fun fact I heard: when the joker grabs rachel at the party and she keeps looking away it’s because she’s looking at the crew since he’s going off script and she’s actually scared which makes it feel more real also, the joker clapping in the cell was improvised which is why everyone looked at him confused
It’s heartbreaking that after getting so much hate and criticism that was given about him getting casted for the role of the Joker, that he couldn’t see how much everyone was blown away by his performance. That so many who were so vocal about being against him before owned up to how wrong they were after seeing the movie
I believe he was the best joker off them all but I do believe that because he died that the Oscars even looked at his performance witch is sad because I think that super hero movies deserve more consideration from them
Heath Ledger went to the IMAX in London and saw the first 6 minutes of the film, which is the opening bank robber scene. He loved it so much, he asked to watch it again. The poor projector operator had to rewind it by hand, but he did it for him. It's such a pity he didnt get to see the full film or to find out he's the best Joker ever. R.I.P Heath
@@maximillianosaben Is there a film that had this level of hype and surpassed it? I know that it might be subjective but I would still like to know your opinion.
The other thing people forget with the Boat experiment is that it’s the Joker. The Boats could just have easily had the detonator to their own boat as they did the other.
They could have, but I think that would have been against the Joker's MO. If they had the detonator to their own boat and one pushed the button, then the other would come away with the idea that they lived due to their selflessness in not trying to kill the others, which is the opposite of what the Joker wanted to prove. He wanted the survivors to live knowing that deep down they are just like him.
Just like he lied about Rachel vs Harvey's location, I think the joker ALSO switched the detonators with what he said. I think 1.each boat had it's OWN detonator, so they'd blow themselves up 2.and then the joker would probably have blown up the surviving boat so that people in Gotham that WATCHED will realize that people kill each other to save themselves. 3.I dont think the public knew about Joker's "social experiment"....so IF the joker survived, he could tell his own version of the story and destabilize Gotham. i dont know any of this...but it seems like his MO to lie to people and kill people to push OTHER "people to madness" and "eat each other."
@@slchance8839 Despite him repeating the line "I'm a man of my word," it's impossible to guess what he may do. It's clear that he uses speech and violence to manipulate a reaction, but the reasons he may wish a certain reaction, OR its alternatives, are always opaque. IS he a master planner? Or is he a gifted opportunist, for bringing a situation to his advantage? I think, as with Marvel's Loki, the only thing you can say about the Joker with reasonable confidence is: What you think you know about him is wrong.
In the hospital scen where joker has the gun to his head, he actually has complete control of the outcome because he has his finger on the hammer of the gun. Meaning even if Harvey pulled the trigger the gun wouldnt fire. Rather ironic from the guy who says he doesnt have a plan
Well also even if that didn't work. The DA murdering a man in a hospital is enough to ruin his reputation. In fact the joker being as committed as he is would probably be fine with being shot there as he would have won.
People see what they want to see. Joker always has a plan. He kidnapped the cops at the ceremony to take their place when he shot Gordon. He booby trapped the boats. And on and on 😂😂😂
@@jp3813 unless there is a cover up, forensics would show no evidence of self defence wounds and that the joker was shot point blank in the middle of the forehead which I'm guessing would suggest an execution rather than self defence. You could be right that self defence would be valid especially since he's a known terrorist and there's a chance they would be little in the way of extensive investigation.
There's a little bit of brilliance in Jokers first video. When he demands Batman unmask he says "every day he doesn't, people will die. I'm a man of my word." He does not say he's going to be responsible. And people do die every day. He's obviously capable of carrying that threat out, but he also doesn't really have to.
Right after the Joker says "people will die. I'm a man of my word," he laughs, then we can hear Brian Douglass (the Batman imposter who is tied up) screaming, & the footage cuts off. Remember, this sequence started with Brian's body (with Joker makeup on his face) smashing into the window where Harvey & the mayor were having a meeting. The implication here is that RIGHT AFTER Joker says people will die, he murders Brian to PROVE it. That immediately establishes that he really is a man of his word. He may make jokes, but when he makes a threat, we have to take it very seriously. He even sends the police hints about who his next targets will be BEFORE killing them to give them plenty of warning in advance so they can try to stop him...and he STILL kills them in the end. The first time he failed was in his attempt on Harvey's life, because Batman showed up in time to fight him & he fled. Even then, he set things up so Harvey would be captured, put in a room filled with timed explosives, & burned off half his face, WHILE IN PRISON, which he escaped from while all this was going on. He didn't directly kill Harvey, but at the end of the movie, Harvey is dead, killed by Batman himself (who broke his one rule in the process), after having descended into madness & killed several cops. I think Joker would be more than happy with that outcome. He metaphorically killed both Harvey & Batman by tainting their souls, so to speak. Yes, Batman caught him, the boats didn't blow up, & Gordon's family are safe, but Joker still managed to "win" in his own twisted way. It is a bitter sweet ending.
Absolutely love Heath Ledger's acting, he is phenomenal in this. Maggie Gyllenhaal (who plays Rachel) has said that in her scene with him 12:21 she kept trying to shrink away from him because she was scared and had a hard time looking at him.. to where he improvises the line "look at me". Also, Hans Zimmer making that sound similar to a siren in this same scene is so tense and impactful.
This movie is largely inspired by two major Batman comics. First the Joker stuff is inspired by the comic "Batman: the Killing Joke" written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland. In particular Joker wanting to prove how easily a sane man can fall to madness is straight from that story. The Two face stuff for this movie is inspired by "Batman: The Long Halloween" written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by Tim Sale. Gordon, batman and Harvey banding together to take down the mob is from that comic. This comic also heavily inspired the new 2022 Batman movie. Both are classic batman stories that I highly recommended.
