Batman interrogates the Joker | The Dark Knight [4k, HDR]
The Dark Knight (2008)
Scene: Batman interrogates the Joker
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Storyline: When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (screenplay), David S. Goyer (story)
Cast: Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne \ Batman), Heath Ledger (Joker), Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent \ Two-Face), Michael Caine (Alfred), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Rachel), Gary Oldman (Gordon), Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox), Monique Gabriela Curnen (Ramirez), Cillian Murphy (Scarecrow), Chin Han (Lau), Eric Roberts (Maroni)
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" *Where are they?* " Batman asked calmly.
I understood that reference
Did you put their names in the buildings of fire??
>>Batman: WHERE ARE THEY!
Very poor choice of words
Why did he say "they" when he was only aware of Dent in that moment?
Imagine the frustration when you punch someone in the face and he laughs even louder with each hit
Bale was throwing real punches and Ledger took the hits to make the scene more authentic
@@knivez786 thats what you get when you pit 2 great method actor as opposites in one of the most famous rivalry in history of entertainment and served with well written scene.
without spilling a drop of blood also.
he crazy n clearly likes pain
My cousin Seth was like that. I never understood it but it infuriated his older brother who tried to hit him harder. It seemed like just a quirk he had but then he started doing heroin and stealing from my dying grandmother. No lie his childhood fucked his head up.
“You have nothing to threaten me with” that is the last thing you would want to hear from someone
1:31;Happy now❓️
Joker still win the war
"You compleeeeete meeeee." So fucking good.
I swear it is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
His delivery on that was so genuine and perfect that I legit almost teared up because of the fact that we never got to see Ledger reprise his role of the Joker. He was genuinely the perfection representation of pre-Asylum Joker. The way he toys with Batman, yet at the same time has this obvious admiration for him and uses psychology to get into Batman's mind so easily.. chilling. Nobody will ever top this performance, and i honestly mean ever on screen. Hedger's life was taken too short because he is going to live on in history forever as the Joker. He probably absorbed this character deep down inside him while method-acting this role. Imagine he & Pattison sharing the screen together, seeing Pattinson's Batman lose his cool completely and snap as Joker gets inside his head and threatens the love of his life. MAN, we really missed out. Bale's performance in these movies, although arguably top 3 greatest actors of his generation, paled in comparison to Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger & eventually Tom Hardy's version of Bane. Sorry for the long paragraph. I smoked some indica & suddenly had so much to say lol.
Lego Batman: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😆🍿
Batman is beating the hell out of Joker and still the Joker music plays in the background, so you know who is actually winning.
For me it was always catch some of the best parts of this scene and one I noticed is really how much the joker really is proving how Batman isn’t really getting anywhere with the joker He’s taking and seeming to want all the hits he has so he could break
YES! That's the brilliance of the sound and music in this film!
I was your 2100th like
Bruh
It's like Joker said, he had nothing to threaten him with and he didn't give a crap if he got beat up.
I love the irony in this scene. Joker is imprisoned but he's the one with all the power.
@ yes that's it
John Doe has the upper hand!
That's not irony. Irony is like rain on your wedding day.
cjflo umm it is irony. They imprisoned joker with the other guy( forgot his name), but actually they imprisoned the other guy with joker. They did the opposite of what they wanted to do, therefore making it irony
@@cjflo Irony is "The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning Source: www.thefreedictionary.com/irony The Joker is imprisoned, locked inside a room and being both held up against a wall and punched by Batman. Yet, he's the one calling the shots. He's the one in power, even when locked in a room and being brutally attacked. That is, by the very definition of the word, ironic.
This scene won Ledger the Oscar.
100%
I am afraid that, with all respect,if he was still alive, he wouldn't get an Oscar. Ledger's Joker isn't that well-written character and not that well-performed. Sure, younger viewers might kind of like him , specificlly for the same reason the older viewers will hate him. This Jokers lacks personality, he is not the Clown Prince of Crime anymore (think of Nicholson's Joker!). He is an ugly terrorist with no sense of humour, his monologues are veeeeeeery long, pointless and dull. Actually, he has no truly memorable words to speak... Batman does, Alfred does, Rachel does, Ra'as does.... even Bane. But Joker... he is just repulsive. But he lacks what a perfect villain has - the unique personality.
@@missstarrynight7736That is a horrendous take. Even if for some reason you believe his character was not well written, the way Heath Ledger brought it to life was as great as acting can get, and we would have absolutely won that Oscar either way.
@@missstarrynight7736you’re wrong and nuts sorry the scene where he gets interrogated by Batman would’ve won the Oscar by itself forget the rest of the movie.
