I wonder if it's just "laconic, repressed gay cowboy" that is overshadowing any picture of him as the Joker.
For me it's also his talkative but repressed exorcist priest from The Order, his too-cool-for-his-own skin hood from 10 Things I Hate About You, his stalwart pauper knight from A Night's Tale, and basically every movie I've ever seen him in, which—while excellent performances all—give me no indication that he can manage the manic energy and unbalanced quality needed for the Joker. I haven't seen Casanova, and that looks to be the only thing on his resume that might hint at how he'll do.
Wow, I loved This Film Has Not Been Rated
I believe Jack Valenti is a demon.
Ledger was almost unrecognizable in Lords of Dogtown, although it was a smallish role, so it's feasible to me that he could play a role as different from others he's done as the Joker.
I can't find the Aint it Cool review. Is it actually there?
We went and saw 300 today. The visuals were indeed stunning. The dialog was not quite as eye-rolly as I had feared. And I now know for sure that my attention wanders during big battle scenes; instead of watching the fighting and the gore, I kept trying to figure out what weight of silk the costumer used for the red cloaks.
Back from 300. Who knew Xerxes was a Gou'ld?
(Also back from Zodiac, which surprised me by being better than 300, though I enjoyed both of them. Zodiac is a little long, but there's a LOT of story in there, so it's not so much a problem. Jake Gyllenhaal may be growing on me -- he's adorably nerdy in this, and seems to have finally learned how to open his eyes all the way.)
Back from 300. Who knew Xerxes was a Gou'ld?
I was coming in here to post much the same thing, Jessica. I swear, I was half expecting him to bust out with a "Jaffa, kree!" at any moment.
Back from 300. Who knew Xerxes was a Gou'ld?
Seriously, I expected his eyes to start glowing when Leonidas refused to kneel before him. And then to see him pop out the heat-wavey hand device.
I hope the Stargate producers weren't planning on having Apophis return in either of those movies they're making.
Loved the cinematography throughout—the movie looked like Frank Frazetta paintings come to life. I just tried to ignore the glaring historical and biological inaccuracies and think of it as a new Conan movie.
Who knew Xerxes was a Gou'ld?
Ha! I said that in Natter. I did enjoy the movie, although I spent time afterwards saying "Total Lurtz moment." "Well, not quite as stirring as that speech in Return of The King." (which was rebutted with "At least he didn't sing.") and "Oliphaunts!"
