It's amazing how the Joker is one of the most talked-about characters in cinema, and yet I still always learn something new about him when he gets brought up again. Great video man!
@@mjolninja9358 yeah it's because there hasn't been a villain in recent movies that has competed on his same level. Only thing coming remotely close is thanos which is why their are many video essays on him too.
I dunno, Minister Frollo from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame has always done it for me as a villain. As someone who's spent a lot of time around religious and middle-class people who proclaim to have humanist or progressive values, I find the bad guys who can convince themselves and other people that they're good to be the most unsettling.
The Dark Knight will probably be my favorite movie forever. It’s so re-watchable for me, even after knowing all the twists and turns. An instant classic, in part thanks to an incredible actor. I’ll always miss Heath Ledger
@@TheNightman. Agreed, there are actors that play thier part so well you don't see an actor you see the character come to life from the pages like Ron Perlman as hellboy,hugh Jackman as wolverine.
Heath Ledger's Joker reminds me a lot of the saying that people will always fear what they don't understand, and I think that that's what makes the Joker as a whole such an addicting and iconic character.
Best line to me of his was " Why don't we cut you up into little pieces and feed you to your pooches, hmm? And then we'll see just how loyal a hungry dog REALLY is!" 😂
It should be noted that US Senator Leahy, who makes a cameo in many Batman movies, said the scene where Ledger grabs him and holds a knife to his mouth, was truly terrifying....
@@Lucasio1209 You're right about that Mate. Our Aussie Boy Heath (RIP Bro) was the greatest live Joker ever - but Mark is - and probably always will be - the greatest Joker voice actor ever. Both will live forever.
And people claim Heath got the Oscar because he died... Just look at his performance in the scene when he wants Batman to run him over and he yells Hit me!
11:01 - 11:11 This is what I've been attempting to make people understand, for YEARS. This goes far beyond this character being the greatest interpretation of the Joker. He's the single greatest ANTAGONIST of all time! Thank you Heath Ledger & Christopher Nolan, for the masterpiece you've given us!!!
Also did you know that Heath Ledger's Joker after he won the Oscar for Best Supporting actor in 2009, that same year he won the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain over the nominees of that year Dwayne Johnson as Agent 23 in Get Smart, Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th, Johnathon Schaech as Richard Fenton in Prom Night and Luke Goss as Prince Nuada in Hellboy 2 The Golden Army?
I hear a lot of: "Oh people are just immortalizimg his joker because he died." But for me, No. He really is the best Joker, and should he still have been alive. He will still be the best Joker ever. RIP Heath Ledger
It's a shame we never got to see Nolan's original idea for his 3rd Batman film because of Ledger's death. Originally it was going to start with Joker on trial for his crimes and escaping during the trial. Two Face who originally wasn't going to be killed off in The Dark Knight would be in it too.
I remember thinking when I first heard Heath ledger was playing joker. I thought how on Earth is he going to pull it off and I thought it would bomb. Then I saw it and was never happier to be proven wrong his joker will always be the best for me even though I know others have also done a good job.
Joaquin Phoenix and Jack Nicholson, and even Mark Hamill, and yet somehow, Heath Ledger was the greatest of them all at portraying the clown prince of crime. May he Rest In Peace.
This joker is a product of a director that has a clear vision of what he wanted and a actor who committed to it with out compromise bravo Heath Ledgar bravo good sir
He, yeah, Ledgersa Joker his anything but chaotic. Yes he may appear chaotic, but every single thing he does in the movie is a highly calculated plan based on game theory and psychology. No, the Joker is not an agent of chaos. Quiet on the contrary.
Personally, his turn as Joker is the single greatest performance I've ever seen in a film 👍 it was flawless from minute one to the end. Not a single fault to be had with his Joker. I'm a huge fan of Joaquin's Joker aswell but they're very different and I don't personally think you can compare them much besides in name alone.
Best Batman villain ever! Not good, not great, the best. Heath ledgers interpretation defines what the joker is. A true anarchist. Not caring about money or power just chaos and exposing the hypocrisy of man. All men. And that is his downfall. It’s an awe inspiring performance that deserved the Oscar.
He is only perfect for batman He is the chaos to batman's order If he was the villain of the punisher it wouldn't work because Frank would shoot him dead.