Part of the reason why the Joker wouldn't know what to do when he actually beats Batman is that his actual plan is to break Batman's principles. He actually wants to see the hero fall. And the Joker knows that his biggest triumph would be to get killed by Batman. And obviously he hasn't really thought about what to do after that :P
One of the best movies ever made, superhero or not. Also the animated Batman movies (specifically Phantasm) are also worth checking out and largely underrated
@@whitenoisereacts Random, but I've been going through a lot of your reactions. If you haven't seen it yet, you should look into Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal - Mystery thiller that scored 95 and 86 on rotten tomatoes. It's a movie that needs more love for how creepy it is. Keep up the good work!
The comment way at the beginning is the one I keep thinking, that no one ever mentions: Nolan takes it seriously. When I was a kid, I was excited to see this TV show, Batman. It was campy, colorful, and entertaining ... for a kid. Now that I think back, I don't know how I sat through it. You can come up to the present and find that, though we now have big-budget superheroes with high-technology to make them seem more real, what's with all the jokes, winks, and other humorous interludes. In this trilogy, Nolan's taken the idea of Batman and treated him perfectly. Nothing funny, nothing political, nothing nothing; just solid story-telling. Just love these three movies. Of course, the Joker is delicious, more interesting than I could ever imagine. But what a smart comment, that Nolan takes it seriously. Others miss that and consider all superhero movies on the same level. This movie didn't have aliens from outer space who were bent on destroying the earth, but I liked it more. Great comment. Oh, also enjoyed how you watched, laughed, and enjoyed. No smart-a** remarks and goofing around, which is too prevalent among reactors who think we want to watch them more than the movie. The idea is to have fun watching movies with your friends and buds, which is what the reactors are supposed to be. If I had someone over to the house and he started yakking and goofing around, I'd press stop and open the front door for him. But you guys just watched and laughed at all the right places. Very nice reaction, guys!!!
I remember being 12 and seeing this in theatres for the first time, and when the Joker held the fake Batman hostage, he was so terrifying and captivating that as soon as the scene cut, our Theater was dead silent. You could’ve heard a pin drop. Unbelievable performance by Heath Having seen the most recent Batman, I still think this is maybe the best Superhero movie ever made. Great reaction guys!!
When I saw this in the theater, everyone jumped when the Joker yelled "LOOK AT ME". What's weirder to describe is how it felt to hear that on a theater sound system. I can feel vibrations from deeper sounds (air pressure or something, I suppose), and I remember feeling it in the floor under my feet and up to my knee. Gave me goosebumps.
Heath Ledger’s performance was amazing. In the video where Joker is threatening the hostage and goes from 0 to 100 when he shouts “Look At Me!” I jumped the first time. It always gives me shivers.
I recently watched The Batman in theaters with Robert Pattinson. It was AMAZING. The camera work, the score, the acting, the cinematography - SO good. I haven’t felt this amazed by a Batman movie since The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight is the best movie in this trilogy imo. But I do think that’s largely due to Ledger’s Joker.
My parents took me to see this because they knew I was upset about Heath Ledger's death. He was a favorite actor of mine and my "celebrity crush" for years before this lol. Such a great movie. 💕
The batmobile and garbage truck scenes were filmed amazingly with 1/3rd scale miniatures which worked unbelievably well and seamless, there's some great BTS footage online!
I noticed you said you are doing a Nolan binge, if you haven't done Interstellar, I would LOVE to see you guys do a reaction to it, it is my favourite movie and you guys are the best.
I'm so glad that they screened the opening scene in IMAX theaters in December of 2007. Heath may not have been around to receive his Oscar, but he did get to see the very first reactions to his Joker.
A bit of a side tangent here, but this was not actually Heath Ledger's last film. He went on to appear in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, and when he died partway through the shoot, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell all came in and worked for peanuts to play other versions of the character so that the film could be completed. The material that hadn't been filmed yet took place in a fantasy world, so every time he entered that world, he looked like someone else. It's a wild film, like most of Gilliam's work...you should check it out.
That scene on the bike, driving through the hallway, like a lot of the movie, was filmed here in Chicago. my wife gets off the train, downtown Chicago, down there for work. its open to the public, if you're ever in Chicago.
There's a couple scenes were the joker is in his own videos sending a message to Gotham. The Director shot the 1st one & after working with Heath Ledger, said you don't need me, here's a camera, do whatever you want. Every one after the 1st is Heath Ledger with a camera shooting his own footage. Heath Ledger also did his own make up after they glued on the fake scars, although there were makeup people there to help him, he's the one that designed it at home & could put it on himself. The licking kept the adhesive on the scars moist so they stayed on longer, if it dried it cracked & started to peel off & had to be redone. He was already a lip licker, so he exaggerated it & it worked great.
HOLYSH** I was looking for this yesterday, realized you guys didn't do it yet so I watched some other RUclipsrs watch it, but they weren't as good as you two and today you guys posted it! What a pleasant coincidence!
Yhe interrogation scene between jkr and batman was the clip they showed the night Heath ledger won his academy award great scene done perfectly by ledger
The building where hes on the bike is definitely a real place I walk through Union station every other day. The garbage truck's scene is under whacker the route I take to go home.
2:28 "It reminds me of Payday" Hah, funny he should say that. The original Payday 2 Teaser Trailer directly referenced the opening scene with the Joker standing with his mask in his left hand, bag over right shoulder, and the camera closing in from behind.
The shots of the joker filming the fake Batman and the scene where he’s filming the reporter was all Heath Ledger. Nolan gave him a camera and told him to have at it.
