Empire of the Sun

[Moser]

Wow, what a hidden gem.

I've only seen five minutes of this movie when I was very young, but I watched it in its entirety last night. I regret waiting so long to see this.

From the opening and to the end with the song Suo Gan I don't think I blinked. It totally reminds me what it was like being a young boy and growing up.

Christian Bale played his part so well....it's hard to imagine a young actor performing so well. John Malkovich played the cool American perfectly, and Ben Stiller looked like an Italian teenager in puberty.

I want to say it is the best of Spielberg's epics, but Spielberg has so many.

A very high quality movie.....void of all the cheezy 3D effects we see nowadays.

 

[LMP]

Definitely Spielberg's best attempt at channeling David Lean. One of my favorite of his, too.

Hard to believe it was Bale's first film.

 

[joyfulgirl]

 

[lazarus]

Behave, Cori.

I hear Chris Hansen's been dying to do an all-female predator edition of Dateline.

 

[No spoken words]

Behave, Cori.

I hear Chris Hansen's been dying to do an all-female predator edition of Dateline.

You're so obsessed with Cor that you post about her when she has not even participated in a thread.

 

[corianderstem]

I was gonna say ...

 

[lazarus]

Anything featuring/mentioning Christian Bale is automatically Cori-relevant.

 

[LMP]

You're so obsessed with Cor that you post about her when she has not even participated in a thread.

Stuck in a sex joke that he can't get out of?

 

[lazarus]

Sometimes You Can't Bale It On Your Own?

 

[No spoken words]

Sometimes You Can't Bale It On Your Own?

Oy vey.

 

[Lancemc]

This board seems to have some strange fetish for this movie. I swear it comes up in conversation and threads almost as much as Star Wars.

 

[lazarus]

^^ Empire of the Son.

 

[LMP]

B-51, CADILLAC OF THE SKIES!

 

[RedRocksU2]

Anything featuring/mentioning Christian Bale is automatically Cori-relevant.

I would have to agree with Laz.


*runsaway from Cori rage*

 

[corianderstem]

You guys are clearly trying to peg me as some sort of darned pedophile, but I maintain my stance that I save my swooning for adult Bale. Not even Newsies counts.

 

[lazarus]

The lady doth molest too much, methinks.

 

[mandy1973]

One of my favourite movies ever - and the soundtrack is beautiful

 

[corianderstem]

The lady doth molest too much, methinks.

Hey, man. I didn't even post in this thread until I had to come in and rescue my virtue.

 

[lazarus]

Bale is the one who lost his innocence here.

He's the victim!

 

[corianderstem]

I blame Newsies and Swing Kids for his lost innocence. No one should have to go through such horrors.

 

[U2Fanatic4ever]

Anything featuring/mentioning Christian Bale is automatically Cori-relevant.

yup....

 

[U2Fanatic4ever]

I blame Newsies and Swing Kids for his lost innocence. No one should have to go through such horrors.

agreed!



but.. we got to see him dance m i rite?

 

[powerhour24]

This board seems to have some strange fetish for this movie. I swear it comes up in conversation and threads almost as much as Star Wars.

Well in that case, its my kind of fetish. I love this movie, and always try to turn new people onto it, of course now that Bale is really famous it has to automatically be connected with Batman.

 

[DeadMansParty]

Did you catch Ben Stiller as the young brown tooth pilot in his 15 second role in the film? He's the one who first says " Hey kid, you want a Hershey bar"?