4:14 Absolutely heart wrenching scene. Harvey’s “No” and Batman’s split second hesitation, realizing they’d been tricked and that Rachel was going to die.
I think it would be better if Joker gave the exact location where Rachel is, But Batman doubted Joker thinking he's going to trick me and go to opposite location where he think Rachel was there. But got Picachu face when he realise Joker telling the Exact location.
Good to know even if Batman made the opposite choice in Joker’s game, by going for Harvey and saving Rachel, Harvey would die a hero with the citizens turning on Batman for failing to save him and the Dent Act is formed on a truth instead of a lie.
The way Rachel just accepts it, the slight happiness in her voice knowing that at least harvey will live despite knowing she was done for. Superb acting.
Joker said that people show who they really are at their last moment, rachel was happy Harvey was saved, i think if she really was a bitch like everyone says she would be angry and crying because nowone saved her
Yep precisely, Rachel would rather be the sacrifical lamb than have Harvey be blown to kingdom come. Not just happiness but also relief, knowing that it was Bruce/Batman who came to save him. Harvey mattered more to the people than her, due to his high campaigning to wipe the cities clean of criminal activities. But what's more depressing was that before her death, Rachel never realized that Harvey would take the loss very badly and become a psychotic vigilante, to take it out on those he felt were responsible for her death. I'm sure that Rachel would never want to see that happen at all. But as the Joker said during his conversation with Harvey in the hospital, it was all "part of the plan". Things only got worse as the story progressed... ending with the demise of Harvey "Two-Face" and Batman voluntarily covering up for his crimes, to keep Harvey's "white knight reputation" intact for the next 8 years.
No, she died thinking they would save her. She thought he was just freaking out. She was just trying to calm him down. Both of them thought they’d rescue her.
I like how he says that in their last moments people show you who they really are. He gets tossed off a building and falls down towards a certain death and laughs all the way down before getting rescued by Batman.
Thats not the prime reason,at least not for me. His performance is like a cherry on the top of cake.Imo,this film has the best screenplay in cinema,miles ahead of Chinatown and Citizen Kane.Right up there with The Godfather films.
Yeah, and I also watch it dubbed in my mother language because the actor who dubs Heath Ledger is phenomenal. He was actually the first one who came to my mind when I was thinking about who could dub him.
@@aaronsmith3484 I'll always love Ledger's Joker. He's the best actor and the best acting in the film. I will ALWAYS love Harvey Two-Face Dent he's my favorite character in the dark Knight film and I like Bale's Bruce Wayne. Gary Oldman is fantastic as James Gordon and Eric Roberts is good as the Italian mobster Maroni in The Dark Knight. A lot of good acting performances in this film.
1:05 Imagine this scene being with Jason Todd and his mother after being kidnapped and held hostage by The Joker. What if The Dark Knight did the Jason Todd Red Hood origin story but still with Heath Ledger as the Joker?
Yeah, that was a nice little nuance they put in. A similar concept is in the movie 'the American's with George Clooney. He plays a sort of skilled but washed out and downward spiralling assassin and gunsmith. At the beginning of the movie he is attacked by assassins and kills them but in the process he fears that his secret life is exposed to his girlfriend whom he then kills and flees. He goes to Italy and gets another assignment from his handler. It's simply to build a gun for another assassin. He starts making connections with people and falls in love with a hooker who returns his feelings. He completes the gun and delivers it and plans on retiring and leaving the assassin life with the new woman. But he then fears that the gun he was building was 'for him'. And it was. But he had sabotaged it and it injures the assassin hired to retire him. But his handler shows up to finish the job. He's able to kill his handler and flee to go meet with the woman. On his way there, there's a moment when he realizes that he was actually shot in the fight with his old boss and is going to die. There's such a moment of disappointment, not that he's going to die. He knew that he would likely die in this trade, but that he came so close to winning only to still die in the end. It's a really well done scene. I got to say that while I'm not really a huge Clooney fan, he's been in some really good movies. This one and Michael clayton are both really good. I think mostly because he plays very quiet charachters in both movies and the story depends more on plot and non verbal acting from him.
Even Harveys pain as well! As soonest Batman opened that door. He knew he was chosen. He knew the situation, but man! Joker with zero emotions Hella of scene.
4:14. The heroic music cuts out completely, then the jokers theme slowly emerges- paired with Dent screaming… it gives me the chills. Without the movie actually stating anything, it conveys that the Joker had won. What a masterful scene.
To think, if Bruce wasn't in so frantic of a mood and blinded by emotion, he might - though very unlikely - have predicted the Joker would have tried something devious, or went to Dent's location knowing that is what Rachel would have wanted even if it means she would die.
It's a brilliant scene, but the Joker wins a little too much. He makes Batman and everyone else look dumb and weak throughout the whole movie. Which is great for the actor and makes people think even more of him, but is actually bad for the audience and the filmmakers, because Batman is supposed to be the hero, and Batman is the one whose name is on this movie and the next ones, and the toys and games etc, so the whole machine is designed for Batman to be the one who is dominant and most liked. They did end up making a Joker movie though, but when the character is villainous, it's hard to make things work.
That’s the irony, he understands and anticipates every move these people (Within the law) will do cuz “it’s all part of the plan”. He flips that and uses it to turn the city upside down. Total Maniac and Heath did a fantastic job here.
Honestly, I don't think he even cared. To him, every choice is pointless- it's all a sick game to him. Though it is likely that this Joker was broken unlike most others, it doesn't excuse him from actions that we would consider utterly crazy.
It was intentional because what the Joker said to Batman before he gave him the addresses was that "I thought you were Harvey Dent, the way you threw yourself after her" meaning he was gonna switch those addresses to manipulate batman even more. It's similar to his "I want my phone call" scene as well.
If you remember in the end when batman beats the joker. The joker says that his trump card was dent. I think that was a part of the reason why that the switch happened.
He didn't give exactly opposite address, he said truth "killing is a choice" so batman did decide to kill Rachel , not even batman and audience payed attention cuz that moment was heated , but joker is a man of his words
4:18, it's quick, but you can just see the sadness in Batman's face and posture when he sees Dent instead of Rachel. I still remember the audience just going "Oh noooo..." when it's revealed that Joker swapped the addresses. It was a nice twist.
even how the guy with the phone inside him said "he said he'd replace the voices with bright lights". the joker didn't lie. those explosions were very bright.
“How many of your friends have I killed” the way the joker says that so comfortably is so disturbing yet such great acting just small things like that really make the difference
I thought I counted 23 deaths that Joker had a direct hand in, not including collateral damage. Like when the bomb went off at the MCU you know for sure that the 5 people standing around phone belly were dead so those count. There were probably more but since they weren't 'confirmed' I didn't include them.
"In their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way I knew your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?" Joker was such a boss. Cracked his neck right before going into boss mode.
I reckon he probably let the cop beat him first so that he thinks he's in control. Then the cop smashes his head against the glass and BAM! he picks a shard up and gets up like he did in front of Gambol.
The joker went from toddler mode from the beginning to full on boss mode at 1:49 in this is what I love about heath's performance he's always steps ahead and comes across as unpredictable if you ask me!
Heath did it himself the first time because it would be in character for the Joker to do it himself, but the makeup artists recreated the same look when he needed his makeup.
He also let Christian actually beat the shit out of him in the interrogation scene and,and,and,and. Dude there’s not 1 iota of this performance that’s not iconic movie lore now.
THIS is how a character makes a perfect escape. Step 1: Anticipate getting caught. Step 2: Set a trap. Step 3: Distract your captors. Step 4: Spring the trap. Step 5: Walk out the door. A truly well written scene for any suspenseful story.
And it isn't particularly close, either. It's so good it almost feels slanderous to call it a superhero film even, it belongs in the pantheon of great crime dramas like the godfather and goodfellas etc.
Kids now try to prop up The Batman or Endgame, but really neither of them come close to this movie's impact. Not just what it did for comic book movies but film in general.
@@JunkFoodBoobooEndgame was more of a culmination of a decade of movies. It was pretty good, but the main reason it gets hyped is that that brought back EVERY actor who played a hero in the entire MCU since Iron Man. Infinity War was a better movie (not just for the shocking ending). The Batman was pretty good as well, but I don’t think it was ever supposed to reach the heights that Dark Knight did. The Dark Knight, as well, was a good movie, but became even more hyped in the wake of Heath Ledger’s passing. I’d like to think it still would have gotten good reviews, but probably not quite to the extent that it did because of that.
