[quote]nephorm wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I have no reason to believe they will fuck up this movie yet. I honestly do think Bale would turn down the script if it truly sucked ass. That is why I am positive about Ledger and whoever else they throw in.
I am amazed so many people liked the first Bale movie. I was very disappointed with it.[/quote]
Sometimes, really great actors… make very poor choices. There have been enough mega flops with ‘all star’ casts who under some spell of stupidity all agreed to the film, and you wonder if they even saw the script. A good cast does not necessarily a good movie make.
Generally when I find out certain actors I respect are going to do the gig, it undoubtedly peaks my interest, but I try to keep my expectation to a minimum… and I’d say I was a pessimist for it…but by the same token I try to reserve negative expectation as well. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by no names in a sleeper and totally let down by big names in a pile of pretentious garbage.
All that said, I have been a fan of Christian Bale since he was a child and blew me away in ‘Empire of The Sun’. To this day it is one of my favourite movies of all time. Also, Maggie Gyllenhaal is terrificly talented, and one of the best female actresses going. Hell, she even married fellow talent Peter Saarsgard (his performances are always spot on with some edge of vulnerability, his best imo being in The Salton Sea opposite Val Kilmer) …they saw the double A’s in both of their last names and just knew they had to breed I suppose?
On the topic of Crispin playing the Joker…I could envision it, god only knows what that man has up his sleeve. (shrooms?) This interview with David Lettermen is just …holy shit. It’s from 1987, and Lettermen did not ask him back for more than ten years, since Crispin nearly dented his head in lol Hes so out there, its intriguing. I do enjoy Crispin.
http://www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_id=ALapHYNSmoA&eurl=http%3A//www.google.com/search%3Fsource%3Dig%26hl%3Den%26q%3Dcrispin%2Bglover%2Blettermen%2Byoutube%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch&iurl=http%3A//img.youtube.com/vi/ALapHYNSmoA/2.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskIuUAumTmkqys6h2UPaap-d
As for Heath Ledger I think the doubt stems from the fact that the character of the Joker is quite eccentric, and he’s certainly not the first name that comes to my head when I word associate actors and ‘eccentricity’ …but that is the job of the actor is it not, to wear the pair of shoes you never thought they’d pull off.
And the fact that Jack wore them first, those are some pretty damn big shoes. He’s gonna need a few miles extra of laces.