When we look into the dark pools of intensity that are Christian Bale’s eyes, do we see a star reflected in them?
A star, that is, in the old-fashioned way we used to understand the term. You know, with that X-factor twinkle we saw — or thought we saw — in the baby blues of Paul Newman, the amber gaze of Greta Garbo or the mischievous expression of Clark Gable.
Nope.
Technically speaking, Bale is a star, given his impressive box-office returns as the star of “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight,” and the huge anticipation for “Terminator Salvation,” in which he plays the crucial John Connor role in the already successful franchise.