Batman Begins sequels to feature the Joker

I can't wait to see how these Batman films will compare to the other two Batman films made by Tim Burton.

Joel Schumacher? What are you talking about? That guy never made any Batman films.
 

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Lobo Lurker said:
I always thought that Jim Carrey would have made a good Joker (if the director could keep him from acting stupid).

I don't think Carrey would be a ggod Joker. He would be to much of a clown. You need someonewho can be a psycopath.

No ideas on who though. :\
 


Watch The Cable Guy. If the director/script can keep him from being silly, Carrey'd be perfect (my opinion).

Or, a little left-field. How about one of the Busey's?
 

Taelorn76 said:
I don't think Carrey would be a ggod Joker. He would be to much of a clown. You need someonewho can be a psycopath.

Have you seen "Me, Myself and Irene"? I believe the Carrey was a bit of a psychopath in that one.
 

Alzrius said:
From what I understand, Hollywood execs tend to frown on movies that don't sync with each other; something to do with them thinking the audience won't understand the movies if one has apparent discrepancies with the other

Although they don't seem to have any problem with Batman being played by four different actors in five films... :)
 

The new Batman franchise (beginning with "Begins" :) ) is a complete restart. Disregard any previous movies.

Jake Busey has the correct smile for the Joker. His performance in The Frighteners was quite good.
 


I agree with Carrey if he can restrain himself. He has the build and the smile for it (remember The Mask? He looked a lot like The Joker). It also depends on what kind of Joker they go with. To me, the most successful Joker was that portrayed in The Dark Knight Returns followed by his portrayal in A Death in the Family. In both cases, there was none of that "let's find the humanity in the arch-villain" stuff (not a knock against The Killing Joke; I just disagree with the need to humanize every villain). In TDKR one of the psychiatrists says that "there's something supernatural about that one," one of the greatest quotes in the graphic novel. The killing spree he went on and the complete lack of reason for it (other than to taunt The Batman) was perfect, as was the lack of his constantly smiling (when he did, it was truly ghastly). In ADitF, he was a bit more theatric, but again, he was truly evil. The parting "Heh heh heh" before his helicopter crashes with him in it was superb and chilling.

I suspect, however, that they will go with a Killing Joke Joker, which to me robs the character of his essential otherness. We already have Two-Face as the study for humanity in the villain, we don't need the same for The Joker, who should represent everything against which The Batman stands opposed.

If they go with the former, a truly evil Joker, I suspect it'll be a relatively unknown actor. If they go with the latter, it'll be someone we know and possibly even Carrey.
 

I wonder what Jude Law could do with it. I know he's been doing these pretty boy roles
a lot recently, but he started in these kinda disturbed roles. If he could up it a bit, I
think he could pull it off.
 

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