Who's your actor?

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2009)

This film proved two things: Johnny Depp can act, and Christian Bale can't. We all know Depp is a natural, who succeeds in any role. Now we also know for sure that Bale (who throws tantrums on the set while people are trying to work) is also a natural--at being stiff and grim in any role he gets. So that is pretty much what you have in this film. The rest of it -- the story, the style, the schtick, are all Mann and I do love it so. He's a director whose cinema style I appreciate because it pulls at my soul. No I don't know why but I love the moral intensity that just oozes from the visuals he creates. It's like having a good French dinner. I want to stay in it forever and let it love me.