[quote]Bauer97 wrote:
WhiteFlash wrote:
Someone else posted that if Ledger hadn’t passed there wouldn’t be Oscar talk. I completely disagree. If he were still around this performance would’ve vaulted him to the top
of the list of “heavyweights” in his industry.
I completely agree, WhiteFlash. Death or not, that was one of, if not the, best acting performances I’ve ever seen.
Someone said that it’s not hard to stand-out in a film when you’re portraying a psychotic clown. Indeed, quite true. However, I think it IS extremely hard to play a psychotic clown and not make it look ridiculous, because the premise is pretty damn ridiculous.
Heath made a psychotic sociopathic clown legitimately creepy, yet still incredibly fun to watch. That’s tough to do.[/quote]
He knocked it outta the fuckin’ park. Someone here posted Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs and the bad guy in No country as comparisons, but I gotta be honest, I think Ledgers performance dwarfs theirs, and that’s no easy feat. I thought Eckhart did an awesome job and Bale always kicks ass, but the Joker stole the movie.
Easily the best villainous portayal of all time. I don’t know how to explain it, but I was almost “giddy” every time he was on screen. I don’t think I’ve ever watched the Oscars and generally don’t give a shit about what goes on in movieland, but if Ledger doesn’t win a serious injustice is taking place.
After reading the wiki on him alan moore he does seem like quite the dick… i dont think there was a single comic company he was involved with that he didn’t in some way have problems with
[quote]HotCarl28 wrote:
I think the extra DVD is going to be animated as well
SPOILER somewhat!!!
Ill embed the spoiler in this text so that someone doens’t accidentally read it i also read that they change the alien destroying NYC to something else so hopefully I didn’t spoil this for anyone[/quote]
[quote]HotCarl28 wrote:
After reading the wiki on him alan moore he does seem like quite the dick… i dont think there was a single comic company he was involved with that he didn’t in some way have problems with[/quote]
[quote]Backlash79 wrote:
HotCarl28 wrote:
After reading the wiki on him alan moore he does seem like quite the dick… i dont think there was a single comic company he was involved with that he didn’t in some way have problems with
Primadonna.
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THere are actually a lot of older interviews with him, and they always touch on the Watchmen. I may be getting this somewhat muddled, but I recall reading somewhere that DC keeps rereleasing the graphic novel just often enough to keep the rights from reverting back to him (or something along those lines). Which is a good thing, as I guess we’d never get a movie if it were left to Moore. One thing I learned really quickly working on tv shows, is that everyone is part of a creative team, I’ve seen what I thought was going to be some of my best stuff get mutilated by assistants, or inkers, or others down the pipeline. It’s rare that any creative outlet these days is a one man show, and even though Moore is the genius behind the characters, once they’re out of his head, we all kinda feel like theyt’re ours.
[quote]FlavaDave wrote:
Idk, but that trailer had a lot of elements taken straight from the book in it. They better include all the parts with the kid hanging out at the news stand. [/quote]
It is in there. If you go to imdb.com and check out the production photos the old guy and the kid are sitting out in front of the newstand.
[quote]FlavaDave wrote:
HotCarl28 wrote:
I think the extra DVD is going to be animated as well
SPOILER somewhat!!!
Ill embed the spoiler in this text so that someone doens’t accidentally read it i also read that they change the alien destroying NYC to something else so hopefully I didn’t spoil this for anyone
Fuck this movie.[/quote]
In some “making of” advertisment they show a big light show at Times Square, so something big is definitely going to happen. I’m fine with it not being the fake alien because I thought that was stupid anyway.
Isn’t this movie held up from release because the film company who owns it is in court with Fox over ownership of the film? or something along those lines?
[quote]sands wrote:
Isn’t this movie held up from release because the film company who owns it is in court with Fox over ownership of the film? or something along those lines?[/quote]
The release date in the trailer I saw yesterday is the same as it’s always been.
I just wanted to clarify that Moore, while indisputably something of a dick/prima donna, has also seen most of the film adaptations of his work turn out to be utter shit.
“League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” was bad, but so was “V for Vendetta” (yes, I know everyone loved it, but I read and loved the book when I was very young and my reaction upon seeing the film was shouting “OH, WHAT THE FUCK” in a crowded theater) and “From Hell”.
The latter especially was a towering piece of art that got ripped into bite-sized shreds easier for stupid people to chew. A very difficult book to get into, even for me, but once it really gets rolling it will not let you go.
So I guess I understand. If I did something that was sheer genius and then saw it get pooped on for benefit of the masses I’d be pretty skeptical myself.