@@DarthVoxynYep Jacks version was actually comic accurate. Heaths was another character named the Joker. He literally wasn't any Joker I've read or seen portrayed. Joker isn't a calculating brooding manipulator. He's just a guy terrorizing for fun. Key word--fun. He's not trying to prove anything or has a social agenda. He's just crazy and like to play games
love how the most gruesome moments from the Joker aren’t shown at all. You don’t see the pencil stab the guy, you don’t see Joker slice Gambol’s face, you don’t see what he does to Brian. Much more effective that way.
Human imagination does wonders. Your mind is given a clear start and a clear finish. Your imagination fills in the rest, which yes like you said is WAY more effective rather than showing the actual thing. Builds tension and it doesn’t ruin the pace of the scene.
If you listen closely though, you do get the sense or how gory the pencil scene was because you can distinctively hear it go into his eye before his head hits the table.
I saw an interview talking about this stunt. If you see the table just before the Joker slams his head down, then pencil is still there. The stuntman had to move the pencil out of the way with his free hand at the same time as his head was being slammed down, thus meaning the trick was actually quite dangerous.
A couple things, one it was eraser side up, so unlikely to burst his eye, only displace it, which would be entirely dependent on ACTUALLY having it impact his eye. it was more likely to snap a pencil against his forhead or cheek, not go in his eye. Two, there was a RUclips video with a trauma doctor watching scenes with traumatic injuries and describing the prognosis, he watched this and said it would almost certainly be non-fatal. Not saying it wasn't dangerous, but injurious not fatal...
If you freeze frame at the right time, you can even see that there's a mark where his head hit the table, and it's several inches to the right of where the hole made by the pencil is.
I remember the first time i saw it. When he tells the first story i thought that is was a little bit of a shame, because i thought it took away some of the mystery about the character. Then he tells a completly other story twenty minutes later, and i thought: “ooh, i get it. That is genius!! He is scary as hell now!!”
Watched this opening weekend in IMAX. The *THUD* of that guy’s head onto table was so freakin’ loud it took a moment for everyone to realize “oh shit, the pencil is GONE”, followed up by nervous laughter and a lot of wtf’s.
I like how everyone flinches or looks away as if something incredibly graphic has been shown. But all we've seen is a guy's head hit a table. The gruesome injury occurs entirely in the viewer's mind.
the whole cinema had a delayed nervous laugh lol also, when you walk outside and realise Lau, was still in that chair on top of the money pile when he lit it.....
You know, when you think about it, that really is quite the trick. He had to grab the guy and slam his head down before he could react while at the same time lining his face up juuuust right. This implies Joker has actually practiced this trick.
One of the most common fan theories about this Joker’s background is that he was ex military, which explains his extensive skill with weapons and explosives. As well as his ability to execute his incredibly complex plan, and to improvise when required. So his hand eye coordination would be top tier.
No. Despite all the issues with the movie, Jared Letos joker from suicide squad is the only one to ever actually depict the joker faithful to the source material.
@@SmahtFella it's not about edgy, it was meant to be played for laughs rather than violence, that's why he even gives the set up and "ta-dah" in such a funny way.
@@vedantbhard No, it wasn't meant for comic relief, compared to Jack Nicholas's Joker using an ink quill. It was meant to be a brutal and violent introduction to the Joker, and the reaction that follows from the mobsters in the room sets the scene and tone for the rest of the movie. The whole scene, including what follows, gives the audience insight into the psyche of the joker as well. I mean, the Joker casually strolled into a room with the most powerful and feared men in Gotham like it was a playground, and straight up made demands from them on how to deal with their mutual enemy, though he's being misleading, because he couldn't care less about Batman. Batman is just a means to an end. Now, that's not to say the pencil trick wasn't also funny, because it was. It was hilarious. It's just some people are edge lords.
Love how this one 2-second bit made most of these reactors factory reset. The best one has to be the turn-away-and-F-bomb. That wa the equivalent of the Windows error prompt.
@@엘제-k9uIts just a shitty fake wood laminate table. The same wrestling uses. Not strong enough to with stand force, but easily strong enough to how plates of food
@IDiggPattyMayonnaise Name one thing that can pierce through steel plate but not fake wood. By answering that you'll realize your point holds no value.
this was no joke, the first scene I saw. My friends and I walked into the wrong theater and it took us a few minutes to realize the movie was halfway through.
This part made me flinch in theaters. Heath did almost too well in this role. The pencil kill has a clear lead up. He's going to do something bad with it. Knowing and seeing it happen are two different things. It adds a flinch factor to me that that wasn't even the sharp end. Unless he removed it first, that's the eraser, so it's the blunt end going into the socket, not the pointy graphite.
I was acting tough and trying to be a tough guy so my mom drove me into Chicago dropped me on the West side of Chicago and told me "good luck" and I had to make my way home.