4:15 Hearing Harvey crying out to Rachel and furious at Batman for saving him instead of her is heartbreaking, even my heart suddenly stopped when the explosion began. It really isn't easy to let someone you love go...
@@cloudy5115she didn’t like him aswell she wrote a whole thing on why she don’t like Bruce 😂 which is shown in the end, it’s great he saved Harvey instead
@@Iron_Ottoman nah true but that part I felt but either she was mad he was getting hoes back to the cave or simply cuz she just wanted a guy not wearin a mask and bein the knight of bats but more corporate rich type of guy 😂
Well, before telling Batman the locations, Joker says that, "KILLING is a CHOICE. Which one do you want to CHOOSE?". That is why he swapped the locations since Batman CHOSE Rachel.
You are right and he also says "you are going to have to choose if you want to SAVE one of them" which is why the Joker always wins no matter what. He has a backup plan. He planted BOTH the idea of choosing to kill and choosing to save.
Not even a minute. If you look for the trailer again you can swar is about a movie just come to theaters soon. Meanwhile the blockbusters on this days look so old fashion and overexplotated. Its unveliebable what Nolan give it to us.
What’s mind blowing is that Rachel’s last thoughts at the end of her life could have been, “Bruce saved Harvey and not me because of the letter I wrote him telling him I was choosing Harvey”
Exactly. I feel like that element of this scene is vastly overlooked. There's many layers to what's going on here and it's a very bleak realization but most likely what she was thinking in her last moments. She may have really thought that Bruce did that in spite of her.
@@livingtorture5745 he couldn't sell the character. Too soft and weak to be convincing. Aaron and Maggie made me dislike both their characters. They almost ruined the movie if not for joker and Batman going at it. Gordon was pretty good too.
"You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are." That is absolutely true. Some bite their lips and suck it up and others die scared senseless.
@@ThePopbanks007 no he definitely hated being called a freak. During the mob boss meeting scene when Gambol called him a freak, it threw off his entire rhythm, and he even tried to deny it.
Jokers final MO is he wants to prove the people on the boats are just like him but they aren't and Joker really is a lone freak who no one can understand
He doesn’t believe he is a freak he believes he is “ahead of the curve” he thinks he knows things that people that are considered NORMAL don’t .....so he is offended when people doubt his intelligence by simply calling it being a “freak”
@@thatanimepfpguy but he also turned the white knight of Gotham (aka Harvey dent) into a chaotic killer That’s why dark knight is so beautiful There is no binary answer No order or chaos It shows that the core of humanity is too complex to be defined with a single answer
For people wondering how Joker magically survived that explosion and everyone else died. That guy he was holding was a shield to protect him from the explosion
I don't think the folks in that room died, they simply got stunned. Because the dude who had a shard of glass to his neck is actually in later scenes, with a bandage in the area where the glass shard was.
Realistically it could be chalked up to, they were just further away. And that guy he was holding does survive (seen in later scenes) so it’s a mix of being farther away and having a shield.
Also the way he looks away when he says, "I know the difference between punks who need a lesson in manners and the freaks like you who just enjoy it." He's like, "Yeah, there's more to me than that, buddy."
@@jamlym4974 joker still broke him though, jokers' supposedly ex military or special forces. I think batman severely underestimated joker until it was too late.
She prob realized that Joker tricked Batman into saving her. But she was relieved that Harvey the more important personnel was the one being saved, and so quietly accepted her fate. Then she was blown away to kingdom come.
I mean, she was the one who rejected Bruce. She probably thought that was the reason why he saved Dent, since she didn't know Alfred actually burned the letter.
Rachel actually thought that Harvey rejected her saying "Yes"... BUT he later said "No, not me! Why are you coming for me??" which referred to Batman showing up to save him. It was what Rachel would've wanted, to have Harvey survive, so she can die in peace. However, she never realized a few things... 1) Harvey was disfigured even though he was saved, 2) he went insane and took her death very hard, then went on a murdering spree as Two-Face, 3) Alfred would burn her letter to spare Bruce further pain, and 4) Batman would tell Gordon to hold him responsible for Harvey's appalling crimes and also be wanted for the apparent murder of Harvey, so as to preserve his heroic image.
The way Heath worked Comedy into such a terrifying character is amazing. He made me laugh a few times throughout the movie. "I just want my phone call"
Joker's monologue on why he likes to use knives is easily one of the most chilling and disturbing moments in film ever. You find yourself rooting for that cop to beat him to death even though you know he can't or won't.
@@romanramirez7847 I don’t think it’s overconfidence. This is a seasoned cop, no doubt. It’s more of how Joker can really get under the skin of even the most veteran or the best of them, I mean just look at Harvey. All of them, good men with good intentions.
Well, if the long-standing theory about this Joker in fact being a former special force, or black ops soldier, was true, then it isn't that surprising that he overpowered a cop.
Joker says that he didn't plan things but he got himself thrown into that glass on purpose , so he could get the shard that he used to hold the cop hostage after he picked a fight with him. Heath Ledgers joker will always be one of the greatest movie villains of all time.
@@bendavid4596 He planned the bank robbery and set up his accomplices to kill each other until he was the only one left lol. His one phone call from jail is what set off the bombs. If he didn't make that call , the bombs wouldn't have went off and Rachel would be alive / no Harvey two face aka corrupting Gotham's white knight.
@@jimmybones231 I don’t think you’re good at picking up things. The joker was a manipulative psychopath. He manipulates Harvey into thinking he’s not one to plan things to make it seem like he wasn’t responsible for Rachel’s death.
But I thought when she was gonna say “somebody” right before the explosion she meant Batman because she thought Dent was talking about the police when he said “no why are you here?”
Rewatching the movie you realize that Rachel thought Batman chose to save Harvery because of her letter. Which makes this scene that much sadder because in reality Batman wanted to save Rachel, but the Joker gave him the wrong address. What a movie, absolutely superb writing every time I rewatch it, I notice something new.
In that case, Rachel assume Batman was going to save her in the first place. And all along she is thinking that she can survive while Harvey will die? I don't think so.
First time I saw this scene I was on the edge of my seat. The soundtrack building up, the joker manipulating the guy and then Batman saving Harvey when he meant Rachel. God damn I love this movie.
Any PTA movie >>> all Nolan movies combined. Still love you Nolan. Hope we get character driven films like Prestige again instead of mediocrities that are released since
This WHOLE POWERFUL SCENE was to show how The Joker truly controls the entire game in his bare hands and when Batman finds Dent instead of Rachel, proved it. MASTERPIECE.
I remember watching Dark Knight with my father... When the joker was caught in the middle of the film, my father thought that the movie was over XD... Then after this scene he realized that there's a bigger plot twist
I thought the bit after Rachael died was the end and when Rachael is reading the letter is what it ended on. A few years later I watched it and when I found out there is another hour left in the movie o was so surprised
I love the cop just going, “It’s my own damn fault, just shoot him!” Gotta admit it’s admirable, even though he did fall for the Joker’s taunts. Also, literally we got this dude’s “in their last moments” moment.
@@ShazzledWolf32 Yes you did, in the scene where the police prepares to get the Joker and the mob he draws Gordon's atention to the TV-show where the Joker makes the phonecall in which he threatens to blow up a hospital.
Fun fact: The glass shard that Joker is pressing against that cop’s neck was due to Batman smashing his face against the 1-way glass, further proving that Joker was manipulating Batman, and that when Batman gets pissed, he gets sloppy.
At 4:44 the cops hold Gordon back because they knew he was going to go into the building to try and save Rachel (even though he thought it was Harvey) and they knew that it was a lost cause and that his life was more important. It's quick, but it's sweet and I love it.
Dent's pained cries kill me, man. Crying out for Rachel and then getting half of his face burned off, it sucks. Eckhart really sold it here, man. Underrated performance.
".....in their last moments, people show you who they really are." - Joker That portion of that one line sticks with me man. Perfect description of everyone in this world.
you don’t have to be a killer to know this , i was once at a gathering where some were preparing food , while waiting for food and hanging out , those who were there guests started talking tough , how they beat up guys and did this and that , than a gas canister that were used preparing food started fire , in the middle of their tough talk stories , i found out one thing about them that day , DAMN they were quick
I love that Rachel was written as a proper character, even though they knew she'd be killed off in the film. So many films or TV shows would have given her a backseat, made her one dimensional or simply not be brave enough to kill off such an important character (within the trilogy, I know she's not from the comics)
I don’t know how to explain how amazing this scene is to me 3:41 I guess the easiest way to put it is the way the music lines up perfectly with how the plot thickens and the way papers are flying everywhere and the way Joker’s hair messes up and he stands there knowing everything is happening the way he wanted it to. I swear to god and to everything that is good on this earth I can’t seem to get enough of this movie.
