Would’ve been nice if he lived to play the Joker in a Joker solo film. One where he gets sent to Arkham and he meets Harleen Quinzel, his doctor. And how they end up falling in love, escaping and fight Batman again, but it would be a film focused on the Joker (as opposed to The Dark Knight focusing on both the Joker and Batman). It would show Joker’s and Harley’s interactions with each other, their plotting and how they set up traps and schemes.
I still think Mark has the best version of the Joker, but Heath's Joker has the best overall performance. Mark Hamill is just the Joker I hear in my head when reading the comics.
@Patreek SterfetishOf course he doesn't need to explain, however, I would like him to, as he made the choice to voice a claim for which he provided no evidence. By the way, I've seen the film...more than once.
God, i miss him so much. The saddest thing is that his last diary entry before he died was "BYE BYE" that's just so sad to think about. Wish you were here Heath
Ill never forget seeing this movie in the Lincoln Center IMAX opening night. His first scene, the audience was dead quiet. It’s like he took the air out of the room. People roared with applause after he was done. This movie is just too amazing man. I wish we could have seen the story continue. RIP Heath. Your performance was legendary.
God, I can only imagine what the IMAX experience brought to you and the crowd. I was fortunate enough to see The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX, and that was a spectacle to behold, but FUCK (swearing permitted here), I am jealous. I HOPE they bring back this entire series in IMAX like they are starting to do with other movies.
We need more people like this, people who know and are actually interested in the character and have respect for not only the ones before who played the same role before but also being original enough to make their own versions.
I remember where I was when I heard he died. I was in high school and we were getting out of rehearsals for a musical we were doing and as I was waiting for my mom to pick me up, one of the other actors yelled, "Heath Ledger Died"! It was just an absolute shocking and devastating moment and it's such a tragedy to have loss someone so talented who could have given us so much more but we lost too son :-(
@@erickpoint0 It's going to start going a lot faster right about now. I'm 34 and it feels like I was 24 yesterday. Best way to make the time not fly by as much is to keep enriching your life with new experiences. Life seems to fly by because things become habitual and you're kinda on autopilot. So always be trying new things. I want to try become a registered SCUBA diver. Then after that I want to try free diving. Travel. See the world. Live in the moment, here and now.
@@christiangasior4244 Great advice, and I would just add to keep setting goals. When you set goals time doesn't go as fast because you are busy working on achieving what you set out to achieve.
To this day the saddest celebrity death I've ever experienced. I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing the day the news broke. Still so sad that we will never get to see the amazing future he could have had
3:10 I always loved that scene where he throws the entirety of the champagne out before taking a swig. When an actor makes the decision to eat or drink during a scene they may literally have to repeatedly eat or drink every retake, but he totally eliminates that by humorously pouring out the drink.
Black Manta no he’s psychotic for throwing it out and then proceeding to still act as if he’s drinking it. it has nothing to with him being full liquid throughout multiple takes.
Hussain Al-Janaby You do realize that this is liquor we are talking about? I’m not talking about water. We are talking about champagne. I’m sure he threw some out just in case he had to do this scene multiple times, he doesn’t wanna get drunk.
Ledger completely changed when bring out Joker character..his voice,his walk,his speak,his character,his hair,his eyes,his mad and everything,that is why ledger is the greatest joker ever,he change his mind to bring out this character perfectly and nobody knows that struggles of ledger to do it,respect++
God, it really makes you wonder what it would be like if he was still here. But I do see a lot of similarities between Ledger’s Joker and Phoenix’s Joker so I am excited to see what comes next.
coffee yeah there are for sure similarities. The good thing is that Joaquin is a great actor to take on this role. He turned down Dr. Strange because he didn’t want to sign on for a bunch of movies with Marvel, so I hope he does do it with DC lol. I think he’d be great to have in the DCEU. But I don’t think he wants to be apart of so many movies and sequels.
Calamity Jones this scorses film will 90% most likely be a standalone, which is totally fine, scorsese doesnt male movies that have sequels, hes a director that makes sure to tell his story in a full film so most likely this will be joaquins only joker film
TwistedOwl ahhh just found out hes producing the film, but i thought he was directing especially since de niro was in it and there could be influence from king of comedy, either way i highly doubt a sequel will be made for this, which is good
Creeper Hunter5 mark was great as joker but he’s just the voice. Heath has to do the voice and the actual performance. Much tougher. This is why heath gets the edge.