@@DarthVoxyn ......jacks version, was a cartoon charactor, Heath defined what the Joker was really all about...Listen again to what story Alfred tells Bruce Wayne!!
The Joker kills a man with a pencil, everybody freaks out. Stories are told about John Wick killing three men with a pencil, everybody wants to see it. John Wick kills three men with a pencil, everybody freaks out. Moral of the story: Ticonderoga #2 is a legend
Please do reaction compilations for Joker's "Why so serious?" moment from _The Dark Knight (2008 film)_ and Bane breaks Batman from _The Dark Knight Rises_ .
I don't know if it's supposed to appear during the video or if this generation is so weak that they can't watch a scene like that without shitting themselves
He kills the two security guys, where he makes a video with him torturing one of them. He kills the people that are making the bankheist in the beginning with him. He also kills a lot of different people, when he bombs the police department. He kills Rachel. He almost kills Gordon. He tries to get two boats of people to kill each other. I am sure there are others that i have forgotten about. Have you seen the movie?
@@CgGoil On-camera who does he kill? Gamble’s henchman, Gamble, The cop outside the semi, the cop at the hospital, and Lao. The bank robbers killed each other. Brian the Batman wannabe he tortured, MAYBE threw him off the ledge. The boat bombs, he wanted the citizens to kill the other boat (the detonator might have been for their own boat). “It’s not that simple with the Joker”, which may be a dumb line because at first Batman ignored the rise of Joker to go after the mob. But I will say yes, the police station bomb.
Sorry but this joker is so overrated. The joker is supposed to be a maniac, not demented. If you can't honor the source material, you shouldn't be making a version.
Best on-screen version of the Joker ever. Heath absolutely nailed this role.
I like Jack Nicholson better
@@DarthVoxynYep Jacks version was actually comic accurate. Heaths was another character named the Joker. He literally wasn't any Joker I've read or seen portrayed. Joker isn't a calculating brooding manipulator. He's just a guy terrorizing for fun. Key word--fun. He's not trying to prove anything or has a social agenda. He's just crazy and like to play games
love how the most gruesome moments from the Joker aren’t shown at all. You don’t see the pencil stab the guy, you don’t see Joker slice Gambol’s face, you don’t see what he does to Brian. Much more effective that way.
Alo, lau was srill sitting on the stack of money when he burned it. and clearly he fed the dogs too.... (same scene)
It is effective but... it's also how you avoid an R rating. You can't show gore or mutilation in a PG13 movie
I'm pretty sure he snaps Gambol's neck and the rest of the story was the setup for the punchline
Human imagination does wonders. Your mind is given a clear start and a clear finish. Your imagination fills in the rest, which yes like you said is WAY more effective rather than showing the actual thing. Builds tension and it doesn’t ruin the pace of the scene.
If you listen closely though, you do get the sense or how gory the pencil scene was because you can distinctively hear it go into his eye before his head hits the table.
I saw this in a packed movie theater. Let's just say there's a lot of nervous laughter after that magic trick.
This was, is, and will forever be the best Joker in cinema history. Thank you, Heath, rest in piece, you were legendary
Personally I think Jack Nicholson was the best but Heath pulls off a close second.
John Wick: Hmm, I gotta steal that trick.
damn beat me to it
Jason Bourne: Too late.
This is the Joker that really scared me the most.
Unsettling for sure. He was the until The Batman Joker emerged from the deleted scenes. That one still haunts me.
Joaquin's Joker is the scariest. Society made him.
I saw an interview talking about this stunt. If you see the table just before the Joker slams his head down, then pencil is still there. The stuntman had to move the pencil out of the way with his free hand at the same time as his head was being slammed down, thus meaning the trick was actually quite dangerous.
A couple things, one it was eraser side up, so unlikely to burst his eye, only displace it, which would be entirely dependent on ACTUALLY having it impact his eye. it was more likely to snap a pencil against his forhead or cheek, not go in his eye. Two, there was a RUclips video with a trauma doctor watching scenes with traumatic injuries and describing the prognosis, he watched this and said it would almost certainly be non-fatal. Not saying it wasn't dangerous, but injurious not fatal...
They had to shoot this scene loads of times because Heath Ledger kept knocking out the stuntman lol true story
If you freeze frame at the right time, you can even see that there's a mark where his head hit the table, and it's several inches to the right of where the hole made by the pencil is.
He improvised every time he told the stories about his scars to show the jokers chaotic history
I remember the first time i saw it. When he tells the first story i thought that is was a little bit of a shame, because i thought it took away some of the mystery about the character. Then he tells a completly other story twenty minutes later, and i thought: “ooh, i get it. That is genius!! He is scary as hell now!!”
Watched this opening weekend in IMAX. The *THUD* of that guy’s head onto table was so freakin’ loud it took a moment for everyone to realize “oh shit, the pencil is GONE”, followed up by nervous laughter and a lot of wtf’s.
