The Heath
Ledger’s ‘Joker’ is incredibly
special mainly due to the psychological approach to the character. Heath Ledger
spends significant amount of time studying the comics that the joker appeared
in. The essence of this obsession is to study the psychology of the Joker. In
different areas, the Joker appeared to be a psychopath, schizophrenic, mass
murdering machine, and non-empathetic individual. In the film, the role of the
joker are assigned because he is fearless
(Richards 8). Heath is presented as a scary psychopath. He is a lovely
person and his joker is a hell of revelation. Heath Ledger transformed greatly
in a bold and terrifying manner. Some of the fans reacted as though it was the
first image of Ledger’s Joker because he was not the same old villain. There
was the omission of more traditional aspects of comic’s greatest villain; hence,
becoming one of the greatest take on any comic character that has ever appeared
on the screens.
Ledger,
the film director, and the co-writer incorporated great characteristics of the
joker and ensured that the character stayed true to the source material in
different ways. First, there is the aspect of his lack of the past, which
intrigue the audience to a great deal. The other aspect is the association with
Batman, where he found true purpose in being his true antithesis. The greatest
mission in the film was setting schemes for Batman in order to terrorize him
emotionally and other ways of association. This part of the comic that draws
great attention for having a chronic love of terrorizing Batman shows that
Batman completed the Joker. Lastly, there is the sense of humor that the Ledger’s
Joker possesses. He has maniacal objectives that make the film more outstanding
because of his character and relationship with other characters.
Work Cited
Richards, Olly . World Exclusive: The
Joker Speaks: He's a Cold-blooded Mass-murdering Clown. Empire. April 18, 2016 .
Nizzinny. "The Dark Knight:
Everything Burns." Youtube. Google, May 7, 2013. Web. April 18,
2016.
The Dark Knight. Dir. Christopher Nolan. Perf. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron
Eckhart. 2008. Warner Bros., 2008. Film.
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ReplyDeleteAhmad, I really like your word choice in this blog! Your use of words made it even more fun to read! In your blog you said that the Joker was not empathetic. I think that this is true because he could not care less what happens to anybody besides himself. The Joker is so interesting because he has no motives. He does what he wants just because it brings him joy to terrorize people and to ruin everyone's lives. He has no ties to anyone and therefore has no worry. Even if he did have relatives I am not sure that they would even matter to him. The Joker is a terrifying person to come in contact with. I think that you did a great job showing this as well. Good job with this blog and keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteAhmad, you did a good job here detailing how Ledger approached creating this version of the Joker, but there is only a little on why this Joker ended up being so compelling. Please review website citations, you have no publisher or date on the Olly Richards citation.
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