Rate Your Favorite Batman Films

[emeraldknight47]

There is only ONE Riddler....Frank Gorshin...Accept no substitutes!

Agreed. No one else even comes close or could hope to....

[The Bat]

Absolutely Ledger deserved the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award...whether you liked or disliked him as the Joker...his role was mesmerizing and unforgettable.

[The Toyroom]

^ Have to say the same about Batman 66's Penguin--Burgess Meredith.

Absolutely perfect casting IMO & I was mesmerized as a kid by the film version, where he was running the show (& that submarine)

Yup! Burgess IS the ONLY Penguin just as Julie Newmar is the ONLY Catwoman. Even though their performances were on a "campy" TV show they are still today the best performances of those characters that all others are judged against. That's saying something.

[PNGwynne]

^ Have to say the same about Batman 66's Penguin--Burgess Meredith.

Absolutely perfect casting IMO & I was mesmerized as a kid by the film version, where he was running the show (& that submarine).



I've not been thrilled with any screen adaptation of Batman, but I do think, having rewatched the Burton films recently after a long hiatus, that they hold up surprisingly well. The Nolan films are just as flawed as the earlier ones, only in a different way.

[The Toyroom]

I liked Batman Forever because of Jim Carry

I think Carry was a good choice for Riddler.

Carrey's Riddler was no different than Carrey's Grinch or his Liar Liar guy or countless other characters he does that have the same schtick....

[The Toyroom]

There is only ONE Riddler....Frank Gorshin...Accept no substitutes!

[Hector]

I liked Batman Forever because of Jim Carry

I think Carry was a good choice for Riddler.

The only better Riddler (back then) would have been Robin Williams

I hope when you say back then...you mean the 70's...because that's the last time he was thin...lol.

Also...you would've needed a ton of electric shavers in prepping Williams for the part...as the dude is hairier than an POTA gorilla solider...

[Hector]

Absolutely Ledger deserved the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award...whether you liked or disliked him as the Joker...his role was mesmerizing and unforgettable.

[The Bat]

I'd say typically, Actors DON'T win Academy Awards for Comic book movies. So no, he probably wouldn't have won had he not died.


That said, I feel he should have one the Academy Award either way...because he was absolutely MAGNIFICENT in the role! Heath totally owned the part like nobody ever will again!

[david_b]

Romero- an Amazing actor could have easily Been the greatest version of the joker because he was an outstanding actor in his day.

Nicholson- Fun and dark the scene with the fried Dead guy is The Joker!!

Hammill- When i read the Joker this is the voice i hear....nailed it perfectly

Ledger- an outstanding actor who played a crackhead with clown makeup on....would have made a great horror character in another movie but it ain't the Joker...Brandon Lee was a better Joker in the crow....

Agreed x 4..

I wasn't impressed with Ledger at all. He played a very convincing psychotic villain, and it was interesting figuring out how the 'wheels' worked in his head for his justifications, but he was no Joker.

I'm not just talking a lack of flamboyance here; I'm talking style, methods, poise. Ledger portrayed Joker not as some 'master villain' that we know and admire, but as a conniving street thug. Which is fine if that's the artistic license film-makers wish to take style-wise, but it also limits the potential for a truely memorable villain. Essentially, I'm agreeing with Werewolf's rationale.

The Joker most of us know delights in being over-the-top when committing crimes and confounding Batman, which both Nicholson and Mark Hammill really do well.

[Werewolf]

Since we're sort of on a tangent here regarding the different takes on The Joker, my question to you all is this: Would Heath Ledger's [who, when it was announced he was playing The Joker, created all kinds of controversy amongst comics afficianados), be nearly as "revered" if Ledger hadn't offed himself?

In my opinion, I don't think so.

I remember when it happened. His death brought out the absolute worst in a lot of people online. There were groups of people that built him and his portrayal of the Joker up to some type of morbid almost mythical pseudo religious state. I found it creepy and cult like. Twisted idol worship taken to the ugliest lunatic extreme. It made my skin crawl. I avoided the movie for a long time because of it. I still cannot stand the "Why so serious?" meme.

He was a good actor and played a believable psychopath in The Dark Knight. The character was a psychopath in dirty smeared clown make up. It worked in context of the "Nolenverse" but the character wasn't the Joker to me. Again, he was a good actor and good in the part in context of the "Nolenverse." But without the tragedy of his death I don't think his portrayal would be built up to this near mythical state.

[kingdom warrior]

Caesar Romero - Maybe he wasn't as homicidal as the current Joker is, but he nailed the Joker's persona to the wall.

Jaaaaack - He DID nail the Joker's theatricality and homicidal tendicies all in one fell swoop. Plus, he was charismatic and uttered the immortal line "This town needs an enema!"

Mark Hammill - Captures ALL the charactistics of The Joker in just his voice! Who'd've guessed it from a Jedi Knight...?

Heath Ledger - Again, a good psychopath, but not really a Joker-y psychopath.

Romero- an Amazing actor could have easily Been the greatest version of the joker because he was an outstanding actor in his day.

Nicholson- Fun and dark the scene with the fried Dead guy is The Joker!!

Hammill- When i read the Joker this is the voice i hear....nailed it perfectly

Ledger- an outstanding actor who played a crackhead with clown makeup on....would have made a great horror character in another movie but it ain't the Joker...Brandon Lee was a better Joker in the crow....

[kingdom warrior]

Since we're sort of on a tangent here regarding the different takes on The Joker, my question to you all is this: Would Heath Ledger's [who, when it was announced he was playing The Joker, created all kinds of controversy amongst comics afficianados), be nearly as "revered" if Ledger hadn't offed himself? I mean, don't get me wrong, I liked his villain okay and, yes, he was properly psychotic and realistically so, but was he THE Joker? NIMHO....

No, He wouldn't have Won the Academy Award. That was the Academy basically honoring a talented actor with the award....had Nicholson died when he did the Joker he would have won also......

[emeraldknight47]

Since we're sort of on a tangent here regarding the different takes on The Joker, my question to you all is this: Would Heath Ledger's [who, when it was announced he was playing The Joker, created all kinds of controversy amongst comics afficianados), be nearly as "revered" if Ledger hadn't offed himself? I mean, don't get me wrong, I liked his villain okay and, yes, he was properly psychotic and realistically so, but was he THE Joker? NIMHO....

I think, in order of preferences, my Joker's would have to be:

Caesar Romero - Maybe he wasn't as homicidal as the current Joker is, but he nailed the Joker's persona to the wall.

Jaaaaack - He DID nail the Joker's theatricality and homicidal tendicies all in one fell swoop. Plus, he was charismatic and uttered the immortal line "This town needs an enema!"

Mark Hammill - Captures ALL the charactistics of The Joker in just his voice! Who'd've guessed it from a Jedi Knight...?

Heath Ledger - Again, a good psychopath, but not really a Joker-y psychopath.

[kingdom warrior]

Nicholson gave you chills? I thought he was just funny...in a cute sort of way...lol.

Ledger >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Nicholson

No Mames Guey LOL! let me have a moment!


This is the Joker old Joker but still the Joker....



This is a NY city style Crackhead or a fired clown from Ringling bros who sells sea shells by the seashore isn't that shwell.......