I happened to be on a forum the other day when I came across a thread talking about the different actors that have been played throughout the history of batman. I was reading along and there were some pretty good thoughts, when I read someones comment about Batman 1989. The poster was talking about how the animated Joker with the voice of Mark Hammil was in his opinion the best portrayal of the Joker. (Ok thats fine although I have a hard time with giving portrayals of a character that much credit if they are just doing the voice) He or she then went on to say that Nicholsons Joker was the most overrated ever. Wow, did I read that right. I hope im not the only one who thinks otherwise. Jacks performance, voice and perfect maneurisms were in my opinion almost unbeatable. How could someone think it was overrated. I can understand that judgement can be biased because of the directing especially when comparing movie to movie. I think Burton did great but it was a completely different type of film. I can only imagine what kind of performance Nicholson would have done if he was under the direction of Nolan. That being said I give full credit to Ledger and his performance but I feel Jack would have been right there in that film as well. Probably noone else but Johnny Depp or Jack could have played the part that well.
Tags: heath ledger, jack nicholson, Joker
