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Heath Ledger as The Joker
Posted on 1/30/15 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 1/30/15 at 9:22 pm
Just got finished watching The Dark Knight and I got to wondering, did Ledger get the same welcoming as Ben Afflack is as Batman?
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Posted on 1/30/15 at 9:23 pm to NorthShoreTiger44
Yes, Many were very skeptical of Ledger as the Joker coming in.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 9:31 pm to gatorprincess815
Why though, were there better candidates at the time?
Or was he just perceived as a poor choice?
Or was he just perceived as a poor choice?
Posted on 1/30/15 at 9:39 pm to NorthShoreTiger44
if Ben Affleck dies after Batman v Superman finishes filming, his performance will be considered the best Batman by far and one of the best acting jobs in movie history
Posted on 1/30/15 at 9:48 pm to Brosef Stalin
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if Ben Affleck dies after Batman v Superman finishes filming, his performance will be considered the best Batman by far and one of the best acting jobs in movie history
Not even close. Ledger would've received praise even if he hadn't died.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 9:48 pm to Brosef Stalin
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if Ben Affleck dies after Batman v Superman finishes filming, his performance will be considered the best Batman by far and one of the best acting jobs in movie history
I don't think its that simple, but Ledger's death definitely added a lot of hype to the role before it even premiered.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 9:49 pm to Fewer Kilometers
The only thing that would have been different if Ledger would have remained alive, would have been that he would have had to give a speech at the Oscars.
That was a generational performance.
That was a generational performance.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 9:50 pm to NorthShoreTiger44
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Why though, were there better candidates at the time?
Or was he just perceived as a poor choice?
People dismissed him as a former teen romance actor. Then there were those that dismissed him for playing a gay role in Brokeback Mountain.
Then the first images appeared and people freaked out because he didn't look like Nicholson or the Joker from the comics.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 9:57 pm to Hester Carries
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The only thing that would have been different if Ledger would have remained alive, would have been that he would have had to give a speech at the Oscars.
Also, TDKR would've been an average movie at worst with him in it instead of the abortion we got
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:05 pm to Hester Carries
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The only thing that would have been different if Ledger would have remained alive, would have been that he would have had to give a speech at the Oscars.
That was a generational performance.
Pretty much a disgrace the Dark Night wasn't even nominated for best picture.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:05 pm to Breesus
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Also, TDKR would've been an average movie at worst with him in it instead of the abortion we got
88% on Rotten Tomatoes with reviews from 308 critics
8/10 average rating from those 308 critics
A critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes which reads: The Dark Knight Rises is an ambitious, thoughtful, and potent action film that concludes Christopher Nolan's franchise in spectacular fashion.
78/100 score on Metacritic with reviews from 45 critics
Christopher Nolan's third highest Metacritic score behind The Dark Knight (82) and Memento (80).
Receive an "A" audience CinemaScore upon release.
Currently rated an 8.5/10 on IMDB.com from almost 1 million users.
Currently #57 on the Top 250 of IMDB.com.
One of the American Film Institute's Top 10 best films of 2012.
Now let's revisit your comment:
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Also, TDKR would've been an average movie at worst with him in it instead of the abortion we got
You didn't like it. Fine. You are entitled to your opinion. But to call it an "abortion" is quite a stretch.
This post was edited on 1/30/15 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:10 pm to RollTide1987
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You are entitled to your opinion. But to call it an "abortion" is quite a stretch.
I consider Titanic one of the shittiest movies ever made. And Avatar was the second worst movie I've ever seen in theatres next to AI. Although AI is in a category all its own. Would you like to post the stats for Titanic and Avatar as if they would change my opinion?
TDKR sucked a-hole. Had he died at the end of the movie, it might have been able to slightly redeem itself, but Nolan pussied out.
At the very least they should've shown JGL get beaten to death and shot by the first group of thugs he tried to go up against with no training or skills.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:12 pm to Breesus
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Would you like to post the stats for Titanic and Avatar as if they would change my opinion?
There'd be no point. It's very clear to me now that you either love hyperbole or you're just an idiot.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:14 pm to RollTide1987
Explain to me what made the most vanilla predictable cheesiest love story ever or live action fern gully great movies.
I'll wait.
I'll wait.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:17 pm to NorthShoreTiger44
I somewhat remember threads hating it.. ( I mean on the internet, not here) they were calling for guys like Jack Nicholson again or something.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:19 pm to SouljaBreauxTellEm
Walkin, Depp, Williams, Glover, Sean Penn.
Good god.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:20 pm to NorthShoreTiger44
Here it is. I found it.
Here is a similar thread discussing this on TD. In case you were interested to read.
LINK
Here is a similar thread discussing this on TD. In case you were interested to read.
LINK
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:21 pm to Breesus
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the very least they should've shown JGL get beaten to death and shot by the first group of thugs he tried to go up against with no training or skills.
That certainly could've been one way to end the trilogy. Not the one I would've taken, but one...
TDKR wasn't awful, it was just the most like a standard comic book movie. It should've been two movies, but instead held nary a candle to the first two. I would've loved to have seen what happened had Ledger not died.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:27 pm to Hester Carries
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That was a generational performance.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 10:31 pm to DanglingFury
Rotten Tomatoes is one of the most short-sighted ways to judge the quality of a film. Not to mention the movie got a general pass from the media. It's a bad movie all around.
And Ledger would not have won the Oscar if he had lived. That Oscar wasn't for the Joker, it was about his blatant snub the previous year.
And Ledger would not have won the Oscar if he had lived. That Oscar wasn't for the Joker, it was about his blatant snub the previous year.
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