@@missstarrynight7736 i respectfully disagree with your assessment...he had us in the edge in every scene.
1:20 my mom when she catches me making 2 minute noodles at 4am
This got me 😂
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
My father when I have eaten every snack from The shelves 4:08
😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂 That got me
"You have nothing...nothing to threaten me with." Such an epic line, Batman really was powerless against the Joker.
Except the plot. That's pretty threatening imo
Mr. Trick I’m gay
It was also the way he said it. Every line Ledger deliver he put out with utter conviction.
He says you are forgotten joker.Joker almost dies
I said that to three guys that were kicking my ass but they just kept kicking me even harder and it hurt like hell.
Plot twist: Joker accidentally switched the addresses because he was fuzzy after all the hits he took
Naaah...
Nah,he's stronger than that anyway. He did it just to mess with Batman since he knew he would go after Rachel.
They missed your joke man
No. If he really was fuzzy.......he wouldn't have switched the addresses
@@ed1434 I got the joke, I was being facetious. r/woosh 🙃
"They are only as good as the world allows them to be." That is an example of fucking amazing script
This resonated with me hard. “Their morals, their code it’s all a bad joke dropped at the first sign of trouble.” Didn’t the covid situation prove that correct?😭😭
The fact that Heath literally asked Bale to hit him as hard as he could for this scene, shows that dispite the injuries, he wanted to give the best performance that he and Bale had to offer to the audience and boy....did they pull it off amazingly. Heath is a legend
That's not a fact at all. Just bs from you
So did Heath literally bang Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain to give the best performance?
@@Wis_Dom😂😂😂😂😂
@@PlayDream12hey man it's true, not everything you see of hear is bs
Let's be honest, this isn't your first time here.
Bet'cha we've all lost count how many times we've seen this, too 😁
No it is
it is not the first nor the last
I can’t count how many times I’ve watched this on both hands ten times over.
@@power_guido4012 no one knows about the last part
Even if the Joker loses, he wins.
reminds me of injustice 2 joker. even though he died, he still won
Yes he said that time will come when they will turn against you when they dont need you Exactly what happened
@@sub-zero5433 Didn't the 1st one die, or is there a 2nd Joker?
@@mikeoxmaul45 He died in Injustice 1
@@mikeoxmaul45 the injustice universe joker was killed, but not the main one
Younger people take for granted how "dark" and "seriously" and "mature" comic book movies can be these days. But I remember back in 2008 seeing this in theatre, and this was groundbreaking and shockingly bold and original. Nothing else was like this at the time.
Nothing else has been like this since either. This movie isn’t just incredible because of its darkness and maturity, it has a lot of lightning in a bottle elements in its acting, writing, direction, score, cinematography, screenplay, and gravitas that just simply can never be replicated again.
I completely agree. I just watched this movie for the first time a few days ago and I was absolutely blown away by everything. I know it's already been said a million times but Heath Ledger was ridiculously incredible in this movie. Christian Bale was great as Bruce Banner and Batman as well. This scene really highlights their insane acting capabilities and was extremely intense to watch, especially with the hair-raising soundtrack by Hans Zimmer rising in the background. I genuinely wasn't sure whether Batman would kill Joker here or not. That's how amazing the acting and overall construction of this scene was. P.S.: Love your name and profile picture. Heather Mason is such a great character and your name is one of my favorite tracks by Akira Yamaoka.
May June and July of 2008 was the nexus point of the superhero genre. Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and The Dark Knight.
The Dark Knight objectively speaking is the greatest superhero movie ever only the first two Raimi Spidey films can even compete.
@@JDGarza824 you forgot the Watchmen.
Christian Bale and Heath Ledger really did a perfect job for their roles.
The reason I love this scene is because Batman literally runs out of ideas. He is entirely at the Joker’s mercy.
"You have nothing! Nothing to threaten me!!!! Nothing to do with all of your strenght"
"tonight you're gonna break your one rule" *"I'm considering it."*
@@JoseLuna-xo6tx he was literally shaking his hands.
@@JoseLuna-xo6tx and at this part 4:29 his tone of voice completely shifted, just listen to how terrified he sounded.
He not only did extract information from joker but also made him terrified.
this clip alone is better than the entire suicide squad movie.
Agreed
ong
Agreed. Suicide Squad is trash compared to this.
Agree Suicide Squad is hot garbage a clusterfuck if you will even Batman & Robin is worst.
And josstice league
“LOOK AT YOU GO” for Some reason I love it when he says that line
“All it takes is one bad day. One bad day and then suddenly, everything’s a little bit funnier””
The intensity of the Joker played by heath just hits you.
