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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I think that Jack Nicholson's Joker does get a bad rap because he's a bit campy. But like Heath Ledger JN's Joker completely stole the show and chewed up that movie and made a decent Batman flick a very good Batman flick. Michael Keaton was a very good Batman in that first movie.
For a long time I really attached Jack Nicholson's Joker to the Joker that I wanted to see since he had one of the great explanation lines of all time for that character.
Joker: I now do what other people only dream. I make art until someone dies. See? I am the world's first fully functioning homicidal artist.
There were a couple of other lines that made his scene stealing Joker a really dark thing as well.
The Joker: [ reciting his poem to Vicki] I'm only laughing on the outside / My smile is just skin deep / If you could see inside I'm really crying / You might join me for a weep.
[ Joker reads the newspaper]
The Joker: "Winged freak terrorizes"? Wait till they get a load of me! |
don't get me wrong, Nicholson was awesome as the Joker and totally made that movie. i blame the writers for screwing with the origin story, and for showing him without makeup (that's a cardinal sin for the Joker). my favorite Joker is still Mark Hamill's version from the Arkham games, and Jack was the closest to that out of any of the movies