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The Joker Begins
SleeperCylon:
If the new Batman movie was done by the same writer and creative staff as Batman Begins, I'll watch it. Otherwise, I won't. That simple.
I think what they're going for with the Joker is that they're trying to make him look like a deranged person in the Silence of the Lambs sense. It's an interesting decision, and we'll just see what they do with it.
CookedHaggis:
From the imdb page.
The director is the same: the consistently excellent Christopher Nolan
The writers are actually different: Nolan and David Goyer still retain story credit, but the screenplay is by Nolan and his brother Johnathon (The Prestige and the short story Memento is based on...I'm not sure how I feel about this. The Prestige was good, but in my opinion Christopher Nolan's weakest film to date. Still, I never thought Goyer was that great a writer based on his other work, Dark City aside, but Batman Begins was still great)
The cinematographer is the same (Wally Pfister): maybe a little bit of a nerdy thing to note, but Batman Begins, The Prestige and Insomnia all looked damn good (plus he's worked with Nolan on everything except Following)
The editor is the same (Lee Smith): I'm not sure I really know enough about the mechanics of film editing to have an informed opinion, but I always felt Begins was overlong (though is that the editor's choice?) and that the fight scenes could have been better (someone somewhere pointed out that their confusingness could have been intentional - mirroring Batman's methods of distraction etc - but at times it just seemed to get in the way). Though the guy has worked on Master and Commander and Buffalo Soldiers, which I think are great, so I guess he should get the benefit of the doubt.
The art directors are all different. Now, I'm not entirely sure what art directors do, so maybe someone could fill me in here.
Jimmy the Squid:
The camera work during the fight scenes were intentionally chaotic and not very pleasing because it was meant to give the audience an idea of how fast and chaotic Batman's fighting style is (they actually made one up for the film I think or perhaps used a style that is really not very well known) as well as how brutal it is (it's all elbows and knees mostly). I can see why they went with that technique but I prefer to see how the winner actually defeats his opponents.
The art director generally oversees the construction and design of the sets and possibly some of the costuming so if there is a different one to the previous film, The Dark Knight's Gotham City will have a slightly different feel and ambience to the Gotham of Batman Begins.
Based off that teaser trailer I will see this movie. Hell I own all the Burton and Schumaker Batmans so I'd see it even if the trailer was horrible.
Lotus:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 28 Jul 2007, 15:35 ---Sounds to me like Heath is aiming for Jack Nicholson's Joker. :(
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I thought the exact same thing when he finished with "I'm a man of my worrrd."
--- Quote from: SleeperCylon on 28 Jul 2007, 20:38 ---I think what they're going for with the Joker is that they're trying to make him look like a deranged person in the Silence of the Lambs sense. It's an interesting decision, and we'll just see what they do with it.
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Yeah, I'm hoping that they're aiming for a more disturbing rather than comedic Joker because that's what will work best in the Gotham City created in Batman Begins. Ledger has been reading the comics that Nolan throws to him and a lot of it consists of more recent publications. Mostly dark material that would make Frank Miller happy.
Modern_Ruin:
I think it took some massive balls to decided to use the Joker for this second movie after Nicholson became so iconic in the original movie. Ledger's Joker couldn't possibly be the same (which is good) and while I have no actual opinion about Ledger as an actor (all his movies sort of passed over me and didn't stick in my mind much) I think it's great that they've chosen someone who elicits the "...wtf, HIM?" response out of everyone. Keeps us guessing.
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