Agreed
Every time
@Star Killer Joaquin Phoenix's joker was more of a traumatised version of the character, whereas Heath's Portrayal of the Joker prevails as a Raging Psychopath who can destroy anyone.
Heath is the worst fucking Joker I've ever seen. Period, just complete garbage. Mark Hamill is the only man, worthy of the role of Joker. Period.
@@adorbstotesadorbs.9371 Nonsense. This is how the Joker is supposed to be. That's why no other attempt by any actor comes close.
The fact Joker gave Batman the wrong address knowing he'd get to the address before the cops got to their address is pure genius!
Ye no shit he knows his stuff
@@kiran-gs2sr yh
Well I think that Joker gave Batman a choice to choose love of his life or justice,which means that if Batman would choose justice he would get as a reward love of his life,and here he actually chose love over justice so he got punished for choosing love over justice
@@janhracho8688 you just blew my mind!
@@HoneytoastINC really?
"They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out''. True words.
What's insane to me is that he could still feel the pain of every hit - it just made him laugh.
Thanos: You should have gone for the head Joker: Never start with the Head..
It makes the victim all fuzzy
He can't feel the next...See?
Where is Dent!?
Harvey Dent... can we trust him?
Contrast
“Well, depending on the time, he may be in one spot, or several”.
If we're gonna play games, I'ma need to smoke this blunt. AAAH the good cop bad cop routine? .... Yeah...
Joker is a pro engineering and math too.
what does that even mean?
@@arn3107 it means he's an engineer bro...
@@boyfat2417 dent can be at several spots?
The way he put his hands up when he says “Me? I was right here?” and looked like a child was classic 😂
Nothing will ever top this performance in a comic book movie. Heath Ledger created fucking magic with this role.
nobody will ever out perform The Joker.Period
"You have nothing to threaten me with..." It's scary at how right he is. He knows Batman won't break his one rule so he is in complete control.
And even if he does joker wouldn't care if he died he would just laugh it off in his last moments
The way he is laughing when he is falling off the building at the end thinking he's about to die
Even if he breaks his rule, he wont be able to save dent or rachel
@@YellowFlash34 one of them
Beware the man that has nothing to lose - Nietzche. Joker has nothing, absolutely nothing Batman or anyone else can threaten him with. He has no family, does not care about money, there is no one he loves and he doesnt even care if he lives or not. He is just here to create anarchy.
To think that Ledger actually wanted to take real hits during this scene is what truly scares me
what a legend
@@yoshiizz I'm not sure about that. Performing Joker actually affected him to the point he overdosed didn't he? It should something was already working wrong in his head
@@Baykko As far as I know he OD'd by accident, took one dose, woke up disoriented, then took a second for unknown reasons, most likely that he thought it was later than it actually was
@@Baykko thats just myth. He OD'd by accident, have nothing to do with his performance
@@antoniusimbiri2503 that's an official version. of course his relations don't want people to know him as mad drug addict. so it may be true, or may be not
"You have nothing to threaten me with." One of the most iconic villains in history, Batman, with all his power and police force, is helpless in front of him. You can't bargain or threaten him. He doesn't feel pain, and he laughs and enjoys it when you prove him right and start torturing him, so you just become like him.
Never start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy 😂😂😂😂
Just imagine what Ledger would have done with the rest of his career if he was still alive. An acting legend.
Since it was really only a matter of time until he won an Oscar, I’m pretty sure it would’ve only been a matter of time until he won at least one other one if he hadn’t died.
@@liamreid5407 no doubt in my mind he wouldve climbed the ranks to be one of the best actors of all time. Considering the dent he made in the industry in the little time we had him.
@@randehmarshgames4608 with this performance he became the best actor of all time in my eyes. When your widely considered the greatest movie villain ever I think it’s safe to say ur one of the greatest ever.
Exactly. Phoenix played an amazing Joker, truly. But Ledger laid the ground work for how terrifying this character could be in live action and this performance won't be topped. 14 years later and any new Joker will always be compared to this legendary performance. It's a true shame he left the world so young because of prescription drugs, like so many do. I'm convinced he would have had several more ground breaking roles in the last decade and a half if he was still here.
He was supposed to be in the lead roles in films such as the tree of life and max max fury road
I love how the Joker knew Batman would go for Rachael, and reversed the address so he would save Dent instead. Such a cruel, evil, horrible, and brilliant plan.
It was the concussion
He mixed the addresses up after Batman slammed his head down You can see him act it out as he tries to tell him where they are, look again 4:40 it wasn’t intentional
It was. He wanted to show that he could turn anyone in the city into a monster, so he chose the most incorruptible person in Harvey dent
I think it was more that he wanted it to be the case that he would fail to save the one he preferred, whether he chose Dent or Rachael.
