It is so refreshing to see the legend of Batman being given the respect it deserves because The Dark Knight has surpassed and transcended simply being called a ’superhero’ film. There’s a whole lot more on offer here than just plain ole super-heroics. What we have here is a stellar cast delivering real and poignant acting roles that make each and every unbelievable character - believable.
Heath Ledger pulls in a stunning performance - turning the Joker into a maniacal, psychopathic, anarchist - tinged with ‘Clockwork Orange’ inspired merciless, senseless brutality and schism. You simply cannot take your eyes of him as he possesses the screen and steals each and every scene he is in. There are some genuinely frightful moments accompanied by Hitchcock-like music soundscapes as the Joker proceeds to tell the story of his ’scars’ to his victims. This is evil incarnate. Pure evil. Ledger flinches and stutters as if a sadistic lost, insane soul has completely taken him over, spitting out his lines with venom, satirical, sarcastic jest. What a final curtain call for this talented young man. Take a bow Mr. Ledger.
The Joker appears in the film with a stunning opening bank robbery that is ingenious in its execution and methodology. There is no back-story for the Joker. There is no origin. The Joker exists as the other side of the Batman coin. Where the caped-crusader is a symbol of justice the Joker represents chaos in its purest form.
But there are always three sides to every story. Enter Harvey Dent. Gotham City’s ‘white knight’ District Attorney who finds himself in the middle of the Batman V Joker struggle. Comic book fans will know all about Harvey Dent and his role in the Batman universe, so I won’t spoil it here for others.
The Dark Knight is one of the most amazing movie-going experiences I have seen in a long, long time and already - I want to see this one again. The bar has been raised…
I’ve got my tickets to this already, and frankly, I can’t wait! To whet everyone’s appetite some more, here’s a great read from the latest ish of Entertainment Weekly.
Heath Ledger isn’t here. It’s July 2007, in downtown Chicago, and the actor was originally scheduled to be shooting a scene in which he uses a pencil as a lethal weapon. But the sequence has been postponed, and Ledger has the day off. Instead, we’re watching the cameras roll on a somewhat less riveting moment in The Dark Knight: Billionaire Bruce Wayne, exhausted from his late-night crime-fighting escapades, slumps into a chair and falls asleep in the middle of a business meeting. That’s right, we’re watching Batman take a nap.
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From the viral marketing campaign at Why So Serious comes what appears to be a new poster design for The Dark Knight. At this point we are not sure whether this is just for show or if it will actually be printed and used as a theatrical poster - but man, this looks freaking awesome!
Larger size after the jump…
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Another Dark Knight viral website has sprung forth. Could a new trailer be released soon? One would hope so! In the meantime, have a fiddle with the link above and you too might stumble upon the new Dark Knight poster in all it’s 300dpi/50MB high-res glory!
In the meantime…
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Heath Ledger was told to seek professional help for his personal problems while filming The Dark Knight, according to reports.
The late Australian actor - who tragically died from an accidental prescription drugs overdose in January - was reportedly warned he had become too obsessed with his portrayal of iconic Batman villain The Joker in the upcoming blockbuster.
A source told FOX News: “Heath refused to talk to anyone out of character.
If you tried to communicate with him normally instead of The Joker, he would just ignore you.
“He would often come to the set to hang out even on his days off, freaking everyone out. Towards the end of filming, he was warned by people that he had gone too far, but it was almost like he couldn’t connect with those who cared for him anymore.”
Ledger reportedly locked himself in an apartment for an entire month before playing The Joker, who he described as a “psychotic, mass-murdering clown”.
Ledger also admitted he had such trouble sleeping while shooting the film he resorted to taking the prescription drug Ambien.
Sources on the set of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’- the movie Ledger was filming when he died - also claimed the actor could not “snap out” of character and seemed to have “lost sense” of who he was.
It’s always a tragedy when anyone gets paid a visit by Death. I was saddened by the (sketchy) news today that Australian actor Heath Ledger had been found dead in his hotel room. He had generated quite a bit of interest on this blog as we had been documenting his forthcoming appearance in the new Batman movie, ‘The Dark Knight’.
Currently, this site is taking an absolute hammering as Googling Ledger is bringing a lot of traffic right here. (We won’t even begin to mention the countless of blogs who steal our bandwidth by serving their Heath Ledger/Joker images right from here. Fuckers!) so you may notice some slow-down today.
But I digress… a talented young man has lost his hold on life, and that really is sad and has put a morose dampener on this day.
The Joker… is dead.
As this blog can attest to, many have been objecting to the casting of Heath Ledger as the Joker in the forthcoming ‘The Dark Knight’ flick. Pretty senseless and short-minded really, when no one has even seen the film yet. There was a similar outcry when back in 1989, Michael Keaton was cast as the caped crusader. And boy, weren’t all those critics wrong as Keaton’s Batman was an amazing portrayal. From what I have seen of the upcoming pic, Ledger is nothing short of freaking amazing!
Further proof can be seen in the 6 minute prologue that screened before the debut iMax version of the ‘I Am Legend’ movie. Unfortunately, this is just a cam version - but it still looks great and shows off more of Ledger as the Joker.
The prologue was shot entirely with 70mm IMAX cameras.
The prologue features a bank heist orchestrated by the Joker, a criminal mastermind who, according to one of the thugs, wears “war paint” makeup to scare people. His face is revealed near the end, when he lifts up a clown mask to expose the white makeup and red, scarred mouth underneath. On his way out, he tells the bank’s infuriated manager, played by William Fichtner, that “whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger.”
Check it out!
Head on over to A Taste for the Theatrical to download the new Dark Knight Trailer in glorious HD.
Its well worth it!
In the meantime, check out some screenshots after the jump!
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Fans of the upcoming Batman film were able to follow the clues of the viral marketing campaign at whysoserious.com and unlock the brand new poster for The Dark Knight.
And whilst we’re on the subject of the caped crusader (close your eyes as spoilers abound below!)
Gotham City will go through a ‘white night’ (no explanation of what that is)
For the first time in the cinemas, Batman is going out of Gotham City (we all know where - Hong Kong)
Two Face will be in the film
There will be a 6 or 7 min prologue about the Joker that will be show before “I Am Legend” in IMAX cinemas only
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There’s been quite a heated discussion happening over on this post when we revealed some more shots of Heath Ledger as the Joker in the forthcoming ‘The Dark Knight’ movie. I for one think he looks friggn awesome and have high expectations for this movie. In short… can’t wait folks!
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Crew member on new Batman film killed in crash. A special effects technician has been killed in a crash during production of the latest Batman film, Warner Bros. said Tuesday.
You wanted ‘em, you got ‘em! Here’s a slew of pics from the forthcoming Batman flick ‘The Dark Knight’ - featuring Heath Ledger as the Joker!
Check ‘em out folks, right after the jump:
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The new image of Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight has now been removed from IBelieveinHarveyDentToo.com. It’s been replaced with red text that gives the error, ‘Page not found’. If you highlight the entire page, however, you’ll see a ton of ‘Ha Ha Ha’s’ with some letters here and there that don’t belong. String those letters together and what do you get? - ‘See you in December’.
So who is behind all this? It looks to be 42 Entertainment, the company which previously created the ‘I Love Bees’ promotion for ‘Halo 2′ and ‘Year Zero’ for the Nine Inch Nails album ‘Year Zero’. The company just registered SeeYouinDecember.com yesterday, so stay tuned.