I am with you. I watch scenes of this movie every single day. Particularly this one and the one right before it, the interrogation scene. I cannot for the life of me understand how good one movie can be. This continues to be my top favorite of all time
Perfect little scene. The heavy and deep soundtrack kicking in, while the joker is the only one left standing, amidst all the carnage and destruction he caused. Captures the character almost perfectly in a single 5 second scene.
4:50 You know, I watched this scene, and kept wondering how he got burned so badly, those flames barely touched him enough to leave minor burns. But then I remembered his left side was covered in fuel. Damn....
So crazy that its been 15 years and im still learning new things from this film and the joker itself. I just learned that Heath got inspiration from Tom Waits who happened to have had the same voice
@@Spidercide He's a psychopath, his power is that he manipulates people, not that he can get through locked doors with magic. Placing a guard in the room was basically like giving him a key to his own cage. They should have just left him alone.
Even if they left him alone. Some point they would have to go in there to restrain him. Joker is physically not that intimidating and he could have easily faked like something was going wrong all to prompt a response for them to come in and check on him. Don’t forget he’s a genius criminal mastermind. YOU NEVER KNOW HIS NEXT MOVE.
@@derekblackwell2601 Except, you do, he's actually a very basic psychopath. His power is that he manipulates people, and that's it. If you know that, and you refuse to interact with him at all, he loses all of his power. Like, even if he faked an injury, all you have to do is restrain him then check him out.
The ONE person who doesn't phase him- or he gives him clout- IS Batman. He calls him 'garbage who kills for money.' He gets angry, sure - but he doesn't go silent. He relayes to him, but on the opposite side of the coin. Coincidence? I think not...
or how convenient the plot works out for him. Realistically why would they put a guard in the room with him when they can already see him through the two way mirror? As a matter of fact why would they even leave him in the interrogation room? They should have taken him back to a holding cell, that’s like standard procedure.
Uh, no. This movie is ridiculous in how everything works out just “exactly” as planned. In real life, the Joker wouldn’t be in a cell like this, he’d be in Federal prison in a holding cell after murdering so many people. And he wouldn’t get a “phone call”, or basically anything. And there’s no way he could’ve had some rando arrested, with a BOMB in his stomach, and make sure he winds up in some communal prison cell, that can then explode and kill MORE cops, but somehow The Joker doesn’t get injured at all….
I always loved that the guard was smart enough to know The Joker was manipulating him but was just too angry to care. It makes him more sympathetic and makes Jokers escape feel more real and possible rather than if he was just some dumb cop who fell for Jokers ruse. He knew what was happening but was too angry not to take the chance for revenge. Much more human/relatable.
My favorite small piece of acting in this whole movie is when Heath Ledger asks how many of the guard’s friends has he killed and the guard starts talking. Heath proceeds to show very understanding faces in an almost mocking manner. Following the guard giving the number, 6, Ledger mouths the number back to the guard. This is the ultimate sign of pure evil in my opinion. He hadn’t even counted, he had no idea. Or maybe even worse, he did and knew exactly what he was doing to the guard. Either way, it’s brilliant and truly one of the most iconic scenes in movie history.
He was making the guard angry so the guard would come to him and then joker could make him as a hostage. This is why I love this joker so damn fucking much
Imagine if Joker looked back at him and said, "It was actually seven." Leave it up to the viewers to decide if he's just fucking with him, or he actually knows all of the friends of his that he killed.
“In a way, I knew your friends better than u ever did, would you like to know which of them were cowards”. Damn the joker can get inside of people’s minds to get what he wants. I really admire Heath Ledger.
I found Harvey Dent getting his face caught on fire after Batman pulls him out of an exploding building to be a lot more brutal in the Dark Knight than the classic getting acid thrown in the court room moment from the comics, this was very powerful and sad at the same time, it did an excellent job in setting him up to become Two-Face. I would put Aaron Eckhardt's performance up there with Christian Bale, Gary Oldman and Heath Ledger, he absolutely delivered big time.
Sadly, it's the one piece of really weak writing in the film. The heat from the fire on Dent's face would have scorched his lungs so respiration would have failed and he'd have died.
2:00 The music score in this movie is so great... That D violin note is the sign when the Joker is about to do something terrifying. It's so unsettling.
It’s just like the Joker said. People reveal their true selves in the face of death. Rachel was calm and collected, while Dent was unhinged and raving.
Yea same here, 2 times. It was great man. Another thing too, this was the first movie where people clapped and laughed loud as hell to the villains doings, i remember the scene with the pencil trick, people just lost it 😂😂😂
This whole sequence from when the joker is chasing after Harvey in the tunnel to this is by far some of the best works in Hollywood history.. from the acting, pacing, action and tension… well done Christopher Nolan for this epic 20 minutes of theatre
I really love this scene because it shows the desperation and the joker's potential at his best. A man who was considered by Batman himself as a "normal" or "not complicated" criminal at the beginning of the movie, ended up being his worst nightmare killing his only reason to have a normal life: Rachel, and tearing apart the morality of the man who was supposed to save Gotham. The Joker will always be the best of the bests: always ahead of the curve. Brillant, Nolan.
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4:14 Absolutely heart wrenching scene. Harvey’s “No” and Batman’s split second hesitation, realizing they’d been tricked and that Rachel was going to die.
The first person angle used when breaking the door is a masterpiece
I think it would be better if Joker gave the exact location where Rachel is, But Batman doubted Joker thinking he's going to trick me and go to opposite location where he think Rachel was there. But got Picachu face when he realise Joker telling the Exact location.
*THIS*
I remember that moment. Thanks for reminding me.
Good to know even if Batman made the opposite choice in Joker’s game, by going for Harvey and saving Rachel, Harvey would die a hero with the citizens turning on Batman for failing to save him and the Dent Act is formed on a truth instead of a lie.
@@joselitopuzon5620That sounds more like Mad Hatter or Hugo Strange than Joker. .
The way Rachel just accepts it, the slight happiness in her voice knowing that at least harvey will live despite knowing she was done for. Superb acting.
Naw that bitch was just hiding the embarrassment. She was soo sure that she would be saved.
Joker said that people show who they really are at their last moment, rachel was happy Harvey was saved, i think if she really was a bitch like everyone says she would be angry and crying because nowone saved her
“I know they are but I don’t want them to” So selfless.
Yep precisely, Rachel would rather be the sacrifical lamb than have Harvey be blown to kingdom come. Not just happiness but also relief, knowing that it was Bruce/Batman who came to save him. Harvey mattered more to the people than her, due to his high campaigning to wipe the cities clean of criminal activities. But what's more depressing was that before her death, Rachel never realized that Harvey would take the loss very badly and become a psychotic vigilante, to take it out on those he felt were responsible for her death. I'm sure that Rachel would never want to see that happen at all. But as the Joker said during his conversation with Harvey in the hospital, it was all "part of the plan". Things only got worse as the story progressed... ending with the demise of Harvey "Two-Face" and Batman voluntarily covering up for his crimes, to keep Harvey's "white knight reputation" intact for the next 8 years.
No, she died thinking they would save her. She thought he was just freaking out. She was just trying to calm him down. Both of them thought they’d rescue her.
“Would you like to know which of them were cowards?”
What a chilling line
Heath Ledger’s acting in this is incredible
He went from toddler mode to boss mode quick in that part of the scene lol
* T R I G G E R E D *
Remember he's just acting. He isn't the writer.
I like how he says that in their last moments people show you who they really are.
He gets tossed off a building and falls down towards a certain death and laughs all the way down before getting rescued by Batman.
He managed to break Harbinger.
He must be flying the Normandy
Heath's acting is the reason people watch it again and again.
Go back to china
Yes
Thats not the prime reason,at least not for me.
His performance is like a cherry on the top of cake.Imo,this film has the best screenplay in cinema,miles ahead of Chinatown and Citizen Kane.Right up there with The Godfather films.
