Never were truer words spoken in regard to the Joker. Despite the love and adoration placed on Batman, and inparticular Jack Nicholson's Joker, I never really "got it". Sure I am a Batman fan but, despite Michael Keaton's performance, I hated how "British" Gotham looked and how UK actors popped up with phony american accents. Robert Wuhl was so annoying and Kim Basinger... well she was my teenage masturbatory aid so all is forgiven.
But the Joker? The make-up looked ridiculous, his acting was dire and his "wacky" performance was as forced as his waistline. See I remember the joker being thin and so always believed the greatest actor to play him would be Richard E Grant.
How wrong was I? Having seen the first 5 minutes that have been floating around, already I cannot see any other person inhabiting the Joker as Heath Ledger. I've never liked Heath in film except Brokeback Mountain and so I held little hope for The Dark Knight. Now I am as giddy as a little boy discovering his first Kim Basinger sex scene... ahem.
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