The scene was designed to create this very discussion thread lol
4:17 gives me chills
Imagine hearing that laugh after battering a guy. I'd go insane 😂
I love the foreshadowing the joker has “you’ve changed things forever” and “when they don’t need you they’ll cast you out” great powerful lines
You know a performance is timeless when you don't see the actor playing a character. You just see the character. That's how phenomenal Ledgers performance is in this entire film
Even when I’m explicitly trying to see him as Heath Ledger in this scene, and examine his acting, it’s really fucking difficult to see past the character. He really is the Joker. Quite possibly the most convincing performance in cinema history.
@@uppo9301 it undoubtedly is
Totally agree with you.
@@uppo9301 yeah I am trying to see Ledger while looking at the Joker and I just cant..
@@GNMbg i mean yea he's got makeup on, dork
He literally manipulated him to chose Dent over his ex-girlfriend.
He switched the address because joker knew batman would choose love over justice
he punished him for choosing love over justice. the joker knew that batman would save Rachel over dent so he switched them to trick batman. like that he destroyed batman's soul and kept dent alive to turn into two-face. it was a brilliant idea for his plan.
Thank you for explaining the scene I just watched. I totally didn't understand what was happening literally in front my very eyes
After seeing him throw himself from a penthouse to save her he knew he was going to go after Rachel, so he made a switch so that he could break both Batman and Dent (ideally). Batman wasn't interrogating Joker, it was the other way around, Joker was checking how he would react.
by switching address, either way Batman chose, he will not get what he wants. Maybe this could mess with batman's mind. and Joker is trying to drag batman into madness or the level he is at ?
That laugh after he gets punched is haunting and displays his character perfectly also love the way he critiques Batman's interrogation techniques the whole time like he's giving pointers 😂
This joker was a genius on so many different levels.
“These civilised people will eat each other.” Relevant in 2020
@Harry Paul I am an nihilist
@Harry Paul For every good person there's at least a thousand assholes. All the ppl who are currently in charge are major assholes including the Elite.
@Harry Paul they are outnumbered so they are helpless. swimming against the tide to try and save someone that's drowning. Truth is that society is only as good as the people that shape it and those that protect it. when the world is run by narcissistic sociopaths and pedophiles we are all fucked.
@@Dragnmastralex Yep, it's the extreme unbalance which is currently fucking us.
We are technically living in a real life Gotham. That's why Ras Al Gul thought it was not worth saving at all. Most people are selfish, indifferent and greedy and can't even admit it.
Notice how when he’s speaking with Gordon, the Joker is calm. But when he’s speaking with Batman, he’s suddenly excited. It can be seen in his body language, he can’t hold himself still. Perfect acting by Heath Ledger
are they ... you know 👉🏻👈🏻 👀 🤭
@@guldunadan 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
@@guldunadan who knows😅😏
@@guldunadan Bruh
@@unikeko96 😌✌
Heath Ledgers performance is amazing, no question. But Bale as batman in this scene is as well, the way the anger in him builds feels very believable after initially trying to act so calm, i know thats obvious, but i really like it
“Which one you goin after?” “RAYYY-SsHUULL”
Christian bale’s performance in this scene is also underrated, you can truely see emotions with his mask on
If only his voice didn't sound so ridiculous. Seriously I think that Ledger was laughing at Bale during the filming of the scene and Ledger just ran with it.
@@gamemediafan1714 4:05 does this sound ridiculous?
@@xers6704 I mean, yeah, definetely. I get that he's angry, but the way that he makes his voice overly growls makes it hilarious. The only reason why people take this scene so seriously is the amazing dialogue and Heath Ledger as the Joker.
@@gamemediafan1714 nobody takes this scene seriously at all. it's just joker interrogating batman. nothing else.
@@xers6704 Christian Bale in Batman Begins was actually pretty good. His batman voice was gravelly, but you could take it seriously. It was contained where you could feel the emotion while still being intimidated. With the dark knight, he really went overboard with the voice and as a result he sounds ridiculous. And the dark knight rises is even worse, where every time Bruce puts on the suit, it looks like Bale's gonna pass out any second. His Bruce Wayne was consistently good, but his Batman? It started off good but got worse and worse. And even Bale admitted that he tried to make his Batman voice somewhat more obvious because he felt that Ledger was stealing the show. I'm not even kidding he actually said this.
