Knight used many different movie techniques that helped it to become so great. You had the special effects of what Batman could do from his outfit all the way to his bat mobile, you had amazing actors and you had an attention seeking plot line that all come together to grab my attention for the two and half our long film.As states in our book, "The ultimate goal of any actor should be to make us believe completely in the reality of the character." Heath Ledger summed this statement up quite well. He did an amazing job of getting himself to play the Joker. Every scene that he was in from the way he talked to the way he walked stayed consistent throughout the whole film. Every time he was on the screen I was just shocked and all my attention was focused only on him. Also I think what made him such a good actor is all the other actors around him who where just as good playing their parts. I feel that it helped to contribute to why the Joker or Heath did so well, is because he had everyone around him playing their roles right which helped him to play his well. Another line quoted from the book, "An actor's goal is to obscure his or her own personality and to become another person on the screen, the actor must learn to behave reflexively and naturally as this new character." Heath did a wonderful job of acting natural when playing the role of the Joker throughout the movie. No matter what situation the Joker was in Heath personality and character really adapted to each situation and make his acting be really believable. I also want to taught a little bit on his make-up. I think for him being able to see what he looked like helped to grasp the whole concept of the Joker and helped him get in the Jokers shoes. Because it was not his face that he was seeing in the mirror it was the new character the Jokers face with all the paint and I think being in that costume and being someone totally different then who you truly are helps to make the acting come easier.
An article I read on the Internet that went along with Heath Ledger's acting that I thought really caught my attention to his death and the movie is, "And this misery loves company, harm for harm's sake Joker isn't joking when it comes to threatening that dramatic balance of power, while laying the blame on his devil make me do it bad childhood." Playing a role like Heath did and putting yourself in a situation like that and actually acting it out would take a toll on somebodies mind and the way they view the world. He's part as the joker I am not going to lie almost scared me just by his out word appearance the way he talked, the attitude of the character. If you play that role for long enough I can see it becoming a problem in your real lifestyle. Just have to have the Jokers mentality daily would be enough to screw me up.
Another article that I read on the Internet from Seacoast states this, " 'The Dark Knight' may refer to Christian Bale's Batman but it is wholly owned and operated by Heath Ledger's Joker." The article goes into further description but I would have to agree with this statement. I went into the movie as a first time viewer and I thought that the focus was going to be Batman from past experiences on watching Batman movies. But I was wrong like I said before every time the Joker came on the screen I was just totally hooked on that character and I could give a careless about Batman. In conclusion I really enjoyed watching this movie, the acting was amazing and it will definitely be a movie that I will watch again.
Sources:
The Dark Knight IMAX Movie Review: Heath Ledger Mesmerizes
By Prairie Miller
http://newsblaze.com/story/20080716055928mill.nb/topstory.html
‘Dark Knight’ review: Yep, Heath Ledger is that good
Best performance in years, if not decades, anchors long, dark, glorious film
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/ENTERTAIN/80717021
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