Saturday, April 18, 2009

Do you know how I got these scars?



Lets put a smile across that face of yours:-)

The when?Midday (GMT+0530)
The where?Far away from Gotham city
The Who?Joker Jr.

This is a tribute to perhaps one of the greatest actors of all time -
Heath Ledger and also to my favourite character on screen-The Joker.
I remember watching my first Batman movie-"Batman" ; in which Jack
Nicholson so amazingly portrays the character of the Joker. Now we
know where the Joker got his charm from.
While the annoying little kids around me had their stupid
heads filled up with ideas of 'Oooh!I want to be Batman' and 'I wanna
be Robin',I still remember the way their faces used to go askew when i
told them 'Someday, Im going to be the Joker'. To the rest of the
world, the joker is a psychopathic,
mass-murdering,apathetic,schizophrenic clown with a smile to kill.
To me, he is the hero, the protagonist of the entire Batman series.Why,
he is easily the very reason Batman exists.
No offense to all you Batman lovers out there, but to me,
Batman sounds like a guy who just had a laryngectomy.Why does he have
to such a gruff voice anyway? Doesn't he know?(s)Laughter is the best
medicine? Anyway, here's the list of Dialogues that i liked best from 'The Dark Knight'.
Joker:Do you know how i got these scars?
Joker:Very poor choice of words.
Joker:Its all part of the plan
Batman: Then you're gonna love me
Joker: How about a magic trick?
Joker:Its simple. We kill the batman.
Joker: If you re good at something, never do it for free.
Joker: Half.
Joker: Why so serious?

And undoubtedly, the best among these is:'Do you know how I got these scars?' And it gets even better when he accounts for the scars, with different answers every time. How,how,how did someone as romantic and good looking portray this diabolic character with such panache? The answer is that it was not just another good looking guy, It was Heath LEDGER.A lot of good actors lived in their character. But Ledger walked that extra mile - to die in his character.Ledger, you brought out the Joker in all of us.May the tyranny you unleashed over Gotham city never settle.May chaos rule.
Joker-Rest in peace
Batman-Rest in pieces:-)

1 comment:

Vineeth said...

A fitting tribute to the man who played the character that will forever be the most remembered film character - The Joker.