I like how everyone flinches or looks away as if something incredibly graphic has been shown. But all we've seen is a guy's head hit a table. The gruesome injury occurs entirely in the viewer's mind.
yeah, i'm quite surprised by the reactions tbh, i thought this scene was more played for humour than for pure violence.
The best Ta Da ! in movie history.
I also like Loki’s in The Dark World.
Peter Griffin's has me rolling everytime
I will never forget seeing this in theaters. The audience was quiet.
Not quiet cause it was at the movies…….but QUIET. Truly terrified
He killed that man ... WITH A PENCIL! Before Wick!
Yeah, but it was only one guy. Still, he did it eraser first, so that's extra points...
People often forgot that, in every single evil versions of Joker he's always violent and sadistic.
the whole cinema had a delayed nervous laugh lol
also, when you walk outside and realise Lau, was still in that chair on top of the money pile when he lit it.....
You know, when you think about it, that really is quite the trick. He had to grab the guy and slam his head down before he could react while at the same time lining his face up juuuust right. This implies Joker has actually practiced this trick.
Well now we know what to tell a very baffled Gotham Coroner's office about the vics with pencils jammed eraser first into the eyes.
One of the most common fan theories about this Joker’s background is that he was ex military, which explains his extensive skill with weapons and explosives. As well as his ability to execute his incredibly complex plan, and to improvise when required. So his hand eye coordination would be top tier.
I feel like I'm the only one that laughs at the TA-DA! Lol
It was a wonderful ta-da! One of my fav scenes.
i just like how even the russian guy is " i like it.. " his own man down and hes just " yes...mmhmm.. "
Me too 😂
Greatest Joker of all time
No. Despite all the issues with the movie, Jared Letos joker from suicide squad is the only one to ever actually depict the joker faithful to the source material.
@@jacobwalsh1888you good sir are tripping balls 💯
@@jacobwalsh1888 amazing troll job
In my opinion, Jack Nicholson was the best though Heath gets second
@@DarthVoxyn now that is a valid answer 💯
i remember that moment in cinema... a buddy of mine and i said to each other... DAMN! but in silence hahaha...
He was John Wick before John Wick ever existed.
I don't get why people don't laugh more, that magic trick was hilarious.
i laughed
Guess we're just not as edgy as you...
@@SmahtFella Clearly.
@@SmahtFella it's not about edgy, it was meant to be played for laughs rather than violence, that's why he even gives the set up and "ta-dah" in such a funny way.
@@vedantbhard No, it wasn't meant for comic relief, compared to Jack Nicholas's Joker using an ink quill. It was meant to be a brutal and violent introduction to the Joker, and the reaction that follows from the mobsters in the room sets the scene and tone for the rest of the movie. The whole scene, including what follows, gives the audience insight into the psyche of the joker as well. I mean, the Joker casually strolled into a room with the most powerful and feared men in Gotham like it was a playground, and straight up made demands from them on how to deal with their mutual enemy, though he's being misleading, because he couldn't care less about Batman. Batman is just a means to an end. Now, that's not to say the pencil trick wasn't also funny, because it was. It was hilarious. It's just some people are edge lords.
“I once saw the Joker kill one man in a kitchen.. with a pencil.. a fckn pencil” 😂
It’s the “ta da” afterwards that gets me 😅😂😂😂
You can almost hear the crack and squelch of the guards head and eye as he hits the pencil
Love how this one 2-second bit made most of these reactors factory reset.
The best one has to be the turn-away-and-F-bomb.
That wa the equivalent of the Windows error prompt.
You were either horrified at this scene or you laughed. I laughed.
I nervously laughed while being horrified.
Vicious Sociopath walks in a room outnumbered and kills someone immediately
I still remember, when i was on premiere at cinema. When this scene happened, most of us there laughed. It was great magic trick 👏🎬
“Ta Da” 😂😂😂
Loved seeing the subtitles to jokers laugh
My favourite Joker! RIP
Greatest trick in cinema history.
How about for the next compilation, you do the Joker improvising outside the hospital before it exploded?
That was brilliance on Heath's part. Realized something was wrong with the pyrotechnics and went with it.
i fully went crying of laughter after he said tadaaa
the real trick was getting the pencil to stay up straight
Not that difficult when you know the trick. Graphite can penetrate steel plate if put in a right angle
@@엘제-k9uIts just a shitty fake wood laminate table. The same wrestling uses. Not strong enough to with stand force, but easily strong enough to how plates of food
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise That was not the point I was getting at but yeah whatev
@@엘제-k9uYeah your point was about a random steel plate that's not applicable to the scene whatsoever... Hence why I made my comment
@IDiggPattyMayonnaise Name one thing that can pierce through steel plate but not fake wood. By answering that you'll realize your point holds no value.
