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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Finally saw Joker. It was pretty awful, 3/10
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I was torn on that movie. I loved the performances, I loved the staging, and for the most part I really liked the story. But I just wasn't a fan of the joker portrayal itself.
I've always asked the question about how Crazy the Joker was? Or how much a actual mental illness effected his personality. I mean in the purest sense he's a complete psychopath.
But at the end of the day, I loved the idea of not knowing too much about the Jokers origin story and having to guess it. In terms of my Joker rankings
1) Heath Ledgers Dark Knight Joker - I went into that movie expecting to hate it, but it won me over in a hurry. Completely amoral with a high intelligence who could wound you psychologically. I always envisioned him as a bitter ex Military Intelligence asset.
2) Joker - Joker - JP was brilliant throughout this movie, the dancing on the stairs scene was brilliant. But I felt that he wasn't really the joker, but a sad man with serious mental illness hiding behind a mask and lashing out. I don't know how to frame it properly, but I didn't see the real cunning and brilliance in the character that made Joker so fun
2) The Cartoon Joker - There are lots, but I really liked the portrayal of the Joker in the Cartoons. He was a combination of sick and calculating. I didn't like the killing joke. But what set his Joker aside was the amazing realization that he is sick, he's done wrong, but he knows he's on this course that he can't get off of.
3) Jack's Joker - Batman - I loved this one because JN played it with such utter gleen and charisma. The origin of this joker was a mess to me, because Jack Napier was already a proto joker before his scars.
4) 60's Batman - Again played with such glee, but he was a comedy character who couldn't be bothered to shave his mustache under the makeup.