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Bale Calls Moses 'Schizophrenic,' 'Barbaric'
Truth Revolt ^ | 10.25.14 | Truth Revolt

Posted on 10/25/2014 10:50:07 PM PDT by This Just In

Christian Bale has some novel interpretations of Moses, whom he portrays in the upcoming "Exodus: God and Kings."

"I think the man was likely schizophrenic and was one of the most barbaric individuals that I ever read about in my life," Bale said.

Hard on the heels of Noah, which took great liberties with the biblical tale, Exodus is drawing criticism from Christian websites.

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To: This Just In
I'll stick to what God thinks of Moses, and not some violent, temper tantrum infused, overpaid actor.

"The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend."

Exodus 33:11

41 posted on 10/26/2014 3:54:57 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: This Just In

Sadly “Noah” made big bucks.

From Wiki....

“Noah grossed $101,200,044 in North America and $258,000,000 in other countries, making a worldwide gross of $359,200,044.”


42 posted on 10/26/2014 4:00:22 AM PDT by newfreep ("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
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To: This Just In

Kind of ironic, coming from someone who is best known for his lead role in “American Psycho”.

By the way, Hollywood, please do tell when the epic about Mohammed comes out. I want to know who plays the nine year old.


43 posted on 10/26/2014 4:10:46 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: goat granny

It is also a beautiful prefiguration of Christ. Isaacs life was demanded by God, but God Himself provided the substitutionary sacrifice allowing Isaac to live. What a great picture of what He does for all of us.


44 posted on 10/26/2014 4:36:30 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: This Just In

Either a person trusts God or he doesn’t. If a person trusts God, he will recognize when he reads the account of Moses in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy that Moses was a person who trusted and obeyed God. He was one of the greatest men who ever lived. He did not thrust himself into the position of leadership. God called him. Moses actually resisted the call at first, and asked God to send someone else.

If a person doesn’t trust God, he will doubt that the Bible is true and be suspicious of the motives and actions of all believers, past and present. Bale’s comments reveal him to be of this group, and therefore he should not be making a movie about Moses. The rest of us should certainly not be watching a movie about Moses starring Christian Bale.


45 posted on 10/26/2014 4:37:21 AM PDT by Rocky (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwel)
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"Film critic Peter Chattaway at Christian site Patheos.com, for example, seems troubled because Bale 'speculates about what was going on inside Moses’ head.'

That's part of his job as an actor, after all.

46 posted on 10/26/2014 4:43:09 AM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: SunkenCiv

What ones I know on that list I don’t care about anyway.


47 posted on 10/26/2014 4:59:18 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: This Just In

Most barbaric he ever read about in his regular life or his WHOLE life? And like his whole life and EVERYTHING, or, you know, just his REGULAR whole life and stuff?.

Is Christian Bale seven years old? Or is he, like, THIS MANY years old?


48 posted on 10/26/2014 4:59:35 AM PDT by Danforth (FAP!)
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To: This Just In

Moses






Is NOT Amused.

ML/LTOS

49 posted on 10/26/2014 5:15:56 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: This Just In

Barbaric? Why—because he led his people out of bondage in Egypt? Or maybe he is referring to the 10 plagues. However, those plagues came from G-d, not Moses. Moses was just the messenger.


50 posted on 10/26/2014 5:18:26 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: This Just In

Hope so.

Moses was a great hero-period.

Bales is just another dimwitted Hollyweird Prostitue.


51 posted on 10/26/2014 5:32:56 AM PDT by ZULU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qLDFiQcjlY Impeach Obama in 2015 !!!)
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To: This Just In

Apparently, he thinks only perfect beings, like him, should have been depicted therein.


52 posted on 10/26/2014 5:39:42 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: goldstategop

And who is notorious in his industry for behavior that anywhere else would get someone fired and or committed to a loony bin. In terms of his craft, however, he is a very good actor. Being bats#$% (pun intended) crazy is no bar and in fact can enhance an actor’s capabilities. Just don’t expect them to be rational or look to them for good advice or opinions on anything.


53 posted on 10/26/2014 5:41:15 AM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: This Just In

I think 101M in this age is a good showing in theater.I have not seen the flim and I won’t see Bale’s movie either.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/noah_2014/
Russell Crowe stars as Noah in the film inspired by the epic story of courage, sacrifice and hope. Directed by visionary filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (c) Paramount
In Theaters:Mar 28, 2014
Wide On DVD:Jul 29, 2014
Box Office:$101.2M
Runtime: 2 hr. 17 min.


54 posted on 10/26/2014 6:13:10 AM PDT by freeonefrom (God bless America and our troops.)
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To: wally_bert

It’s interesting that the star of “Noah”, Russell Crowe, also makes some of those similar lists. I lost all interest in seeing him onscreen when I read about his trying to beat a hotel employee with a telephone (not just the handset, the whole thing), and carping about a role he didn’t get, that the actor who was cast sucked in it, and that he himself was the greatest actor on Earth.


55 posted on 10/26/2014 6:19:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: This Just In

He’s doing his best imitation of a Byrd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V95eGgZbrU


56 posted on 10/26/2014 7:15:38 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: This Just In

And I bet Bale thinks that Allah, Mohammed, and his 1400 years worth of murderous followers are just a bunch of peaceful, righteous dudes!


57 posted on 10/26/2014 7:18:17 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: This Just In
So let me guess: saying these things about Moses isn't anti-Semitic.

If Bale had said something about banks or noses Abe Foxman would have been all over him.

58 posted on 10/26/2014 7:30:59 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: lee martell

Potty mouth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFvxmB8vi6M


59 posted on 10/26/2014 8:35:36 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.)
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To: This Just In

bale is projecting.


60 posted on 10/26/2014 8:36:32 AM PDT by uncitizen (Buckle up! We're on the Facism Fast Track!)
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