No it's not yes he's phenomenal bit the whole movie was very well written as well as every actor was great in their roles, heath was the cherry on top
Yeah, and I also watch it dubbed in my mother language because the actor who dubs Heath Ledger is phenomenal. He was actually the first one who came to my mind when I was thinking about who could dub him.
Aaron's acting as Harvey Dent was fantastic and emotionally driven. It's underated.
Very true just think the heath ledger steals the show so people don’t really give credit for other good performances.
@@aaronsmith3484 I'll always love Ledger's Joker. He's the best actor and the best acting in the film. I will ALWAYS love Harvey Two-Face Dent he's my favorite character in the dark Knight film and I like Bale's Bruce Wayne. Gary Oldman is fantastic as James Gordon and Eric Roberts is good as the Italian mobster Maroni in The Dark Knight. A lot of good acting performances in this film.
It's not underrated, maybe overshadowed, but so was everyone else in this mvoie, including Oldman who was solid
1:05 Imagine this scene being with Jason Todd and his mother after being kidnapped and held hostage by The Joker. What if The Dark Knight did the Jason Todd Red Hood origin story but still with Heath Ledger as the Joker?
No, it isn't. Everybody likes Aaron's acting. Stop being a like beggar.
The moment Batman rushes in, he stops for just a sec. cause he realized that he had to save the wrong person.
And that second could have spared Harvey those burns
Yeah, that was a nice little nuance they put in. A similar concept is in the movie 'the American's with George Clooney.
He plays a sort of skilled but washed out and downward spiralling assassin and gunsmith. At the beginning of the movie he is attacked by assassins and kills them but in the process he fears that his secret life is exposed to his girlfriend whom he then kills and flees.
He goes to Italy and gets another assignment from his handler. It's simply to build a gun for another assassin. He starts making connections with people and falls in love with a hooker who returns his feelings. He completes the gun and delivers it and plans on retiring and leaving the assassin life with the new woman. But he then fears that the gun he was building was 'for him'. And it was. But he had sabotaged it and it injures the assassin hired to retire him.
But his handler shows up to finish the job. He's able to kill his handler and flee to go meet with the woman. On his way there, there's a moment when he realizes that he was actually shot in the fight with his old boss and is going to die.
There's such a moment of disappointment, not that he's going to die. He knew that he would likely die in this trade, but that he came so close to winning only to still die in the end. It's a really well done scene.
I got to say that while I'm not really a huge Clooney fan, he's been in some really good movies. This one and Michael clayton are both really good. I think mostly because he plays very quiet charachters in both movies and the story depends more on plot and non verbal acting from him.
No matter which - batman or bruce - would loose a friend or love or someone of insane importance. Its the choice that joker is interested in.
Even Harveys pain as well! As soonest Batman opened that door. He knew he was chosen. He knew the situation, but man! Joker with zero emotions Hella of scene.
@@metamorphicorder did you just spoil an entire movie
0:42 This guys acting was underrated, and I feel like he kept some of the tension going.
FearTheXI
Seriously. For such a small role he KILLED it. Wish he’d get more work.
@@_Cato_ Haha, Nolan is such a detailed director, even down to the background actors
Unless in Dark Knight Rises all extras were fuckin joke
Literally everyone in this movie excelled.
Likeee CHRistmassss ehheahah
4:14. The heroic music cuts out completely, then the jokers theme slowly emerges- paired with Dent screaming… it gives me the chills. Without the movie actually stating anything, it conveys that the Joker had won. What a masterful scene.
To think, if Bruce wasn't in so frantic of a mood and blinded by emotion, he might - though very unlikely - have predicted the Joker would have tried something devious, or went to Dent's location knowing that is what Rachel would have wanted even if it means she would die.
she , harvey I do have an answer for you 4:11 i'm going with the Joker , harvey Screams No...No...No
-- Director's Cut
@@RyanTheDark gym. Uweerrrrrooooooooo
Cool story bro
It's a brilliant scene, but the Joker wins a little too much. He makes Batman and everyone else look dumb and weak throughout the whole movie. Which is great for the actor and makes people think even more of him, but is actually bad for the audience and the filmmakers, because Batman is supposed to be the hero, and Batman is the one whose name is on this movie and the next ones, and the toys and games etc, so the whole machine is designed for Batman to be the one who is dominant and most liked. They did end up making a Joker movie though, but when the character is villainous, it's hard to make things work.
Rachel's final moments show that she is selfless. The second she realizes that she is gonna die is so heartbreaking.
when she says “i don’t want you too”
Joker was right "In their last moments, people show you who they really are".
@@vvvvv6574 damn lol
i don't understand how is she selfish? please explain in details
@@Ammo150 He said "selfless" not "selfish" ☝️
Joker: "do I really look like a guy with a plan?"
Also Joker: all of this
"Now, I see the funny side..."
No, he just does things
That’s the irony, he understands and anticipates every move these people (Within the law) will do cuz “it’s all part of the plan”. He flips that and uses it to turn the city upside down. Total Maniac and Heath did a fantastic job here.
Joker tells Harvey at the hospital: "I took your little plan and turned on yourself"
He just does things tho. He can cobble together a 10 second scheme but there is never a bigger plan.
Thr fact that Joker intentionally gave batman the exact opposite info about where Harvey and Rachel were is both genius and terrefying
Honestly, I don't think he even cared. To him, every choice is pointless- it's all a sick game to him. Though it is likely that this Joker was broken unlike most others, it doesn't excuse him from actions that we would consider utterly crazy.
It was intentional because what the Joker said to Batman before he gave him the addresses was that "I thought you were Harvey Dent, the way you threw yourself after her" meaning he was gonna switch those addresses to manipulate batman even more. It's similar to his "I want my phone call" scene as well.
If you remember in the end when batman beats the joker. The joker says that his trump card was dent. I think that was a part of the reason why that the switch happened.
In the ongoing game of TIL....holy crp. Never thought of that.
He didn't give exactly opposite address, he said truth "killing is a choice" so batman did decide to kill Rachel , not even batman and audience payed attention cuz that moment was heated , but joker is a man of his words
4:18, it's quick, but you can just see the sadness in Batman's face and posture when he sees Dent instead of Rachel. I still remember the audience just going "Oh noooo..." when it's revealed that Joker swapped the addresses. It was a nice twist.
It's the little details. The way the Joker mouthed "Six" is even great acting like there were no flaws in any part of his acting.
@kerpal3 def mouthed six
Where?
Time stamp?
@@onionnyamous5453 0:38
What is the importance of “six”
even how the guy with the phone inside him said "he said he'd replace the voices with bright lights". the joker didn't lie. those explosions were very bright.
😅LIKE CHRISTMAS 😅🎄
He's a man of his word
@@ninonino4747 And Agent of Chaos... Literally
Gonna say it since everybody is just talking about Rachel or the Doorman, Rest in peace to the the guy's who died trying to help the insane guy
i feel bad for that guy
“How many of your friends have I killed” the way the joker says that so comfortably is so disturbing yet such great acting just small things like that really make the difference
Killing a guy’s friend must be like a walk in the park for him
6?
I thought I counted 23 deaths that Joker had a direct hand in, not including collateral damage. Like when the bomb went off at the MCU you know for sure that the 5 people standing around phone belly were dead so those count. There were probably more but since they weren't 'confirmed' I didn't include them.
"How many of your friends hhhaave I killed"
*Hearing Aaron Ekhart screaming "no" as batman rescues him is absolutely chilling.*
Especially with jokers theme in the background
“Harvey. It’s ok. Someone..”. What do you think her last words were? Pretty chilling.
she , harvey I do have an answer for you 4:11 i'm going with the Joker , harvey Screams No...No...No
-- Director's Cut
@@kittylionmeowroar7572 lol
I don't think that was chilling. It was a fire moment 🔥
0:38 I love that mouthed "six!?" like even Joker's surprised by how good he is.
I think he did that because he knew he could’ve killed more
@@aaronlouis6055 Or that he knew his bomb there would kill more.
Love how sassy he was
Six…. but like how he said that
No, he did that for one reason only:
To piss that cop off
Two face's acting was very underrated
Two Face's*
Two-Face's*
He is frankenstein.
yeah
I thought everybody rated him? This movie was 15/10
"In their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way I knew your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?"
Joker was such a boss. Cracked his neck right before going into boss mode.
Like you’re mom
I reckon he probably let the cop beat him first so that he thinks he's in control. Then the cop smashes his head against the glass and BAM! he picks a shard up and gets up like he did in front of Gambol.
