How hyped are you for the new Batman flick coming out? If you are as much as I am , it means you have already started making comparisons of the Jack Nicholson Joker vs the Heath Ledger Joker in your head. However…don’t forget the t.v. show Joker, Cesar Romero!
Who’s YOUR choice for the best Joker???
All indications are that Ledger’s Joker is, by far, the most frightening, intense version of the character.
Every piece of footage I’ve seen looks to confirm that and I think that’s how the Joker should be. Not to take anything away from Jack, but he was more of a likable villain and you really shouldn’t like a sadistic, psychopathic murderer.
Of course I will reserve judgment until I see the whole film.
Jack was great. Don’t remember the TV Joker. Can’t wait to see Heath’s Joker. So, uh, guess I didn’t really answer your question, did I?
And thats ok! Thanks for participating! LOL
I’ll cast a vote for Mark Hamill for his voice of the Joker on the 90s Batman cartoon. His voice went from jovial to sinister just like I’d imagine the Joker’s voice would.
Okay…NOW you’re just showing off! LOL
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ok i loved the cartoon version of the joker but it was really cool to see someone play him in a movie. Jack Was a really good joker but Heath Ledger did an amazing job. yes he died and can never play the joker again but if there is another movie of batman with the joker in it i dont think Jack should be the joker b/c he’s gotten older. But picking another Joker shouldnt be too hard there is soo many great young actors who may be able to play him in future movies
overall i think ledger’s take on the joker is the best and most sinister, but the voice of the joker belongs to mark hamill.
The Dark Knight is highly over rated…Ironman was superior
Ironman was good but it was NOT superior to Dark Knight!
I agree.
heath ledger gave the best porfance of all time he definitely deserves an oscar
but his memory shouldn’t live on through more than the characters he played
i haqven’t seen iron man yet but i loved the dark knight and love heath ledger
may he rest in peice and be honoredby how good of a guy he was better then how he played his roles
he was a great actor but a good man
Heath Ledger is by far the best Joker, even when only looking at pictures! No offense to Jack or anything, but he as the joker is too clean cut, pretty, and well… a bit likable.
Heath is dirty, ugly, he makes you quiver, and laugh (mostly out of fear). He looks the way an unempathetic psycho mass murderer should… creepy.
Creepy is a perfect way to describe it.
I think Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker is the best ever. I’m a fan of Jack Nicholson but as someone said, he’s likeable and funny, I was never frightened when I saw it and I was a little boy, but Ledger’s performance gave me the chills sometimes. This is the best batman movie ever hands down !
Heath Ledger’s joker was by far the best. Not to take anything away from jack but he made it more funny. Ledger’s Joker was actually creepy as i think a psychotic killer should be. He had the ability to get inside your head and really freak you out.
I agree that Heath Ledger was a pretty good Joker, but you gotta love Jack Nicholson’s portrayal of a lunatic. Someone who is going to make you laugh because of his actions and words. He was insane. I thought Jack was awesome, having said that, I think that Heath had a great Joker laugh that sent a chill up your spine.
Cesar Romero was a great Joker for those times, when you couldn’t really get away with too much scary and such on T.V. but he played the part well. Mark did a good voice and is the one that most reminds me of what I think he should sound like. A comedy loving murderer. The Batman movie from 1990 where Jack Nicholson played the Joker was awesome. Not as scary and ugly as Heath, but IMHO, definitely the best, hands down. Funny and psychotic, hence the name. Heath did a great job on portraying the anarchy of Joker but he wasn’t as funny as I’d hoped. However, he gave his best performance and I’m proud of him. God let him rest in peace. Like someone else said; let him be remembered for his personality and not his parts. It is very hard though not to think about that performance though, it will immortalize him. They will scratch his name in steel for the way he played the Joker. Psychotic, violent and sociopathic ……. not as clowny as I expected, but still great. I think he’ll scare a lot of kids in that get up and that’s what Joker is supposed to do, scare you. I do believe he should make you laugh though because of his macabre sense of humor. Heath deserves an Oscar for that part, but I still think Jack Nicholson nailed it back in 1990.
i agree that heath was the best yet but this photo here is a photo of my great great uncle Cesar Romero. rip
Saw Dark Knight for Joker only. And it was one helluva performance from Heath Ledger. He didn’t play the joker, he WAS the Joker. He was darker than the Superhero and more sinister than any other villain that comes to my memory… And I believe that this is the real Joker. If the villain turns out to be “Funny” then the movie is a comedy for sure. Joker was a psycho and a psycho he was in DARK KNIGHT. By far the best Joker to me…
If it’s the superhero, then, DARK KNIGHT is overrated. But, c’mon, the Joker in the pack stole the show.
i luv heath ledger i think the dark knight joker iz the best out of all of them
i have to say the joker in the latest movie the dark knight. is absoloutly the meanest and most terrifying of all in my perceptions. do you agree? i saw it last week and boy o boy i want to see it ten more times. quote heath ledger “do you want to know how i got these scars?” …. “well i’ll tell you anyway. my father was a drinker. and one night….” you will have to watch it for the whole story. i dont want to ruin it.
they were all great at their own times
Cesar romero played a great Joker, if you’re into the “wham bam boom” typical 1960’s superhero television shows/films. He was great in his time but when we saw Jack Nicholson’s interpretation, we saw another demention to Joker that we hadn’t experienced in the live action Batman shows and movies before. Then came Mark Hamill. He did a great job voice acting the part of Joker, bringing more of a schizophrenic side to the Joker. However, with all that in mind, i still say that Heath Ledger was the best. He didnt play the Joker, he WAS the Joker. He made you feel the most hopeless, as if nothing could be done to save Gotham. Heath’s is the only oscar worthy portrayal of the Joker ever done, and i hope he gets nominated.
I agree wholeheartedly. Ledger’s performance was awesome.
Just saw the new Batman movie (I know I’m late). Really liked it. I liked Jack. He has always been the way I have thought of the Joker. And of the old movies, that one is the best in my opinion, and Jack is probably the reason why as well.
Heath is playing more like a maniac, and that is maybe what is right too. This movie is more filled with action, and that suited him well. He played amazing. Good actors try to really become their character, and if he did so with this Joker character, it’s not strange that he died. I would have died trying.
Heath as the Joker really freaked me out. he was so scary.
When it comes to the others that have played the Joker, I haven’t seen them or payed attention to them.
Allover, I like Jack Nicholson the best as the Joker.
Ps. For you guys discussing Iron Man here, next door on the left. Iron Man was a good movie too, but don’t mix DC and Marvel. Two different universes (sorry for being a pain on your asses). And this is The JOKER forum.
heath ledger obviosly. he was brilliant as the joker. Ive seen the dark knight 4 times now and everytime the joker is not on screen, i miss him…Heath was hte best