When people first heard that he was playing the Joker, they didn't feel that he was right for the role because he looks as far from a psychotic person as you can imagine. He has this perfectly sweet and innocent look to him. But in retrospect, I think that that is what made him perfect for the role. Because evil pretends to be innocent.
I recall my experience of watching the dark knight in a theatre vividly. "Edge of the seat" was a pharase tailor made for this movie. In my opinion the dark knight was the best superhero movie made till date and will continue to be so for decades. I was completely blown away with heaths interpretation of joker. RIP brother.
"How do you do tackle that without just doing a version of Jack?" Simple...you do it RIGHT! Jack was NOT a good Joker despite what the masses say. Heath did what can only ever be described as the absolute DEFINITIVE version of Joker that has, or ever will be done.
One of the best characters ever portrayed on film. The Dark Knight will never be touched as far as comic book movies go. It’s truly a masterpiece, and will go down as a classic of American Cinema.
@@christiangasior4244 well its only going to get worse for you. 23 movies, 22 billion dollars. That type of success is unprecendented in cinema history. It wont matter if phase 4,5, or 6 are as good as the first saga, so long as the marvel fanbase is happy, you know disneys not going to stop pumping out these movies
I had seen the trailer 3 times. Before he died and the movie came out. I didn’t realize that was heath ledger. That’s how good he was. That’s how excited I was to see it. And he was AMAZING.
Heath Ledger did an amazin performance as the Clown Prince of Crime. He really brought his own take on his version of the joker, he didnt portray this role like how Cesar Romero or Jack Nicholson played the character, he took a classic psychotic villain and made it his own. He made the character more terrifying especially when it came down to his voice that deep grunting voice was what made him terrifying and him licking his lips is like a hungry mad dog right there. Perfect creativity on his performance
He was absolutely incredible in Brokeback Mountain. i hate romantic movies, but that movie was something else and it was mostly because of Heath Ledger's godly performance.
The part where he spills all the champagne and tries to drink it whether it was accidental or not was pure genius and had me dying the first time I ever saw it.
Writing a character is one thing but the ability to interpret words into actions is an art all it's own. Ledger brought life and direction into the character that I'm sure even the writers never thought possible. At the time a lot of people were envisioning Jim Carry as the Joker or Robin Williams. But Ledger came out of nowhere and did something unbelievable.
The Dark Knight easily categorizes as a cinema classic because of Heath performance..he deserved that Academy Award and many generations of actors that come after Heath Ledger will know why R.I.P Heath ❤️
One of the best performances of all time By potentially one of the greatest actors of all time, sad we didn’t get to see him in more movies after Dark Knight. RIP
Gentle Singularity the only reason people like heaths joker is because he died, let’s be honest if he didn’t die the role wouldn’t be nearly acclaimed and he wouldn’t of gotten the oscar
TwistedOwl I actually don't agree. His performance was really good and his death was more of a shock. I don't think the praise came from sympathy, it came from the fact that he literally went out with a huge impact. My opinion though.
Heath said he wanted more of his joker.He thought of starting Akram asylum.he gossiped with his make up artist.wish he hadnt died. Pls give us heath back and take justin or BTS❤❤
THIS .... THIS was the BEST depiction ,closest and most accurate Joker we all had been gifted in the film industry.... to bad it was short like Lived... he was a dedicated actor.... never forget his talent and performance 🌹❤️ ... rip Heath❤️
One of the greatest performances in movie history. With what happened, for a long time I believed “The Joker” should be untouchable, never to be done on screen again, to respect this completely iconic and legendary performance. The trailer for the new “Joker” movie brought me here, though. And if anyone can bring another out another legendary “Joker” performance, it’s Joaquin Phoenix. I think enough time has passed and the new movie just feels like it’s the right project to bring back The Joker character. I will always love Ledger and his version of the Joker. It deserves every bit of respect and recognition it received. I’ll never forget seeing “The Dark Knight” in theaters for the first time. Walking out after it ended, I was in complete awe of what I had just witnessed. Still had the goosebumps on my arm. Hopefully Joaquin Phoenix and his version of The Joker becomes iconic in his own way. One last thing: Damn you, Jared Leto. Damn you.
he just seemed like such a bright and colorful and full of life person. he seemed like he had so much to give and so much to do and seeing him smiling kinda breaks my heart because i truly wish he could had lived to feel as good as he made the people around him feel. people describe him as if he was light and i, truly, believe he exhaled that feeling because there are people like that. i did not know him at all but as a human being to another, i wished he had more time.. it reminds me of cameron boyce’s death and it’s scary to think one day you go to sleep and you don’t wake up. just.. live your lives, allow yourselves to live and love and to be loved and to feel happiness. you don’t know how much time you have.
