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In Reply to: RE: Only film I liked was Batman Begins posted by barryb on August 12, 2010 at 15:25:17
...Ledger was wildly miscast. It was shameful that the studio made extra bucks off his death and crappy performance.
We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.
IMHO, Ledger was perfectly cast and brilliant.
Dean.
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The idea that Ledger was miscast is very odd to me. I will say that I don't like Nolan's ability to handle action scenes. I find them very overdone and confusing. I thought the scenes with Arthur getting the rest of the gang into the elevator and figuring out how to drop them in zero gravity much better than the gun fights which seemed out of place and off kilter in Inception.
I say he was miscast because I felt he was too young a man for the part. He lacked the gravitas necessary for what he was trying to pull off. Most liked his performance, where I saw it was trying too hard and not terribly creative, original or extreme. It seemed like a guy desperately trying to be creative and not really succeeding. Nothing about it rang true for me.
Nicholson may have been a clown (and it's apples and oranges with what they tried for and was called for in the film), but Nicholson was enjoyable, entertaining and consistent with who he is as a person. Ledger was basically a nice boy trying hard to be extreme and dangerous. It played like a bad joke to me. Not quite acting class bad, but in no way would I ever say it was a top performance even worthy of a nomination.
Opinions vary. Obviously, I'm in the minority.
Thought he played it perfectly. You liked Nicholson's performance because it was closer to his real life? Ledger was too nice a guy in real life? That's one thing acting is about, overcoming yourself while believably projecting another.
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"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
Some may prefer a more "goofball" Joker ala Cesar Romero or Nicholson, but Ledger's brooding, psychotic take on the character fits better with Nolan's vision for The Dark Knight.
BTW, Alpha//69er... You might need to hone your syntax a bit.
When I read "ed////432&%*125" I had the overwhelming urge to pour a pitcher of iced tea over my head (no lemon)... Was that the intended effect?
SF
BTW, I've got no control over syntax. That comes from CYSOPS
"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
Edits: 08/14/10
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