Christian Bale was the bomb in The Machinist.
Yes, he was. I quite enjoy his acting and I think that personally (in person I mean) he comes across much more "real" than a lot of today's actors.
Well yeah, and the fact that he legit lost all t hat weight, when the director has agreed to CGI some more off for him instead, but Bale refused.
I am proud to have seen that in the local indy theater.
Ditto, I saw that at the Toronto Film Fest back in 2004. Such a great flick, IMO. As for Bale, I like that he's willing to put himself through anything to get into the part.