Heath was such a beautiful man outside and on the inside rest in peace heath we will love you until the end of time and keep your legacy going on and strong!
And to think that he was going to return as the Joker in the third film had he not die. This was confirmed by multiple people who were apart of the movie including Heath’s sister. Imagine an encore of that performance in part 3 along with Hardy’s Bane. Would’ve been epic! RIP Heath aka the greatest Joker ever...
I never expected him to be so young. He always looked older to me. Maybe it was just the makeup. Rest In Peace, Heath Ledger. You truly gave us the performance of a lifetime.
He's the real deal Joker in DC history. He's the most motivating and terrifying joker I've watched in all of DC movie. The Dark Knight is always my no. 1 favorite and most watched movie of a time and I'll never forget him from his legendary acting skills that turned their heads around from his influence and I'll give it a standing ovation to that. You'll always be my no. 1 joker heath ledger 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
I think he got scared.. He gave everything he had and maybe he was scared people would burn him to the ground given the shoes he had to fill. Or, even worse, he figured he'd nail it and knew he would rock the world and that scared him even more. I can understand tbh, its just a shame.
Bacon Sizzle True, thats why I said I *think* he got scared, I don't know.. Hell maybe he was hitting the blues and saw no way out, maybe he was dealing with it since birth, its not all that important tbh..
He took a bite of the forbidden apple so to speak, what he became in a movie role/character overtook what he was feeling and how he viewed society in reality. A switch was flipped and he found himself having the thoughts of "the Joker" that he created on his own and in doing so he found a freedom. A freedom that is often felt by true sociopaths, he knew this and in a way was at odds because he knew right from wrong but that was being overtaken by this personality that he created and once you go down a road to the point that he did, being the type of person he is/was, it was consuming and he began to see that overtaxing him completely, and found out that it was not only not frightening, but pleasurable and the real way to live life in the screwed up world/society we live in. He enjoyed a role to the point of wanting to live it in reality. But what do I know.....I'm only the one who tells you it's ok to bite the 🍎....I won't tell you how to live your life, that's why you were created with free will, you have to choose how you want to live your life.
After all that time working his butt off to be this wonderfully amazing character that I adore he never even lived long enough to see all his hard labor he lived long enough to give the world this phenomenal character though now his bones are all ash in 2019 he still lives in our hearts
Its sad he died because if he was alive he could've return. Only if ledger was still alive but it makes me happy that they at least made this in honor of ledger and that he won an award for best supporting actor
the greatest thing all is, leave some video of you, doing things that makes you be remembered by. so when you leave.... some people could still smile even when they're sad. 😔
You ever have that idea of if time travel becomes a real thing of going back and stopping someone's death? If there was anyone I'd destroy all reality to save, it be this guy. Heath was an incredible gift.
It was SO amazing when the announcement for the second Christian Bale Batman film came out, and they said the villain was going to be The Joker, I have to admit that I was pretty much with everyone else's mindset as far as, "Okay...hmm. Jack Nicholson's interpretation was so awesome in the first film with Michael Keaton-how are they going to match/top THAT?" And then, I started seeing trailers for it with Heath Ledger, and I was like, "Oh my God-they did it, and THEN some! The trippy thing about Jack's interpretation was that he was amazing at instilling a bit of humor in the "psychopath." With Heath, there was really nothing all that "funny" about it-he was just pure psycho-evil, plain and simple! R.I.P., Mr. Ledger. You are sorely missed!
And, it was also SO sad regarding his passing because both he AND Christian hit it off IMMEDIATELY, as friends, and in interviews after Heath had died, you could tell Christian was extremely shook up, and he'd said that both he and Heath, between takes and scenes, discussed working together again, "post" Batman!
When I first heard that Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker for The Dark Knight, I was skeptical about that since I only knew Heath Ledger from The Patriot & A Knight's Tale. But after seeing the trailers and finally the movie at an IMAX theater, my doubts were put to rest as Heath Ledger was THE show-stealer from that movie. And I was shocked when I heard that he passed away before the movie was released. I even met Michael Uslan (the executive producer) many years ago who told me a story about Heath Ledger on the set of The Dark Knight when it came to the funeral scene, Michael told me that Heath was like a 'light-bulb' when it came to portraying the Joker.
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Not just the best joker performance. One of the best performances ever put on film period. It saddens me to think of what that man could have done..
