Disagree with #20 completely. I still remember my initial dissapiontment when I first saw fellowship. But then again, the whole movie trilogy sucked @$$ compared to books, so there...
To be fair there were a few actors who really brought the Joker to life for the given time/style/universe of the movie. I think Cesar Romero began it with a very silly/goofy Joker as was the theme of Batman 66', Jack Nicholson brought a more eerily funny take to the role and I think set the standard for who the Joker is. (He also has that naturally creepy smile!) Then you have Heath Ledger who REALLY set the bar high for 'who' the Joker is as opposed to what the Joker does...
But honestly, Joaquin Phoenix's performance as the Joker was down right brilliant. There's scenes when they show extreme close ups of his eyes and you can SEE the pupil dilating/retracting as his emotions change. No question that Heath Ledger went to extremes to get into the role, however at the end of the movie I still saw Joker as just another Batman villain. At the end of 'Joker', I remember I just sat there as the credits rolled... my mind in a state of --- over what I just saw. Absolutely incredible...
“Tim Curry, Frank N Furter. Anyone else in the role knows they never live up to that sexy god of a man. ‘I can make you a man’ is the most brilliant filthy scene to appear on cinema screens while people aren’t nude :/”
Disagree with #20 completely. I still remember my initial dissapiontment when I first saw fellowship. But then again, the whole movie trilogy sucked @$$ compared to books, so there...
To be fair there were a few actors who really brought the Joker to life for the given time/style/universe of the movie. I think Cesar Romero began it with a very silly/goofy Joker as was the theme of Batman 66', Jack Nicholson brought a more eerily funny take to the role and I think set the standard for who the Joker is. (He also has that naturally creepy smile!) Then you have Heath Ledger who REALLY set the bar high for 'who' the Joker is as opposed to what the Joker does...
But honestly, Joaquin Phoenix's performance as the Joker was down right brilliant. There's scenes when they show extreme close ups of his eyes and you can SEE the pupil dilating/retracting as his emotions change. No question that Heath Ledger went to extremes to get into the role, however at the end of the movie I still saw Joker as just another Batman villain. At the end of 'Joker', I remember I just sat there as the credits rolled... my mind in a state of --- over what I just saw. Absolutely incredible...
I am sure if a different actor landed the role, they would have been just as good in most cases.
Agree. Vast majority here is rubbish
*dissapointment
Pretty sure majority that loves those movies..... did not read the books before the movies came out, if they read them at all.
I liked the movies, but one and done for me, felt too much was missing from the books.
To be fair there were a few actors who really brought the Joker to life for the given time/style/universe of the movie. I think Cesar Romero began it with a very silly/goofy Joker as was the theme of Batman 66', Jack Nicholson brought a more eerily funny take to the role and I think set the standard for who the Joker is. (He also has that naturally creepy smile!) Then you have Heath Ledger who REALLY set the bar high for 'who' the Joker is as opposed to what the Joker does...
But honestly, Joaquin Phoenix's performance as the Joker was down right brilliant. There's scenes when they show extreme close ups of his eyes and you can SEE the pupil dilating/retracting as his emotions change. No question that Heath Ledger went to extremes to get into the role, however at the end of the movie I still saw Joker as just another Batman villain. At the end of 'Joker', I remember I just sat there as the credits rolled... my mind in a state of --- over what I just saw. Absolutely incredible...