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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 5, 2020 4:55:46 GMT
What do you think of the Caesar Romero Joker? Mustache aside, he was fine, especially for what the 60s Batman was. He had a good laugh and set the precedent of giving Joker a "voice" as opposed to just sounding like Cesar Romero. I always thought Hamil's Joker sounded very similar to Romero. It was all in all a pretty different characterization, but I think the voice was very much alike.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 5, 2020 6:16:35 GMT
Mustache aside, he was fine, especially for what the 60s Batman was. He had a good laugh and set the precedent of giving Joker a "voice" as opposed to just sounding like Cesar Romero. I always thought Hamil's Joker sounded very similar to Romero. It was all in all a pretty different characterization, but I think the voice was very much alike. It's similar. I'm sure Romero was an influence on Hamill.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Sept 5, 2020 12:08:34 GMT
It's far from subtle! In fact he overacts the role the longer the film goes on, Burton should have reined him in - though he was probably scared of Jack around that time in his career. But it's still a fun perf, but he's low on my list of best Joker turns.
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Post by amyghost on Sept 5, 2020 12:18:06 GMT
Not thrilled about it. Then again, I haven't been much thrilled with Nicholson since The Shining (with some noteworthy exceptions, such as The Crossing Guard). Too often he ended up playing Jack Nicholson, playing 'Jack Nicholson', playing whatever character 'Jack Nicholson' was supposed to be playing at the time. I kind of feel he began to coast into this attitude following Cuckoo's Nest, but allowed himself to get really lazy after The Shining. His Joker was one more evidence of that; I actually found myself bored by his performance in this, it was so boilerplate and predictable.
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Post by gljbradley on Sept 6, 2020 15:22:26 GMT
I LOVE his performance in this film. I love that his character starts off as somewhat straight-laced in his villainy and there's a few subtle hints that he's off his rocker. But after his accident, his villainous nature and insanity becomes full-fledged.
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Post by mrellaguru on Sept 6, 2020 18:05:15 GMT
Subtle is the last word I'd use to describe Nicholson's Joker. Ugh.
Almost the entire movie is Nicholson being over the top and it gets old fast. I don't like it.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Sept 6, 2020 20:38:40 GMT
Sorry, NOT sorry to Brokeback Joker. Knowing you you’re probably implying you don’t like him because he played a gay man with that nickname.
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Post by johnspartan on Sept 6, 2020 20:50:21 GMT
Sorry, NOT sorry to Brokeback Joker. Knowing you you’re probably implying you don’t like him because he played a gay man with that nickname. Most of his fans like him mostly BECAUSE he was in Brokeback Mountain. You probably do.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Sept 6, 2020 20:51:30 GMT
Knowing you you’re probably implying you don’t like him because he played a gay man with that nickname. Most of his fans like him mostly BECAUSE he was in Brokeback Mountain. You probably do. I love Brokeback Mountain and I’m not ashamed of it. You would be which is why I’m a better more mature person than you.
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Post by johnspartan on Sept 6, 2020 20:52:57 GMT
Most of his fans like him mostly BECAUSE he was in Brokeback Mountain. You probably do. I love Brokeback Mountain and I’m not ashamed of it. You would be which is why I’m a better more mature person than you. Rrrrrrriiiiiiight.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Sept 6, 2020 20:55:41 GMT
Sorry, NOT sorry to Brokeback Joker. Knowing you you’re probably implying you don’t like him because he played a gay man with that nickname. That’s most definitely the case.
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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 7, 2020 3:03:00 GMT
Not thrilled about it. Then again, I haven't been much thrilled with Nicholson since The Shining (with some noteworthy exceptions, such as The Crossing Guard). Too often he ended up playing Jack Nicholson, playing 'Jack Nicholson', playing whatever character 'Jack Nicholson' was supposed to be playing at the time. I kind of feel he began to coast into this attitude following Cuckoo's Nest, but allowed himself to get really lazy after The Shining. His Joker was one more evidence of that; I actually found myself bored by his performance in this, it was so boilerplate and predictable. I think The Shining was what really started that with him.
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Post by spooner5020 on Sept 7, 2020 3:48:25 GMT
Those performances showed how good an actor Ledger was. Then Phoenix topped him. The next Joker has a tall mountain to climb. Does Phoenix’s Joker really count? In the end he was playing a character named Arthur Fleck a mentally unstable man who became “a Joker”, but not THE Joker. His Joker is not at all like any Joker I’ve read or seen. Heck his Joker is so little of Joker that if his Joker was to go up against Batman I don’t even think Batman would honestly fight him because he mentally isn’t there. It’s still a great performance from Joaquin, but it’s not Joker in my opinion.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Sept 7, 2020 4:03:57 GMT
Nicholson plays a jazzed-up, darkened version of Cesar Romero's Joker from the 1960s series. In many respects, I consider it to be the definitive take on the character (along with Mark Hamill's approach), but there is in truth no definitive version. Regardless, it's my favourite Nicholson performance.
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