by MouthForWar » Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:30 am
Yeah... I have to say I'm just really disappointed cuz I was so confident they would pick someone I like... but I know thats not how things work and I just hope Nolan and Co. saw something in Ledger that we don't... But I never liked Ledger, in fact I always hated him as an actor for years. And the Joker is my favorite comic book character of all time... I'm confident they will deliver a well directed and (most likley) well scripted movie, but I was hoping for someone more unknown. I dont wanna see it and think "I'm watching Heath Ledger act like the Joker", I wanna see it and think "Wow, I'm watching THE Joker." And I just don't see him giving us that maniacal laugh.
I just dont like a Hollywood pretty boy who might as well be posing for underwear ads playing the most demented villain, mean and evil character in comic books.
The things that give me A TINY BIT OF HOPE are the times when I hated casting decisions and ended up liking the performance anyway... like Jack Black in King Kong, I thought he did a good job (not amazing, but good)... and as a big fan of Johnny Cash, when I heard Joquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon (never liked either of em) were gonna be Johnny and June, I was ready to boycott the movie 100% (especially with Reese being June Carter)... then the trailers came out, and the reviews came in and I had some hope... and then they both ended up blowing me away. Phoenix should have won the Oscar and WItherspoon's was well deseverd IMO. So I hope to god this will be a similar case.
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