So wow.
I really don't have anything new to add about Heath Ledger. I just feel I need to acknowledge it. Besides, most people have better expressed how I felt upon hearing the news: shock, unbelievable and utterly surprising and unexplanable shock. It is incredibly, terribly sad.
I was so excited to see The Dark Knight. I'd watched the trailer and I was blown away by his performance. It gave me chills. It was stunning. It was like I was watching Jack Nicholson as a young adult. He nailed the expressions, the tics, the voice, the personality, the mannerisms, of not only The Joker, but of Jack N. being the Joker. Not to say he didn't make it his own, but as a younger version of a character well-known and out there, WOW.
I probably didn't say any of that right. But it literally unhinged my jaw.
And Batman isn't my favorite superhero, comic book, character. It's not my fandom, I don't know all the ups and downs, ins and outs, all the little details about it the way I do with Harry Potter. I don't write nor read fanfiction of it. None of the actors were counted among my favorites, nor were the movies, nor was the T.V. show or anything remotely related to Batman. Did I see the movies? Yeah. Did I like them? Sure. Did I run to see them at midnight on opening day? No. Did I talk about them incessantly and/or ad nauseum? Not a chance.
Yet, I heard the hype. I heard about Heath Ledger being cast as the Joker. I remember actually not being sure that would work, but it was only a passing thought. Then I heard that they weren't releasing any photos, news, footage, nothing of his performance, or what he looked like, and it made me mildly curious. But still, just another passing thought.
After the watching the trailer, and picking up my jaw off the floor, I immediately made every member of my family within city limits watch the trailer; I was so excited for it. He had just channeled everything possible about the character and the previous actor, and I truly believed that was a real, younger version of the Joker, and not just another actor playing a part. He was amazing. And I was so excited to see the movie.
I still am, but I'm just very saddened. I know I'll be in awe, but it will be tempered by the fact that he will never do that again.
I'm a late fan, Heath, very late, probably too late. But you will be missed.
I'm also sorry that little of this may have actually made sense. None of this does. But it fits.
I was so excited to see The Dark Knight. I'd watched the trailer and I was blown away by his performance. It gave me chills. It was stunning. It was like I was watching Jack Nicholson as a young adult. He nailed the expressions, the tics, the voice, the personality, the mannerisms, of not only The Joker, but of Jack N. being the Joker. Not to say he didn't make it his own, but as a younger version of a character well-known and out there, WOW.
I probably didn't say any of that right. But it literally unhinged my jaw.
And Batman isn't my favorite superhero, comic book, character. It's not my fandom, I don't know all the ups and downs, ins and outs, all the little details about it the way I do with Harry Potter. I don't write nor read fanfiction of it. None of the actors were counted among my favorites, nor were the movies, nor was the T.V. show or anything remotely related to Batman. Did I see the movies? Yeah. Did I like them? Sure. Did I run to see them at midnight on opening day? No. Did I talk about them incessantly and/or ad nauseum? Not a chance.
Yet, I heard the hype. I heard about Heath Ledger being cast as the Joker. I remember actually not being sure that would work, but it was only a passing thought. Then I heard that they weren't releasing any photos, news, footage, nothing of his performance, or what he looked like, and it made me mildly curious. But still, just another passing thought.
After the watching the trailer, and picking up my jaw off the floor, I immediately made every member of my family within city limits watch the trailer; I was so excited for it. He had just channeled everything possible about the character and the previous actor, and I truly believed that was a real, younger version of the Joker, and not just another actor playing a part. He was amazing. And I was so excited to see the movie.
I still am, but I'm just very saddened. I know I'll be in awe, but it will be tempered by the fact that he will never do that again.
I'm a late fan, Heath, very late, probably too late. But you will be missed.
I'm also sorry that little of this may have actually made sense. None of this does. But it fits.