RIP Heath Ledger

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So today was a pretty nice day at work...relatively relaxing, no problems, all okay...so, I had a nice day, it was easy and everything...8 hours over...do a little grocery shopping (as well as drop by the liquor store to pick up a 6-pack)...come home...and BAM!

I check dA (because it really IS the first thing I look at when I get to a computer)...and I read my messages and I notice adonihs has a journal up saying "RIP Heath Ledger"...as I'm thinking, "WTF are you smoking, boy?"...anyways, so I click it...and he starts talking about how Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment...at this point, I'm still not completely believing it but he has a link to MSNBC so I check that out...and, am truly shocked at the news.

God, this is a truly sad day...

If anyone has talked to me in the past year or so and even remotely mention movies, I would've gone on a 2 hour rave about how much I think Ledger is the greatest Joker to have ever lived (his tone of voice, his accent, his laughter, his lisp...all done to perfection). I mean, his role as the Joker is going to be what defines the Joker in the future...because this IS the greatest portrayal of the Joker ever done...to absolute perfection. To us geeks, Ledger has created an iconic character that's going to be irreplaceable...and after witnessing his incredible ability at merging with this character (which Jack Nicholson failed at, miserably), I was truly looking forward to future roles from this aspiring actor...and, having heard the news, I am deeply saddened.

Rest in peace, Heath Ledger.

My prayers to you and your family.


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Amen. :cries:

Except the "perfect joker" part. I'm going to withold judgement on that til I see the movie.

As far as comparing Ledger's joker to Jack's... well... I have to disagree in that I think Jack made an excellent Joker. Especially if you take the original Batman film for what it was. (we'll just ignore the subsequent ones, lol)

In that one, yes, the Joker did bad things, but if he killed in the movie (it's been a while since I've watched it, so please forgive my memory), it was more centered something along the lines of "yeah, he'll go that far if he has to...." or "he doesn't mind it..." and the real murderousness of the Joker was never played up or focused on.

So I think Jack's portrayal of the personality of the Joker was fairly spot on, but without the context/focusing on of the true homacidal maniac aspect of the character, I can see how you'd think that OVERALL, the portrayal was rather poor. But in the context of the original movie itself, I think he did a fantastic job.

Many people who don't read comics, haven't read comics for years and years and years, and/or don't read comics often don't necessarily know or fully grasp that of all the DC villains, the Joker really IS a truly homicidal maniac who kills pretty much at will, just because he CAN. They don't know or realize just how dark the character of the Joker really is. So in the original movie, keeping that central part of the character in a "popular superhero/comic book" movie, for the time, just wasn't probably a good idea.

With Batman Begins, however, what we have is a true shift in thinking. It was not a movie catered to everyone the same way the original Batman was. With BB, we have a comic book movie that is not only actually REALLY good, but has come about in a time where even people who don't read comics are much more accepting of the truly DARK nature of some of the villains, and even heroes like Batman (his hanging the dude from the window being a prime example as well as his comment of "I'm not going to kill you. But I don't have to save you" to Ras). We've finally come to a point where "comic book movies" aren't necessarily feel-good superhero flicks, and that's OK. So the new batman movie focusing on and getting back to the really dark roots of the character, I think, is going to be fascinating, even refreshing. And from what I've seen, I think Ledger will do a fantastic job, but comparing his Joker to Jack's Joker is going to be a little bit like comparing Thunder Mountain to whatever "ultimate" roller coaster you want to mention. Sure, the "ultimate" one is, well, the ultimate, which makes Thunder Mountain pretty much suck, but given the context, it's still a damn good little roller coaster.

Um,yeah... sorry, I didn't mean to get into a whole dissertation, but... well... there ya go. LOL.