Comments on: “Why so serious?”: The Joker’s wild

By: Ranting Thespian

Ranting Thespian — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:35:03 +0000

I loved this movie. I think Heath was the best part, but I loved everyone else. I also think Gyllenhaal was an improvement from Katie Holmes. She was more convincing, and played the character better.

Also, Tony, you had to have Two Face doing that. It was what the Joker was trying to do during the whole second half of the film. He wanted to corrupt the “White Knight” and have Gotham lose faith once more. It was allowing him to have a closer world that he wants: a world without rules. It was a great dramatic ending, and showed that Gotham needed Batman more than ever.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:26:30 +0000

Although the movie was great, I don’t think it’s the best thing since sliced bread, like some people do. If it wasn’t for Heath Ledger as The Joker, this movie would’ve been “OK” at best. The movie should have been called The Joker, cause this was more his movie then anyone else. Then, it was to long. They could have cut 30 minutes off by removing the Two-Face parts and saving him for the next movie. Instead, they just squeeze him in there and end up wasting him by killing him off. I would have cut out everything with him after the hospital blows up. Then as the movie ends, just have him in the shadows flipping a coin. But that’s just me.

By: Rohit Iyer

Rohit Iyer — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:42:31 +0000

Hi Neha,

I heard you on the Slash Filmcast After Dark episode so I dropped by your website. Saw the movie Friday night. Good review. But I do think Bale’s Batman voice is still cringe-worthy. The best part was how disturbing this movie was… in a good way. My friends and I were talking about it for hours afterward (and they’re not even Batman fans).

-Rohit Iyer
Ahmedabad

By: Rye

Rye — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:52:27 +0000

I kind of don’t want them to make another Batman movie with the Joker. Nothing could be better than this, but a friend and I had a hard time coming up with other A-String batman villains that could exist within Nolan’s Batman world.

The bat-voice thing kind of annoyed me too, but it makes sense. It’s probably likely that Wayne has some voice-altering hardware built into the suit. Not just to protect his identity, but also for intimidation purposes. I would like to have a sweet “DON’T MESS WITH ME I AM THE NIGHT” voice for clutch situations.

By: marcus

marcus — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:27:52 +0000

I’ve seen it in imax last thursday and it was a blast! from the beginning ’til end. I’ve just heard your AfterDark in /film and it was interesting. About the voice in BB, well, i don’t know if it’s their intention to make it like that ‘makes you cringe’ but i think it was perfect because it was Batman “Begins”, everything is new to him. Anyway, you did a good review and to me it was “a perfect masterpiece”. (SPOILER) Its been 2 days and i’m still hunted by the fact that “Who will replace Heath Ledger’s amazing performance now that we know his character still lives?”. will it be Johnny Depp? i hope not. Hugo Weaving is very old. Who else? Shia LaBeouf? LOL! Jake Gyllenhaal? Just kiddin’! BTW Maggie deserved that role, gives much more life in the importance of the character. Another thing, just like you i thought all batman was good that is because i was a kid then especially “Batman and Robin” but now i realized that I only like “Batman Returns” of all the 4 batman films in the past, the others sucks big time. Again Dark Knight rules!

By: Paul B

Paul B — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:28:51 +0000

The movies was the shit….Ledgers performance is outstanding…Total Frank miller Joker with a twizt of the long Halloween. Two-face to me stole the show. Ekart is The man, I hope they continue with Two-Face As the main villian in Part 3. THis is the empire strikes Back of Comic movies, Ends on such a downer.

By: Robert H

Robert H — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:01:03 +0000

Thanks for the thoughtful and spoiler-free review! Can’t wait to see it tonight.