Would’ve been nice if he lived to play the Joker in a Joker solo film. One where he gets sent to Arkham and he meets Harleen Quinzel, his doctor. And how they end up falling in love, escaping and fight Batman again, but it would be a film focused on the Joker (as opposed to The Dark Knight focusing on both the Joker and Batman). It would show Joker’s and Harley’s interactions with each other, their plotting and how they set up traps and schemes.
I know . He was great with the 14 or so films he did. I wish he didn't die
Crazy to think about how the dceu would probably be so much more different if Heath was still alive
There was supposed to be another Batman film with the joker after the dark knight but due to his passing they just made it about bane is what I heard
I still think Mark has the best version of the Joker, but Heath's Joker has the best overall performance.
Mark Hamill is just the Joker I hear in my head when reading the comics.
He was worried about being a bad joker compared to jack but ended up being the greatest joker of all time
OCSJC :. Jack was a mediocre joker in terms of accuracy but a good actor overall
Animated series hands down but ledger was pretty epic.
James H The door is right there
@@psychosis9343 ment to say ledger, god damn that was one bad accident lmao!
James H Lol it’s all good
And thus; he went down in cinema history as the most realistic joker ever.
BigMisterApple AND one of the GREATEST performances EVER. Film, Television, Theatre, etc.
@steveninthe
Provide at least two examples.
@Patreek SterfetishOf course he doesn't need to explain, however, I would like him to, as he made the choice to voice a claim for which he provided no evidence.
By the way, I've seen the film...more than once.
And best
@Patreek Sterfetish, No need to go on. Thank you.
God, i miss him so much. The saddest thing is that his last diary entry before he died was "BYE BYE" that's just so sad to think about. Wish you were here Heath
Youre not the Joker i am
Haha says, who?
Me me me xD
Iam the real one but undercover
No
Ill never forget seeing this movie in the Lincoln Center IMAX opening night. His first scene, the audience was dead quiet. It’s like he took the air out of the room. People roared with applause after he was done. This movie is just too amazing man. I wish we could have seen the story continue. RIP Heath. Your performance was legendary.
God, I can only imagine what the IMAX experience brought to you and the crowd. I was fortunate enough to see The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX, and that was a spectacle to behold, but FUCK (swearing permitted here), I am jealous. I HOPE they bring back this entire series in IMAX like they are starting to do with other movies.
It just sucks that he didn't get to see the praise he received for this performance I wonder if he knew how outstanding he was
Oh he knew, he knew.....
@@hammercrg I'm sure he did
He knew
@@irishtyrant4532 wow they did ENDGMAE thing 10 month ago
@@ksbrar6816 sorry just saw the post and commented on it. I see what angle you are approaching from though. Best of luck to you
We need more people like this, people who know and are actually interested in the character and have respect for not only the ones before who played the same role before but also being original enough to make their own versions.
His Joker was similar to the original pre comic code version of Joker
Daniel day Lewis gets into character months before filming, the preparation is what makes them so great
His name is Joaquin Phoenix
@@brat-b8h lmaooooooo get out of here
@@goldenhd9656 Tf u mean get out of here go play fortnite or sum shit 💀💀💀
Animation= Mark Hamill
Live Action= Heath Ledger
Well alright then bitch.
XD
Dayum lol...i mean, hes not wrong.
Salb814 look im so different and woke because i dont think the popular choice is cool
I prefer Monoghan
It was the greatest performance of any comic book villain in a movie of all time. Sometimes to much genius leads to madness.
Eh
@Matt P all of takes is a little push!
@@scottallen1615 Saying "Eh" just supports this, if you would be sure about disagreeing with it, you would mention a better one.
@Mad Media "accidental" taking a cocktail of meds that you know can kill if mixed together isn't that accidental, more like addiction
Call yourself a fan but believes he killed himself ironic
The best thing about this joker that you completely forget about batman
@Jack Crews When Christian Bale has the worst performance out of all the actors you know everyone else did amazing work.
Thats all i care about in The Dark Knight. Heath’s performance and less of Bale.
cuz christian bale was a horrible batman. heath ledger sux too
@@oneiroagent kk thanks fine lol
alan pelc you’re demented
I remember where I was when I heard he died. I was in high school and we were getting out of rehearsals for a musical we were doing and as I was waiting for my mom to pick me up, one of the other actors yelled, "Heath Ledger Died"! It was just an absolute shocking and devastating moment and it's such a tragedy to have loss someone so talented who could have given us so much more but we lost too son :-(
Heath Ledger? More like Heath Ledgend.
Legend**
Angel Rojas he meant that smarty.