I always feel bad for that reporter. He was captured by the Joker, told to read a script, he did as he was told, & it is heavily implied that Joker killed him after. When I watch that scene I get the feeling that he already knew Joker was going to kill him no matter what & he just kind of gave up.
Fun fact: In the interrogation scene, Christian Bale starts moving too fast around the room with Heath Ledger for the camera man and you can end up seeing the camera man in the reflection of the interrogation window for a split second if you know what you're looking for.
Truly, my favourite movie of all time! I'm so glad you guys watched this. To this day, when I watch this movie, my heart races, palms sweat and I get goosebumps every single time. Truly a masterpiece! ❤️
Jokers only motive and the thing I consistently find that he works towards in all the chaos he creates is that he simply wants to prove that at the end of the day, at heart, were all horrible people who will always put ourselves before others when it really matters.
This is true. Sadly he's not wrong. Even though in the movie no one pressed the button, in rl it would have been different lol. Tbh I would have snuck off the boat entirely and swam
It's not so much that the people turn on Batman, it's that the narrative turns, the people who create the narrative profit from making the Hero the Villain
That scene where the auditor tried to blackmail Batman via Fox is Morgan Freeman's fave scene in this movie, and the line "Good luck!" his fave line 🤣 Just a wonderful cast with a great script and those practical effects you're not likely to see in big budget blockbusters. While the late Ledger deserves all the praise for his Joker, for me the heart of this movie are the three characters at the end; flawed yet well intentioned men who were all tainted by the Joker's deeds. Love the closing monologue, a father desperately trying to explain things to his child, leading to the title drop.
Welcome to The Dark Knight starring Cristian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman with Heath Ledger as Joker in which the police are still in the dark about who he really is. Also featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes who replaced Katie Holmes and Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon. Unfortunately Heath Ledger died before he could accept his award for Best Supporting Actor so his family did it on his behalf
Have really great memories with this one. I remember going downtown in Chicago and there were digital news billboards showing Heath in full Joker garb walking around Chicago. Truly a great movie.
Joker was perfectly depicted from what I believe was the greatest variation of Joker which is the animated series. He is split, the side of him that was just a guy crossed into a non-split personality person that is Joker. And he is obsessive. Batman is his ideal of someone who understands it. So without him he'll have no fun in the madness. Joker's mind is a buoy drifting in and out. It's why he makes looney gas 😁. NTBrush, just hit up RUclips and find Hamill Joker laugh.
I'm sure there's 10 thousand people who's commented this (probably) but the Joker videos were directed by Heath himself. And yes, the chase scenes and truck flipping were practical. Yes, correct the hospital explosion was correct: there was supposed to be another explosion, it got delayed and Heath improvised the shaking of the remote. Heath also kept a diary about playing the Joker. This is one of my most favorite movies ever. The Batman is slowly taking over though. I can't wait for you guys to finish this so you can watch The Batman, because OMG it's freaking amazing. If you liked the detective stuff, TB focuses a lot more on that and it's one of the most compelling parts of the movie. TDK though is another Nolan masterpiece.
This has been my favorite Batman film since opening night. Until now. The Batman is what Batman is supposed to be. Also Harvy Dent was in the Michael Keaton 1989 Batman, but played by Billy Dee Williams. Then as Two-Face in the Joel Schumacher debacle Batman Forever, played by Tommy Lee Joans.
@25:55 Maroni was standing there in the hospital. He was STANDING, after Batman dropped him off a 3-storey building and shattered his legs! I never noticed before.
As always you guys are amazing!!! If you don't mind and if you didn't watched the chronicles of Narnia trilogy I would be very happy. It is one of my favorite childhood movies and still till this day it brings me such a joy and nostalgia. First movie is - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005), the second movie is - Prince Caspian (2008) and the third is - Voyage of The Dawn Treader (2010).
@@whitenoisereacts You are welcome! I forgot to mention it is based on the books by C. S. Lewis. I heard a couple of days ago that Netflix is gonna continue this series so I am very excited! And I hope and pray they don't ruin it. P.S. Thank you for including it in your watching list
The other joker improv was the clapping scene from the jail cell that's why everyone uncomfortably stopped and I'll looked at him because that was Heath improvising clapping like that surely freaked people around
Just like how there was controversy when Robert Pattinson was announced to play Batman in the 2022 film, there was controversy of Heath Ledger announced as the Joker. Ledger was known as a 'pretty boy' for most of his career and playing the sadistic Joker was outside his usual range. People were sure surprised when he pulled it off.
Also you guys need to watch A Knights Tale if you haven't watched it already and made a video but it's a great movie and Heath Ledger is the main character
Thank you ! I had a shit day and i am glad that my evening will be better right now with this reaction and delicious and selfmade food. So THANK YOU ! Regards from Germany
I once saw this interesting video about the Joker and that he actually gives a lot of hints about his background based on his actions, experience and what he says (not his changing stories). It's theorized that he was a soldier of some kind, probably special ops and was probably abandoned by someone, a group of people and/or, wife?. 1. He is well versed in military grade weapons and bombs. 2. He's well organized, and can organize groups of people (the bank robbery reminds us of a special ops mission). 3. When he tries to kill the mayor he does so in a military uniform (might be hint from the the director). 4. When with Dent he says "If a truck of soldiers is blown up, no one panics because it's all part of the plan." Indicating that this might have happened to him. And if it did it could explain some sort of mental illness and scarring. This also indicates that if this did happen it could mean the story about "the wife" could be partially true: if he came home mentally ill and heavily scarred she might have been put off and left him. 5. He prefers dynamite and gasoline, the cheep stuff. But also the kind of stuff that was easy to find if you're over seas, on a mission and need to use what is available.