@@benf6822 The Joker does not care what his goal costs to himself or others, only that the goal is achieved by any means necessary, and ideally in a way that really fucks with the hero/heroes. Survival is not a required condition for victory, only achieving what you set out to do. The joker was genius in how he dealt with superman though, if you can't kill the man, kill the heroic image that people see.
Heath Ledger was a legend. I always loved Jack's campy version of the Joker and before this was released, I'd always thought about Heath from 10 Things I Hate About You. So I was sceptical but lordy did he pull it off.
The Dark Knight got me thinking about how values alone shouldn’t define people. I noticed that The Joker achieved things that I strive for. He let go of vices, lives in the moment and doesn’t expect a reward. However, he twisted those values into something horrifying.
This. I watched this movie with a couple of friends after school. The sound omg was amazing. The best part was the beginning and the hospital scene. I really did the same gesture like the Joker to my friend "that's it all? No more explosion?" and then all exploded nicely. He did his best performance. RIP Heath
U got wicked sense humor like me type person laugh when ur wife bust her ass but feel bad she start crying while still laughing cus u can't help it and she pissed u like ur pos
The Joker may be considered a criminally lunatic or insane but he's actually a genius that got interested on something other people considered...offensive.
Heath Ledger's Joker will always be burned into my memory, one of the greatest bad guys of all time. Watching this video only solidifies that statement.. Nice work once again Niyat!
I think the "agent of chaos" thing for the Joker is a very clever misdirection, if that is the right word. That seems to be theatrics more than anything, along with his apparent madness. I would say that the Joker wins because no one of his enemies understand him. Batman, Gordon and Dent go most of the movie thinking he's a common criminal looking for money and power. The mob fails thinks he's a mad mercenary. Even Alfred misses the point of his own story. The Joker doesn't do what he does simply to create chaos, but to upturn the status quo and show the people of Gotham how cruel and unfair "the plan" is. The Joker is always a step ahead of everyone else because he's not mad; he's radicalized.
Rip Mr. Ledger 🌹 Everyone has a dark side to them. I just wish you lived long enough to see how influential your portrayal of this character was and still is to the world.
Niyat, Long time listener, first time poster. This is one of your best videos yet. I completely agree why Joker in TDK is among the best villains of any genre. Also, your video helped me articulate why Hedger's Joker stuck with me more than Joaquin Phoenix's performance. Phoenix clearly puts his heart into the role. But Joker tries to make the Clown Prince sympathetic, which undermines his menace and his core character. TDK Joker's lack of humanity makes him truly scary even though intellectually you know he's just a guy in clown makeup. Continue the great work. I look forward to future videos.
I feel this is where they dropped the ball with the recent Joker movie. They explained WAY too much about his background. That is what has always made him such a great character. The fact that you know virtually nothing about him. Like a force of nature, he comes in, destroys what he sees fit to, then leaves. Joker isn't about why. He's about why not.
A really imaginative, beautifully planned, tour de force piece of acting. He really got down the externals, plus the voice modulations. I think he was determined to at least equal Nicholson. He may have even surpassed him.
@Suspicious Ned Are you serious? The Joker, known for being non-discriminatory against those he kills or torments. The Joker, known for killing millions just to get Superman to snap, leading to many more lives being lost. He especially would never, ever claim that any lives "matter" as he sees the world as nothing but meaningless. He has literally shot, crippled, stripped, and violated a woman to prove a point. Plus not to mention Joker killed a black man with a pencil.
This video was released in August, 2020. That's after "Infinity War" and "Endgame". You don't have to go all the way back to 2008 to find the last truly great comic book antagonist and one of the most perfectly realized bad guys in cinematic history.
Brilliant Analysis of Heath Ledger's The Joker 🃏 👏 👍 Performance 🎭 👏 👌. Defining all the Qualities that makes him a perfect Opponent. And a Cult Character.
I am not what you could call a Marvel or DC fan and quite frankly I for one have had quite enough of these dragged out glib genre, but I have since a kid been a Batman fan with my favorite villain the Joker. This particular Joker just blew me away.
The thing about Batman doesn't kill people went out the window long time ago. I mean watch the movie and think about how many people he left dead in his wake of "Protecting the people of Gotham"
I believe, whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... Stranger! ~ JOKER🃏(Dark Knight) Decades passed away but his short term acting and artistic legacy keep rolling on and remaining evergreen in history of cinemas!! R.I.P Heath Ledger you'll be Missed forever but never be forgotten!❤❤❤
I KNEW IT! They don't have the same goals! I learned something important from this video! I have a story, & I always believed that there was something wrong with my main villain. My protagonist basically just wants to not be a superhero and just be a normal person with his girlfriend, and the main antagonist wants to torment the planet before resurrecting his long lost race: they don't have the same goal. Or at least goals that parallel each other. They aren't two sides of the same coin like Batman and Joker are. That's what I love about movie analysis videos like this! They help me out with my writing!
