'Whoa! The Joker? Why is he posting about The Joker? Wtf bro, didn't The Dark Knight come out like 5 months ago?' Yes, my dear observant movie goer, it did. The DVD however came out more recently. When? Well, the regular edition came out ten days ago, the special addition blu ray came out this week and an even specialer (sounds dumb but it is a word) edition will come out next week. I happened to pick one of those bad boys up today and guess what? Seeing the Joker's performance the second time is even better than the first.
As I was watching, I was counting down the minutes, scenes and lines until the Joker would make his way on screen. Heath Ledger makes this movie. Disagree with me? Give me your address and I will come to your house with a copy of The Dark Knight and make you watch it (by force if necessary) until your opinion has changed. From his introduction with the pencil trick, the 'Why so serious' monologue, the faulty remote mechanism, 'Hey! I wanna drive!', unstoppable force/immovable object... etc. Each of these scenes brought this movie to #4 on imdb, and if there could have been a spin off (Joker goes to summer camp?) I would bet it would do just as well as TDK.
Unfortunately, and for the good name of the franchise, there will be no spin offs. What there will be is the Academy Awards. If Mr. Ledger doesn't get our old pal Oscar, I'll bow my head to Mr. Langella (MAYBE Mr. Rourke) and then travel to each member of the academy's houses with a copy of The Dark Knight in hand.
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