Having prior experience in the service, that's exactly what I picked up on. He does seem like he was a special ops soldier who got scarred which resulted in him having PTSD that went off the deep end.
A little fun fact for anyone who's seen Band Of Brothers. There's 2 actors in the film from the show and both were in the ferry scene. One of them is the actor who portrayed Roy Cobb, who is on the civilian ship and the other is the actor who portrayed Floyd Talbert, who is on the prisoner ship.
It's an common misconception it wasn't in the script that the second explosions at the hospital weren't going off. The reason the second part of the explosions was delayed was so they could have time to safely get Ledger out of the danger zone before collapsing the building. I think it's a cool story though and it definitely is going to go down in history with more and more people believing it On a side note, you should totally react to Kevin Conroy's read of Batman's final monologue in this movie; there's a video where Batman's lines in this monologue are dubbed with Kevin Conroy's read and it's epic. Kevin Conroy is often described as the true voice for Batman; he's played him in multiple projects for 20 to 30 years now; most people when they read Batman comics imagine Batman talking in Kevin Conroy's voice, the same way they imagine the Joker with Mark Hamill's voice
@@ryapowa actually it was all planned. In Nolan's own words: "Special effects supervisor Chris Corbould was able to come up with a scenario in which Heath could actually be walking out of the building because what Chris worked out is if we put in a little beat where the first set of explosions stops as if something's gone wrong, and the Joker just takes a second to look around surprised like the audience is surprised, then the major demolition comes in and he jumps straight into the school bus. In that way he was able to come up with a practical scenario in which we could actually take a principal actor, walk him out of a building that's about to be destroyed, and literally drop the building to the ground".
In the beginning they showed in that one scene vigilantes where Running the street Dressing like Batman. This is a regular thing happening in the story. It gave the 🃏 target to focus on.
i don't know if this is true or not, but I heard that joker switched the addresses to batman, because he knew he would go after Rachel.. if this is true, that's just a new level of BRUH.
The underground part where he's driving through the train station on his motorcycle/bike is real, its a real train stop in Chicago where most of the Batman movies, continue to be filmed today, especially this trilogy.
I didn't get to watch this at release and was kind of thinking it maybe was kind of overrated with Heath's performance because of his death. But when i got to finally see it, i was blown away, like i felt a need to apologize to him 😅
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Which is your favorite Nolan Batman movie??
definitely Dark Night, its just the right amount of bloodthirsty and crazy, while being grounded enough to sympathize and humanize the antagonists.
Batman Begins
Batman Begins is my favorite I remember at age 14 being amazed how this move turn batman into a crime drama with a little bit of fantasy elements
This one, right here.
Dark Knight. Hands down. I THINK Nolan’s brother (Jonathan Nolan - who wrote memento) co wrote the screenplay for this.
fun fact I heard: when the joker grabs rachel at the party and she keeps looking away it’s because she’s looking at the crew since he’s going off script and she’s actually scared which makes it feel more real
also, the joker clapping in the cell was improvised which is why everyone looked at him confused
Yes, all true. Also, that scene was the first time any of the actors saw Ledger in his Joker makeup and costume.
RIP, Heath Ledger. He did a hell of a good job portraying Joker, and took home the Oscar posthumously.
Winner by default
@@rogh1977 he deserved it
He's the real joker for once in the movie:-D
It’s heartbreaking that after getting so much hate and criticism that was given about him getting casted for the role of the Joker, that he couldn’t see how much everyone was blown away by his performance. That so many who were so vocal about being against him before owned up to how wrong they were after seeing the movie
I believe he was the best joker off them all but I do believe that because he died that the Oscars even looked at his performance witch is sad because I think that super hero movies deserve more consideration from them
Heath Ledger went to the IMAX in London and saw the first 6 minutes of the film, which is the opening bank robber scene. He loved it so much, he asked to watch it again. The poor projector operator had to rewind it by hand, but he did it for him. It's such a pity he didnt get to see the full film or to find out he's the best Joker ever. R.I.P Heath
The hype surrounding this movie's release was insane, and on a global scale.
And the fact that the film surpassed all the hype! No superhero film has ever been able to do that.
@@paavampatti - I can't help but disagree with the second part of your comment. But one could certainly argue that this one takes the cake.
@@maximillianosaben Is there a film that had this level of hype and surpassed it? I know that it might be subjective but I would still like to know your opinion.
@@paavampatti Raimis spiderman 2
@@paavampatti Spiderman 2, Infinity War, Endgame
The other thing people forget with the Boat experiment is that it’s the Joker. The Boats could just have easily had the detonator to their own boat as they did the other.
They could have, but I think that would have been against the Joker's MO. If they had the detonator to their own boat and one pushed the button, then the other would come away with the idea that they lived due to their selflessness in not trying to kill the others, which is the opposite of what the Joker wanted to prove. He wanted the survivors to live knowing that deep down they are just like him.
I have always wondered whether he had switched them.
Just like he lied about Rachel vs Harvey's location, I think the joker ALSO switched the detonators with what he said. I think
1.each boat had it's OWN detonator, so they'd blow themselves up
2.and then the joker would probably have blown up the surviving boat so that people in Gotham that WATCHED will realize that people kill each other to save themselves.
3.I dont think the public knew about Joker's "social experiment"....so IF the joker survived, he could tell his own version of the story and destabilize Gotham.
i dont know any of this...but it seems like his MO to lie to people and kill people to push OTHER "people to madness" and "eat each other."
