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What was so "wrong" about Letos Joker?

posted 8 years ago by chriso32394
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look i'm not here to adamantly defend the movie and say its perfect. The film has ALOT of flaws but for me the good outweigh the bad and its a pretty enjoyable experience.

Looks aside, one of the highlights for me was indeed Leto's joker. He made the character his own completely different form Nicholson's, Ledgers, or Hamill's.

I don't see what the big issue was with him. Could he have had more screen time? absolutely but i feel with any more screen time, he would overshadow the SS themselves. ITs not a Joker movie after all, and if hes not being used as a main villain, he shouldn't be in it for a substantial amount. Any more of Spider man in CW would have overshadowed the plot and other characters.

and lastly, one of the biggest accomplishments for any actor playing the Joker is transformation. And i didn't really see leto in the film, i saw this Joker.

Its fine if you didn't like him. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. But the overwhelming amount of hate hes gotten baffles me. Hes not like Lex, where Eisenberg is playing a weird, Asperger version of himself.

I honestly think some people, right or wrong, cant get Ledgers interpretation out of their head. And since Letos version didn't reach the Cali bar of Ledgers, hes being severely criticized for it. Thing is though, No one can match the level of Ledger because he gave possibly the single greatest performance in CB movie history.

[–] Laserwolf65 8 years ago

The problem is that this joker has no character. It's obviously clear that Let was given no direction on set, and so he just played the character like he was on "Who's Line is it Anyway?" "Ok, this take I'll do it like a sex maniac, and next take I'll do it like a druggie, and next take I'll do it..."

Batman v Superman was terrible
Civil War was underwhelming
X-Men Apocalypse was underwhelming

[–] burun100 8 years ago

I think he was just not given enough time to really get into the role for most people.

All previous versions of the character were the main villain, his was just a plot device.

My problems with Leto's Joker simply were that he didn't have enough of a presence. The only time I felt he was anything was when he tortured Harley, that was really scary.

With a movie that focuses on his Joker however he could be better.

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