Reason??? Was it due to one of his kind Superhero who doesn’t possess any super powers like most of his colleagues but still manages to finght against crime?? I don’t think so. It was JOKER who captivated people’s attention. By far, the best ever villain I’ve witnessed in any movie.
Saying that Joker was brilliant in the movie would be an under-statement. He simply rocked the party. His look, expressions, dialogues every bloody thing related to him was just perfect. Of course, Heath “The legend” Ledger was outstanding in his rendition. I had watched bits n pieces of Jack Nicholson’s version and it wasn’t all that bad. But Heath took this character to another level altogether.Each and every dialogue of his ,stamps his class over and over . This wasn’t a case of having a villain just for the heck of it. Just because Hero has to save his heroine from the clutches of villain and then end up smooching her with credits rolling. It was serious business in this movie. He wasn’t a stereotyped, conventional 2 murders, 3 kidnaps,10-15 smuggling deal expert!!!
I came out of theatre and for 2-3 hours was still trying to find my way out of Joker hy
steria. Needless to say I was unsuccessful, pathetic at that! Of course the Batman was supposed to be the show-stealer but look at what Joker has done. He is all over the internet, media, people’s mind!!! This post dedicated to him shows he has been able to impress me also. What this means is that even a just ordinary English movie fan who doesn’t watch every single English movie on the cards is mightily impressed. Simply astounding!!!Just to add, my favourite pastime activity for last few weeks has been to discuss and say out in “Joker’s ishtyle” all his dialogues from the movie.Santu lola and Ashwin Menon have been vibrating on the same wavelength as mine and are more than proud to be in the “Joker fanatics” club.
It’s a shame that Heath Ledger isn’t with us today to savor the success of his portrayal. This success is sweet. All hail Chris Nolan, Bale and other team members for such a masterpiece. They have just raised the standards by quite a decent level. Lets see how other cliched film makers reach to that level, if at all possible.
Least that people of English cinema can do towards honoring Heath is by posthumously giving him with an Oscar. Not that this award is the ultimate reward but just that people around the world think so!!
Weeks,months,years may pass by but Heath ledger and his legendary depiction of Joker will stay forever in the history of world cinema.Hail the Legend!
To end this with a Joker class act dialogue,” If you are good at something, never do it for free”[Now there are not many chances of me using it in my next appraisal discussion but will try to get inspired from this :-)]