No one will ever be able to create what Heath did with this role
Heath Ledger? More like Heath Dedger
Sadly Heath Ledg-ended.
Cant believe that was ten years ago.
Jurassic Lion where has the time gone..
I was barely a freshman in high school. Its weird how fast time seems to have gone by
@@erickpoint0 It's going to start going a lot faster right about now. I'm 34 and it feels like I was 24 yesterday. Best way to make the time not fly by as much is to keep enriching your life with new experiences. Life seems to fly by because things become habitual and you're kinda on autopilot. So always be trying new things. I want to try become a registered SCUBA diver. Then after that I want to try free diving. Travel. See the world. Live in the moment, here and now.
damn
@@christiangasior4244 Great advice, and I would just add to keep setting goals. When you set goals time doesn't go as fast because you are busy working on achieving what you set out to achieve.
To this day the saddest celebrity death I've ever experienced. I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing the day the news broke. Still so sad that we will never get to see the amazing future he could have had
Topher Hendrickson Robin Williams for me. Still think about it and him.
3:10 I always loved that scene where he throws the entirety of the champagne out before taking a swig. When an actor makes the decision to eat or drink during a scene they may literally have to repeatedly eat or drink every retake, but he totally eliminates that by humorously pouring out the drink.
Kashif S. that wasn’t the point of the scene. it was to show how phsycotic he was
Hussain Al-Janaby Psychotic for throwing champagne out of a glass? No. It’s exactly what Kashif is saying.
Black Manta no he’s psychotic for throwing it out and then proceeding to still act as if he’s drinking it. it has nothing to with him being full liquid throughout multiple takes.
Hussain Al-Janaby You do realize that this is liquor we are talking about? I’m not talking about water. We are talking about champagne. I’m sure he threw some out just in case he had to do this scene multiple times, he doesn’t wanna get drunk.
Black Manta and what i’m saying is that’s not the case. idc what type of liquid it is. everything in this scene was planned to show jokers craziness
He did absolutely amazing. What a legend.
Nah
The Jokler Valeska Jerome is the worst “joker”
@@billgates9778 He IS The Joker as crazy as I sound buddy, get it right.
The Jokler Valeska wrong
The Jokler Valeska Nevermind, let’s agree to disagree
Makes me sad that he didn't even get to see his own performance.
RIP Heath Ledger. You left your mark in this world and changed things ....forever ....for that role and any future actor period.
Ledger completely changed when bring out Joker character..his voice,his walk,his speak,his character,his hair,his eyes,his mad and everything,that is why ledger is the greatest joker ever,he change his mind to bring out this character perfectly and nobody knows that struggles of ledger to do it,respect++
God, it really makes you wonder what it would be like if he was still here. But I do see a lot of similarities between Ledger’s Joker and Phoenix’s Joker so I am excited to see what comes next.
coffee yeah there are for sure similarities. The good thing is that Joaquin is a great actor to take on this role. He turned down Dr. Strange because he didn’t want to sign on for a bunch of movies with Marvel, so I hope he does do it with DC lol. I think he’d be great to have in the DCEU. But I don’t think he wants to be apart of so many movies and sequels.
Calamity Jones this scorses film will 90% most likely be a standalone, which is totally fine, scorsese doesnt male movies that have sequels, hes a director that makes sure to tell his story in a full film so most likely this will be joaquins only joker film
grim martin scorsese isn’t even making the film, todd phillips is
TwistedOwl ahhh just found out hes producing the film, but i thought he was directing especially since de niro was in it and there could be influence from king of comedy, either way i highly doubt a sequel will be made for this, which is good
grim he’s out as producer too, he has nothing to do with the movie now :(
Heath Ledger is the best Joker. Nobody will surpass him and his version.
Mark. Hamill.
Joaquin bouiii
No one can ever be the best at something forever cause eventually some else will do it better
@@markuscraig7945 lol especially since he is dead and cannot ever do any better
Creeper Hunter5 mark was great as joker but he’s just the voice. Heath has to do the voice and the actual performance. Much tougher. This is why heath gets the edge.
Thank you Heath for this amazing work. You left us a gift we could never repay you for
When people first heard that he was playing the Joker, they didn't feel that he was right for the role because he looks as far from a psychotic person as you can imagine. He has this perfectly sweet and innocent look to him. But in retrospect, I think that that is what made him perfect for the role. Because evil pretends to be innocent.
He did his best work, and it was still amazing!
I recall my experience of watching the dark knight in a theatre vividly. "Edge of the seat" was a pharase tailor made for this movie. In my opinion the dark knight was the best superhero movie made till date and will continue to be so for decades. I was completely blown away with heaths interpretation of joker. RIP brother.
