Apologies to Ledger
May. 23rd, 2007 06:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nathaliaI really need to apologize to Heath Ledger for bitching about him being casted in the Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight. Many people, mainly the ones who are in direct contact with me, have heard me rant about it. The last time was actually today at school because I decided to wear my Joker t-shirt I bought in London and of course I had to rant about it and then, when I was checking out Newsarama, I find a small article of a picture of Heath Ledger as Joker and I have to admit that I am totally taken aback by it and everything I said before is ... well, gone. The image just blew me away.
Whoa, isn't that just awesome?
This isn't the fun Joker we had in Batman where he was played by the wonderful Jack Nicholson. This is the psychotic Joker that I love. The dark one, the one that fits in with the movie than any silly portrail and this looks ... it just fits the context. It fits in with the gritty, dark mood of the first movie that tries to be as realistic as possible.
The Glasgow smile also remings me of what Grant Morrison and John van Fleet have currently done to Joker, giving him a somewhat different, more dangerous look:
You can see some similarity, at least I can.
And the irony is that of all days, today I'm wearing my Joker shirt and that I ranted about Ledger today and now suddenly I changed my mind and want to see the movie. I'm eager to see it.
(Note to self: I need to make plenty of Joker icons just because of this and upload them.)
EDIT: I just found another picture of Ledger as the Joker that I couldn't refrain myself from posting as well.
It looks darker and different, especially with the black lips, but I have to admit that the concept is intriguing because unlike Lex Luthor, who you can't do too much wrong with, you can do a lot wrong with my other favourite DC villain.
Whoa, isn't that just awesome?
This isn't the fun Joker we had in Batman where he was played by the wonderful Jack Nicholson. This is the psychotic Joker that I love. The dark one, the one that fits in with the movie than any silly portrail and this looks ... it just fits the context. It fits in with the gritty, dark mood of the first movie that tries to be as realistic as possible.
The Glasgow smile also remings me of what Grant Morrison and John van Fleet have currently done to Joker, giving him a somewhat different, more dangerous look:
You can see some similarity, at least I can.
And the irony is that of all days, today I'm wearing my Joker shirt and that I ranted about Ledger today and now suddenly I changed my mind and want to see the movie. I'm eager to see it.
(Note to self: I need to make plenty of Joker icons just because of this and upload them.)
EDIT: I just found another picture of Ledger as the Joker that I couldn't refrain myself from posting as well.
It looks darker and different, especially with the black lips, but I have to admit that the concept is intriguing because unlike Lex Luthor, who you can't do too much wrong with, you can do a lot wrong with my other favourite DC villain.