The Joker’s mocking laugh sacred me when I first saw this movie in theaters.
"it's in his eye and his brain"
Wow, nothing gets past that guy. A regular Sherlock Holmes he is.
Ok edgy
@@biubiu-h6m thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
World's Greatest Detective here
@@poluticon somebody help me this guy is so cool I can't take
@@biubiu-h6m I have that effect on people sometimes.
this was no joke, the first scene I saw. My friends and I walked into the wrong theater and it took us a few minutes to realize the movie was halfway through.
Almost feel bad for laughing at the magic trick when I watched this in the theater, and by almost I mean I absolutely don’t feel bad
Viggo: "I once saw him kill three men in a bar... with a pencil"
Joaquin said Heath was his favorite actor and ironically enough, he won an Oscar for playing The Joker as Heath did.
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I'm gonna make this pencil disappear.
"With a pencil....a fckn pencil" Vigo
John Wick approved that trick.
John Wick got a Joker reference.
This part made me flinch in theaters.
Heath did almost too well in this role. The pencil kill has a clear lead up. He's going to do something bad with it. Knowing and seeing it happen are two different things.
It adds a flinch factor to me that that wasn't even the sharp end. Unless he removed it first, that's the eraser, so it's the blunt end going into the socket, not the pointy graphite.
I was acting tough and trying to be a tough guy so my mom drove me into Chicago dropped me on the West side of Chicago and told me "good luck" and I had to make my way home.
Definitely my favorite
The best joker that has or ever will be....
That would be Jack Nicholson. Heath does a solid job, personally I think he pulls off close second but nobody tops Jack’s version of the Joker
@@DarthVoxyn ......jacks version, was a cartoon charactor, Heath defined what the Joker was really all about...Listen again to what story Alfred tells Bruce Wayne!!
The Joker kills a man with a pencil, everybody freaks out.
Stories are told about John Wick killing three men with a pencil, everybody wants to see it.
John Wick kills three men with a pencil, everybody freaks out.
Moral of the story: Ticonderoga #2 is a legend
The best n greatest vilain no super power on the screen..
Please do reaction compilations for Joker's "Why so serious?" moment from _The Dark Knight (2008 film)_ and Bane breaks Batman from _The Dark Knight Rises_ .
Think he'd fool Penn and Teller with that trick?
Alternative title: compilation of people who never played Mortal Kombat or watched Happy Tree Friends.
Ta-daaaaaa it's.....gooooonnnnee
I think the best joker is now the one on the deleted scene to the newest batman movie. Absolutely horrifying
Well that’s just wrong.
The pencil is truly deadlier then the witty comments
i feel sorry for the guy who in 5/10/15 years gets cast to play the joker....they will never be as good as heath
Leto sucked but Phoenix was great in a different way.
Ta da! 🎉
odd how so many seem upset by that scene, when it was obvious to me what was going to happen
You want a medal?
It's obvious to anyone over 8. They're just grifters who pretend to be shocked by things.
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Ta da!
Seems one reaction was one of the guys gagging 1 second after Jokers magic trick 😄🤢 I just laughed when I watched it in the theater 🃏
Ew.. Suzy and Steejo..
Why?
I don't know if it's supposed to appear during the video or if this generation is so weak that they can't watch a scene like that without shitting themselves
I’m still wondering why the Joker only killed Black people, and one Chinese national
He kills the two security guys, where he makes a video with him torturing one of them. He kills the people that are making the bankheist in the beginning with him. He also kills a lot of different people, when he bombs the police department. He kills Rachel. He almost kills Gordon. He tries to get two boats of people to kill each other. I am sure there are others that i have forgotten about. Have you seen the movie?
@@CgGoil On-camera who does he kill? Gamble’s henchman, Gamble, The cop outside the semi, the cop at the hospital, and Lao.
The bank robbers killed each other. Brian the Batman wannabe he tortured, MAYBE threw him off the ledge. The boat bombs, he wanted the citizens to kill the other boat (the detonator might have been for their own boat). “It’s not that simple with the Joker”, which may be a dumb line because at first Batman ignored the rise of Joker to go after the mob. But I will say yes, the police station bomb.
Because the killings were to advance the plot, not some race relations agenda.
@@SuperSayinSolidSnek I’m 50/50 that it could be racism, but I’m 100% convinced it’s bad storytelling
@@Quartermaster323 but you're probably an idiot, why would I care what you're convinced of? WHY is it bad storytelling?
God I forgot why I hated these kinds of reactions. It’s like they haven’t seen this kind of shit before.
Sorry but this joker is so overrated. The joker is supposed to be a maniac, not demented. If you can't honor the source material, you shouldn't be making a version.
Sure thing man, cheers
We get it dude, you're a contrarian
What do you think went through his head?
A pencil.
Graphite.
A pencil eraser. At least at first.