The intense chaos that Joker represents is the end result The League of Shadows existed to prevent. In more ways than a dozen every antagonist batman takes down births an escalation of villainy.
The other interesting comic book villains of recent years are from the Captain America movies of the MCU. Zemo and the Winter Soldier himself. In _The Winter Soldier_ Bucky is a great protagonist as he is the actual opposite to Rogers, but also his equal. And the revelation of his true identity is a jaw dropping moment that inflicted real pain and consternation on the Hero. As well there's Alexander Pierce, the enemy within, and the polar opposite of the Winter Soldier who he controls… Pierce in a way leads us to… And then there's Zemo… like the Joker he actually did win by exploiting the psychology of "the good guys" and getting them to tum against each other - to corrupt their Ideals. The only difference is he had a strong actual motive, grief and misplaced revenge. He is the humanized villain mentioned in the video. Dispite that, he was much more effective than any superhuman antagonist they had previously faced that was "Tremble before my might" [maniacal laughter - now that I think about it, Loki was a great villain, but that was more in the acting and nuisance than the writing/plot]. Even by the final movie in the cycle _Endgame,_ his actions are still being felt. And yet he never even engaged the heroes in combat, the perfect example of the manipulator as nemesis. A human, albeit a highly trained spook, that took down the mightiest Heroes on Earth with just misdirection, lies … *and the truth.*
He’s a top level CIA spy. Nolan loves spy movies like James Bond. He has hand to hand combat skills and knows how to handle being tortured and beaten. Nothing about him is in the system but he is very intelligent in manipulating American people and doesn’t have a foreign accent/ is very well spoken in English. Plus he seemingly has a death wish in a martyr kind of way but only if Batman kills him. If the city plummets into chaos it gives the government an excuse to “invade” Gotham and reclaim it. There’s a lot more I’m sure but you get the point.
I agree wholeheartedly with all you've stated, but with one thing above all: The Joker is completely ruthless. He has absolutely no ruth. While more recent portrayals of the Joker are a disaster, Heath Ledger made his portrayal a resounding aster. Even within the trilogy, he is the villain that is the most emotionally and conceptually overwhelming, Scarecrow, Bane and even Ra's Al Ghul, in my opinion, were merely whelming. (Only true DC Fanatics will see what I did there.)
"If you're good at something, never do it for free."
Welp, looks like i'm gonna be one of your Patreons.
He's a man of his word!
@@filmcomicsexplained do a video on Brightburn's World
you're on the wrong side of the equation buddy
@@thecount1374 uhu
Brother.
"When the chips are down . . . . . these uh . . . . these 'civilized' people . . . they'll eat each other" -Joker
And look where we are now with covid having everyone scared to be around each other.
Minneapolis be like
@@JohnSoapMacTavish-tb6pk We live in a society
He was right.
Dark humour at it's finest.
"It's not about money, it's about, sending a message. Everything Burns." - The Joker, played the legendary Heath Ledger
It's basically sending a message that if "money" is everything to people then it can be burn
It's amazing how the Joker is one of the most talked-about characters in cinema, and yet I still always learn something new about him when he gets brought up again. Great video man!
LightningBoltForever video essay channels love making videos about The Joker. Especially Heath’s portrayal of the joker
@@mjolninja9358 yeah it's because there hasn't been a villain in recent movies that has competed on his same level. Only thing coming remotely close is thanos which is why their are many video essays on him too.
Best villain portrayal in history. There will never be another Joker that tops Ledger's. Joaquin's Joker was fantastic though I will say
@@tb3099Killmonger?
I agree
"First you let 5 people die, then you let Dent take your place ... Even to a guy like me that's cold"
🤣 Ledger is such a legend
😂😂😂😂😂 hey atleast joker self aware man
Best Antagonist of all time
Amen
I dunno, Minister Frollo from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame has always done it for me as a villain.
As someone who's spent a lot of time around religious and middle-class people who proclaim to have humanist or progressive values, I find the bad guys who can convince themselves and other people that they're good to be the most unsettling.