And when Joker was about to death, when Batman threw him from the building, Joker just laughing
@@EXXTSON Its YOUR. At least insult me without butchering the English language dumbass.
Take a seat kid.
EXXTSON cringe
I like how the joker is just babbling “I want my phone call” like a little toddler. It’s weirdly funny
And cute lol I actually felt bad and hoped he got his phone call 😂
she , harvey I do have an answer for you 4:11 i'm going with the Joker , harvey Screams No...No...No
-- Director's Cut
The joker went from toddler mode from the beginning to full on boss mode at 1:49 in this is what I love about heath's performance he's always steps ahead and comes across as unpredictable if you ask me!
@@AllHallowsWitchh Me too :D Poor Joker wanted his phone call
I think he meant in the sense that everyone in lockup gets one phone call.
Joker cracking his neck before going at it with the doorman is so hard
The editing made that scene too.
Guard: I know you’re gonna enjoy this, but I’ll make sure I enjoy it more”
*Joker cracks his neck* ‘fuckin bring it’
Doorman baber saw it coming😂
i also think joker isn't afraid of physical pain...just a hunch but he seems to have a high tolerance for it
Also peep the shard of glass right next to him after Batman bashed his head into the window earlier during the interrogation. He’s resourceful
What that guy don't know is this joker is a former military
Fun fact: Heath ledger was originally going to get professional makeup, but he chose to do it himself because it would look more realistic
Heath did it himself the first time because it would be in character for the Joker to do it himself, but the makeup artists recreated the same look when he needed his makeup.
also fun fact: Heath Ledger based the joker off of Tom Waits - ua-cam.com/video/gCSc6E4yG9s/v-deo.html
He also let Christian actually beat the shit out of him in the interrogation scene and,and,and,and. Dude there’s not 1 iota of this performance that’s not iconic movie lore now.
I know only real dark knight fans know that
Funny.
THIS is how a character makes a perfect escape.
Step 1: Anticipate getting caught.
Step 2: Set a trap.
Step 3: Distract your captors.
Step 4: Spring the trap.
Step 5: Walk out the door.
A truly well written scene for any suspenseful story.
This is exactly how Raul Menendez escaped in BO2
They replicated this in Skyfall. Less successfully in my opinion because Silva's plan made no sense.
Step 6: Be in a fiction where the timing is always perfectly convenient and the odds are always in your favor.
C'mon, it's great, but let's not pretend this isn't a common trope.
How lau and joker escape the blast and no other policemen
Until today: this movie STILL is the BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE OF ALL TIME. A timeless masterpiece. Period.
And it isn't particularly close, either. It's so good it almost feels slanderous to call it a superhero film even, it belongs in the pantheon of great crime dramas like the godfather and goodfellas etc.
Kids now try to prop up The Batman or Endgame, but really neither of them come close to this movie's impact. Not just what it did for comic book movies but film in general.
@@sovereignsupreme8203 Finally someone who gets it. I have to add in X-Men 2 to complete the trio as well as the good X-Men films in general.
@@JunkFoodBoobooEndgame was more of a culmination of a decade of movies.
It was pretty good, but the main reason it gets hyped is that that brought back EVERY actor who played a hero in the entire MCU since Iron Man. Infinity War was a better movie (not just for the shocking ending).
The Batman was pretty good as well, but I don’t think it was ever supposed to reach the heights that Dark Knight did.
The Dark Knight, as well, was a good movie, but became even more hyped in the wake of Heath Ledger’s passing.
I’d like to think it still would have gotten good reviews, but probably not quite to the extent that it did because of that.
never been a superhero person at all but i’m not afraid to say this is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen
That shard of glass he held to the guy's neck was on the ledge behind his head the whole time. Details.
yeah you're right all the times I've watched this movie I didn't notice wtf is wrong with me LOL
Oh shit I never noticed
The reason he pissed off Batman was so that he can slam his head against the glass and so retrieve a weapon to escape with.
yeah
vbgggfff but what if batman never slammed his head
I love the joker mouthing ‘six’ at the start of this scene
Feargal Lynch same
@elyse Sin His body count is so high he's lost count...
I thought he was mouthing "yikes"
He played the cop like a fiddle.
He’s mouthing “eight”
4:15 Hearing Harvey crying out to Rachel and furious at Batman for saving him instead of her is heartbreaking, even my heart suddenly stopped when the explosion began. It really isn't easy to let someone you love go...
she , harvey I do have an answer for you 4:11 i'm going with the Joker , harvey Screams No...No...No
-- Director's Cut
Its a movie bro chill lmao
It was both funny and sad same time didn’t care much about rachel tho
@@cloudy5115she didn’t like him aswell she wrote a whole thing on why she don’t like Bruce 😂 which is shown in the end, it’s great he saved Harvey instead
@@Iron_Ottoman nah true but that part I felt but either she was mad he was getting hoes back to the cave or simply cuz she just wanted a guy not wearin a mask and bein the knight of bats but more corporate rich type of guy 😂
2:25 when he tilts his head forward it’s just an iconic shot
It’s the Kubrick stare.
Same as 3:42.
Well, before telling Batman the locations, Joker says that, "KILLING is a CHOICE. Which one do you want to CHOOSE?". That is why he swapped the locations since Batman CHOSE Rachel.
You are right and he also says "you are going to have to choose if you want to SAVE one of them" which is why the Joker always wins no matter what. He has a backup plan. He planted BOTH the idea of choosing to kill and choosing to save.
Makes you wonder what Joker would have done to Rachel if they ended up saving Rachel and Dent had died…
@@robertbusek30 that's the fun of joker, he's the incarnation of chaos, he'd just have rolled with it
@@robertbusek30 maybe hed make her into Harley lol
@@chefboiardeeznutz9881 YES!!!! BRILLIANT!!!
this movie never gets old
yes it does
CazzSDMF no it doesn’t unlike those mcu movies
@@Cazz8203 no it doesn't it'll be great forever
Not even a minute. If you look for the trailer again you can swar is about a movie just come to theaters soon. Meanwhile the blockbusters on this days look so old fashion and overexplotated. Its unveliebable what Nolan give it to us.
@@alexanderrmz9701 unbelievable
Fun fact: Christopher Nolan loves using practical effects so much that he actually lit Aaron eckhart on fire
Lol
"Fun fact"
The voice actor?
If you see Aaron in his recent films, you can see the make up covering his burned face. Amazing!
Lmfao
What’s mind blowing is that Rachel’s last thoughts at the end of her life could have been, “Bruce saved Harvey and not me because of the letter I wrote him telling him I was choosing Harvey”
Exactly. I feel like that element of this scene is vastly overlooked. There's many layers to what's going on here and it's a very bleak realization but most likely what she was thinking in her last moments. She may have really thought that Bruce did that in spite of her.
Never realized that before. What a great point
Ur a genius.
That would make no sense if Bruce was really upset over that he wouldn’t have save neither of them 🤣
She knows Bruce well enough that he wouldn’t let her die out of spite
This movie will always be in my heart.
Same
Same, along with the entire trilogy
Same
Same
@@rorschach4938 how bout a magic trick? lol.
4:31 The sound in his voice and the way he says “RACHEL!!!”
Refusing to let her go or say Goodbye really hits you hard, what an underrated actor!
He was fantastic. He was really only overshadowed by the Joker. Eckhart = 9.9 Ledger = 10
@@livingtorture5745 he couldn't sell the character. Too soft and weak to be convincing. Aaron and Maggie made me dislike both their characters. They almost ruined the movie if not for joker and Batman going at it. Gordon was pretty good too.
Heath ledger is and will always be the best joker in my opinion
Lol your profile Spiderman in Mr Aziz
Joker Rent?
@@Crip99763 Lol yep
yeah
Stfu
at 4:14, the look on Bruce's face says it all. the acting is so good that even with 80% of his face covered up you can see the devastated look on it.
He realized that the Joker tricked him.
@@RyanTheDark ya
I always thought "kudos Batman for only pausing about a second or two when you realize you're the butt of the most devastating joke of your life."
literally him :l
Its his body language too. Batman doesn’t hesitate. And here we see him freeze, even if it was a split-second.
RIP Heath Ledger (April 4, 1979 - January 22, 2008), aged 28
You will be remembered as a legend.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
He was 27 when they filmed tdk
@@jovanlopez5284 it's incredible how young he was and played such a commanding role
"You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are." That is absolutely true. Some bite their lips and suck it up and others die scared senseless.