"How do you do tackle that without just doing a version of Jack?"
Simple...you do it RIGHT! Jack was NOT a good Joker despite what the masses say. Heath did what can only ever be described as the absolute DEFINITIVE version of Joker that has, or ever will be done.
Heath Ledger's Joker and Brandon Lee's The Crow are both equally unmatched no one in a very long time is going to come close
Rhatik Dark they also died at the same age too
Strange how the clown gets killed... twice
2007: Brandon Lee 🇺🇲🇭🇰
2008: Heath Ledger 🇦🇺
@@brianleonellgomez8004 1993 actually..
One of the best characters ever portrayed on film. The Dark Knight will never be touched as far as comic book movies go. It’s truly a masterpiece, and will go down as a classic of American Cinema.
This man embodies the essence that’s makes the joker terrifying yet hard to look away.
Best performance of all time
Change my mind
This made me so sad yet so happy to atleast experience such an awesome human being in Heath. Truly missed.
Probably the greatest villain committed to film
I think the joker would say to Iron Man "In a way, I started the Marvel Cinematic Universe better than you ever did."
Iron Man came out first....
I'm so sick of all these Marvel movies I could puke. Enough fucking superheroes.
@@christiangasior4244 well its only going to get worse for you. 23 movies, 22 billion dollars. That type of success is unprecendented in cinema history. It wont matter if phase 4,5, or 6 are as good as the first saga, so long as the marvel fanbase is happy, you know disneys not going to stop pumping out these movies
Best Joker or not... No matters BUT DEFENTLY one of the best acting performances EVER.
TRUE!! And how he managed to make it so different than Nicholson's amazes me.
RIP HEATH THE GREATEST JOKER OF ALL TIME 😇😭😭
Mark hamill
@@creeperhunter5392 mark hamill is nowhere close to heath. All he did was voice act him while heath played him. He even did some of the stunts.
@@spoonkey still better than Heath.
Scott Allen Hamill fan boy
@@CollinJoseph who the hell cares if he is?
I hope he’s at peace wherever he may be
🕊🕊🕊 🕯🕯🕯
Mrjolie 666 the ground..
@@Fyi66661 what a dick
Same, his acting aside he seemed like a good person
@@ravenwhiteduck3158 he was ,he got along with everybody he ever worked with he loved Michelle Williams very much
I had seen the trailer 3 times. Before he died and the movie came out. I didn’t realize that was heath ledger. That’s how good he was. That’s how excited I was to see it. And he was AMAZING.
Such a great actor and a great guy....how sad that he left us at a young age....rest in paradise
Ledger is the best Jocker of all times....no question about it.
Heath Ledger did an amazin performance as the Clown Prince of Crime. He really brought his own take on his version of the joker, he didnt portray this role like how Cesar Romero or Jack Nicholson played the character, he took a classic psychotic villain and made it his own. He made the character more terrifying especially when it came down to his voice that deep grunting voice was what made him terrifying and him licking his lips is like a hungry mad dog right there. Perfect creativity on his performance
@1:18. imagine being the person Heath Ledger first revealed the joker's voice to...I would have loved to switch places with him when that happened.
not even Phoenix came close. Still in grief that the world lost such a genius actor. 1 in a 1000000
His version of the joker was so good I forgot he was just a comic book character for a moment
I'm not crying...you are. Heath was so full of life, how tragic it ended.
He was absolutely incredible in Brokeback Mountain. i hate romantic movies, but that movie was something else and it was mostly because of Heath Ledger's godly performance.
Heath will always be and forever be the best joker and actor ♥️♥️🃏🃏
The part where he spills all the champagne and tries to drink it whether it was accidental or not was pure genius and had me dying the first time I ever saw it.
Writing a character is one thing but the ability to interpret words into actions is an art all it's own. Ledger brought life and direction into the character that I'm sure even the writers never thought possible. At the time a lot of people were envisioning Jim Carry as the Joker or Robin Williams. But Ledger came out of nowhere and did something unbelievable.
I remember that time everybody was afraid Heath being cast as the Joker. But he proved people were wrong!
The Dark Knight easily categorizes as a cinema classic because of Heath performance..he deserved that Academy Award and many generations of actors that come after Heath Ledger will know why R.I.P Heath ❤️
I'm convinced had he lived, we would have had him as Loki instead of Hiddleston.
Definitely!
