Bale looses it during filming... (1 Viewer)

[Lucia Duran]

I personally do not care about celebs personal lives one way or another. If I like their work, throwing a temper tanrum won't make me stop watching them. That doesn't mean that after hearing Bales tantrum I don't feel he was in the wrong for going off on the set.

 

[Michael Rogers]

It if never went public there would've been no need for a public apology, period. Just an apology to the target of his rant (which he says he did and they worked together for a month afterwords).

So, if he says he apologized soon after (he did) and it's not contradicted (not so far) then I am willing to accept that when you amp up your emotions for a scene and you are distracted, it can make you apocalyptic.

It's not an excuse, but I understand and don't think of him as an unhinged prima donna.

And I also like the way Bale seems to say to the radio people making fun of him to knock themselves out because he deserves it. The real test, though is if he will come on shows like David Letterman (who has been having tremendous fun with Bale's rant) when it's time to promote his movie.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Of course he'll be there. This isn't like Conan making fun of Kirstie Alley's weight for 4+ years.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

A little. Polanski didn't just "have sex" with a 13-year old. He drugged, had intercourse with, and sodomized a 13-year old against her will. Those are two very separate acts, constituting something quite different than a simple personal/religious issue. That is not nuance.

Bale's rant is merely unprofessional. Stone being a bitch is her personality. Polanski's issue is a heinous crime. Not really comparable. Other than that, I agree with your basic point.

 

[Michael Elliott]

Chuck, he was only charged with sex with a minor so that's why I wrote it that way. The rape, sodomy, drug, alcohol charges were all dropped.

After seeing Ashley Judd on Larry King last night I have a few more things to say but I won't.

 

[Jeff Gatie]

I don't damn him. I was defending him. I really don't see why he has to apologize to anyone.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Jeff, I wrote it oddly, but I was supporting your statement/viewpoint. I was not suggesting you were the one damning him.

 

[Tim Glover]

Well said Chuck.

 

[Michael Elliott]

The victim would disagree but that doesn't take away the act, which is something she seems to have forgotten. Even after watching that documentary it's still rather strange how everything came together.

 

[troy evans]

Yeah, well what I'm finding strange is what "Polanski (the rapist)" has to do with "Bale (the temper loser)"? You've been bringin' this up alot now and it's not even relevant to this situation. In fact, they couldn't be at further ends of the spectrum.

 

[Michael Elliott]

Read back a few pages.

 

[troy evans]

And here's another comparison. So, I've re-read the posts and ask again, why do you keep comparing two extremely different acts as if the're simular? Bale is not, to my knowledge, a rapist.

 

[Michael Elliott]

I never compared their acts. I compared the people who say neither one did anything wrong.

 

[Jeff Gatie]

There really is no difference. You are saying that people who defend Bale are the same as people who defend child rape. Sorry, but anyone who justifies or excuses rape is a hell of a lot more out of touch than people who justify what amounts to an adult temper tantrum. It is an insult, not to mention a disturbing lack of insight, to compare people who defend Bale to those who defend Polanski. As I said before, reasonable people can disagree about Bale's behavior. Whether his victim has "forgiven" him or not, no reasonable person could excuse Polanski's behavior without some accusation of being a star struck sycophant.

 

[Michael Elliott]

You can read it however you like and you are more than welcomed to be insulted by it. Just make it clear that I never compared rape and a sissy fit by a "punk".

Not even Bale can defend his actions and even he has said that he was way out of line. His so-called holy defenders can't even say he should have handled it a different way. Instead of saying Bale did anything wrong they want to push the fault to the DP or McQ. A simple: Bale was out of line but.... would have worked but these defenders can't even say that.

 

[Jeff Gatie]

So would it also "have worked" if Polanski's defenders said "Roman was out of line but . . ."? Because if that does not work, then you have no point in comparing the two defenders, besides silly shock value. Sorry to say, but your comparison, much more than heaping insult upon me, instead removes respect from both you and your argument, and you are more than welcome to feel both disrespected and irrelevant by that fact.

 

[Michael Elliott]

Well, you're just going to have to move on in life as Bale has. I'm certainly not going to take back what I said. As for silly shock value, you seem to be the one dragging it out with this overdramatic "removing respect" from myself. As with Bale, I don't know you so I can't say I'm going to lose any sleep over you losing respect due to what I wrote. I guess I'll be the bad bully and say I've lost respect for someone like you who can't say Bale did anything wrong and instead push it off on a victim and a bystander. At least Bale had more guts to admit he was wrong, which is why he gets my respect while those defenders don't. I'm sure if Bale read some of these defenders he'd probably go off on another rant.

Now, you can come back with how insulting I am and how much respect you've lost for me but this will be my last post since we're entering Sirk territory so please, take the final word.

 

[Jeff Gatie]

I actually never said what Bale did wasn't wrong. I simply said I understood why he did it, was guilty of it myself sometimes, and then mostly questioned the appropriateness of equating defenders of Bale with defenders of child rape. That's all. Then again, there is a lot of projecting going on in this thread, so maybe you are correct to just move on.

 

[troy evans]

Why? Because we understand him rather than condemn him for a temper fit.

 

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