I have a best friend, but if a bear were running after us, id run faster than her and try to escape.
@@Us3r739 I think we all do
ua-cam.com/video/z7XPipY10Z0/v-deo.html
Not to push your buttons but how would you know?
@@karelquist4937 I've watched a human being die. Your tone is kind of hostile.
is it just me or the joker get offended everytime someone call him a "freak"?
No, he doesn't mind that. He hated being called crazy.
@@ThePopbanks007 no he definitely hated being called a freak. During the mob boss meeting scene when Gambol called him a freak, it threw off his entire rhythm, and he even tried to deny it.
Jokers final MO is he wants to prove the people on the boats are just like him but they aren't and Joker really is a lone freak who no one can understand
He doesn’t believe he is a freak he believes he is “ahead of the curve” he thinks he knows things that people that are considered NORMAL don’t .....so he is offended when people doubt his intelligence by simply calling it being a “freak”
@@thatanimepfpguy but he also turned the white knight of Gotham (aka Harvey dent) into a chaotic killer
That’s why dark knight is so beautiful
There is no binary answer
No order or chaos
It shows that the core of humanity is too complex to be defined with a single answer
For people wondering how Joker magically survived that explosion and everyone else died. That guy he was holding was a shield to protect him from the explosion
I don't think the folks in that room died, they simply got stunned. Because the dude who had a shard of glass to his neck is actually in later scenes, with a bandage in the area where the glass shard was.
It's still unrealistic but its unimportant enough to where it doesn't really matter
No... that guy survives you see him with a bandage on his throught trying to save Reese with Gordon
First of all he was anticipating it since he triggered the explosion, that alone gives him the ledge
Realistically it could be chalked up to, they were just further away. And that guy he was holding does survive (seen in later scenes) so it’s a mix of being farther away and having a shield.
Heath's Joker: "Do I look like a guy with a plan?"
Phoenix's Joker: "Do I look like a clown who can start a movement?"
հokцƽ ρokus a bit of an extreme reaction but ok...
@հokцƽ ρokus i think it's time for you to creat a new religion where you worship Hamil and Ledger and only.
He was probably one of the people saying Ledger was a terrible choice when this first came out. Complete fanboy.
հokцƽ ρokus You must not have seen the movie then 💀
@հokцƽ ρokus come on its phoenix the crazy emperor in gladiator movie
Jokers expression at 0:28 when he says "I'm a 20 year man.." kills me
Lol
i watch Ledger's Joker like a listening your favourite song for 9 years everytime i discover something new and amazing. RIP Heath..
Also the way he looks away when he says, "I know the difference between punks who need a lesson in manners and the freaks like you who just enjoy it." He's like, "Yeah, there's more to me than that, buddy."
@@jamlym4974 joker still broke him though, jokers' supposedly ex military or special forces. I think batman severely underestimated joker until it was too late.
@@AD-oy8nm Or some kind of intel agency. Remember, he’s got no prints or DNA on file.
The saddest part here is that Rachel thought Bruce chose Harvey over her
How did she know it was Bruce or the police that saved him?
She prob realized that Joker tricked Batman into saving her. But she was relieved that Harvey the more important personnel was the one being saved, and so quietly accepted her fate. Then she was blown away to kingdom come.
@@Tanat83 Nah.. She was sure Batman was coming to save her.. You can see the disappointment in her face when she realized she was screwed
Urmi Khan that's not it at all
No one could stand Rachel. Nolan knew this. Se had to go.
4:27 Can’t get over how perfectly Maggie nailed that very small minute shot. She knows she’s about to die
Batman paused for a second when he kicked down the door because he expected Rachel to be there. The Joker lied about who was at each location.
No shit
@@2k2eg20 Check out captain cool over here.
@@renaldoawes2210 np babes
He was just joking get it?
@@renaldoawes2210 I had no idea because I am a BUMPIS
Rachel in the afterlife:
“-BODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL ME”
That’s what I was thinking
LMAO this one got me good 😂
So i should have posted this a couple of months ago huh. Sad
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hell is hot man
Rachel was so disappointed. This was like the ultimate rejection.
Será ydd
I mean, she was the one who rejected Bruce. She probably thought that was the reason why he saved Dent, since she didn't know Alfred actually burned the letter.
@@wilberts.cubero3629 wow i never thought about that before... lol
Rachel actually thought that Harvey rejected her saying "Yes"... BUT he later said "No, not me! Why are you coming for me??" which referred to Batman showing up to save him. It was what Rachel would've wanted, to have Harvey survive, so she can die in peace.
However, she never realized a few things... 1) Harvey was disfigured even though he was saved, 2) he went insane and took her death very hard, then went on a murdering spree as Two-Face, 3) Alfred would burn her letter to spare Bruce further pain, and 4) Batman would tell Gordon to hold him responsible for Harvey's appalling crimes and also be wanted for the apparent murder of Harvey, so as to preserve his heroic image.
@@Tanat83
She also didn't know that Joker lied to Batman about where she was so that he would save Harvey instead of Rachel.
The way Heath worked Comedy into such a terrifying character is amazing. He made me laugh a few times throughout the movie. "I just want my phone call"
Even more hilarious when he become nurse. Wonder did nolan did the plan or heath just improve it from watching comedy
Do you wanna know why I use a knife.
That’s the key to all the best Joker performances; they have to be scary AND funny
4:37 "... BODY once told me the woooorld is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed"
This made me laugh so hard I almost died 😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂
Amarican Psn thx for letting us know🙄
Lmao i knew someone had already made this comment
*Hahaha oh hee aha aha ho hee aha*
@@streched_thin you're welcome 😂❤️
Joker's monologue on why he likes to use knives is easily one of the most chilling and disturbing moments in film ever. You find yourself rooting for that cop to beat him to death even though you know he can't or won't.
maybe he really thinks like that but he was just manupulating that guard in that scene...
@《Philius Lupin》 cuz the joker is actually smart and good at fighting? Lol
no, YOU find yourself rooting for him. I find myself not being a sheep
@@spongmongler6760 agreed. I usually like the villains in stories more then the heroes
@@spongmongler6760 You find yourself being a potential psychopath who should seek out professional counselling.
Imagine thinking about yourself as a badass for 20 years and the joker subdues you in 20 seconds
Overconfidence at its finest.
"would u like to know which ones were cowards"?
@@romanramirez7847 I believe the term is hubris.
@@romanramirez7847 I don’t think it’s overconfidence. This is a seasoned cop, no doubt. It’s more of how Joker can really get under the skin of even the most veteran or the best of them, I mean just look at Harvey. All of them, good men with good intentions.
Well, if the long-standing theory about this Joker in fact being a former special force, or black ops soldier, was true, then it isn't that surprising that he overpowered a cop.
0:26 after he says "I'm a 20 year man," I love Joker's little condescending "impressed" facial expression
Great catch 😂😂😂😂
It looks like he’s about to break tbh 😂 like he’s about to start laughing
Joker says that he didn't plan things but he got himself thrown into that glass on purpose , so he could get the shard that he used to hold the cop hostage after he picked a fight with him. Heath Ledgers joker will always be one of the greatest movie villains of all time.
Yeah he says that for people to underrestimate him. He is so good at hiding his plans, everyone thinks he isnt planning things :D
I don’t think he “planned” this in the way say Batman “plans” things. Joker probably just thought it was a good idea and went for it.
@@bendavid4596 He planned the bank robbery and set up his accomplices to kill each other until he was the only one left lol. His one phone call from jail is what set off the bombs. If he didn't make that call , the bombs wouldn't have went off and Rachel would be alive / no Harvey two face aka corrupting Gotham's white knight.
@@jimmybones231 I don’t think you’re good at picking up things. The joker was a manipulative psychopath. He manipulates Harvey into thinking he’s not one to plan things to make it seem like he wasn’t responsible for Rachel’s death.
@@Callebravo what're you talking about lol this has nothing to do with what he said.
If you think about it Rachel thinks Bruce read the letter and she probably thought he only saved Dent only because he read the letter...
Well all tragedy aside, writing that letter is still a bitch move.
That's what Bruce probably thought in the next movie when he finds out Alfred burned the letter.
If Bruce read the letter than he is like let the both of them die ..😏
@@dontcopy3010 How do you come to that conclusion?
But I thought when she was gonna say “somebody” right before the explosion she meant Batman because she thought Dent was talking about the police when he said “no why are you here?”
