The Dark Knight - Joker - It's A Funny World We Live In

[88472456]

0:17 - 0:19 this might be the only time you hear the Joker in pain throughout the movie when the blades cut him

[Duknown]

i luv how joker is always laughing no matter what the case is! XD

[gbinct]

"It's a funny world we live in..." Something about the way Ledger delivers this line is special. You can feel the Joker's pain, as if reflecting on all the pain he's suffered.

[scullyreno]

When Jack Nicholson's Joker fell to his death he screamed. When Ledger's Joker fell he laughed hysterically. I think this epitomizes the difference between the two and why Ledger's Joker turned the insanity level up to eleven.

[FandeJay]

"You...you see? In their...last....moments...peop­leshow you who they really are."

...I think that's quite revealing about this scene...

[Sylvanas17]

joker won in the end, best villain ever.

[samipod42]

What's the soundtrack that starts at 0:03?

[PatRICKStar577]

Hmmm, i'm falling off a building, what should i do?

OH WAIT I KNOW, I'LL LAUGH LIKE A BOSS!

[VinodV2K]

"This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object!"

Chills!!!!!!!!!

[Stud03Muffin]

They should start the thrid film with the police accidently releasing the cord and have the same exact scene with the joke just falling to his death, and then later have like batman hear it on a radio. This would be a great way to close out the jokers role and people would just love the cameo of ledger

[samipod42]

"No, but I know how you got these." that line is worthy of Schwarzanegger.

[Ech00ez]

The Joker is a great villian,so well portrayed and planned,doesn't care about anything,doesn't worry about a problem,if there is one,he solves it in a second,he doesn't regret or apologise,he just want's to see the world burn,and he's willing to laugh while falling off at least a 8 story building....one word "Amazing."

[doctorseaweed2]

"I think you and I, are destined to do this forever"

That line gives me chills.

[TheHarshit03]

this potrayal by heath ledger was very true.

[Sandshoe218]

I must say they have made the joker into a great character... He dosent care about anything.... He isnt afraid of death... He will gladyly kill people and laugh doing it...

[KayneArcheron]

@Sandshoe218

The Joker has always been that way; it just took the genius of Christopher Nolan and the brilliant acting of Heath Ledger to show the non-comic reading audience just how truly twisted of a villain the Joker really is...

I don't mean non-comic reader as a bad thing -- outside of the occasional Batman, X-Men, or Spiderman comic, I don't really read them either, but not many have seen why The Joker is considered one of the greats, so I'm glad Nolan and Ledger showed them.

[KayneArcheron]

@Sandshoe218

More accurately, he has been that way for a long time (especially with the 80's turnpoint of comic book writing); A particularly good example of this type of Joker becoming the main Joker personality is Alan Moore's "The Killing Joke"; a good read, I highly recommend it if you enjoyed The Dark Knight, as a lot of the inspiration for The Joker's personality and his relationship with Batman was inspired by it.

[brokenM90]

0:10 so true.

[NickMystery]

Which song?

[NickMystery]

what song?

[cena411]

What does he mean Harvey and all of his heroics

[cajiao10]

epic moment:

joker's laugh when he's falling

lol

[villeppi]

Could someone please build a timemachine and bring Heath back? We need thath man.

[drivt17]

I love his laugh at the end, it's so creepy

[ss3450]

@drivt17 i love that it's like a 3 stage laughter. 1st is his usual laugh, 2nd is a much darker, evil laugh, and 3rd is the 'i'm totally insane' laugh.

[houserulez2008]

E P I C ! !

[CSDisease]

batmans voice fails could've done so much better...

[brokenM90]

@CSDisease why does everyone say that. I think it's better that way. it separates batman from bruce wayne.

[jackl619]

what is the music in this bit

[xIegionx]

He let's Rhas al Ghul die but not Joker. I think they wanted him to return which is why he didn't die. However with Heaths death it probably would've been better to just splatter him.

