Enough has been written about The Dark Knight already. I wont go much into it π We all know what a terrific movie it is π
And it is one of those rare movies where the villain goes way higher than the hero himself. As much as we loved Christian Bale‘s portrayal of Batman, who can deny the impression created by the ultra charismatic, enigmatic and supremely intelligent, our very own psycho, JOKER :mrgreen
As much as I loved Heath Ledger‘s portrayal of the joker, it got me intrigued into what joker is really all about? I mean, who steals room full of money and then takes utmost pleasure in burning it all!!?? :mrgreen π
So, for all the joker fans out here, here are a few interesting things about the most widely adored and hated fictional character:
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The fictional character first appeared in the comics by DC Comics
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He is is a master criminal whose characterization has varied from a violent and murderous sociopath, causing chaos and committing crimes for his own amusement, to a goofy and virtually harmless trickster-thief.
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His real identity is unknown.
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He has appeared before in Batman television series
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Jack Nicholson’s portrayal of the joker in 1989 movie, Batman earned him a place in American Film Institute’s List of Top 50 film Villains.
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From the Joker’s first appearance in Batman #1, he has committed crimes both whimsical and inhumanly brutal, all with a logic and reasoning that, in Batman’s words, “make sense to him alone.”
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He commits crimes with countless “comedic” weapons (such as razor-sharp playing cards, acid-spewing flowers, cyanide pies, and lethally electric joy buzzers) and Joker venom, sometimes referred to as “Joker Juice”, a deadly poison that infects his victims with a ghoulish rictus grin as they die while laughing uncontrollably.
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He is always wearing his trademark Purple Suit.
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He has cheated death numerous times, even in seemingly inescapable and lethal situations. Though he has been seen caught in explosions, been shot repeatedly, dropped from lethal heights, electrocuted, and so on, the Joker always returns to once again wreak havoc
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At the end of the franchise reboot film Batman Begins (2005), a joker card is mentioned as a calling card by a criminal who is not explicitly named.
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Not many know this, but joker is indirectly responsible for the origin of Batman!
- Apparently playing the role of Joker gets so hard on the psyche, people take months to get back to their normal selves after they have played that role. Now, did heath ledger just die of overdose of pills??? Hmmmm… m not too sure!!! π
The joke usually told by the joker in Batman: The killing joke is:
See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum… and one night… one night they decide they don’t like living in an asylum any more. They decide theyβre going to escape! So like they get up on to the roof, and there, just across the narrow gap, they see the rooftops of the town, stretching away in moon light… stretching away to freedom. Now the first guy he jumps right across with no problem. But his friend, his friend daren’t make the leap. Y’see he’s afraid of falling… So then the first guy has an idea. He says “Hey! I have my flash light with me. I will shine it across the gap between the buildings. You can walk across the beam and join me.” But, the second guy just shakes his head. He says… he says “What do you think I am, crazy? You would turn it off when I was half way across.”
Some of his famous lines:
Gotham National Bank Manager: The criminals in this town used to believe in things. Honor. Respect. Look at you! What do you believe in? What do you believe in!
The Joker: I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you… stranger.
The Joker: You just couldn’t let me go could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible aren’t you? You won’t kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won’t kill you, because you’re just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
Batman: You’ll be in a padded cell forever.
The Joker: Maybe we can share one. They’ll be doubling up, the rate this city’s inhabitants are losing their minds.
The Joker: [holding a knife inside Gambol’s mouth] Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was….a drinker. And a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn’t like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. Turns to me and he says “Why so serious?” Comes at me with the knife,”Why so serious?” He sticks the blade in my mouth. “Letβs put a smile on that face!” And….. Why so serious?
The Joker: This town deserves a better class of criminal… and I’m gonna give it to them. Tell your men they work for me now. This is *my* city.
The Chechen: They won’t work for a freak…
The Joker: [mocking his accent] A freak…
[pulls out his switchblade and tosses it to some goons who grabs the Chechen]
The Joker: Why don’t we cut you up into little pieces and feed you to your pooches? Hmm? And then we’ll see how loyal a hungry dog really is. It’s not about money… it’s about… sending a message. Everything burns.