@@slchance8839 💯 that is the question and final conclusive thought I took.
@@slchance8839 Despite him repeating the line "I'm a man of my word," it's impossible to guess what he may do. It's clear that he uses speech and violence to manipulate a reaction, but the reasons he may wish a certain reaction, OR its alternatives, are always opaque. IS he a master planner? Or is he a gifted opportunist, for bringing a situation to his advantage? I think, as with Marvel's Loki, the only thing you can say about the Joker with reasonable confidence is: What you think you know about him is wrong.
In the hospital scen where joker has the gun to his head, he actually has complete control of the outcome because he has his finger on the hammer of the gun. Meaning even if Harvey pulled the trigger the gun wouldnt fire. Rather ironic from the guy who says he doesnt have a plan
Well also even if that didn't work. The DA murdering a man in a hospital is enough to ruin his reputation. In fact the joker being as committed as he is would probably be fine with being shot there as he would have won.
People see what they want to see. Joker always has a plan. He kidnapped the cops at the ceremony to take their place when he shot Gordon. He booby trapped the boats. And on and on 😂😂😂
@@AGD_27 Unless Harvey says that it's in self defense.
@@jp3813 unless there is a cover up, forensics would show no evidence of self defence wounds and that the joker was shot point blank in the middle of the forehead which I'm guessing would suggest an execution rather than self defence. You could be right that self defence would be valid especially since he's a known terrorist and there's a chance they would be little in the way of extensive investigation.
@@AGD_27 Not only that, but Joker is also carrying a detonator.
There's a little bit of brilliance in Jokers first video. When he demands Batman unmask he says "every day he doesn't, people will die. I'm a man of my word." He does not say he's going to be responsible. And people do die every day. He's obviously capable of carrying that threat out, but he also doesn't really have to.
Right after the Joker says "people will die. I'm a man of my word," he laughs, then we can hear Brian Douglass (the Batman imposter who is tied up) screaming, & the footage cuts off. Remember, this sequence started with Brian's body (with Joker makeup on his face) smashing into the window where Harvey & the mayor were having a meeting.
The implication here is that RIGHT AFTER Joker says people will die, he murders Brian to PROVE it. That immediately establishes that he really is a man of his word. He may make jokes, but when he makes a threat, we have to take it very seriously. He even sends the police hints about who his next targets will be BEFORE killing them to give them plenty of warning in advance so they can try to stop him...and he STILL kills them in the end. The first time he failed was in his attempt on Harvey's life, because Batman showed up in time to fight him & he fled. Even then, he set things up so Harvey would be captured, put in a room filled with timed explosives, & burned off half his face, WHILE IN PRISON, which he escaped from while all this was going on. He didn't directly kill Harvey, but at the end of the movie, Harvey is dead, killed by Batman himself (who broke his one rule in the process), after having descended into madness & killed several cops. I think Joker would be more than happy with that outcome. He metaphorically killed both Harvey & Batman by tainting their souls, so to speak. Yes, Batman caught him, the boats didn't blow up, & Gordon's family are safe, but Joker still managed to "win" in his own twisted way. It is a bitter sweet ending.
"If you're good at something, never do it for free."
Words to live by
So if you are great lover you must become prostitute...
Or words to get murdered by
Depends who you're doing it for...
Thanks Joker. So many motivational quotes
Absolutely love Heath Ledger's acting, he is phenomenal in this. Maggie Gyllenhaal (who plays Rachel) has said that in her scene with him 12:21 she kept trying to shrink away from him because she was scared and had a hard time looking at him.. to where he improvises the line "look at me". Also, Hans Zimmer making that sound similar to a siren in this same scene is so tense and impactful.
This movie is largely inspired by two major Batman comics.
First the Joker stuff is inspired by the comic "Batman: the Killing Joke" written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland. In particular Joker wanting to prove how easily a sane man can fall to madness is straight from that story.
The Two face stuff for this movie is inspired by "Batman: The Long Halloween" written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by Tim Sale. Gordon, batman and Harvey banding together to take down the mob is from that comic. This comic also heavily inspired the new 2022 Batman movie.
Both are classic batman stories that I highly recommended.
Part of the reason why the Joker wouldn't know what to do when he actually beats Batman is that his actual plan is to break Batman's principles. He actually wants to see the hero fall. And the Joker knows that his biggest triumph would be to get killed by Batman. And obviously he hasn't really thought about what to do after that :P
Been years and Heath Ledger's Joker still gives me the chills
Not a built set. The batcycle was actually in Millennium station in Chicago.
Heath Ledger gives one of the best performances I've ever seen, absolute legend, RIP ✊
One of the best movies ever made, superhero or not. Also the animated Batman movies (specifically Phantasm) are also worth checking out and largely underrated
Facts Batman mask of the phantom is literally underrated and it is one of the best interpretation of Batman’s origin story
Still the greatest comic book movie ever made by a long stretch.
Have u seen the new one?
@@Pingkonk I’m gonna be seeing it over the weekend.
17:01 the light of dent's face here .. foreshadowing :D
Dang that’s awesome!!!
@@whitenoisereacts Random, but I've been going through a lot of your reactions. If you haven't seen it yet, you should look into Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal - Mystery thiller that scored 95 and 86 on rotten tomatoes. It's a movie that needs more love for how creepy it is. Keep up the good work!
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A bit of the homie died right there.