Rewatching the movie you realize that Rachel thought Batman chose to save Harvery because of her letter. Which makes this scene that much sadder because in reality Batman wanted to save Rachel, but the Joker gave him the wrong address. What a movie, absolutely superb writing every time I rewatch it, I notice something new.
In that case, Rachel assume Batman was going to save her in the first place. And all along she is thinking that she can survive while Harvey will die? I don't think so.
that is truly sad
@@cancanjaker1620she is actually thinking that she can survive. When she says "I know they will come for me, but I don't want them to".
I actually find when Joker says, “I just want my phone call.” really hilarious. All the tension in that scene and Joker makes it funny. 3:06
Rachel: I wanna marry you
Harvey: NOOO!! NOOO, NOT ME!! WHY?? NOOOO!!! RACHEEEL!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!
Rachel: Harvey, it's okay...
In there last moments... People show them who they really are..
*Nolan want to make his protagonist a widower soo hard ,even for 10 seconds*
@@o.l4890 why did you have to put your comment in bold?
@@aaronrm2672 **Why not?**
Underrated comment
First time I saw this scene I was on the edge of my seat. The soundtrack building up, the joker manipulating the guy and then Batman saving Harvey when he meant Rachel. God damn I love this movie.
Spot on, me too mate
Rachel: My answer is Yes
Harvey: NO!
This movie just breaks EVERYONE in very different levels
But he later said "Not me! Why are you coming for me??"
@@Tanat83 yeah I think Rachel is an idiot
Any PTA movie >>> all Nolan movies combined. Still love you Nolan.
Hope we get character driven films like Prestige again instead of mediocrities that are released since
@@lickenhuntsman5338 ok Mr. Genius, no one mentioned PTA or even said Christopher Nolan is the greatest director so stop bieng smart.
This WHOLE POWERFUL SCENE was to show how The Joker truly controls the entire game in his bare hands and when Batman finds Dent instead of Rachel, proved it. MASTERPIECE.
I thought the whole point is the joker simply wants his one phone call? 🤔
I remember watching Dark Knight with my father... When the joker was caught in the middle of the film, my father thought that the movie was over XD... Then after this scene he realized that there's a bigger plot twist
Not gonna lie, when I first saw this in theaters I thought when the Joker was caught that the movie was over too.
The teaser trailers definitely fooled me into thinking that the action sequence with the Batmobile, Batcycle and the truck was going to be the finale.
I’m the father
I thought the bit after Rachael died was the end and when Rachael is reading the letter is what it ended on. A few years later I watched it and when I found out there is another hour left in the movie o was so surprised
she , harvey I do have an answer for you 4:11 i'm going with the Joker , harvey Screams No...No...No
-- Director's Cut
I love the cop just going, “It’s my own damn fault, just shoot him!” Gotta admit it’s admirable, even though he did fall for the Joker’s taunts.
Also, literally we got this dude’s “in their last moments” moment.
I think he lived I thought I saw him in another scene
@@ShazzledWolf32 But he was certain that he would die.
@@londomollari1082 idk then I mean he may have died offscreen but I thought I saw him in another scene afterwards
@@ShazzledWolf32 Yes you did, in the scene where the police prepares to get the Joker and the mob he draws Gordon's atention to the TV-show where the Joker makes the phonecall in which he threatens to blow up a hospital.
@@londomollari1082 yeah that’s what I thought
Fun fact: The glass shard that Joker is pressing against that cop’s neck was due to Batman smashing his face against the 1-way glass, further proving that Joker was manipulating Batman, and that when Batman gets pissed, he gets sloppy.
great catch
Alban1 you’re to blame I didn’t catch it. New Rockstars did, so you should really watch their breakdown of this movie. It’s amazing!!
Nah you're overthinking. He used the opportunity but that was not planned.
@@vitorferreira6104 i actually think he planned it, or else how he couldve used the cop as an hostage for his phone call
No shit
At 4:44 the cops hold Gordon back because they knew he was going to go into the building to try and save Rachel (even though he thought it was Harvey) and they knew that it was a lost cause and that his life was more important. It's quick, but it's sweet and I love it.
Vira homem, porra
Dent's pained cries kill me, man. Crying out for Rachel and then getting half of his face burned off, it sucks. Eckhart really sold it here, man. Underrated performance.
When Heath Ledger Played Like that it was hard for Eckhart to shine in this movie
totally agree
- from Indonesia -
3:41 one of the coolest shots in cinematic history
You're completely right - it's like Joker's the only one not affected by the chaos
Kevin Tierney He is not effected by chaos, because he is chaos
@@Nicholas_Chen_ ^This dude gets it
No it's not lol. Honestly don't know how some people are so dumb that they can think this stuff.
@@habbas5833 well what's your reason why you think that and then we can talk
".....in their last moments, people show you who they really are." - Joker
That portion of that one line sticks with me man. Perfect description of everyone in this world.
and how the fuck do you know that?
R/im14andthisisdeep
Are you declaring yourself as a serial killer or a real life Joker? Or maybe both.
you don’t have to be a killer to know this , i was once at a gathering where some were preparing food , while waiting for food and hanging out , those who were there guests started talking tough , how they beat up guys and did this and that , than a gas canister that were used preparing food started fire , in the middle of their tough talk stories , i found out one thing about them that day , DAMN they were quick
@@jeremyhopkins646 have you seen beyond scared straight
I love that Rachel was written as a proper character, even though they knew she'd be killed off in the film. So many films or TV shows would have given her a backseat, made her one dimensional or simply not be brave enough to kill off such an important character (within the trilogy, I know she's not from the comics)
She is bringing the suckes
I love the way the Joker mouths “six” as if this news was shocking to him
I don’t know how to explain how amazing this scene is to me 3:41 I guess the easiest way to put it is the way the music lines up perfectly with how the plot thickens and the way papers are flying everywhere and the way Joker’s hair messes up and he stands there knowing everything is happening the way he wanted it to. I swear to god and to everything that is good on this earth I can’t seem to get enough of this movie.
I am with you. I watch scenes of this movie every single day. Particularly this one and the one right before it, the interrogation scene. I cannot for the life of me understand how good one movie can be. This continues to be my top favorite of all time
They should've slowmo'd that scene tbh
she , harvey I do have an answer for you 4:11 i'm going with the Joker , harvey Screams No...No...No
-- Director's Cut
Perfect little scene. The heavy and deep soundtrack kicking in, while the joker is the only one left standing, amidst all the carnage and destruction he caused. Captures the character almost perfectly in a single 5 second scene.
4:50 You know, I watched this scene, and kept wondering how he got burned so badly, those flames barely touched him enough to leave minor burns. But then I remembered his left side was covered in fuel. Damn....
Because left side of his face was dipped in petrol, and petrol is highly volatile and flammable...
@@manofvalor4437 yes, he said that in the end of the comment dude.
@@manofvalor4437 dickhead 😂
Good eye, you're kinda, (kindly) stupid? Oh, I can't say that, YT will chew me out now. RIP me...
Dont listen to @MuddyBob 650 you're not stupid
So crazy that its been 15 years and im still learning new things from this film and the joker itself. I just learned that Heath got inspiration from Tom Waits who happened to have had the same voice
Who said that?
@@thememaster7Michael Jai White
2:51 MCU Peter Parker, years in the future moved to the crime captial of the world, Gotham City to join the force.
Proof that DC and Marvel superheroes exist in th same universe
Where ?
@u a ya but for what ?!
@@mementomori3411 He means that guard/ officer in the timestamp looks like Spider-man's MCU "Tom Holland"
@@ricardoreyes1576 oh ok thanks for explaining
Can we also just agree that the score in the background, ‘agent of chaos’, is nothing short of genius. Hans Zimmer you legend.
The score is BREATHTAKING.
Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard are the GOATs.
@@TheRockinBK Also John Williams
F for James Newton Howard who rarely gets credit for the scores of these movies
she , harvey I do have an answer for you 4:11 i'm going with the Joker , harvey Screams No...No...No
-- Director's Cut
still dont understand why they put a guard in a room that has a lock
Nice to meet a fellow Zachary
@@Spidercide He's a psychopath, his power is that he manipulates people, not that he can get through locked doors with magic.
Placing a guard in the room was basically like giving him a key to his own cage. They should have just left him alone.