Yes.
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Debatable
The Dark Knight will probably be my favorite movie forever. It’s so re-watchable for me, even after knowing all the twists and turns. An instant classic, in part thanks to an incredible actor. I’ll always miss Heath Ledger
wish heath ledger didn't die, was a good joker
Same😔 sometimes people are too good for this world🙏
*was a good actor
@Daniel Ingram Please his portrayal of the Joker has beaten out the others, his performance was unreal
@@TheNightman.
Agreed, there are actors that play thier part so well you don't see an actor you see the character come to life from the pages like Ron Perlman as hellboy,hugh Jackman as wolverine.
@Daniel Ingram
So did you not see the video or..?
Heath's portrayal was the closest to what the Joker actually is in the comics..it's why it works so well. (Barring animated)
Heath Ledger's Joker reminds me a lot of the saying that people will always fear what they don't understand, and I think that that's what makes the Joker as a whole such an addicting and iconic character.
"Batman absolutely does not kill to achieve his goals"
Ben Affleck: 😳
Reason why I refuse to watch a DC film now
@Lori Hanks I dont think that's the one most people like
Best line to me of his was " Why don't we cut you up into little pieces and feed you to your pooches, hmm? And then we'll see just how loyal a hungry dog REALLY is!" 😂
“Madness is like gravity; all you need is a little push” Joker Easily one of my favorite Joker quotes
It's true all takes one bad day and u could either become batman or Joker just look Naruto and obito
The joker: an actual really well made villain
Everyone: haha society
Obligatory society posting
It should be noted that US Senator Leahy, who makes a cameo in many Batman movies, said the scene where Ledger grabs him and holds a knife to his mouth, was truly terrifying....
Heath Ledger’s Joker is the greatest acting performance in a movie ever in the history of cinema
RIP Heath Ledger. The greatest joker ever. Period.
No doubt.. 👍👍
Live Action Joker* in film and television, heath has yet to be defeated. In animation and video games Mark Hamill is extraordinary.
@@Lucasio1209 You're right about that Mate. Our Aussie Boy Heath (RIP Bro) was the greatest live Joker ever - but Mark is - and probably always will be - the greatest Joker voice actor ever. Both will live forever.
Live action sure, Mark Hamil is best Joker Voice ever.
Wanna see a magic trick? ✏️
Which is worse: John wick with a pencil or Joker with a pencil?
@@justicekreider2978 both can make a pencil disappear
Not really. What then
“All the way back to 2008”
First of all how dare you
Right?!?! Thats the year I graduated high school! 😳
Great, now I feel old.
it emphasizes how much of a masterpiece this film really is. A timeless masterpiece
Thanos was also a good antagonist. I mean he had a justifiable motive it’s just that his actions aren’t.
And people claim Heath got the Oscar because he died... Just look at his performance in the scene when he wants Batman to run him over and he yells Hit me!
11:01 - 11:11 This is what I've been attempting to make people understand, for YEARS. This goes far beyond this character being the greatest interpretation of the Joker. He's the single greatest ANTAGONIST of all time! Thank you Heath Ledger & Christopher Nolan, for the masterpiece you've given us!!!
Also did you know that Heath Ledger's Joker after he won the Oscar for Best Supporting actor in 2009, that same year he won the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain over the nominees of that year Dwayne Johnson as Agent 23 in Get Smart, Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th, Johnathon Schaech as Richard Fenton in Prom Night and Luke Goss as Prince Nuada in Hellboy 2 The Golden Army?
Low bar. ¬_¬
Dwayne Johnson lmao
I hear a lot of: "Oh people are just immortalizimg his joker because he died."
But for me, No.
He really is the best Joker, and should he still have been alive. He will still be the best Joker ever.
RIP Heath Ledger
More villains need to fight psychologically rather than full on fist fighting. Villains aren’t just there to make Hero’s look cool
Spot on. The whole "I got a gun" thing was over long ago.
Stop me if you've heard this one: So one night these two guys decided to escape from an Asylum🤡
@@beneko1127 & they see scaffolding stretching across town a way 2 FREEDOM...
You'll turn off the flashlight, no way!
@@bone8352 What do U think I am CRAZY!?....... hehehehehehehehehe...... hahahahaha, AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.........☠
It's a shame we never got to see Nolan's original idea for his 3rd Batman film because of Ledger's death. Originally it was going to start with Joker on trial for his crimes and escaping during the trial. Two Face who originally wasn't going to be killed off in The Dark Knight would be in it too.
