Batman carries on beginning in ... The Dark Knight

I'll take Nicholson hamming it up as an absurd baddie (Batman, Departed, Witches Of Eastwick) over Nicholson's "hi, Oscar!" steez.

I really hope Heath Ledger remembers to dance.

BATDANCE!

DO THA BATUSI

"Drunken Billionaire Burns Down Own Home" scene is Bale's shining moment in Batman Begins

Nicholson's Joker is awful, just Jack in bad makeup.

-- Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, January 18, 2008 5:42 PM

so rite and so rong, respectively

I'm still not sure about Ledger, the trailer just feels a little hollow to me. When he chews on a word like "commissioner," I'm not sure if he's camping it up too much or not enough, and I could see his approach to the role wearing thin over the course of a whole movie. But then, the only starring role of his I've ever seen is 10 Things I Hate About You, so I have no idea what he's really capable of anyway (jeez, he really hasn't been in many movies, has he? I mean even for a younger actor).

I haven't seen 10 Things, but was Heath Ledger in that? Maybe it will come on cable soon.

As completely ridiculous as it was, I really love A Knight's Tale...and specifically his role therein.

Paul Bettany's Chaucer is totally the best part of Knight's Tale though.

I love me some two-face. I think this strategy is very interesting, and obviously meant to set up a third picture focusing on Jokes.

heath ledger vs. ryan phillipe vs. hayden christiansen

who can tell the dif?

I can see where you're coming from on the last two, but you seriously don't see the difference between Ledger and them?

has Hayden Christiansen been in anything else besides Lucas's CGI wet dreams?

shattered glass (great)
life as a house (terrible)
factory girl (okay)
jumper (ehh)

i'm being glib. i like all three of them, actually.

You saw Jumper already?

Don't think I've seen Darth Christiansen in anything else. Can he actually act? You can't tell that about anyone who you've only seen in a Lucas film.

Kinda wanna see

the 'great' up there is just to needle morbs

Jumper looks like it could be fun. Do you think they know it means 'sweater' over here?

"Wanker" title was taken, presumably

by you?

:-D

j/k

*rimshot*

I am glad that they aren't going to invent an origin story for the Joker, because so far they have all been ridiculously stupid.

"I woke up one day and felt a bit down."

"Yeah, thanks."

That 6 minute clips starts pretty good but man oh man does the dialogue get LAME at the end.

that's what dialog is for in action movies

anyway, very stoked for MORE ECKHART (which is weird, cuz wasn't the dirty cop in Burton's Batman named Eckhart? who was sorta based on Harvey Bullock? and A. Eckhart is playing a diff bat-character named Harvey, and I can't believe I have retained so much info from when i was 13, yet can't remember a quadratic equation or what it's for?) I only hope it's Thank You For Smoking Eckhart and not No Reservations Eckhart that shows up.
Hopefully Batman Begins 3 will have Clive Owen as Mr. Freeze or Film Freak or Calendar Man or KILLER MOTH (YESSSS)

it's all about the Bookworm

http://www.waswatching.com/archives/bookworm-thumb.jpg

i'm still kinda irked that billy dee williams never got to play two-face.

billy dee was hella smart and put in his contract that if someone else got to play harvey dent as two-face they'd have to pay him off.

I wonder if they have to pay him EVERY time somebody else plays Dent! Maybe he's making money off this movie! That would be totally fucking awesome.

^^

Well, damn.

Damn.

All we'll ever get is a short taste of what Ledger would have been like.

I'm certain it will still be released.

isn't it already done filming?

yeah, principle photography and all was finished. the release won't likely be affected much.

still, just so sad.

I think that's all we were ever going to get, anyway. If that makes you feel any better. It seems like the emotional meat of the movie is going to be Harvey Dent turning into Darth Vader, with Joker as macguffin what keeps things moving.

if they're smart and going for the most psychologically interesting characters the third movie will feature Clayface

or THE OUTSIDER
http://www.dccomics.com/media/covers/7255_400x600.jpg

Whoa, that's really sad. I can't believe Ledger was only 28(!)... I figured he was close to 40 by the looks of him.

Comment from Morgan Freeman [from BBC Heath Ledger tribute page)

"I worked on the same film and I never met him - we were never on the same set. This is as much news to me as anybody and it affects me in the same way"

This really surprised me, but probly not to many movie buff ilxors I guess. So do cast and crews not get together these days and celebrate the final cuts etc?

I'm sure they were both invited to various celebratory events, but maybe they were too busy/jaded to attend.

heath ledger vs. ryan phillipe vs. hayden christiansen
who can tell the dif?

remy, you def seem like a nice guy, but this is of a piece w/ yr maintaining 10% of all films you see are "great."

As opposed to the 90% that aren't? Sounds like a reasonable breakdown to me!

"great" means for the all-time canon, Ned

Oh, right.

HAVE A GREEEEAT DAY!

"great" means for the all-time canon, Ned

Your universe, it is strange and wondrous to me.