Even if they left him alone. Some point they would have to go in there to restrain him. Joker is physically not that intimidating and he could have easily faked like something was going wrong all to prompt a response for them to come in and check on him. Don’t forget he’s a genius criminal mastermind. YOU NEVER KNOW HIS NEXT MOVE.
@@derekblackwell2601 Except, you do, he's actually a very basic psychopath. His power is that he manipulates people, and that's it.
If you know that, and you refuse to interact with him at all, he loses all of his power.
Like, even if he faked an injury, all you have to do is restrain him then check him out.
To be fair, Joker was sure the police would bow to procedure and give him his one phone call.
The Joker knows exactly what to say to agitate people in to falling in to his traps. I love this portrayal of the Joker. Heath did a stunning job.
Heath’s acting is so good, you always find something new in every scene he is in. Love how he stops “nodding” when the guy calls him a freak at 0:32.
The ONE person who doesn't phase him- or he gives him clout- IS Batman. He calls him 'garbage who kills for money.' He gets angry, sure - but he doesn't go silent. He relayes to him, but on the opposite side of the coin. Coincidence? I think not...
It's the thing he does with his mouth and the way he rolls his eyes. Just a perfect bit of characterisation and consistency
I never noticed that!
rip the legend
holy SHIT thats amazing, fantastic catch
The fact that some of his plans might not have worked if people weren’t like that guard, shows you exactly how manipulative the Joker is
or how convenient the plot works out for him. Realistically why would they put a guard in the room with him when they can already see him through the two way mirror? As a matter of fact why would they even leave him in the interrogation room? They should have taken him back to a holding cell, that’s like standard procedure.
@@swagswagger9644 maybe the door was damaged when batman blocked it
@@yunidhkumar5571 What do you mean?
@@londomollari1082 batman block the door with a chair before beating the heck of Joker
Uh, no. This movie is ridiculous in how everything works out just “exactly” as planned.
In real life, the Joker wouldn’t be in a cell like this, he’d be in Federal prison in a holding cell after murdering so many people. And he wouldn’t get a “phone call”, or basically anything. And there’s no way he could’ve had some rando arrested, with a BOMB in his stomach, and make sure he winds up in some communal prison cell, that can then explode and kill MORE cops, but somehow The Joker doesn’t get injured at all….
*I just want my phone call*
*O H G O O D F O R Y O U*
Don't anger the Bale!
And how was it?!
Friedrich Schopfheim it’s fucking distracting
Friedrich Schopfheim
I Hope it was f*cking good, because it’s useless now, isn’t it?
F*ck’s Sake, man. You’re amateur!
Hes all DA DA DA 🎵
I still say, he is thee best Joker ever casted...!!!! He was indeed a talented man.. He truly brought the character to life... Rip Hearth
I always loved that the guard was smart enough to know The Joker was manipulating him but was just too angry to care. It makes him more sympathetic and makes Jokers escape feel more real and possible rather than if he was just some dumb cop who fell for Jokers ruse. He knew what was happening but was too angry not to take the chance for revenge. Much more human/relatable.
she , harvey I do have an answer for you 4:11 i'm going with the Joker , harvey Screams No...No...No
-- Director's Cut
4:18 Batman reaction! I bet he was devastated inside! But he continued his mission anyway. What a hero!
My favorite small piece of acting in this whole movie is when Heath Ledger asks how many of the guard’s friends has he killed and the guard starts talking. Heath proceeds to show very understanding faces in an almost mocking manner. Following the guard giving the number, 6, Ledger mouths the number back to the guard. This is the ultimate sign of pure evil in my opinion. He hadn’t even counted, he had no idea. Or maybe even worse, he did and knew exactly what he was doing to the guard. Either way, it’s brilliant and truly one of the most iconic scenes in movie history.
His eyes dont move in that scene, so he was doing it purely to manipulate him
He was making the guard angry so the guard would come to him and then joker could make him as a hostage. This is why I love this joker so damn fucking much
Imagine if Joker looked back at him and said, "It was actually seven."
Leave it up to the viewers to decide if he's just fucking with him, or he actually knows all of the friends of his that he killed.
nah it was obvious
@3:20 I’ve always wondered how awkward it would have been if Joker didn’t catch the phone lol
That was take one
He would've won the Oscar even if he was still alive, I'm sure of it. What a performance.
@M3X no Im saying even if he didn't die, he still would've won
@@praveeshachapman677 what a weird praise. Might as well not say it at all
Cool story paj 🤭
3:41 I love this shot, when he’s the only one standing, revealing a monster beyond human capacity and understanding, an unstoppable force of chaos
And he’s literally standing among chaos, all those papers flying around. He IS chaos
They should've slowmo'd that scene tbh
@@scarykurapika100yago2 Ikr
Hell. Nolan should've gotten Zack Snyder to some scenes in this movie. He's the king of slo mo
“In a way, I knew your friends better than u ever did, would you like to know which of them were cowards”. Damn the joker can get inside of people’s minds to get what he wants. I really admire Heath Ledger.
I found Harvey Dent getting his face caught on fire after Batman pulls him out of an exploding building to be a lot more brutal in the Dark Knight than the classic getting acid thrown in the court room moment from the comics, this was very powerful and sad at the same time, it did an excellent job in setting him up to become Two-Face. I would put Aaron Eckhardt's performance up there with Christian Bale, Gary Oldman and Heath Ledger, he absolutely delivered big time.
Agreed. I’d even argue the original Two-Face origin should be this one.
Sadly, it's the one piece of really weak writing in the film. The heat from the fire on Dent's face would have scorched his lungs so respiration would have failed and he'd have died.
How you know
@@yewy100 Because that is what happens when you put your face close to extreme heat like a bomb blast.
@thewomble1509 so that's why a explosion can kill you not the blast but the fire it's self
Joker : at their last moments, they will show you who they are
Rachel at her last moments trying to sing All Stars song 4:37
yeah i singed when i got to that part lmao
-body once....
@@_baller told me the world
Jajajajajajjajajanaajajajajajjana
haha, I had the same thought too.
"I want my phone call!"
GET THIS MAN A PHONE CALL!!!
cringe reddit meme
Best on screen Joker: Heath Ledger
Best Joker Voice: Mark Hamill
Best Pre-Joker: Joaquin Phoenix
Imagine putting all of them together and make the perfect joker
This is the correct take
Best joker : comic/real one
Best terrible Joker: Jared Leto
Don't forget Cameron Monaghan. He's a perfect pre joker too.
2:00
The music score in this movie is so great...
That D violin note is the sign when the Joker is about to do something terrifying.
It's so unsettling.
In her last moments, rachel was calm and expressed her love for harvey
A B That's because she thought she would be saved no matter what.
that's who she truly was or who she truly loved
It’s just like the Joker said. People reveal their true selves in the face of death. Rachel was calm and collected, while Dent was unhinged and raving.
Rougarou well he was also pissed that his girlfriend died while he survived, I’d be heated too
I guess she wishes she would've stayed with Bruce.
This movie is a masterpiece I was lucky enough to see it in theaters.
Lucky bastard.
Yea same here, 2 times. It was great man. Another thing too, this was the first movie where people clapped and laughed loud as hell to the villains doings, i remember the scene with the pencil trick, people just lost it 😂😂😂
@@luislion9887 Everyone clapped at the end.
@@michaelarojas yup, its the first movie that gets an ovation that I've experienced personally so that was awesome
@@luislion9887 Agreed
4:37 "body once told me the world is gonna roll me"
Hmm, I'll let you take that one...
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@@yomarshy Indeed.
XD
This whole sequence from when the joker is chasing after Harvey in the tunnel to this is by far some of the best works in Hollywood history.. from the acting, pacing, action and tension… well done Christopher Nolan for this epic 20 minutes of theatre
3:41, this scene is just amazing. Heath was brilliant as the Joker.
I really love this scene because it shows the desperation and the joker's potential at his best. A man who was considered by Batman himself as a "normal" or "not complicated" criminal at the beginning of the movie, ended up being his worst nightmare killing his only reason to have a normal life: Rachel, and tearing apart the morality of the man who was supposed to save Gotham. The Joker will always be the best of the bests: always ahead of the curve. Brillant, Nolan.
0:11 even that simple line is just pure joy. He is like a kid that wants something even though his parents have scolded him
Hahahaha, indeed. I love it because of that.
الی
"I wan't it, I want my PHONE COAL"
i've watched this masterpiece like 50 times. and it never gets old. Ledger displayed the greatest acting performance maybe of all time