The Joker: [speaking to Two-Face] Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just, do things. The mob has plans, the cops have plans, Gordon’s got plans. You know, they’re schemers. Schemers trying to control their worlds. I’m not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how, pathetic, their attempts to control things really are. So, when I say, ah, come here, when I say that you and your girlfriend was nothing personal, you know that I’m telling the truth.
The Joker: It’s the schemers that put you where you are. You were a schemer, you had plans, and uh, look where that got you. I just did what I do best. I took your plan and I turned it on itself. Look what I did, to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple of bullets. Hm? You know what, you know what I noticed? Nobody panics when things go according to plan. Even if the plan is horrifying. If tomorrow I tell the press that like a gang banger, will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it’s all, part of the plan. But when I say that one, little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds!
The Joker: [Joker hands Two-Face a gun and points it at himself] Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos. Oh and you know the thing about chaos, it’s fair.
[with the gun in Two-Face’s hand, Two-Face pauses and takes out his coin]
Two-Face: [showing the unscarred side] You live.
The Joker: Mm-hm.
Two-Face: [flipping, showing the scarred side] You die.
The Joker: Mmm, Now we’re talking.
[with the gun in Two-Face’s hand, the joker has the gun to his own forehead; Two-Face pauses and takes out his coin]
Source: http://stars.ign.com/articles/841/841564p1.html, http://www.dccomics.com, http://en.wikipedia.org
Wow!!! Good Tribute to the last role Heath played. Nice and different post.
Joker was just amazing in the movie, cant get that dialogue out of my mind – “This city needs a better class of criminals and I will give it to them”. Heath was scarily amazing, a much better portrayal of the role than even Jack Nicholson, which is as good as an Oscar in itself.
Well, actually. heath ledger was taking anti-depression drugs as he used to stay alone and lonely in the apartment to rehearse his role as a joker and to get more feeling of it .. He went so deep into the character that he needed anti-depression drugs to come out of it after the movie’s shooting ended .. But one day, he took more doze than prescribed .. And we lost the legend .. So indirectly or directly, the Joker character has killed that man ..
SO sad .. but this post was a great one .. actually I also did not know so many of his interesting things .. I wanna see how Jack Nicholson has played Joker’s role ..
i still haven’t watched it!I want to do the joker role…interesting….lets see if it can kill me π
Heath was the highlight of the movie. Its really sad that he is not around for the next movie.
Interesting bit of information. I never knew much about this character.
Heath Ledger’s JOKER is definitely the best villain ever !!!!
Hehehe! Lovely post! So many trivia I didn’t know! π
@Reema: Thanks π
@Shyam: Yup so true π
@Soham: Thats good piece of info. Thanks soham. The joker did kill the man π¦
@Vishesh: Hahahhaa.. dont worry it wont kill you! π
@Amit: Yeah it is sad π¦
@Lallopallo: Thanks π
@Daroga: Agreed!
@Nikhil: Thanks π
I love him. And thanks for the info.
Heath was amazing in the latest flick. Only Joker was the reason why i sat for 2.30 hours never ending strain hours π
Hey Nice collection. Thanks. I really liked that character and one day he came in my dream π
Heath was just marvelous. I haven’t seen a better movie in recent times!
There is a bunch of quotes on the IMDB page for DA as well.
Cheers-
A most informative post! Thank you so much for it!
Yes, there are many aspects of the good ole Joker’s character that I wish they’d used in the film… like the juice and the gas and all…
Oh well!
“He commits crimes with countless βcomedicβ weapons (such as razor-sharp playing cards, acid-spewing flowers, cyanide pies, and lethally electric joy buzzers) and Joker venom, sometimes referred to as βJoker Juiceβ, a deadly poison that infects his victims with a ghoulish rictus grin as they die while laughing uncontrollably.”
That just sounds wicked cool! I miss the TV series!
perfect low down on joker ! perfect review! whos rajeev masand ? who knws him any way, i know only neha kumar! the reviewer π
@Dark Knight: Well… what do i say! U r a dark knight urself π
@Suda: Wow! U dreamt of the joker? Sahi hai π
@Kpowerinfinity: Yeah I picked these from tgere!!
@Unsungpsalm: Thanks π I never got around to watching the TV series. I wish I had!!
