Movie Discussion

[Tao]

The Government Is Giving Away Free Money!!!

[DennyCrane]

Where... is... the BAT.

[VincentVega]

He's at HOME! a-WASHIN' his TIGHTS!

[DennyCrane]

Nicholson was the best Joker. I dug up an old MTV interview they did with him about Ledger, the new movie, Tim Burton, etc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTV

In a rare interview on MTV Hollywood great Jack Nicholson has said he's furious over the casting of Heath Ledger in the next Batman Movie "The Dark Knight". It ran like this.





MTV: What do you think of another actor, Heath Ledger, playing the Joker in next summer's "The Dark Knight"?

Nicholson: Let me be the way I'm not in interviews. I'm furious. I'm furious. [He laughs.] They never asked me about a sequel with the Joker. I know how to do that! Nobody ever asked me.

MTV: It was never brought up?

Nicholson: No. It's like, in any area, you can't believe the reasons things do or don't happen. Not asking me how to do the sequel is that kind of thing. Maybe it's not a mistake. Maybe it was the right thing, but to be candid, I'm furious.

MTV: I'm surprised to hear you sounding competitive about a role like that.

Nicholson: Well, the Joker comes from my childhood. That's how I got involved with it in the first place. It's a part I always thought I should play.

MTV: Will you see the new film?

Nicholson: I'm not inclined to watch it because of what I said. But if it's a good movie, I'll catch up with it somewhere. I don't think they ever really captured Tim Burton's spirit [since he stopped being involved]. They kind of drove the franchise into the ground. Tim Burton's a genius. He had the right take on it. That's why I did the movie. I did the movie based on a single conversation with him. We both come from the cartoon world originally. We had similar ideas. Tim said [the Joker] should have a humorous dark side to him. [Burton is] one of the great moviemakers. I think the world of him. He's the most unassuming man. And he doesn't feel pressure. That's what I love about him. Once he's in there, he's smiling making the movie. That's it!




Like He said in the first movie "Never rub another man's rhubarb!"

[DWall]

maybe they didnt ask him because he played the joker 20 f00king years ago.

[DennyCrane]

I guess... word has it Adam West was pissed in 1988 that they didn't ask him to be Batman.

[chode_messiah]

Ledger was waaay better. Also Tim Burton is a shitty director.

[DennyCrane]

I absolutely loved the 1988 Batman. To me, Burton perfectly captured the feel of a Batman comic on film. I thought the new one was great and Ledger did a fantastic job as the Joker... but it didn't draw me into the feeling of a comic. It's just an action film about Batman. That's not a bad thing, and each film had its good points. I liked them both and will likely own both on Blu-ray.
To me, it's almost like asking "What's better, a an end table or Mount Fuji?" They're so different they can barely be compared in the same context.

[chode_messiah]

Which Batman comics did you read? Over the years there have been quite a few different series; the ones I've read have been dark and grungy.

[knife rush ftw]

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