THE DARK KNIGHT (HEATH LEDGER, THE JOKER, NICHOLSON LOSES, HEATH LEDGER, HEATH LEDGER ROCKS; 2008)

HOLY SAC BATMAN! SOMEONE FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT. THE REAL JOKER, THE HOMICIDAL, WWII-UNCLE-SAM; THE DAPRAVED CLOWN CREATED IN 1940 HAS FINALLY BEEN BROUGHT TO LIFE.

"In his initial dozen or so appearances, starting with Batman #1 (1940), the Joker was a straightforward mass murderer, with a bizarre appearance modeled after the symbol of the Joker known from playing cards. He was slated to be killed in his second appearance,[5] but editor Whitney Ellsworth suggested that the character be spared. A hastily drawn panel, demonstrating that the Joker was still alive, was subsequently added to the comic.[6] For the next several appearances, the Joker often escaped capture but suffered an apparent death (falling off a cliff, being caught in a burning building, etc.), from which his body was not recovered. In these first dozen adventures, the Joker killed close to three dozen people." (I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW TO FOOTNOTE...QUOTE TAKEN FROM WIKIPEDIA AND ANY COOL GEEK OFF THE STREET EXCEPT WARREN G).

FEEDING OFF THE TEARS HE KNEW HE'D DRAW FROM FAT NICHOLSON AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL (THE ONLY QUEER IN BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN), HEATH LEDGER CREATED ONE OF THE BEST MOVIE CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME. PURE COLOMBIAN CAN'T ENTERTAIN MY BRAIN AS MUCH AS LEDGER'S "JOKER" DID IN THE DARK KNIGHT. HE MANAGED TO CREATE A CHARACTER WHO DELIVERED HUMOUR AND UNCONTROLLABLE, CALCULATED INSANITY BETTER THAN ANYONE I'VE SEEN ON SCREEN IN SO LONG, THAT THEY DESERVE TO BE FORGOTTEN. IF THIS MOVIE HAD BEEN GIVEN AN "R" RATING LEDGER WOULD'VE BANGED CLARICE STARLING AND MADE HANNIBAL LECTER SHIT FAVA BEANS ON HIS OWN FACE. I DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE ANY DETAILS ABOUT THIS MOVIE (THOUGH I'VE ALREADY SEEN IT TWICE), BECAUSE I'LL GET SO CARRIED AWAY I'LL KNOCK OUT A LOAD ON THIS KEYBOARD. THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE A PROBLEM IF THIS COMPUTER WERE MINE, NOT TO MENTION THE HOUSE I STUMBLED INTO TO WRITE THIS. IF I HAD ANY BACKGROUND IN FILM I'D TRY TO ARTICULATED HOW AMAZING THE DIRECTING, WRITING, SCORE AND OTHER ACTORS WERE AS WELL. HOWEVER, I DON'T SO I WON'T. A PERFORMANCE LIKE LEDGER'S SHOULD MAKE HOLLYWOOD THINK TWICE BEFORE IT CALLOUSLY UTTERS THE WORD "TALENTED" AGAIN. I GUESS WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IN L.A. WAS COLLECTING BABIES LIKE PICASSOS AND TELLING US FOR WHOM TO VOTE, THERE WERE A FEW ACTUALLY DOING THEIR JOB. -TMJ