I remember thinking when I first heard Heath ledger was playing joker. I thought how on Earth is he going to pull it off and I thought it would bomb. Then I saw it and was never happier to be proven wrong his joker will always be the best for me even though I know others have also done a good job.
Joaquin Phoenix and Jack Nicholson, and even Mark Hamill, and yet somehow, Heath Ledger was the greatest of them all at portraying the clown prince of crime. May he Rest In Peace.
Mr Ledger was in a world all his own. Untouchable.
The roll that costed him his life...
To reach such a dark roll..he had to become him..
Excellent writing and story made it one for the ages!
He had a lot of other problems going on, I don't think being the Joker killed him.
Nah
This joker is a product of a director that has a clear vision of what he wanted and a actor who committed to it with out compromise bravo Heath Ledgar bravo good sir
The Joker an agent of Chaos...
Smells like Heresy to me.
He, yeah, Ledgersa Joker his anything but chaotic. Yes he may appear chaotic, but every single thing he does in the movie is a highly calculated plan based on game theory and psychology. No, the Joker is not an agent of chaos. Quiet on the contrary.
@Ban this youtube I was probably drunk when writing that.😆
The inquisition is on it's way
Personally, his turn as Joker is the single greatest performance I've ever seen in a film 👍 it was flawless from minute one to the end. Not a single fault to be had with his Joker. I'm a huge fan of Joaquin's Joker aswell but they're very different and I don't personally think you can compare them much besides in name alone.
It’s the perfect example of the difference between a writer and a great writer.
Heath ledger joker was the greatest performance I ever saw on television and what a great experience it was
Best Batman villain ever! Not good, not great, the best. Heath ledgers interpretation defines what the joker is. A true anarchist. Not caring about money or power just chaos and exposing the hypocrisy of man. All men. And that is his downfall. It’s an awe inspiring performance that deserved the Oscar.
Yeah cus he see broken society and almost has no hope for change other then making sure batman remains incorruptible the only man he kinda trust
He is only perfect for batman
He is the chaos to batman's order
If he was the villain of the punisher it wouldn't work because Frank would shoot him dead.
The Joker plays according to his adversary, look what he did to Superman
@@benf6822 yeah and superman killed him too
@@Blackhawk211 yes, but Joker won.
@@benf6822 The Joker does not care what his goal costs to himself or others, only that the goal is achieved by any means necessary, and ideally in a way that really fucks with the hero/heroes. Survival is not a required condition for victory, only achieving what you set out to do. The joker was genius in how he dealt with superman though, if you can't kill the man, kill the heroic image that people see.
@Leon Robinson I think you underestimate punisher. Even without guns Frank would kill joker with his bare hands
But good idea.
Heath Ledger was a legend. I always loved Jack's campy version of the Joker and before this was released, I'd always thought about Heath from 10 Things I Hate About You. So I was sceptical but lordy did he pull it off.
The Dark Knight got me thinking about how values alone shouldn’t define people. I noticed that The Joker achieved things that I strive for. He let go of vices, lives in the moment and doesn’t expect a reward. However, he twisted those values into something horrifying.
This. I watched this movie with a couple of friends after school. The sound omg was amazing. The best part was the beginning and the hospital scene. I really did the same gesture like the Joker to my friend "that's it all? No more explosion?" and then all exploded nicely.
He did his best performance.
RIP Heath
U got wicked sense humor like me type person laugh when ur wife bust her ass but feel bad she start crying while still laughing cus u can't help it and she pissed u like ur pos
Hearh Ledger truly redefined the Joker. He will forever be missed.
The Joker may be considered a criminally lunatic or insane but he's actually a genius that got interested on something other people considered...offensive.
Lol
4:00, audiences gasped when they saw the face reveal.
Heath Ledger's Joker will always be burned into my memory, one of the greatest bad guys of all time. Watching this video only solidifies that statement.. Nice work once again Niyat!
May Heath ledger rest in peace for he was an amazing man and actor.
My favorite and best Joker of all time R.I.P Heath Ledger
I think the "agent of chaos" thing for the Joker is a very clever misdirection, if that is the right word. That seems to be theatrics more than anything, along with his apparent madness.