*recommending "crimson peak", "the shape of water", "pan's labyrinth", "labyrinth", "desperado" and "no country for old men"*
Almost every line Joker says in this movie is a popular quote that many speaks to this day... RIP Health Ledger. Best Joker
The comment way at the beginning is the one I keep thinking, that no one ever mentions: Nolan takes it seriously. When I was a kid, I was excited to see this TV show, Batman. It was campy, colorful, and entertaining ... for a kid. Now that I think back, I don't know how I sat through it. You can come up to the present and find that, though we now have big-budget superheroes with high-technology to make them seem more real, what's with all the jokes, winks, and other humorous interludes. In this trilogy, Nolan's taken the idea of Batman and treated him perfectly. Nothing funny, nothing political, nothing nothing; just solid story-telling. Just love these three movies. Of course, the Joker is delicious, more interesting than I could ever imagine.
But what a smart comment, that Nolan takes it seriously. Others miss that and consider all superhero movies on the same level. This movie didn't have aliens from outer space who were bent on destroying the earth, but I liked it more. Great comment. Oh, also enjoyed how you watched, laughed, and enjoyed. No smart-a** remarks and goofing around, which is too prevalent among reactors who think we want to watch them more than the movie. The idea is to have fun watching movies with your friends and buds, which is what the reactors are supposed to be. If I had someone over to the house and he started yakking and goofing around, I'd press stop and open the front door for him. But you guys just watched and laughed at all the right places.
Very nice reaction, guys!!!
Well thanks man!! I hope u stick around brother!!
The distortion you put on the sound to avoid copyright made the Joker even scarier, LOL.
I remember being 12 and seeing this in theatres for the first time, and when the Joker held the fake Batman hostage, he was so terrifying and captivating that as soon as the scene cut, our Theater was dead silent. You could’ve heard a pin drop. Unbelievable performance by Heath
Having seen the most recent Batman, I still think this is maybe the best Superhero movie ever made. Great reaction guys!!
When I saw this in the theater, everyone jumped when the Joker yelled "LOOK AT ME". What's weirder to describe is how it felt to hear that on a theater sound system. I can feel vibrations from deeper sounds (air pressure or something, I suppose), and I remember feeling it in the floor under my feet and up to my knee. Gave me goosebumps.
LET'S PUT A SMILE ON THAT FACE!!
Heath Ledger’s performance was amazing. In the video where Joker is threatening the hostage and goes from 0 to 100 when he shouts “Look At Me!” I jumped the first time. It always gives me shivers.
I recently watched The Batman in theaters with Robert Pattinson. It was AMAZING. The camera work, the score, the acting, the cinematography - SO good. I haven’t felt this amazed by a Batman movie since The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight is the best movie in this trilogy imo. But I do think that’s largely due to Ledger’s Joker.
Joker carried the whole movie
My parents took me to see this because they knew I was upset about Heath Ledger's death. He was a favorite actor of mine and my "celebrity crush" for years before this lol. Such a great movie. 💕
PRACTICAL EFFECTS BEFORE CGI
That's my motto
Fun fact: The old man at the fundraiser scene who 'reminded the Joker of his father' was actually Patrick Leahy - US Senator for Vermont.
wow Bruce Wayne really can throw quite a party. Weird that he has never been seen in the same room as Batman though
Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. Some men just want a tangerine.
You guys are so awesome. It’s like I’m watching it for the first time again with you guys.
The batmobile and garbage truck scenes were filmed amazingly with 1/3rd scale miniatures which worked unbelievably well and seamless, there's some great BTS footage online!
Oh nice!! No wonder they looked so good
“I like seeing the detective side of Batman. It’s really cool.”
Matt Reeves: I got you, Fam. 😉
Lmao! I’m sure
Yes he planned to blow the hospital up. But the charge and detonator was
Acting up. It was all supposed to go
Up at the same time.
firetruck on fire..I never notice that. 😆
I noticed you said you are doing a Nolan binge, if you haven't done Interstellar, I would LOVE to see you guys do a reaction to it, it is my favourite movie and you guys are the best.
Coming out in a few weeks
@@whitenoisereacts omg i’m looking forward to it it’s my most most fav of all time
I'm so glad that they screened the opening scene in IMAX theaters in December of 2007. Heath may not have been around to receive his Oscar, but he did get to see the very first reactions to his Joker.
A bit of a side tangent here, but this was not actually Heath Ledger's last film. He went on to appear in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, and when he died partway through the shoot, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell all came in and worked for peanuts to play other versions of the character so that the film could be completed. The material that hadn't been filmed yet took place in a fantasy world, so every time he entered that world, he looked like someone else. It's a wild film, like most of Gilliam's work...you should check it out.
That scene on the bike, driving through the hallway, like a lot of the movie, was filmed here in Chicago. my wife gets off the train, downtown Chicago, down there for work. its open to the public, if you're ever in Chicago.
The ending gives GOOSEBUMPS.
There's a couple scenes were the joker is in his own videos sending a message to Gotham. The Director shot the 1st one & after working with Heath Ledger, said you don't need me, here's a camera, do whatever you want. Every one after the 1st is Heath Ledger with a camera shooting his own footage. Heath Ledger also did his own make up after they glued on the fake scars, although there were makeup people there to help him, he's the one that designed it at home & could put it on himself. The licking kept the adhesive on the scars moist so they stayed on longer, if it dried it cracked & started to peel off & had to be redone. He was already a lip licker, so he exaggerated it & it worked great.
HOLYSH** I was looking for this yesterday, realized you guys didn't do it yet so I watched some other RUclipsrs watch it, but they weren't as good as you two and today you guys posted it! What a pleasant coincidence!
Aww thanks!!
Yhe interrogation scene between jkr and batman was the clip they showed the night Heath ledger won his academy award great scene done perfectly by ledger
The building where hes on the bike is definitely a real place I walk through Union station every other day. The garbage truck's scene is under whacker the route I take to go home.
