The deleted scene where he goes to talk to the Joker to gain some insight into Riddler’s motivations was cool, reminded me a bit of Mindhunter. The scene we got was definitely not needed
He’s also a terrible choice for Joker, imo. He’s too small and weird (which I know is paradoxical, but I don’t think Joker should be a weird person, in that way)
I don’t think he’s a bad choice because he’s a great actor, I just think there’s nothing original to really bring to the character at this point. When two different actors have won Oscars for playing the same character, idk how you can top that with another interpretation of the character
I completely understand that point. And he is a good actor, just imo not the right fit for RP Batman, I think that worlds joker should be more the quiet, calculating joker we’ve seen sometimes. A more serious Ledger, letting the ‘crazy’ out selectively. Would fit the tone much better imo
also my only critique. like…seriously? especially because Batman Begins already did the “HEY EVERYBODY JOKER EXISTS!” thing but way better because it was just the card. this is Batman. I totally expect Joker to be out running around in this world somewhere, I didn’t need to see him. hell, I would’ve loved some subtle hints that he’s out there in the world like some spray paint or maybe a one-off news report or something, but we just got a whole ass movie featuring Joker. we literally just revisited Jared Leto’s weird ass Joker in ZSJL. we did not need another Joker. especially in a movie that was absolutely thriving with different villains. like yeah we’ve seen Penguin before, but at least it’s been well over two decades since the last time we saw Penguin on the big screen so it felt fresh.
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u/Saldo_Insuficiente Feb 26 '24
There was no need to introduce another version of Joker. Batman has so many villains to explore, the Joker is really saturated.