I would say that the Joker wins because no one of his enemies understand him. Batman, Gordon and Dent go most of the movie thinking he's a common criminal looking for money and power. The mob fails thinks he's a mad mercenary. Even Alfred misses the point of his own story. The Joker doesn't do what he does simply to create chaos, but to upturn the status quo and show the people of Gotham how cruel and unfair "the plan" is.
The Joker is always a step ahead of everyone else because he's not mad; he's radicalized.
Rip Mr. Ledger 🌹 Everyone has a dark side to them. I just wish you lived long enough to see how influential your portrayal of this character was and still is to the world.
Yeah
Niyat,
Long time listener, first time poster.
This is one of your best videos yet. I completely agree why Joker in TDK is among the best villains of any genre.
Also, your video helped me articulate why Hedger's Joker stuck with me more than Joaquin Phoenix's performance. Phoenix clearly puts his heart into the role. But Joker tries to make the Clown Prince sympathetic, which undermines his menace and his core character. TDK Joker's lack of humanity makes him truly scary even though intellectually you know he's just a guy in clown makeup.
Continue the great work. I look forward to future videos.
“Does Harvey know about you and his little bunny?”
i watch this movie once every year.
I feel this is where they dropped the ball with the recent Joker movie. They explained WAY too much about his background. That is what has always made him such a great character. The fact that you know virtually nothing about him. Like a force of nature, he comes in, destroys what he sees fit to, then leaves. Joker isn't about why. He's about why not.
When he insists on his own sanity, you experience a moment of truth. He doesn’t want to be perceived as insane.
Its crazy that even after 2 years this video still stands, the dark night is the best joker.
A really imaginative, beautifully planned, tour de force piece of acting. He really got down the externals, plus the voice modulations. I think he was determined to at least equal Nicholson. He may have even surpassed him.
Rest in peace Heath Ledger, the best version of the Joker btw.
Joker's philosophy wasn't about anarchy, it was a prediction.
Agreed, look at covid 2019
@Suspicious Ned
The joker has no allegiance to a cause or ideology. If anything he'd use blm to cause chaos via riots
@Suspicious Ned Are you serious? The Joker, known for being non-discriminatory against those he kills or torments. The Joker, known for killing millions just to get Superman to snap, leading to many more lives being lost. He especially would never, ever claim that any lives "matter" as he sees the world as nothing but meaningless. He has literally shot, crippled, stripped, and violated a woman to prove a point.
Plus not to mention Joker killed a black man with a pencil.
When they say “ you are crazy”
Joker replied: “ no I’m not-ed “
The word “not “is mortified into past tense. Meaning he he crazy now but not last time
God. You Nailed this. I have been obsessed since day one.
"Group therapy session" 👏👏👏😂
You should do a character evolution video. Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley are my favorite
I just wish this man lived today to see his masterpiece
THIS is the definitive Joker
It’s a cliche that the antagonist thinks he’s right...this concept has been beat to death.
This video was released in August, 2020. That's after "Infinity War" and "Endgame". You don't have to go all the way back to 2008 to find the last truly great comic book antagonist and one of the most perfectly realized bad guys in cinematic history.
There will never be an actor who can top Heath Ledgers performance as the Joker. Discussion over. Rest In Peace Heath, you left us too soon.
Brilliant Analysis of Heath Ledger's The Joker 🃏 👏 👍 Performance 🎭 👏 👌.
Defining all the Qualities that makes him a perfect Opponent. And a Cult Character.
At the ending, Batman might win the battle but the Joker's won the war.
I am not what you could call a Marvel or DC fan and quite frankly I for one have had quite enough of these dragged out glib genre, but I have since a kid been a Batman fan with my favorite villain the Joker. This particular Joker just blew me away.
OMG!! You did a MASTERFUL job of describing the Greatest Antagonist of all time!
"what doesn't kill you, simply makes you...stranger" -Nietzche
"Why so serious."
FCE really has to do a video on the dark knight rises with bane, eh?
Heath Ledger the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the movie, until 2019 when Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor for his role as the JOKER.
Awesome video! Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker
is the best acting performance I've ever seen! a stunning antagonist!
Heath ledger is the only method actor that doesn't come off as extremely pretentious
"Some men just want to watch the world burn."
Normal People: What a great line.
Cultured people: Turn it to a meme!
Josh Brolin's Thanos, more specifically in Infinity War, was one of those movie villains that made me go "Wow.".
Vizzy he was better than most of the marvel villains for sure
@@joebeast15 They had 10 years to make him good. Anything less than great would have been a travesty.
