Daniel Craig's performance is very similar to Ledger's joker - Road to Perdition (2002) Discussion

[–] Craytonus_AP 14 years ago

I know this is an old post, but I felt the same way. I first thought it when the kid noticed and asked him why he's always smiling and he replies with "because it's all so *beep* hysterical."

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[–] roundface 13 years ago

i thought jude law's character was more similar to the joker

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[–] Rabbit_with_a_Gun12 13 years ago

Same here!

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[–] saucyminxx 13 years ago

I think that the Joker is a combination of the two characters.

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[–] talalarif2003 12 years ago

oh my word..how could u guys compare it with jokers performance...first of all , craig didnt have any screen time...and secondly, ledgers performance is by far one of the best performance ever done for cinema, so very very absurd..u compare a 10 or 15 min flick with a whole history of the cinema!

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[–] MachineGunKennedy 12 years ago

lets be honest, every other actor in the film reminded all of us of ledgers jokers performance.

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[–] chinawhite252 12 years ago

Ah, no. How can you make that comparison MC? They are totally different movies.

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[–] lee1741 12 years ago

Reminds me more of Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of Commodus in Gladiator. Both very good, underrated performances.

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[–] HarryRidgway 11 years ago

Yes, now that you mention it, I can see that also. Both Phoenix's and Craig's performances are basically the definition of the word 'coward'

And yes, they're both very underrated (although Craig's is a bit more underrated).

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[–] Hardline_Pro 11 years ago

Um, no.

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[–] The_Dougster 11 years ago

I seem to be in the minority here and I may get "flamed" for this but I seem to be one of the few people not that enamored with Ledger’s performance as The Joker. Hard to explain why. It just didn’t do much for me.

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[–] DannyDee14 10 years ago

It was a good performance, but is highly overrated due to his untimely death. I cringe when I hear people put it in the same sentence as Brando in On the Waterfront, Pacino in Godfather Part II, and De Niro in Raging Bull and Taxi Driver.

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[–] trenchcoatwizard 10 years ago

I agree wholeheartedly with the last two posts.

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[–] verizonowner88 10 years ago

Yes Danny, I agree wholeheartedly. People don't like to "speak ill of the dead" so they are reluctant to be critical of his performance. Ledger was good and his performance was a bit eerie in some spots and intense in others. If he had more time, he may have become the equal of say Nicholson, De Niro or Brando but he wasn't there yet.

As far as Daniel Craig in this movie, I don't think he was anything special. I'm not a big fan of his so maybe I'm biased.

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[–] SeanJoyce 10 years ago

If you're comforted by things that never change and remain the same, go to any film's IMDb page where somebody played a villain pre or post-Dark Knight and there will be some dunce or a brigade of them comparing _______'s performance to Ledger's Joker.

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