One of the best performances of all time
By potentially one of the greatest actors of all time, sad we didn’t get to see him in more movies after Dark Knight. RIP
Damn I miss this joker . Honestly ledger will never be topped as joker . I mean ever . Not even Tom hardy could have done a better job .
Joaquin Phoenix will
I agree Heath was awesome. But I think we’ll be pleasantly surprised w/ what Joaquin Phoenix brings to the table. Here’s Hoping!
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Dylan Thomas I think Joaquin will do a good job but I doubt he's doing it to top Heath.
Gentle Singularity the only reason people like heaths joker is because he died, let’s be honest if he didn’t die the role wouldn’t be nearly acclaimed and he wouldn’t of gotten the oscar
TwistedOwl I actually don't agree. His performance was really good and his death was more of a shock. I don't think the praise came from sympathy, it came from the fact that he literally went out with a huge impact. My opinion though.
RIP HEATH LEDGER 😔 😢😢😢😢😢😢 BEST JOKER EVER NO ONE CAN EVER TOP THAT!!
Heath said he wanted more of his joker.He thought of starting Akram asylum.he gossiped with his make up artist.wish he hadnt died.
Pls give us heath back and take justin or BTS❤❤
you asian and BTS asian. so you basicly just hate your own race and want to be white
THE HELL there is water in my eyes..
Am i weeping?
Oh GOD
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0:40 Heard about his Joker notebook he wrote while he isolated himself but never knew he took video during that time too
In the end credits it should have said the Joker as the Joker
THIS .... THIS was the BEST depiction ,closest and most accurate Joker we all had been gifted in the film industry.... to bad it was short like Lived... he was a dedicated actor.... never forget his talent and performance 🌹❤️ ... rip Heath❤️
Mc-Laine_AC he’s good but this is not the most accurate joker.
the imitation at 1:30 was gold, you almost relive the scene
One of the greatest performances in movie history. With what happened, for a long time I believed “The Joker” should be untouchable, never to be done on screen again, to respect this completely iconic and legendary performance. The trailer for the new “Joker” movie brought me here, though. And if anyone can bring another out another legendary “Joker” performance, it’s Joaquin Phoenix. I think enough time has passed and the new movie just feels like it’s the right project to bring back The Joker character.
I will always love Ledger and his version of the Joker. It deserves every bit of respect and recognition it received. I’ll never forget seeing “The Dark Knight” in theaters for the first time. Walking out after it ended, I was in complete awe of what I had just witnessed. Still had the goosebumps on my arm. Hopefully Joaquin Phoenix and his version of The Joker becomes iconic in his own way.
One last thing: Damn you, Jared Leto. Damn you.
he just seemed like such a bright and colorful and full of life person. he seemed like he had so much to give and so much to do and seeing him smiling kinda breaks my heart because i truly wish he could had lived to feel as good as he made the people around him feel. people describe him as if he was light and i, truly, believe he exhaled that feeling because there are people like that. i did not know him at all but as a human being to another, i wished he had more time.. it reminds me of cameron boyce’s death and it’s scary to think one day you go to sleep and you don’t wake up. just.. live your lives, allow yourselves to live and love and to be loved and to feel happiness. you don’t know how much time you have.
Heath was such a beautiful man outside and on the inside rest in peace heath we will love you until the end of time and keep your legacy going on and strong!
And to think that he was going to return as the Joker in the third film had he not die. This was confirmed by multiple people who were apart of the movie including Heath’s sister. Imagine an encore of that performance in part 3 along with Hardy’s Bane. Would’ve been epic! RIP Heath aka the greatest Joker ever...
Heath Legend!! 💪🏾☄🔥💯💯
Actor-less performance, when I see the Joker, I can't even imagine Heath in there, such a perfect performance.
Why is that guy whispering?
I never expected him to be so young. He always looked older to me. Maybe it was just the makeup.
Rest In Peace, Heath Ledger. You truly gave us the performance of a lifetime.
There should be a law: anyone who invents a time machine should as the first thing they do bring back heath.
I’m crying I love him so much 💔😭
The lip licking could also be interpreted as Tardive Dyskinesia, a possible side-effect from taking anti-psychotic medications.
He's the real deal Joker in DC history. He's the most motivating and terrifying joker I've watched in all of DC movie. The Dark Knight is always my no. 1 favorite and most watched movie of a time and I'll never forget him from his legendary acting skills that turned their heads around from his influence and I'll give it a standing ovation to that. You'll always be my no. 1 joker heath ledger 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
The best joker ever R.I.P Heath and Happy Birthday
Arguably the best joker on the big screen! RIP heath.