[Orinturify]

The laugh is thrilling.

[Exiled86]

yes i would id believe anything the joker told me

[MrRedqwerty]

It's a funny world we live in. Speaking of which, you know how I got these scars?

No, but I know how you got these!

Awesome part!

[bladesofglory12]

amazing. heath ledger not only did a wonderful job in all of his movies, but truly showed in this movie that he can take on any role. he was wonderful. heath ledger was so badass in this movie, it made the movie EPIC.

[TKSiate]

batman ruined Jokers skydive.

[themightyjoseph]

man the joker was awesome BUT WHY MUST BATMAN TALK LIKE THAT? you d think a billionaire would get some kinde of a voice changing thingy but he uses his grumpy annoying voice

[Exiled86]

how are they gonna handle part 3? if batman is going to be hunted and condemned, couldnt the joker just tell everyone that harvey was the one who killed all those people?

[TwoBros666]

@Exiled86 would you believe a pyschotic terrorist if he told you that the city's beloved district attorney was a killer?

[InShatteredMolds]

a lot of people dont realize one of the many sorta re-do's from the first batman, tim burtons that is, the whole thing with him falling and hanging upside down is similar that of the ending of the frist one, of course joker feel, laughing to his death , similar but different. Batman fans know what i mean...

[Pokeria1]

@InShatteredMolds Well, not exactly. Jack Napier was screaming when he fell to his death. The Joker in The Dark Knight simply laughed.

[yohb7]

@Pokeria1 yeah heath ledger was a better joker cause he was more evil and less comical and camp like the 1980s joker

[JokerQueen16]

go joker!

[F4Dogfighter]

The Joker laughing as he falls has got to be the best and most epic part in the entire movie.

[ShepherdWhittaker]

@F4Dogfighter fucking yes!

[scallywag86]

interesting paralell...the first batman movie (Disregarding the ceasar romero joker) Batman let Joker splat on the pavement. He saves him here...

[KnowThyself24]

the joker lives to corrupt souls. couldnt corrupt batman. remind you of someone?

[LuthorRequiem]

@KnowThyself24 Satan?

[KnowThyself24]

@LuthorRequiem exactly

[0180917]

0:20 to 0:22 is the best

[xPeeWee93x]

Batman sounds and looks constipated through this whole scene lol

[lordsahasrala88]

if theres a 3rd, we gotta have a joker. it would just seem off if we were deprived of arkham's favorite inmate.

[SauronPterodactyl]

"It's a funny world we live in. Speaking of which, do you know how I got these scars?"

"No... but I know how you got THESE!"

The Joker is awesome, but that was such an unbeatable response on Batman's part!

[darky5k1987]

1:38, Batman looks like he wants to say 'when the fuck are you going to admit defeat and give up?'

[myklspader]

Nolan has said there is no other footage of Heath as The Joker so I doubt they will go that route or any route really. If they had to have The Joker cause he needs to be in to move the plot along than I would be OK with another actor doing the impossible taking The Joker on after Heath put to rest Jack's shitty take. Who could it be though? My money would be on Daniel Day-Lewis or Charlie Hunnam.

[darky5k1987]

Funny, if it were Michael Keaton, he'd have let him drop and not give a rat's ass

[myklspader]

Yeah well that is cause that was Burton and Hamm's horrible take on a great comic book and characters.

[darky5k1987]

What do Burton and Hamm have to do with TDK? Whole separate storyline.

[myklspader]

Well considering you brought up Keaton that is why my statement was about how Hamm and Burton ruined a great character of course they are separate story lines. This one is better and more accurate to the characters' relationship and the comic all together.

[darky5k1987]

Oh, I thought you were saying something about TDK. 1989 was a good movie too, though Batman was a bit more violent there than in some other comics

[heartagramslove]

lol,cant understand batman.

[lordsahasrala88]

thats kinda funny how in the 1989 Batman he kills The Joker using his grappling gun and in The Dark Knight he saves him with it.

