It's hard to see Bateman on the screen and not think, hey, there's Michael Bluth, doing something away from the family for a while.
Yeah. Kinda like seeing Will Ferrell in a serious movie or Steve Carrel not play some hopeless, forever alone. What about the new Matt Damon movie where he buys the zoo or something? It's rated "PG." How do you not have images of Jason Bourne in three movies, The Departed, Invictus, etc.? It's hard.
It's a lose-lose situation. Some hate Ferrell and Carrel for only doing comedy, but we can't accept someone like Matt Damon doing something that isn't a thriller/action movie. I mention Michael Cera because he always plays this shy guy that lacks confidence to talk to a girl. The situations aren't bad, we all find ourselves in similar situations. But it's just that every movie that has that situation, it seems, has Michael Cera being a schmuck.
That doesn't mean his movies aren't good. I think his roles need a change of attitude.