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Subj: Re: I'm still about 70% on board...
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 08:29:25 pm EST
Reply Subj: Re: I'm still about 70% on board...
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 08:17:54 pm EST


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> >I've read "Killing Joke." Do you know who's also read it? Ledger. He's using it as source material for his Joker interpretation.
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> I knew that, actually. And while I think its an OK comic, I don't think "Killing Joke" shows the definitive version of the character.
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... You just said in your very last post 'read "Killing Joke" ..... and one can get the gist of the character.' And now you're saying you DON'T think "Killing Joke" shows the definitive version of the character. So which is it?

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> >I don't understand. From your comments, you seem to prefer that Ledger put no work into the part. You mock him because he's taking the role seriously,
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> I'm mocking him for taking his role too seriously.
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Um... perhaps I'm wrong... but isn't that what an actor's SUPPOSED to do? You're mocking him for being an overachiever at his job, basically.

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> >which is something any Batman fan should be thrilled about. I suppose people thought Brando was "excessive" for his ground-breaking method acting during 'On the Waterfront' and DeNiro was "excessive" for gaining 40 pounds for his role in 'Raging Bull.'
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> If they did those things while locked in a hotel room for a month, yeah, that would be excessive.
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What does the hotel room have anything to do with anything? You seem to be obsessed with Ledger's hotel room. And how do you know they weren't in a hotel room rehearsing?

> >Now I'm not making comparisons between 'Dark Knight' and those movies, but my point is this... all I care about is how much work Ledger's putting into this role, and IMO the more the better. Whether or not you think he's a Hollywood pretty-boy has no impact on the quality of the movie.
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> I've never seen Heath Ledger movie, so I have no preconcieved notions about him.
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Well, that's good. But you seem to think his month in a hotel-room will do harm to his Joker role instead of making it better, which you still haven't explained beyond saying it's "excessive."

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> >So I hope you haven't already prejudged Ledger. Because from my take on the trailer, I didn't even see Ledger, just the Joker.
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> I kind of saw the Crow, which isn't the Joker at all.

The Crow?? In what way?