RANT: the Joker is overrated!

I mean no disrespect to Heath Ledger, I loved him too. May he rest in peace.

But, the Joker IS overrated.

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[ShieldAgentMcCormick]

Joker is not overated, Heath's Joker was overated. And his was NO Joker. At all.

[ArashiNagaseBEAST]

@ShieldAgentMcCormick When I said "the joker was overrated", I was referring to Heath's Joker, not the Joker in general. Sorry for the confusion. :]

[johncy11]

you hit the nail on the head

[ArashiNagaseBEAST]

@johncy11 haha, thanks.

[KISSArmy2202]

THANK YOU!!!!! Though the Joker kicks ass, almost every performance in the film was just as strong as his. However, Christian Bale can't act, and Batman is the most boring character in Batman fiction. Still you are right, even if you have small bits of difficultiy conveying the actual point. =-)

[ArashiNagaseBEAST]

@KISSArmy2202 Thank you. :]

Although, I do disagree with a couple of your points;

I do think that Heath Ledger did an exceptional job as the Joker, and, also, Christian Bale s one of the best actors I know of. He conveys emotion very well.

I agree that Batman isn't his best character, though...

[Killac67]

@Susi2584 thank you...

[annie10103]

You look like some kind of Hipster emo crossbreed. 

[Kajujuu]

@Susi2584 That's the point, the Joker doesn't exist in the real world, he's a fictional character. The beauty of the Joker is that there's no particular reason he's the way he is, trying to make him more human and relatable kinda ruins the whole point of him being the insane criminal mastermind. Anyway to each his own. Personally I think Nolan's entire series wasn't all that, it had a good budget and that showed but thats about it.

[Susi2584]

@Kajujuu but Christophen Nolan wanted The Joker to be a person that would exist in the real world you know more realistic...also Ledger came up with the make up...but hey everybody has their opinion :D

[Kajujuu]

@Susi2584 I suppose if you haven't read the comics or watched any of the original WB cartoons or the animated movies featuring the Joker, especially when voiced by Mark Hamill, you might think Ledger was underrated but I have read the comics and watched the movies. I don't think he did the character justice. He wasn't bad, just not what i think the Joker was meant to be. I guess though that also falls on the writers not just the actor.

[Susi2584]

@Kajujuu overrated?? no it's actually underrated...his performance was extraordinary...he immortalized The Joker as the movie character...

[DecentExposureMedia]

"I went to hot topic..." Its all cool.

[Kajujuu]

Totally agree. The joker is a brilliant antagonist. Heath Ledger's portrayal was extremely overrated though, kind of ironic that his most famous line from the movie was "Why so serious?"All I kept thinking was when did the joker become so emotional and boring. Bale also did an astonishingly poor job as batman the lisp totally threw me off and as far as being complex, I just didn't see it. But the movies made money which in this day and age is more important than telling a good & accurate story.

[MrGuy1332]

I think they ripped off the Glasgow grin from Ichi The Killer. Nowhere in the comics or previous films did the joker have a cut mouth. He also wasn't a sadomasochist who loved to torture his victims with knifes. Your right though the Joker stole that movie because Batman was a grunting asshole that nobody could relate to. Christian bale is awesome but he cant play a good Batman in my opinion.