Although that may not have been the case , as family members of said he was a professional going through his process to become the character in the best way he knew how. Now, in addition to being the gold standard for cinematic Joker's and onscreen comic book villains, Heath Ledger's Joker stands as testament that it may not be the best call to reject a casting before seeing the final product.
Heath Ledger left this world too soon but he has left a mark on the superhero genre and cinema itself that can never be erased. The Dark Knight is widely considered to be the greatest superhero film of all time and that is largely due to his performance. This year is full of huge movies, comic book and otherwise, and with any luck, it will bring with it more iconic performances. To see what's coming out this year, check out our release schedule. Nick grew up in Maryland has degrees in Film Studies and Communications.
His life goal is to walk the earth, meet people and get into adventures. Nick Evans. Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News. The fascinating thing about Thanos as a character is that he refuses to change his mind. Ben Sherlock is a writer, comedian, and independent filmmaker.
He's currently in pre-production on his first feature, and has been for a while because filmmaking is expensive. In the meantime, he's sitting on a mountain of unproduced screenplays. You can catch him performing standup at odd pubs around the UK that will give him stage time. By Ben Sherlock Published Jun 14, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Related Topics Lists the dark knight. The mental image of the character slipping his tongue out of the corner of his mouth, like a cobra, and licking his scars—a tic Ledger invented to keep his prosthetics in place while upping the creep factor—has stayed with us like a subconscious boogeyman.
Both tales are of course lies, transparent manipulations intended to prey upon perceived vulnerabilities in his victims. The Nolan brothers understand the horror of this, and they keep the Joker a manipulative and inscrutable evil. That mystery makes him live on in our own heads for years after the story ends and the credits roll.
Rather than find satisfaction in the inexplicability of evil, or standalone visions, we like to rationalize it and sympathize with it, even while glorifying it. Most of all, however, we insatiably seem to simply have more.
The need for endless content being generated by intellectual property has led to prequels, sequels, and even spinoffs that explore and too often redeem villains. Even the Joker himself is not wholly immune to this.
Since , there have been two big screen versions of the Joker. Phoenix obviously fared better in his own Joker movie two years ago, making the actor the second performer to win an Oscar for playing the comic book villain. It still makes for a fascinating if unoriginal portrait, but one divorced from the terror of the unknown. Society, man.
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