@Yaseen: Wow! Thanks for the kind words Yaseen π
Always welcome neha ji! pleasure is always mine! waiting for ur review on Hancock! π
Aah.. I finally watched this ‘must watch’ movie last night..
Joker’s dialogues are the best!
great compilation…
btw you should have added one more:
‘If you’re good at something, never do it for free.’
Dark Knight… Yea
heath ledger played the joker better than anyone else did. but too bad he died. the thing is i have always wanted to see heath ledger but now the only thing i have is the internet pics. R.I.P HEATH LEDGER
I LUV U
LUV B.L
: ) R.I.P HEATH LEDGER π THE DARK KNIGHT WAS THE BEST MOVIE THIS YEAR AND I HOPE THAT I CAN BE A GOOD ENOUGH ACTOR AS HEATH LEDGER π¦
R.I.P HEATH LEDGER LUV U 4EVER
HEY!!!! I AGREE WILL ALL OF UR COMMENTS HEATH LEDGER WAS THE BEST AND I LUV HIM… SOME SAY THAT HEATH IS PRETENDING TO BE DEAD THAT HE IS SOME WHERE ON A ISLAND OR SOMETHING HIDING FROM EVERYTHING DONT YOU THINK THAT IS TOTALLY BIZARRE BUT IT COULD BE TRUE MAYBE HE PLANNED IT OR SOMETHING B4 THE FAKE DEATH
OMG…i loved the movie and this is so great… i had no idea about most of this information..it just makes the joker charater so much greater..
ledger’s joker was the best. period. it dosnt matter now a days if the charachter stays true to the comic. all directors have thier own viewpoint on how charachters should be played. i personaly like nolan’s batman movies better because it stays somewhat true to the comic, but it still has a more realistic fell to it. ledger was the best one. i believe he also put more effort into the job then anybody else did. R.I.P ps. a little birdie told me to watch out for the riddler,catwoman,and two face lives
@Mizzpunk: Yes it does!
@Benjamin: Yes… he indeed put in the max efforts… and thats quite obvious from the fact that he had to take anti-depressants even after the movie was shot… he had gone into the character so much… he needed time off to come out of it… and thats what killed him!!
I love the Joker. He is the most inspiring villain ever. Heath Ledger locked himself up in a room for 22 days with only a mirror and the script to give him company. I think he died of a drug overdose though conspirational theorists might choose to find reasons from his character portrayal.
Why you have to die Heath?, you did an amazing job!!. It is so difficult to see so interesting characters in movies and now we will not be able to see you again……. I love this movie, I love Heath Ledger as a joker ….. but is so sad when I think that he is dead :=(, life is so unfair!!!!, young and talent people died and many that have to die L I V E!!!………… I love you Heath and I hope you`ve been able to find the peace, that you could not find here in the earth, in heaven…… We miss you so much……..
OMG he got eaten alive jk but he wuz the best there wuz!!!!!!!!
Such a nice and different post about jokers .The pictures are also very nice.I really enjoyed.
Do i look like a Guy with a plan?
omg i loved heath ledger in many of his movies but i found that dark night had his full life in it. he took his character so seriously. no one ever really does that. yeah its really sad that he had died. i love him so much. i wish he was still alive i really wanted to meet him but now i cant. R.I.P. HEATH LEDGER YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
More famous lines:
Alfred: Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, traded, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men, just wanna watch the world burn.
Dent: You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.
nice bit of info. But the joker’s real name is JACK NAPIER. He used to be one of Thorn’s henchmen. That’s the info i got from the animated movie BATMAN AND THE MASK OF PHANTASM by WARNER BROTHERS. Great info regarding heath’s preparation. I’m quite disappointed that two great characters won’t appear again. The first being two-face cos the director killed him in the movie. And 2nd being the joker. Heath’s was the best ever portrayal of the joker.
Also according to the animated movie the joker used to work for the VALESTRA mob. He is the killer of Andrea beaumont’s father. She was Bruce wayne’s flame before he donned the cape. Its a pity that nobody else can come even close to what heath achieved in the movie. Truly brilliant. The name JACK NAPIER is used in the 1989 movie. But i still like to believe that the joker is a man with an unknown past…. WHY SO SERIOUS? HEE! HEE! HA! HA! HA! (evil joker laugh).
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