This has to be my favorite as well! it's just a masterpiece
2:28
"It reminds me of Payday"
Hah, funny he should say that. The original Payday 2 Teaser Trailer directly referenced the opening scene with the Joker standing with his mask in his left hand, bag over right shoulder, and the camera closing in from behind.
The shots of the joker filming the fake Batman and the scene where he’s filming the reporter was all Heath Ledger. Nolan gave him a camera and told him to have at it.
I always feel bad for that reporter. He was captured by the Joker, told to read a script, he did as he was told, & it is heavily implied that Joker killed him after. When I watch that scene I get the feeling that he already knew Joker was going to kill him no matter what & he just kind of gave up.
I like how this is Ninetailedbrush first watch but everything you precipitate from each scene is so on point. you get the movie.
When they flipped the truck and blew up the “hospital” here in Chicago they were HUGE events. News coverage and tourist pics galore.
Is always so good to see people appreciating great art! I can't wait for the dark Knight rises
Fun fact: In the interrogation scene, Christian Bale starts moving too fast around the room with Heath Ledger for the camera man and you can end up seeing the camera man in the reflection of the interrogation window for a split second if you know what you're looking for.
Truly, my favourite movie of all time! I'm so glad you guys watched this. To this day, when I watch this movie, my heart races, palms sweat and I get goosebumps every single time. Truly a masterpiece! ❤️
4:40 yeah, Tom said Katie wasn't allowed to come out and play.
Jokers only motive and the thing I consistently find that he works towards in all the chaos he creates is that he simply wants to prove that at the end of the day, at heart, were all horrible people who will always put ourselves before others when it really matters.
This is true. Sadly he's not wrong. Even though in the movie no one pressed the button, in rl it would have been different lol. Tbh I would have snuck off the boat entirely and swam
“ The dark knight” and the latest “the Batman” are in my top two Batman movies
the lower pitch made the joker voice more frightening. and heath had a very deep voice it wouldn't be hard for him to probably sound like that.
It's not so much that the people turn on Batman, it's that the narrative turns, the people who create the narrative profit from making the Hero the Villain
That scene where the auditor tried to blackmail Batman via Fox is Morgan Freeman's fave scene in this movie, and the line "Good luck!" his fave line 🤣 Just a wonderful cast with a great script and those practical effects you're not likely to see in big budget blockbusters. While the late Ledger deserves all the praise for his Joker, for me the heart of this movie are the three characters at the end; flawed yet well intentioned men who were all tainted by the Joker's deeds. Love the closing monologue, a father desperately trying to explain things to his child, leading to the title drop.
One of my sisters class themes her senior year was Batman because this movie came out that year (2008) and was huge.
Welcome to The Dark Knight starring Cristian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman with Heath Ledger as Joker in which the police are still in the dark about who he really is. Also featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes who replaced Katie Holmes and Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon. Unfortunately Heath Ledger died before he could accept his award for Best Supporting Actor so his family did it on his behalf
Have really great memories with this one. I remember going downtown in Chicago and there were digital news billboards showing Heath in full Joker garb walking around Chicago. Truly a great movie.
Joker was perfectly depicted from what I believe was the greatest variation of Joker which is the animated series. He is split, the side of him that was just a guy crossed into a non-split personality person that is Joker. And he is obsessive. Batman is his ideal of someone who understands it. So without him he'll have no fun in the madness. Joker's mind is a buoy drifting in and out. It's why he makes looney gas 😁. NTBrush, just hit up RUclips and find Hamill Joker laugh.
Ita interesting watching someone who was under a rock react to a movie ive memorised
I love watching reactions where someone is as amped up as I am about the characters and story. 💯
The truck flipping was NOT CGI. They actually flipped an entire semi truck with trailer.
I know!! It’s awesome
Fun fact: the opening notes on the string instrument are a D and a C note! 😂
I'm sure there's 10 thousand people who's commented this (probably) but the Joker videos were directed by Heath himself. And yes, the chase scenes and truck flipping were practical. Yes, correct the hospital explosion was correct: there was supposed to be another explosion, it got delayed and Heath improvised the shaking of the remote. Heath also kept a diary about playing the Joker. This is one of my most favorite movies ever. The Batman is slowly taking over though. I can't wait for you guys to finish this so you can watch The Batman, because OMG it's freaking amazing. If you liked the detective stuff, TB focuses a lot more on that and it's one of the most compelling parts of the movie. TDK though is another Nolan masterpiece.
I watched The Batman film yesterday and I'm speechless.
I’ll never forget seeing this in theaters, it was such a surreal experience. 😱 I still say this is the best hero - and villain - movie out there!
I read somewhere that the scene with Rachel and joker was the 1st time she saw him on full makeup and freaked her out,that's her genuine reaction
This has been my favorite Batman film since opening night. Until now. The Batman is what Batman is supposed to be.
Also Harvy Dent was in the Michael Keaton 1989 Batman, but played by Billy Dee Williams. Then as Two-Face in the Joel Schumacher debacle Batman Forever, played by Tommy Lee Joans.
@25:55 Maroni was standing there in the hospital. He was STANDING, after Batman dropped him off a 3-storey building and shattered his legs! I never noticed before.
They flipped a real truck on the streets of Chicago!
As always you guys are amazing!!! If you don't mind and if you didn't watched the chronicles of Narnia trilogy I would be very happy. It is one of my favorite childhood movies and still till this day it brings me such a joy and nostalgia. First movie is - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005), the second movie is - Prince Caspian (2008) and the third is - Voyage of The Dawn Treader (2010).
Awww thanks!! For sure at some point!