[brokenM90]

@lordsahasrala88 oh yeah. that's ironic.

[Ramenfever]

lol

[hague444]

hes laughin cos he thought he broke batmans 1 rule but he saves him!

[QuietGiantProduction]

True, many have said that the joker won in the end but batman also won by not breaking his 1 rule.

[imperialtraitor]

except, quietgiantproduction, batman sort of killed harvey two-face. assuming harvey's dead of course.

[darky5k1987]

Harvey's dead, it's been confirmed.

[RobbyFrost1874]

Oh my god! He is not dead and it has not been confirmed. He is two face! Do you know anything about batman? He becomes one of batmans greatest rivals and kills a hell of a ;ot more people than 5

[darky5k1987]

Yeah, I know a lot. If he's not dead, explain this

superherohype (dot)com /news /featuresnews (dot) php?id=7641

[lordsahasrala88]

yeah, i too believe Two-Face is alive. at the end Gordon says "every chance you gave us of fixing our city dies with Harvey's REPUTATION." he didnt say dies with Harvey.

[breastinspector2]

yeah, but Nolan said he's dead ;_;

[XtremeKane]

Harvey Two-Face is a badass.

[pokexplosion21]

@QuietGiantProduction Batman did break his one rule. He killed Harvey, threw him off a building. The Joker won.

[brokenM90]

@pokexplosion21 that's a little different. he killed harvey because he was about to shoot a kid. It's not the same thing as killing for revenge or "justice."

[xFallenRequiem]

@pokexplosion21 I was under the impression Batman only wanted to stop him, and his death was an accident.

The Joker's aim was to make people lose faith after seeing how corrupt Harvey became. But Batman took the blame for the people Dent killed. "Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded."

[webcam369]

I know this sounds stupid but what actually hit The Joker when Batman says, "But I know how you got these!"

So could anyone please tell me.

[lordsahasrala88]

the gauntlets from Batman's arm. remember when Lucius Fox was showing Bruce the new suit and Bruce accidently fires them into the wall. "perhaps you should read the instructions first".

[webcam369]

Oh yeah, no what a meant was where does it hit The Joker?

[lordsahasrala88]

o, ok. hmm well ive watched this many times but i can never pinpoint exactly where they hit. probably his face and maybe some on the neck.

[RuffZMachinima]

you can barely see some scars near the back of his jaw

[Pixals123]

I wish I could laugh like him..

[playfulpaul1985]

if i ever fall of a building ill take a leaf out of the jokers book and laugh all the way down

[teampunjabi]

This is my favorite scene...it shows how smart the Joker really is and this scene made me kind of admire the character.

[studyboy2007]

kool laugh

[davidmaniaca]

nice video.

[Scorcher23]

that has got to be the creepiest and most evil laugh i have heard.

well done Heath for this legendary performance

R.I.P.

[117ty]

I don't know if anyone caught it, but I think 0:22 was an homage to the ending of the Tim Burton Batman film when Jack Nicholson's Joker falls off the church. Just saying.

[DamagedGoods47]

It was like Nolan was saying..."Hey, Tim Burton...you don't make Batman kill the Joker. This is how you should do it."

[Kratos87Fan19]

he actually said that?

[DamagedGoods47]

No, just filming a parody of Joker falling off a building in Batman89. It was a joke, because 89 didn't have the canon Batman who doesn't actually kill.

Though I wouldn't put it past Nolan to do something like this on purpose. Actually, a few scenes seem to parody the Burton film, but done in the vein of the comics.

[thedrmat]

"Madness is just like gravity. All it takes is a little push!!"

Very true words. When someone is emotionally fragile, it only takes a little something extra to send him/her over the edge, and fall.

[thedrmat]

It was, indeed, a connundrum!!

[ThyBrad]

The laugh when he's falling is nothing short of remarkable. Great work by Ledger...

