2004 Directed by Brad Anderson
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...
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Chrstian Bale does a phenomenal job at playing a skeleton.
Christian Bale also does a phenomenal job at playing skinny guys, muscley guys, psychopath's and fat, flabby con men (american hustle).
From the minute the machinist started I knew it had a memento feel to it (the movie isn't entirely in order) and a fight club feel to it (the tone and the darkness). The machinist is one of if not my favourite Christian Bale movie, its got phenomenal performances (no need to mention Bale again) and has huge surprises at every turn (like fun) its so much fun and surprisingly entertaining, Christian Bale is probably my favourite actor, this is a guy who can act any part, do any…
y’all love skinny dudes until y’all cuddling and he gets lost in the cover like a remote
The tricky thing with this film is that if you do not let yourself be taken in by the tense and dreamlike atmosphere, this film will probably not work for you. For me, it was an engrossing experience from the beginning; haunting, intriguing and ultimately very surprising.
While the plot can easily be summarized in one sentence, it never detracts from the very strong narrative that drives it. We are slowly emerged in the disturbing state our protagonist is in and with him we descend into his pool of sorrows and troubles. For he is troubled and I love the fact that the film very effectively hides from its audience the exact nature of his woes.
This is an atmosperic…
christian bale’s doctor must fucking hate him lmaooo all these drastic body transformations....
This is Bale doing what he’s great at. Transforming not only his weight, but himself into a wacky character. Everything centered around his character works for the story. I found this movie to be entertaining. I wasn’t really bored at all and I thought the story was interesting to watch and unfold.
My problems circle around pretty much everything else here. The script and narrative structure are nothing new. We’ve all seen a story like this a lot of times. A man has a quality about himself that separates him from most people and becomes crazy from that. It’s not a boring story, but rather a bland and unoriginal one. The colors are not only hideous, but they don’t serve any purpose in being hideous. To me, movies with color palettes this bland and ugly make the movie forgettable because none of it sticks with you. This movie is more of a bland movie rather than a bad movie.
Christian Bale is one of the best actors ever.
This feels like a Hitchcock film on drugs.
