Movie The Dark Knight

[GROTTO]

Nah that's the only one I've seen, haven't avoided them specifically or anything just never got around to watching them.

TDK is a treat. Ledger was great when at the time there is absolutely no way I gave him a chance.

Plays the psychotic mad criminal perfectly.

Probably would have returned in TDKR had he not passed away.

 

[GROTTO]

A shame I missed the IMAX session this week, damn.

I did manage to see it in IMAX ten years ago which was spectacular (way ahead of its time).

Brilliant film. To this day I still listen to Zimmer’s/Howard’s score endlessly. ‘Aggressive Expansion’ is one of the all time great film moments, glorious.

One of very few trilogies I could and have watched back to back to back.

After over 7 hours straight watching "Im Batman".

 

[HahnPremium]

Superb movie.
I was actually aghast to hear ledger was portraying the Joker.
And Ive never been happier to be proved so comprehensively wrong.
The subtleties and nuances he brought to the character.
Less is definitely more. The walking ambling gait after exiting the hospital.
And my personal fave. Caused mayhem everywhere.
Sees Harvey in Hospital... and simply

 

[GROTTO]

Superb movie.
I was actually aghast to hear ledger was portraying the Joker.
And Ive never been happier to be proved so comprehensively wrong.
The subtleties and nuances he brought to the character.
Less is definitely more. The walking ambling gait after exiting the hospital.
And my personal fave. Caused mayhem everywhere.
Sees Harvey and Hospital... and simply

I enjoyed Batman interrogating the Joker.

No amount of physical punishment was going to get the Joker to talk and the Bat couldnt comprehend this.

There was a theory that the Jokers background was ex-military.

 

[vast]

I enjoyed Batman interrogating the Joker.

No amount of physical punishment was going to get the Joker to talk and the Bat couldnt comprehend this.

There was a theory that the Jokers background was ex-military.

Nolan has basically said he has no backstory which is in line with the comics for the most part.

As the few the wrote it arent considered cannon.

 

[HahnPremium]

 

[GROTTO]

Nolan has basically said he has no backstory which is in line with the comics for the most part.

As the few the wrote it arent considered cannon.

That I do know. But the backstory about it is fascinating. Maybe even missed a trick by not having explored this in the trilogy.

"
When The Dark Knight came out in 2008, comic book purists shat enough bricks to build the filthiest replica of the Great Wall of China. Suddenly, all the changes made to the Joker character that they bemoaned -- like the face scars and making him an anarchist bomb expert -- didn't seem to matter in light of everything Christopher Nolan and Heath Ledger did with the character.


Their Joker was scary, intimidating, and, true to the comic books, even had a mysterious origin that kept him a fascinating, psychopathic enigma ... provided you ignore all the clues that clearly point to the Joker's military background.

Warner Bros.
They're very subtle, but they're there.


Throughout the movie, the Joker shows remarkable comfort with military-grade weaponry like grenades, explosives, and machine guns, and after extensive Googling followed by a visit from two very nice federal agents, I can tell you that you can't learn how to use that stuff from the Internet. I'm also pretty sure that you wouldn't be able to blow up whole building complexes or hit a moving vehicle with a rocket launcher from inside a speeding truck without at least some practice. And unless the Joker grew up in the city from the GTA games, the only place he could have practiced that is the military.


That's not even my own stupid opinion. That's actually one of the "official" possible origins for the Joker found in The Dark Knight Manual, a 2012 tie-in book for The Dark Knight Rises.

Warner Bros.
"You want to know how I got these scars? Only $28.65! Order now!"




Actually, a stint in the military would explain a lot of other things about the character, like the, well, military precision of his tactics, including the time he killed a guy using a precisely timed school bus. Plus, there's this seemingly random piece of dialogue the Joker says in the movie:


"I tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all 'part of the plan.'"


Of all the things he could have used as an example, it's interesting that the Joker would bring up soldiers getting blown up, especially as shrapnel wounds would be the perfect explanation for his scars. Add some inevitable PTSD into the mix and suddenly you see Ledger's Clown Prince of Crime for who he really is: an ex-soldier who became disfigured, snapped, and later spent the entire movie killing mayors, district attorneys, and police commissioners, aka people who in his troubled mind were representatives of the government that sent him to war."

 

[Kram]

The best bit was with the magic trick where the pencil 'disappears'. It's the moment you realise ok this guy is something different. He means business and he's is bad. Really, really bad.

 

[HahnPremium]

"You're crazy"

 

[vast]

The interrogation scene is the pinnacle of the movie as it was designed to be.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I consider the Joker’s origins in The Killing Joke to be canon, but it’s a personal thing.

 

[vast]

I consider the Joker’s origins in The Killing Joke to be canon, but it’s a personal thing.

Bit hard for them to make the story cannon now since Batman killed him at he end.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Bit hard for them to make the story cannon now since Batman killed him at he end.

Interesting interpretation.

Probably my favourite comic/g novel.

 

[RobbyRoy]

I personally ignore all stories and even theories about The Joker's background. I am perfectly happy for it to remain a complete mystery.