Yeah, Vicki sucked pretty much for the whole movie. At least Rachel seemed to fit in with the continuity of the Nolanverse--Vicki was just there to give the movie a love story. And it failed. Miserably.
Burton is one of my favorite directors of all time. I hate Batman, but Batman Returns is better, and Batman Forever rocked. I don't like Keaton as Batman, but I think he does a great job of it. It's just a personal preference on my part.
Heath was the best Joker by far, and I think that's why the fandom is exploding right now. People who've never been that into Batman, such as myself, are going out and looking up all of the old movies and comics to get more with the Joker in it. That's a crazy effect to have on people. Heath needs to win every award he can for this role, or there's no justice in the world at all. TDK is my favorite movie of all time (and that's saying something), and Ledger's performance was simply outstanding.
You're right, every single actor was amazing. There wasn't anyone who didn't fit, and everyone was perfectly in character. I thought it was an amazing production. And if I had the chance to have Ledger's Joker stick a knife in my face and toss me out a window, and have a love story with Two-Face, and I gave it up because my husband wouldn't allow me to do it... well. There are no words for how truly livid I would be. LIVID.
This might sound awful, but I was only upset about Heath dying after I saw the movie. It was then that I could fully appreciate how great of an actor he was (I loved him in Brokeback Mountain, but TDK was so far above anything he's ever done before), and then I was upset that he wouldn't be around, not only to re-prise the Joker, but also to act in other movies that would no doubt have been memorable.
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Date: 2008-07-29 08:40 pm (UTC)Yeah, Vicki sucked pretty much for the whole movie. At least Rachel seemed to fit in with the continuity of the Nolanverse--Vicki was just there to give the movie a love story. And it failed. Miserably.
Burton is one of my favorite directors of all time. I hate Batman, but Batman Returns is better, and Batman Forever rocked. I don't like Keaton as Batman, but I think he does a great job of it. It's just a personal preference on my part.
Heath was the best Joker by far, and I think that's why the fandom is exploding right now. People who've never been that into Batman, such as myself, are going out and looking up all of the old movies and comics to get more with the Joker in it. That's a crazy effect to have on people. Heath needs to win every award he can for this role, or there's no justice in the world at all. TDK is my favorite movie of all time (and that's saying something), and Ledger's performance was simply outstanding.
You're right, every single actor was amazing. There wasn't anyone who didn't fit, and everyone was perfectly in character. I thought it was an amazing production. And if I had the chance to have Ledger's Joker stick a knife in my face and toss me out a window, and have a love story with Two-Face, and I gave it up because my husband wouldn't allow me to do it... well. There are no words for how truly livid I would be. LIVID.
This might sound awful, but I was only upset about Heath dying after I saw the movie. It was then that I could fully appreciate how great of an actor he was (I loved him in Brokeback Mountain, but TDK was so far above anything he's ever done before), and then I was upset that he wouldn't be around, not only to re-prise the Joker, but also to act in other movies that would no doubt have been memorable.