if you were any thinner, you wouldn't exist

Apparently I needed to catch up on my sleep... because Dave knocks on my door half an hour ago & says "Dude? It's 3:00..." yikes.

Speaking of catching up on sleep, I watched THE MACHINIST last night. The first thing everyone talks about is how insanely underweight Christian is for the part. There's a reason. Even just seeing the photos in magazines or the dvd cover doesn't give you an idea about how frighteningly thin he got for this part. In fact, the first 20 minutes of the movie I really had trouble concentrating because it's pretty upsetting- I know it's retarded, but when you've been a big fan of someone for so long (12 years!?!) it's hard not to care about them, in a way. I was sorta angry that he'd do something this extreme for a movie- it seems like such a giant risk health-wise... argh. I guess at some point I just got drawn into the story and was able to really get into the film without being Christian Bale's Jewish Mom. Having said that, the movie is pretty good. I mean, if you've seen enough (too many?) films, you're going to guess where it's heading pretty early on, but it's so well-done and there are a lot of really great things to watch, repeating motifs- phrases, objects, actions... In the end I really liked it. And it's a good thing, because if the movie sucked I'd have to find Bale & be all "how could you do that to yourself for a crappy movie??" Like if he'd done all that for EQUILIBRIUM? Oh my god... Anyway, I woke up this morning at 10- My tv is set to come on then- usually I turn it off straight away. However, it was Today In South Florida & who were they interviewing? Christian Bale. I thought it was interesting that when I fell asleep I had just finished watching him in a little film- sort of the last time I get to see him as "our little secret" before today when with BATMAN BEGINS, he becomes a ginormous star... who woulda thunk it?