Thread: The Dark Knight

While I do agree that Heath did a great job, I kinda pretended that Jack was playing the role. And you know what, it worked. If Jack was younger, that could very well have been him. I'm trying to say this without giving anything away...but if you watched the movie, there was no way to know it wasn't Jack (or that it was Heath).

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

there was no way to know it wasn't Jack (or that it was Heath).

I disagree. Jack's brand of insanity is very different from what Heath showed us. I much prefer Heath's version of the Joker.

I did not enjoy the movie. Still not fully sure why, but I think it was too long and i left the theater exhausted. could have been 30 min shorter. Joker was good, but I wish they would have given the back story, also he sounded like Nixon at times. I enjoy the charachter two face, I just hated the CGI face, i think it would have been better with like third degree burns. Batmans voice has bothered me since the batman begins. I mean why does he have to change his voice? It is not like he is a radio anouncer and everyone knows his voice. He sounded like he was trying to poop but had a brick blocking him.

I thought the same thing, why does he also have to put on his "Batman" voice when changing into his suit? I thought Heath Ledger did a really good job. Was it good because it was Heath Ledger? Or was it more to do with the vision of the director/producers had for the actor? I dare say that Jack Nickelsons version of the joker STRONGLY inspired the version Heath Ledger played (ie voice).

The movie was really good, much better than "Batman Begins." Stronger story, better acting, better supporting cast.

btw.. the Tim Burton versions didn't have different actors playing batman... Micheal Keaton played only in the 2 that he directed.. the other Batmen were by different directors.

I enjoyed The Dark Night so much that I actually saw it twice over the weekend, something I haven't done since The Matrix.

Originally Posted by marklar

I thought the same thing, why does he also have to put on his "Batman" voice when changing into his suit?

well, he does it in the comics... Batman Begins was largely informed by Frank Miller's Batman:Year One, both in plot elements and in style, and in that comic, Bruce describes Batman's voice as being different, "a rasp from the pit of hell" or something equally poetic, can't remember off the top of my head.

at any rate, they were only trying to be faithful to the comics, and that is one thing I will never fault movie makers for doing. also note that Kevin Conroy did the same thing when voicing Batman/Bruce Wayne: switching from a menacing growl to a foppish jackass.

I think there was too much crammed into the 2 and a half hour long movie, which ended up detracting from it. But I must admit, Heath did an amazing job on The Joker - the lip smacking was particularly disturbing...

At first I was a little turned off by his "Batman voice", but then I thought about it. His regular voice is too smooth and nice. He's typically going after thugs, so yeah he's going to drop in looking scary and using a scary voice.

I loved the movie, though it was a bit of a journey. Heath was so perfect though...I wish he was like Tupac- not really dead

I hear Robin is supposed to be in the next one. Any ideas on who they'll tap and what kind of a role he'll play?