[lordsahasrala88]

off to arkham asylum to corrupt harley quinn.

[bubbarific]

joker can't die he always looks like hes gonna die ,in the comics hes been shot, thrown off cliffs, caught in explosions and yet he always survives and comes bak to wreak havoc

[GronHatchat]

dont forget eaten b y sharks!

[bubbarific]

yea if he killed joker then joker would have finally won, turning batman into a killer just like himself

[lalagotback101]

There are no words to describe how Amazing this movie is its absolutaly breath-taking .. i love it

and i agree its kind of ironic that they kept the joker alive but it actor end up teh one dieing :\ and yes daniel day lewis would be a good replacement

oh and also

[lalagotback101]

2:25 is such and amazing and dark laugh its bone-chilling

[jokercard98]

i love how batman makes the joker think he has won,you guys know...by throwing him off the side of the building then saving him...i love that scene,i think that as he's falling,when he laughs,its the best laugh.

[jokercard98]

in a way it kinda sucks that the joker didnt die because now heaths dead,daniel day lewis would be good to replace him though.

[LordoftheRingsFan12]

This movie - Heath's performance as the Joker, is amazing. Absolutely breath-taking.

It affects me every time. The truth behind the Joker's speeches is... moving.

[jhcash09]

christoper nolan is the man, he knew the fans deserved a better batman flick after the 3rd and 4th film which SUCKED

[cchank1]

The cinematography of the joker falling off the building is just beautiful.

[slasher0630]

hells yes it is, gives me chills every time

[cchank1]

Yea and I think it would have given all of us more chills if he actually died. I mean I don't want the Joker to die at all and he is the best villain ever but I think it would have been a beautiful death of the Joker haha. If u kno what i mean.

[dlausactor6373]

And there's the fact that if the Joker had died he would have won because he would have succeeded in corrupting Batman.

[cchank1]

Yea that is absolutely right. I think for the sake of all good the Joker should have won. :)

[slasher0630]

i know exactly what you mean. When i first saw it, I kinda wanted him to die just b/c it would have been beautiful to watch the tyrant die in a cool way...but he would have won and Batman will never let Joker win

[HMDSPD]

i luv the joker's views of life in this film and the words he uses a certain momemts such as 'it's a funny world we live in' and 'i believe wat ever doesn't kill u simply makes you, Stranger' i love that line

[lordsahasrala88]

that laugh at 2:29 is the classic Joker laugh.

[Rallan2006]

That laugh as he is falling...amazing!

[Babaretro222]

heath learned all his moves from me i am the jackie wilson to his elvis presley

[ImiiNotOkay25]

i love how batman throws the joker, and the even though he's flying off a building the joker manages to laugh!

RIP heath!

the joker actually speaks the truth, madness IS like gravity, you only need one bad thing to happen to really push you over te edge.

[JamaiusYan]

Read "The Killing Joke" and you'll see that's not always the case.

[twofuckface]

Batman is sucks...he really has a throat cancer or he just can't take breathe through his nose...

[JohnnyDeppfangurl]

"that's okay,I've came prepared" LOL I always laugh on this line XDDD why?because I have a dirty mind,sorry XD

anyways...that's one of my fav parts with the Joker!It's incredible how Heath laughs just like a crazy clown would XD I luuuuuv this scene <3

[lordsahasrala88]

even staring death in the face, The Joker can have a good laugh. and i love how he just laughs at all the things he's done like turning Gotham's citizens into criminals, plunging the city into complete anarchy, and harvey's corruption.

[12345677789]

yep that laugh is impossible except for heath!

[studyboy2007]

his laugh is just NOT POSSIBLE to imitate

[xxblackskyxx]

very true!!!!!! ive been trying it forever lol

[TriRevan]

I love how Joker just laughs at the fact that he had a slight chance of dying by falling off that building.

[narutofan3666]

i know right?? He's just the greatest XD