look at this year's Oscars.
Jessica - Mar 07, 2005 5:35:47 pm PST #9790 of 10001
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And I said that Christian looked better after he put on weight.
But it's a completely flawed parallel. Christian Bale changed his body for a role, went back to normal, and looks better. RZ changed her body for a role, went back to normal, and looks worse.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2005 6:01:09 pm PST #9791 of 10001
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I don't think Bale looks better than he did before losing all that weight for The Machinist. The rapid weight loss sharpened up his features in a not-prettier way, kind of like what happened to Marsters with all the weight training in 2001-2002. I'd say the period from All the Little Animals to Laurel Canyon was his most appealing period, with the zenith during the latter film.
P.M. Marc - Mar 07, 2005 7:11:33 pm PST #9792 of 10001
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I don't think Bale looks better than he did before losing all that weight for The Machinist.
I do, but I suspect that's the suit talking to me...
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2005 8:15:58 pm PST #9793 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they don't look good after packing on the pounds
Right -- what I was saying was that they didn't look good after packing on the pounds -- all three men had done the same thing to lessen their attractiveness. However, the key was body mods, not the method of said mods.
Kathy A - Mar 07, 2005 9:08:27 pm PST #9794 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
New Sin City trailer! Very cool.
Alibelle - Mar 07, 2005 11:41:52 pm PST #9795 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Does anyone have a copy of The Tango Lesson that I may borrow? Or should I just go ahead and buy it from Amazon?