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That kid does Ledger's voice pretty well too.

Ok...I think that youtube movie might be better than the real one...just saying.

no, it's nothing without the real thing to gauge against it

You either die a hero, or live long enough to be in the sequel.


Both fucked up and funny.

yeah, I loled

How many pockets does he have?

It wasn't all in his pockets...

Really?

Anal pockets!

IN THE ASS!!!!

Off topic but, I am watching Batman Begins right now and the part where Katy Holmes kept her nipples hard for the whole rescue scene should have been nominated for an Oscar.

That is all.

That's nature's pocket.

I learned that Scarecrow comes back at some point in the movie.

hes in the white van that batman smashes down on...



SPOILERS!!!

LMFAO!!!


"Here's my card...

"...that doesn't look anything like you..."

they left the probes in from the scientology scan.

if this was posted already, then the original poster stole it from me

'Dark Knight' credits pay tribute to Ledger
AP

• LOS ANGELES (AP) Heath Ledger is getting a fond tribute from his collaborators on "The Dark Knight" The end credits of the "Batman Begins" sequel include a farewell note to Ledger, who died in January from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs; and to special-effects technician Conway Wickliffe, who was killed last September in a stunt-car accident.
  
  "In memory of our friends Heath Ledger & Conway Wickliffe," reads the tribute included in the credits, which went up Thursday on the Warner Bros. publicity Web site.
  
  Ledger plays the villainous Joker in "The Dark Knight," who begins a reign of terror on Gotham City that pits him against conflicted hero Batman (Christian Bale).
  
  Arriving in theaters July 18, the movie reteams Bale with director Christopher Nolan and returning co-stars Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman. Joining the cast are Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
  
  Beginning months before Ledger's death, his frenetic performance and demented-clown makeup have been a cornerstone of the marketing campaign for the film.
  
  "I needed a phenomenal actor, but he also had to be someone unafraid of taking on such an iconic role," Nolan says in the production notes for "The Dark Knight." "Heath created something entirely original. It's stunning, it's captivating. ... It's going to blow people away."

I got my Imax/Midnight ticket bitches!!! bask in my glory!!!

I can't, mine has already blinded me.

If you can hang with this till it warms up, it's actually pretty funny ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_zN_vYC2xw

I got mine a week ago.

His welfare check didn't kick in until today.

eh. feel free to bask anyways...

you would know the day a welfare check kicks in wouldnt you...

Yeah, he needs to know the day so he can beat his mom to the mailbox.

Got my IMAX tixx for opening day too. So psyched.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/entertainment-ledger.html

Ledger Frightening In Final Role In "Dark Knight"

By REUTERS
Published: June 30, 2008
Filed at 2:48 p.m. ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He hired actor Heath Ledger to portray a frightening villain whose chaotic life threatens audiences, and Chris Nolan, director of new Batman movie "The Dark Knight," says he got exactly what he wanted.

The film marks one of the final big-screen appearances for Oscar nominee Ledger, who died in January of an accidental drug overdose at 28, and his portrayal of the villainous Joker has wowed audiences in early screenings.

"We both saw it (the part) exactly the same way," Nolan told Reuters in an interview on Sunday. "It had to be very frightening, very much a force of anarchy, someone completely devoted to chaos and the idea of ripping down the world around him for his own amusement."

At a Saturday showing in Los Angeles for reporters, cast and crew, there was an audible gasp of shock from some audience members when Ledger's evil Joker first appears on screen during a tense bank heist in the opening sequence.

With his scraggly matted hair, chalky-white scarred face, smudged raccoon eyes and drunkenly-applied blood-red lipstick -- all the more disturbing when worn with a neat shirt, tie and vest -- Ledger seemed to have tapped into his darkest, deepest demons, only to channel them back into a malevolent anti-hero.

In the movie based on the "Batman" comics, the Joker orchestrates a series of murders, kidnappings and bombings in an attempt to bring Gotham City to its knees, and it's up to Batman (Christian Bale) to stop him.

Ledger's villain is a far cry from the campy Joker that Jack Nicholson portrayed back in 1989's movie, "Batman."

LEDGER'S LEGACY

Nolan said he had wanted to work with Ledger "for some time," and that his portrayal of a taciturn gay cowboy in 2005's "Brokeback Mountain," which earned Ledger a best actor Oscar nomination, made Nolan believe he could tackle any role.

"There's nothing done (in "Brokeback") for vanity or the audience. He plays a lonely introvert, and plays it sincerely, which is kind of heartbreaking and so bold," Nolan said.

Ultimately, Ledger may be best remembered as a sensitive, gifted actor who in a few brief years exhibited an impressively broad range of talent from the tanned hunk of "A Knight's Tale" to the murderous nihilist of "The Dark Knight."

He seemed equally at home in roles as a charming uber-lover in "Casanova," an eager-to-fight 18th century teenager in "The Patriot," and a California surfer in "Lords of Dogtown." Other films included "Ned Kelly" and "Monster's Ball."

Nolan said he met with Ledger to discuss The Joker before a script was even ready, and the actor and director began crafting a villain directly inspired by "punk influences and films like 'A Clockwork Orange."'

"Then, Heath went off and did a lot of work to create this iconic character that's still human enough to be frightening, because if he's not human, you won't believe in him," Nolan said. "He did it in a complex way and is terrifying in it."

But as strong as Ledger's performance appears to be for now -- critical reviews await the movie's debut on July 18 -- Nolan called it "bitter-sweet" that this is the actor's last role.

"Inevitably there'll be this sense of, 'What could he have achieved if he'd lived?' And that's the heartbreaking thing about it, to see somebody achieve such greatness and have all that potential tragically cut short."

You hear the latest on Ledger?


Still dead.

My friend and I were discussing this last night. How much of people's awe over Ledger's Joker is going to be his actual performance; and how much is going to be the fact that he died before it was released. I can't help but think about Brandon Lee and The Crow.

I'm impressed with what he's done thus far. Then again, they are essentially showing the same bits over and over again. But it's good stuff.

i wonder if this movie will reach orgasm at the same time i do?

wope!

too late

You should feel bad for Lex...

she knew the job was gay when she took it...