Heath Ledge is imortalized in this role and really made it his. Forever will his presence be missed,, He left us too early.
Heath was legendary in this!
R.I.P.
That performance can't be touched ever
Best joker/ acting ever! He is the Joker! I always compare good acting to Jack Sparrow, and he takes this above and beyond
I think he got scared.. He gave everything he had and maybe he was scared people would burn him to the ground given the shoes he had to fill. Or, even worse, he figured he'd nail it and knew he would rock the world and that scared him even more.
I can understand tbh, its just a shame.
What.
You couldn't possibly understand. No one knows why he did it except him. This is something that could have been haunting him for years.
Bacon Sizzle True, thats why I said I *think* he got scared, I don't know.. Hell maybe he was hitting the blues and saw no way out, maybe he was dealing with it since birth, its not all that important tbh..
no it was said that he start having nightmare about his Joker . so he overdose
Marty Benson nahhhh
this was great.I missed this movie and heath
One of the BEST JOKER'S of all time!! He is still missed
Greatest performance I've ever seen from an actor. You truly believe Heath is the joker.
In an alternate world, Heath Ledger goes on to become the greatest actor and director of our generation.
He took a bite of the forbidden apple so to speak, what he became in a movie role/character overtook what he was feeling and how he viewed society in reality. A switch was flipped and he found himself having the thoughts of "the Joker" that he created on his own and in doing so he found a freedom. A freedom that is often felt by true sociopaths, he knew this and in a way was at odds because he knew right from wrong but that was being overtaken by this personality that he created and once you go down a road to the point that he did, being the type of person he is/was, it was consuming and he began to see that overtaxing him completely, and found out that it was not only not frightening, but pleasurable and the real way to live life in the screwed up world/society we live in. He enjoyed a role to the point of wanting to live it in reality. But what do I know.....I'm only the one who tells you it's ok to bite the 🍎....I won't tell you how to live your life, that's why you were created with free will, you have to choose how you want to live your life.
After all that time working his butt off to be this wonderfully amazing character that I adore he never even lived long enough to see all his hard labor he lived long enough to give the world this phenomenal character though now his bones are all ash in 2019 he still lives in our hearts
The man was a true genius.
What a talented actor
Its sad he died because if he was alive he could've return. Only if ledger was still alive but it makes me happy that they at least made this in honor of ledger and that he won an award for best supporting actor
RIP. We would have loved to have seen a Heath Ledger joker sequel.
RIP best joker you will forever be missed
the greatest thing all is, leave some video of you, doing things that makes you be remembered by. so when you leave.... some people could still smile even when they're sad. 😔
The greatest performance of the 20th century!!
Joaquin will do Heath proud
I bet Heath would still be the joker in all these movies if he was still.......here
You ever have that idea of if time travel becomes a real thing of going back and stopping someone's death? If there was anyone I'd destroy all reality to save, it be this guy. Heath was an incredible gift.
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It was SO amazing when the announcement for the second Christian Bale Batman film came out, and they said the villain was going to be The Joker, I have to admit that I was pretty much with everyone else's mindset as far as, "Okay...hmm. Jack Nicholson's interpretation was so awesome in the first film with Michael Keaton-how are they going to match/top THAT?" And then, I started seeing trailers for it with Heath Ledger, and I was like, "Oh my God-they did it, and THEN some! The trippy thing about Jack's interpretation was that he was amazing at instilling a bit of humor in the "psychopath." With Heath, there was really nothing all that "funny" about it-he was just pure psycho-evil, plain and simple! R.I.P., Mr. Ledger. You are sorely missed!
And, it was also SO sad regarding his passing because both he AND Christian hit it off IMMEDIATELY, as friends, and in interviews after Heath had died, you could tell Christian was extremely shook up, and he'd said that both he and Heath, between takes and scenes, discussed working together again, "post" Batman!
One of the best Joker, that i ever knew...miss HIM.... the Legend...
you sold me with that "why so serious". hes a legend.
“You play with your toys”....
That part gave me goosebumps
When I first heard that Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker for The Dark Knight, I was skeptical about that since I only knew Heath Ledger from The Patriot & A Knight's Tale. But after seeing the trailers and finally the movie at an IMAX theater, my doubts were put to rest as Heath Ledger was THE show-stealer from that movie. And I was shocked when I heard that he passed away before the movie was released. I even met Michael Uslan (the executive producer) many years ago who told me a story about Heath Ledger on the set of The Dark Knight when it came to the funeral scene, Michael told me that Heath was like a 'light-bulb' when it came to portraying the Joker.
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