I would TOTALLY sleep with Christian Bale's Laurie from Little Women (if he ever got over the March sisters, that is.) I never was all Jo/Laurie 4evah!! and Laurie always struck me as kinda cheerfully boyish, but Bale's Laurie was all mischief and merry eyes, with a dash of usual Bale-like intensity. Adorable *and* attractive.

Oh, my god, Vonnie, that scene at the fence.

Oh yes, what Vonnie said.

And Bruce Wayne? No love for Bats?

Oh, my god, Vonnie, that scene at the fence.

I know! It broke me.

The bit of physical performance by Bale I remember most vividly from the movie was the scene in which Laurie and Jo are talking about... oh, I don't know. Probably about Meg and whasshisface. I don't recall much else, but there was a shot of Bale looking up at Winona Ryder holding a book tucked under his chin (I think) and he does this little spirit-fingers thing then clasp his fingers on top of the book, and he's trying to look mock-serious but his eyes are just dancing with mirth and OMG, he was so freakin' adorable I nearly died.

Clearly I need to rent this movie again.

And Bruce Wayne? No love for Bats?

She says:

Batman Begins: Might fake it okay, since he’s had a lot of practice for his secret identity, but you’re always going to come in second to his dead parents, his martyr complex, his secret fear that any time wasted on foreplay is time that some lunatic is out killing up Gotham City, and his pondering over whether that smear of white clay at the scene of the crime could only have come from the Murder City lime-pits, or Joe Kerr’s Pottery Outlet.

Which I find rather persuasive.

I thought we were talking about sleeping with the character - not necessarily having a relationship.

I sort of wish they could make a movie of Alcott's The Old Fashioned Girl, with a Little Women era Bale as Tom. I LOVE The Old Fashioned Girl!

Also, I think I would have wanted a romance with "Newsies" Bale at the time it came out. He was so gosh-darned cute!

you’re always going to come in second to his dead parents, his martyr complex, his secret fear that any time wasted on foreplay is time that some lunatic is out killing up Gotham City, and his pondering over whether that smear of white clay at the scene of the crime could only have come from the Murder City lime-pits, or Joe Kerr’s Pottery Outlet

That's a problem inherent with Batman, though, not Bale. Batman is a serious motherfucker. You'd probably also come in second to the Joker, Catwoman, and whatever Robin he had at the time.

That's a problem inherent with Batman, though, not Bale.

Well, ditto Patrick Bateman. I don't think her point is that it's Bale who's unappealing, it's the characters he plays.

...I am searching for a flaw in your logic. Damnit.

(I'd probably sleep with Batman.)