Wednesday, July 30, 2008

On for a rant

I am sick of people being stupid over The Dark Knight. It is an excellent film, I personally loved it. Heath Ledger's performance was amazing, and more or less flawless.

What I don't get are all these idiots saying that there should never (ever ever) be another Joker. Jack Nicholson from the 1989 Batman has evidently come out and said as much. Allow me to use an example. Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa: should we never paint another portrait of a woman? The idea is ludicrous and goes against the very nature of film as an artistic expression.

While I exert that anyone wanting to play the Joker would have to be very cautious, and bring something different to the role, I do not believe that the character has been spoken for once-and-for-all. That notion is frankly daft.

Ah, hype. It's great to watch everyone in such a flap. I saw some moron saying on a message board somewhere that he had "stayed to the end, and there was no RIP Heath message!!!" What a douche. Of course there was. It went something to the effect of "This film is dedicated to the memory of Heath Ledger". Grow some genitals, dude, and actually investigate things properly before running off with half-cocked rubbish. God knows the internet has enough of that already.

Have a good one folks. Blake.

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