@@whitenoisereacts You are welcome! I forgot to mention it is based on the books by C. S. Lewis. I heard a couple of days ago that Netflix is gonna continue this series so I am very excited! And I hope and pray they don't ruin it.
P.S. Thank you for including it in your watching list
Yeah I read the books as a kid! Loved em
The other joker improv was the clapping scene from the jail cell that's why everyone uncomfortably stopped and I'll looked at him because that was Heath improvising clapping like that surely freaked people around
The director who made the movie props actually made the bat pod motorcycle in an actual operating motorcycle for the movie and it really works.
Dude….that’s awesome!
Great movie and Rip Heath Ledger
Just like how there was controversy when Robert Pattinson was announced to play Batman in the 2022 film, there was controversy of Heath Ledger announced as the Joker. Ledger was known as a 'pretty boy' for most of his career and playing the sadistic Joker was outside his usual range. People were sure surprised when he pulled it off.
Also you guys need to watch A Knights Tale if you haven't watched it already and made a video but it's a great movie and Heath Ledger is the main character
A good fonging is in order if they don't lol
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
- Harvey Dent
Thank you ! I had a shit day and i am glad that my evening will be better right now with this reaction and delicious and selfmade food. So THANK YOU ! Regards from Germany
Of course!!
I once saw this interesting video about the Joker and that he actually gives a lot of hints about his background based on his actions, experience and what he says (not his changing stories). It's theorized that he was a soldier of some kind, probably special ops and was probably abandoned by someone, a group of people and/or, wife?.
1. He is well versed in military grade weapons and bombs.
2. He's well organized, and can organize groups of people (the bank robbery reminds us of a special ops mission).
3. When he tries to kill the mayor he does so in a military uniform (might be hint from the the director).
4. When with Dent he says "If a truck of soldiers is blown up, no one panics because it's all part of the plan." Indicating that this might have happened to him. And if it did it could explain some sort of mental illness and scarring. This also indicates that if this did happen it could mean the story about "the wife" could be partially true: if he came home mentally ill and heavily scarred she might have been put off and left him.
5. He prefers dynamite and gasoline, the cheep stuff. But also the kind of stuff that was easy to find if you're over seas, on a mission and need to use what is available.
Having prior experience in the service, that's exactly what I picked up on. He does seem like he was a special ops soldier who got scarred which resulted in him having PTSD that went off the deep end.
Nobu was getting all excited in his chair with this one! Hah! So awesome.
Rip Heath Ledger
TDK is my top comic movie. I really like Sin City, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Constantine and The Crow. But TDK is different.
LESGOO, i was wondering when you two would react to this masterpiece xdd
great reaction maan
Greatest comic-book movie of all time! Can't wait for you guys to watch the prestige!
31:15 [Epic Movie Trailer Voice] Saving the hostages and kicking some serious bad guy ass in a very tall building. *NARRATED BY MORGAN FREEMAN!*
A little fun fact for anyone who's seen Band Of Brothers. There's 2 actors in the film from the show and both were in the ferry scene. One of them is the actor who portrayed Roy Cobb, who is on the civilian ship and the other is the actor who portrayed Floyd Talbert, who is on the prisoner ship.
I saw that series a couple times
It's an common misconception it wasn't in the script that the second explosions at the hospital weren't going off. The reason the second part of the explosions was delayed was so they could have time to safely get Ledger out of the danger zone before collapsing the building.
I think it's a cool story though and it definitely is going to go down in history with more and more people believing it
On a side note, you should totally react to Kevin Conroy's read of Batman's final monologue in this movie; there's a video where Batman's lines in this monologue are dubbed with Kevin Conroy's read and it's epic. Kevin Conroy is often described as the true voice for Batman; he's played him in multiple projects for 20 to 30 years now; most people when they read Batman comics imagine Batman talking in Kevin Conroy's voice, the same way they imagine the Joker with Mark Hamill's voice
Either way, Ledger went off-script as he stayed there until they went off rather than getting out beforehand
Wrong.
Conroy & Hamill’s portrayals are absolutely iconic, without so much as a face to show for it.
@@ryapowa actually it was all planned. In Nolan's own words: "Special effects supervisor Chris Corbould was able to come up with a scenario in which Heath could actually be walking out of the building because what Chris worked out is if we put in a little beat where the first set of explosions stops as if something's gone wrong, and the Joker just takes a second to look around surprised like the audience is surprised, then the major demolition comes in and he jumps straight into the school bus. In that way he was able to come up with a practical scenario in which we could actually take a principal actor, walk him out of a building that's about to be destroyed, and literally drop the building to the ground".
@@moonakieater2308 I was just talking about the scenario that the original commenter came up with in his comment but thanks
I also remember seeing 10:29 in theaters and everyone SCREAMED lol
In the beginning they showed in that one scene vigilantes where
Running the street
Dressing like Batman. This is a regular thing happening in the story. It gave the 🃏 target to focus on.
i don't know if this is true or not, but I heard that joker switched the addresses to batman, because he knew he would go after Rachel.. if this is true, that's just a new level of BRUH.
I’m sure.
Batman Begins is still my favorite Batman movie.
14:36 …
The Batman 2022 - “Then your gonna love me..”
The underground part where he's driving through the train station on his motorcycle/bike is real, its a real train stop in Chicago where most of the Batman movies, continue to be filmed today, especially this trilogy.
Seeing fellow nerds get giddy watching this brings back great memories
I didn't get to watch this at release and was kind of thinking it maybe was kind of overrated with Heath's performance because of his death. But when i got to finally see it, i was blown away, like i felt a need to apologize to him 😅