This is Heath Ledger as The Joker in the upcoming Batman film, The Dark Knight.This looks awesome! I was already going to see The Dark Knight, but now, I'm really excited about it. It looks as though director Christopher Nolan has captured the true characteristics of The Joker.
Cesar Romero's version was goofy. Jack Nicholson's version was insane. Heath Ledger's version looks psychotic. That's how The Joker was portrayed in the comics; a vicious sociopath who kills people and enjoys doing it.
You have give credit to Ledger. He has some big shoes to fill. Let's face it, Jack was phenomenal. No matter what Ledger does (apparently, he's based The Joker on the characters from A Clockwork Orange), he's going to be compared to Jack. Some will say he wasn't as good as Jack. Others will say he was as good as Jack. I wonder if anyone will have the stones to say Ledger was better then Jack.
Speaking about The Joker, how cool would it be if Jennifer Tilly was brought in to play Harley Quinn?
Finally, here's a neat website related to The Dark Knight: www.ibelieveinharveydenttoo.com
Don't be fooled by what you see. Go to "Edit" and click on "Select All."
2 comments:
LOL I'll have the stones to say Ledger will be better than Nicholson. But while the Burton Batmans will always be my favorite, and Keaton is definitive, Jack Nicholson is never anything but Jack Nicholson ... in my opinion. Joker's a hard character to translate in live action. What works in pen and ink won't always work with skin and makeup.
Here are two more official photos that Warner Brothers released last week. I'm diggin the one where Nolan's shooting with the IMAX camera and you can really see the FULL Joker. :)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/HeathHeathens/HI-RES_JokerIMAXpic001_1june07tag.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/HeathHeathens/HI-RES_JokerIMAXpic002_1june07tag.jpg
Yeah, I saw those on IMDB. I really like the "clown" masks.
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