SWAT team sequence still gives me chills.
The thing about Batman doesn't kill people went out the window long time ago. I mean watch the movie and think about how many people he left dead in his wake of "Protecting the people of Gotham"
Whooo! New Film Comics Explained to start my weekend!
At this point i go ahead and like the video before I'm finished. You just know it's gonna be good. Well done once again.
I believe, whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... Stranger! ~ JOKER🃏(Dark Knight)
Decades passed away but his short term acting and artistic legacy keep rolling on and remaining evergreen in history of cinemas!!
R.I.P Heath Ledger you'll be Missed forever but never be forgotten!❤❤❤
Heath Ledger's version of the Joker is defenitly the standard of judgement.
I know this is controversial but I also liked Jared Jeto's version too...
*vomiting tyrion scene*
Good to see/hear you again buddy!
I KNEW IT! They don't have the same goals! I learned something important from this video!
I have a story, & I always believed that there was something wrong with my main villain. My protagonist basically just wants to not be a superhero and just be a normal person with his girlfriend, and the main antagonist wants to torment the planet before resurrecting his long lost race: they don't have the same goal. Or at least goals that parallel each other. They aren't two sides of the same coin like Batman and Joker are.
That's what I love about movie analysis videos like this! They help me out with my writing!
Really great commentary in this one
Any chance you can do an anatomy on Bane in the Dark Knight Rises?
I was waiting for the "ENOUGH,,FROM THE CLOWN"
Rest In Peace heath ledger you my favorite actor you Star in my favorite films The Knight tale and you did amazing job doing the joker😇❤️
Rip heath ledger you were a legend and an iconic joker.
Heath Ledger! Legendary👏 so sorry he died so young😥
Do one on ra's al ghul
maybe im biased because i was way younger when i watched this movie and i know nostalgia and all that but damn the acting for joker was just perfect
Actually, Dent was slipping before Rachel was killed. There is the scene in which he is trying to scare information out of the fake guard. 9:18
The intense chaos that Joker represents is the end result The League of Shadows existed to prevent.
In more ways than a dozen every antagonist batman takes down births an escalation of villainy.
The other interesting comic book villains of recent years are from the Captain America movies of the MCU.
Zemo and the Winter Soldier himself.
In _The Winter Soldier_ Bucky is a great protagonist as he is the actual opposite to Rogers, but also his equal. And the revelation of his true identity is a jaw dropping moment that inflicted real pain and consternation on the Hero.
As well there's Alexander Pierce, the enemy within, and the polar opposite of the Winter Soldier who he controls… Pierce in a way leads us to…
And then there's Zemo… like the Joker he actually did win by exploiting the psychology of "the good guys" and getting them to tum against each other - to corrupt their Ideals.
The only difference is he had a strong actual motive, grief and misplaced revenge. He is the humanized villain mentioned in the video.
Dispite that, he was much more effective than any superhuman antagonist they had previously faced that was "Tremble before my might" [maniacal laughter - now that I think about it, Loki was a great villain, but that was more in the acting and nuisance than the writing/plot].
Even by the final movie in the cycle _Endgame,_ his actions are still being felt.
And yet he never even engaged the heroes in combat, the perfect example of the manipulator as nemesis.
A human, albeit a highly trained spook, that took down the mightiest Heroes on Earth with just misdirection, lies … *and the truth.*
No, they are not
After this joker performance the only antagonist I can appreciate is Kruger from Elysium, what a savage.
He’s a top level CIA spy.
Nolan loves spy movies like James Bond.
He has hand to hand combat skills and knows how to handle being tortured and beaten.
Nothing about him is in the system but he is very intelligent in manipulating American people and doesn’t have a foreign accent/ is very well spoken in English.
Plus he seemingly has a death wish in a martyr kind of way but only if Batman kills him.
If the city plummets into chaos it gives the government an excuse to “invade” Gotham and reclaim it.
There’s a lot more I’m sure but you get the point.
We on it boys
I agree wholeheartedly with all you've stated, but with one thing above all: The Joker is completely ruthless. He has absolutely no ruth.
While more recent portrayals of the Joker are a disaster, Heath Ledger made his portrayal a resounding aster. Even within the trilogy, he is the villain that is the most emotionally and conceptually overwhelming, Scarecrow, Bane and even Ra's Al Ghul, in my opinion, were merely whelming.
(Only true DC Fanatics will see what I did there.)