Comments on: Why Heath Ledger’s Joker Sucked – Sticking To The Source Material

By: Nixon

Nixon — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:59:55 +0000

I’m a big fanatic of Batman Franchise from comics to cartoon series and now movies! I couldn’t even finish reading the first two paragraph. Because you are out of your MIND. You as a movie fanatic have no idea how a comic movie should translate to film, not hollywood film but film.

Everything in the Dark Knight was THE JOKER in every series of the comic.
That’s right I said series. Because there is different kinds of Joker.
Funny, Evil, Insane, storyteller, Psycho killer, and so on.
It’s up to you which parts you want to choose and place it in any series.

Or Depending on the storyline, you can choose which part of THE JOKER you want in the film.

I do agree with that razor knife. Have no idea where they got that from. But as far as eveything else. The Joker from Dark Knight has been the best thing I ever got in my WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!! Not including Sex :P

Anyways, If you read the comics very carefully and start watching the movie, you’ll notice that people who never read the comic and knows The Joker has no idea how the joker is in the Dark Knight!

There is so much, I means so much in few minutes of the Joker has so much in it, people don’t notice!

For example, why did the bank robbery was a sucess? Because The Joker was smart and planed it? But that’s still no answer right,

The answer in Comic was that The Joker recruited Psycho Killers and Schizophrenia. Why? that way he knows for sure everyone is so paranoid and never met each other, ends up killing each other. These are little things that adds up to The Joker why he’s so powerful!

The movie is just a movie, you can’t have movie running 20 hours to explain how The Joker is the main villain for Batman Franchise, unless you read the documentry of The Joker.

You John Campea, have no clue and absolutley not a fan of Batman Franchise.

Now as to aside of the Batman, let me go through with FILMS with you.
You know FILMS are hard to make and hard to market.
It’s not same as marketing for comic or cartoon shows.

So the changes has to be right if they plan to sell DVD and Blu Ray with the same customers, not including you and me! But to the movie lovers who can careless about comic or tv shows.

Thank YOU
I wrote this fast so mind me.

By: James

James — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:06:56 +0000

I really hated his interpretation of the character, way too different, daring, yes, but I thought the makeup just looked lame, I really almost walked out but I was with friends and didn’t want to spoil their fun or I would have. He didn’t have to mimic Nicholson or Romero to “be” an acceptable Joker, to an old comic fan, and I haven’t bought a Batman comic in many years, I just found the movie on the whole unenjoyable and overrated in the extreme, and I think partly because he was dead, people heap praise on the recently deceased, whether they deserve it or not. I liked the first film in the current series, but have very low expectations for the new one, I find Bane less interesting than the Joker, who I could do without. perhaps I’m old, I still find Batman an interesting character, but if they retired the Joker, I’d be perfectly ok with that.

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:39:23 +0000

I think it would have been a bit ridiculous and unrealistic if the Joker did have the same origin that he does in the show/comic. However, Ledger’s Joker did seem way too serious. He didn’t seem right for the character’s personality.

By: CaptainJack

CaptainJack — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:51:29 +0000

It’s been a few years now and looking back I assure you that the Dragon Ball movie WAS just bad. But to be fair I’m pretty sure it hadn’t come out when you originally posted this comment.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:43:30 +0000

I strongly disagree.

Ledgers Joker totally missed the point. He have more in common with Jack Sparrow than the Joker.

I see no problem whatsoever in putting the original Joker into the Dark knight, just make him a bit more psychotic and twisted. (actually some comic versions of the Joker would be TOO dark and scary for this movie!)

This depressing hobo Joker, played by ledger is popular mostly because the actor died.

NO JOKER SMILE! WTF. And no demented laugh, just a shabby hobo with too much lipstick.

By: parker

parker — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:08:07 +0000

I hate batman, but you know, you’re right, but you must also know that some actors have their own look or their own points, the corner that they want to shows us , they may be right or wrong, but its also a good think to see an actor make is own thinkung and traslate it on the caracters he play.
at the end it will still a simple movie not based on true events.
is there a real batman and joker………?

By: JHL RIP

JHL RIP — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:05:41 +0000

Yes, but the Joker is the main villain. Two-face, the mob, and pretty much all the others in the movie are just his puppets. He’s the one who gives Harvey that “push”. He’s the one who sets him up and and makes him do these things. Harvey is nothing more then the Jokers “Ace in the hole”. There. That’s what I think.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:40:47 +0000

I think you totally missed the point of the article.

People claiming source material as gospel will never accept change no matter how good it is.

The title is tongue in cheek reference to purists bashing a good performance, judging it by applying qualifiers it never attempted to fulfill.

By: S

Thu, 12 May 2011 15:11:13 +0000

The Fact is that most movies are not at all accurate representations of the book…take Da Vinci code or Angels and Demons. If u stop comparing Heath Ledger’s portrayal as Joker and Jack Nicholson’s joker….Heath is far more grueling and intense….Jack’s portrayal was pretty lame i feel….

By: Kevin C

Kevin C — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:51:54 +0000

Im pretty sure Ledger’s Joker fits the bill for being clinically insane… The guy spent his time concocting death traps as part of a giant social experiment to prove people were not inherently good… while thats interesting, when put into action, its deranged and ultimately insane.