“The Dark Knight”
Holy mother of all that is evil… “The Dark Knight” looks amazing.
I saw the first real trailer today (attempted to see ‘10,000 B.C.’ but left and got a refund), and I cannot even express how impressed I am. With a trailer. I’d link to it, but seeing it on YouTube or other low quality doesn’t do it justice… you need to be sitting in the dark to truly experience it.
When it first opened with the “Legendary Pictures” symbol, I just assumed it was another preview for the ever-stupid “Iron Man” or something… and then the bat symbol came on. There was a moment where the audience audibly didn’t make any noise… out of anticipation? Out of respect for Heath Ledger? Or both?
If you’ve read any of the writeups for the upcoming movie, then you’ve heard The Joker (by Heath Ledger) as “terrifying” and “amazing”… this falls short of truly describing the impression I got from the 90 seconds of video.
Obviously, The Joker looks like Heath Ledger. But the clown makeup isn’t applied nicely like in the comics or the other Batman movies (or TV shows, for that matter)… it’s applied in a manic, sloppy, “I’m insane” way, and is somehow subliminally very scary.
He talks like a mix between Al Pacino’s gangster persona and Hannibal Lecter… with alot more “crazy” thrown in the mix than you ever saw with Hannibal. “Because to them, you’re just a freak. Like me!” is one of the creepiest lines I’ve heard in a movie since Hannibal’s infamous “Hello, Clarice”.
He laughs like a demonic hyena, something that actually reminds me of … myself.
The facial expressions are probably one of the biggest parts of the role, from what little we’ve seen: a heady mix of disengaged arrogance and what can only be described as “someone who is not accustomed to interacting socially with others”.
Why am I so excited about The Joker? It’s simple: he adds a layer of darkness, insanity, and evil to this movie that will escalate it’s status, spice up the story, and make it far more twisted than the already-dark comics were.
As a sequel, this had the potential of being cheesy and cliche, sort of how the Spiderman series has become… I think with the presence of The Joker (along with other still-developing characters like Twoface), we can safely assume this will not be happening.
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For more details on some of the minutiae of the film, check out the NY Times’ very long, and good, behind-the scenes.
Or go see an action movie… just to see the previews.
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