Quote:
Originally Posted by mrklixx
I, of course, thought Ledger did well, but I am a really big fan of the mythos that the Burton film created in that the Jack Napier killed Bruce Wayne's parents, thus "creating" Batman, and Batman pushed Napier into the chemical vat, thus "creating" Joker. It gave the story a more yin-yang feel and gave Joker more of a reason to have a hardon of hate for the Bat, rather than just being some random disfigured loony.
|
I just saw the movie tonight, and holy crap was it awesome. I think Ledger deserves an Academy Ward for his performance. He played the part perfectly. The idea of the joker is not that he has a hatred for Batman, but that he is the incarnation of pure evil pitted in the immortal struggle against Batman, who is the guardian of justice and morality and good. It is better that he doesn't have a backstory, and that he just exists, for it makes him far more sinister. Plus it's how the comics portray him.
I also thought the score was magnificent. It meshed so well with the images onscreen. Zimmer too deserves an Academy Award.