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   From: patrick.meaney@verizon.net   
      
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    bladerunnerisawesome@gmail.com wrote:   
      
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   > 5. Yay Heath Ledger. Best villain in... well, yes, if Javier Bardem   
   > hadn't played the villain to end all villains less than a year ago in   
   > "No Country for Old Men," Ledger would probably hold the title for a   
   > long, long time. Alas, given a script with I believe three occurrences   
   > of "This was Joker's plan all along!" it just ends up a comic book   
   > film versus a real film. Even with Ledger's amazing performance, this   
   > film does not transcend the comic-book movie medium.   
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   Ah, but the whole point was The Joker had no plan. He was there to bring   
   chaos, to throw the city into disarrary, and demonstrate that their   
   society could crumble through the actions of one man. He's designed as   
   the counterpart to Batman, in the sense that Batman is trying to prove   
   that the whole city can be brought to order through the actions of one   
   man.   
      
   I'd agree that Batman himself was not particularly well featured in the   
   film, but I don't see that as a criticism since I think Bale is pretty   
   weak in the role, particularly that voice.   
      
   But, what does it mean that it "does not transcend the comic-book movie   
   medium"? Is there something intrinsically limiting about comic books, or   
   their film adaptations? That's as ridiculous as saying Blade Runner does   
   transcend the novel-movie medium. Comics can be, and have been, as   
   strong as any other medium, and just because they have not always been   
   well represented in film doesn't mean they can't be good.   
      
   patrick   
      
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