Heath Ledger's Joker -vs- Jack Nicholson's Joker

Ledger.

By a lot.

Each one hit the mark for the general theme of the movie.

Ledger

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Both actors took a different approach with their role.....the question is....which Joker did you enjoy more, Nicholson or Ledger?

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I think Jack Nicholson took his inspiration from Caesar Romero. And he put a Burton spin on it. While based on the campy TV series, it added darkness. It was greatness.

Ledger's was truer to the Dark Night theme and books. Which is how The Batman was intended to be I think. I would say I liked Ledger's better, because I liked Frank Miller's recreation of the Dark Knight, far better than anything ever done with Batman.

Gotta go with Ledger

as an adult i much perferred ledger but as a kid i loved jack's

it is comparing apples to oranges

but i personally don't believe ledger gets either award had he not died (bring on the attacks) he gets the nods but not the awards

Jack's Joker, while highly entertaining, would never exist in real life.

Ledger's flashed a hint of real insanity and random viciousness that could possibly occur, and may have already occurred. It has more gravity when it's a real possibility.

Those scenes with the knife where he threatened to carve a permanent smile on Maggie and others was terrifyingly real. I thought of that Texas model who randomly got her face slashed with a razor in New York and they carved an S-shape in her right cheek to her mouth.

Heath was a crazy guy trying to look like the joker to me.

jack was more Comic book joker to me.

LINK

Gotta love that scene.