To the person who thought The Dark Knight was only getting good reviews because Heath Ledger is dead. It’s 3:16 am and I just got back from the midnight viewing of the newest Batman movie.. and YOU ARE WRONG!
Mr. Ledgers character has brought me joy I haven’t felt since I laid eyes on Jack Sparrow. We all know how much we fell in love with him.
Wait until you actually see a movie before claiming the actors don’t deserve the credit given.
This article appears in Jul 17-23, 2008.
I distinctly remember, when he was first cast, groaning out loud and debating whether this was going to be worth the ten bucks.After seeing trailers, Heath not only steps out of his comfort zone… but completely out of his mind. This is a must see for me and nearly everyone I know.
Congratulations Mr. Midnight ViewingLearn to read. I wondered if it was getting more publicity because he was dead. I did not say that it was getting good reviews because he was dead. I also noted that he is a great actor and no doubt plays the joker role well. But it does seem that movies always get more publicity when an actor dies, probably still true in this case, therefore, i am NOT wrong so fuck off.
I saw the movie this weekend and I liked it. To be honest, I only went to see it because I wanted to know what the hype about Ledger’s last performance was all about. I agree with L in that Ledger’s death generated more publicity for the film, attention that the film might not have received had Ledger not died. So yeah, he gave a great performance as the Joker. Does he deserve a posthumous Oscar for it? I don’t know.
Fuck that depressing shit – Adam West and his ‘Little Ears’ Batman cowl plus his protruding pot belly were to swoon for, especially when he danced the Batusi over a vat of bubbling chicken fat.
And Cesar Romaro was a just as good a joker as Heath Ledger,,, and he is just as dead…
I don’t give a flying jesus fuck about any celebrity, dead or alive. It’s a weird, stupid culture, this obsession society has. Batman Begins, however, kicked ass, and I was super excited about this one as soon as I heard about it… not to mention, it’s directed by the same dude who directed “Memento”.
I can proudly admit the only batman movie I have ever seen and probably will ever see was the 1960’s version TTFN and I referred to.
*POW* *SOCK* *Ka-Bloooie*Pure West. I love that guy, and it’s great that he’s still getting work, even if it just to mock himself.
I snapped up the ’68 Batman movie at Futureshop for five bucks a while back – just the scene where Batman is suspended from the Batcopter’s rope ladder with a shark sucking on his leg and yelling: ‘Throw down the Batshark Repellent, Robin! still cracks me up.Adam West was the King of Bad Puns and I love him for it.
I sometimes wonder what happened to Robin. I liked him. He looked cute in tights, not at all like a sausage.
Bad puns are among my all time favorite guilty pleasures, and I’m starting to let go of the guilt. Go puns!!
I like the original too. everything was labelled, which made it easy to differentiate between the bat shark repellent, the bat glue gun, the bat whatever…..also I loved how his big power was basically the worlds best utility belt.I always wondered why robin didn’t get sick of being the gimp in that relationship, steal the belt, and wreak soem serious havoc…..