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December 17, 2007

Heath Ledger?!?!!!

BatgirlHeathasjokerAs the Joker? Don't get me wrong, I adore Heath Ledger and have since "Ten Things I Hate About You." I thought he was a genius in "Brokeback Mountain," where he finally got to show his range (no pun intended). But is he nuts enough to play the Joker? I mean, Christian Bale is just creepy and psychopathic enough to make the perfect Batman: flawed, self-righteous, tormented. And casting Cillian Murphy as the villain the last time around was brilliant. But lovely Heath as one of the incarnations of evil in Gotham? I have to admit the trailer for "The Dark Knight" looks good, and the makeup is . . . interesting. I didn't recognize him before I went to the Imdb site. Even then I could barely see him beneath the makeup and the disguised voice. I'm willing to be convinced, though. Sadly, Maggie Gyllenhaal is back too; let's hope she can hold her own a little better this time with the likes of Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman. But it's Heath I'm really worried about. Don't let me down, man.

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Artemisian

Um ... Maggie Gyllenhaal hasn't been in a Batman movie before. I think you're thinking of Katie Holmes, who /isn't/ there this time. There's no real excuse for that; you just said you were on IMDB.

Posted by: Artemisian | December 17, 2007 at 08:05 PM

Lee Kottner

Nope, you're right. I was thinking of Katie Holmes. Just didn't realize I needed an excuse for making a mistake. Was there a quiz? How many points did I lose?

Posted by: Lee Kottner | December 17, 2007 at 08:10 PM

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