The most terrifying thing about the Joker is that he has a point
I honestly prefer characters with depth like (Joaquin's Joker, Fassbender's Magneto, RDJ's Stark) than one-dimensional characters like (Evans' Steve Rogers, Bale's Wayne, Ledger's Joker)
@@desipop3654 ledgers joker made you actually think he’s right
@@desipop3654 you think bale's wayne and ledger's joker are 1 dimensional? Wow that's not even worth arguing jesus
The best villains always have a point.
Well he doesn’t but it can seem compelling. The one line of dialogue I find disjointed is “they’re only as good as the world allows them to be”. From my understanding that implies the police and law enforcement have a pure and righteous ideology on an individual level that can’t be realized because of the society they exist in. Perhaps that’s true in Gotham but certainly not in this world. Insofar as he is referring to the film’s reality, part of the corruption that led Gotham to become a haven of crime was corruption that had to exist in every level of law enforcement including the people he suggests “are only as good as the world *allows* them to be.
2:23 this is the Joker being so real with Batman and revealing his true human self and how he feels with society. You can tell he broke his character to level with him.
Batman punching his hand and joker giving him that look gets me every time 😂😂
The crazy shit is that he lied and switched the addresses he knew he was going to go after her.
Because " you never start with the head. the victim gets all fuzzy" 😉
@@gregoryhamilton7527 i almost thought you were dent the way you threw your self after her
That’s the joke Batman broke his rule and choose his love instead what was the most beneficial option for Gotham
Shit "it's all some greeting you for dance" yes or take a step and asking you question about, or your phne getting notification for I treating your loving a gift :)
he’s such a genius
The Jokers performance is so amazing it steals the show from anything else thats happening.
I made a comment 3 months ago and I was showing out a camera man in this scene but no one liked not one
@@mrfluffybeehive ooooh is it the guys at 3:16 ? lol
@@marcelmaria8363 yeah there is a guy in the window
@@mrfluffybeehive I've got you king
Yes, it is amazing. The Batman is physically stronger, but the Joker is smarter than Batman is. Plus the Joker does not fear his own death.
Such emotion from this guy. Gotta love a classic movie with stylish cinematography and life changing plot. I have seen this movie approximately 37 times in my lifetime and it never fails to disappoint.
The Dark Knight is one of those films that’s so phenomenal to the point where you forget it’s a sequel.
"When the chips are down these civilised people... They'll eat each other." Dark Knight Rises proves he was 100% correct.
“They need you right now, but when they don’t. They’ll cast you out” foreshadows a scene in TDKR when one of the congressman tells foley that they are dumping Gordon in the spring because it’s peacetime not war time
@@philliptaborn6675 holy shit-
Harrambou I just rewatched tdkr and just realized how crazy that is
I think this sums up America right now
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_"You have _*_NOTHING_*_ . _*_NOTHING_*_ to threaten me with. _*_NOTHING_*_ to do with all your strength."_ Feel that momentum of true despair and anger as Batman momentarily freezes before furiously attacking, because he's totally right.
Heath ledger originally committed suicide. Whining DC fans had to beg higher officials to alter the reason to OD'ed.
@@ashokkumarganesan3927 He didn't kill himself..
@@ashokkumarganesan3927 He didn't commit suicide, stop spreading fake info
@@mantafking1505 he's a troll, I saw him on a few other related videos saying the same thing. He just has a hard on for bashing a dead actor who can't stand up for himself apparently.
This same event happens in Fight Club with Tyler and Lou...it was more unnerving than this
4:18 That Laugh, that amazing acting, is what sealed Heath Ledger as the best Joker to ever be put on screen 😵
Heath actually told Christian Bale, “bro, don’t worry about it. HIT ME!!”
That's really cool if it's true. Unless you're talking about that scene with the gun and the motorcycle.
@@roachdoggjr1940Nope, he’s talking about this scene
@@JJS595 that's wicked dope
Respect to the cameraman who managed to film this and stay alive
y
needs a raise ong
@@lmao9526 y wouldn't he be alive
It was a master piece btw
@@rajsrivastav6940 he saw a real man get beat up and that man's response: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA it was real
I like when Joker says “ don’t talk like you’re one of them. You’re not”
"Even if you wanna be..."
Crazy recognizing crazy
@@StoneColdSergio "A fisherman always spots another fisherman from afar." - Dennis Reynolds
@@matthewfortuna4464 "A fisherman always spots another fisherman from afar." - Dennis Reynolds - The Golden God
@@LastWednesdayMedia even if you’d like to be*
"Well, depending on the time, he may be in one spot or several." Via blown to pieces 😮
This is the difference between the joker and internet jokers
"Never start with the head" Thor took that seriously
Your very late my friend.
@@jus.connor heh not with time travel Then again, it's DC in this situation
@@isaacwagner5862 *cough cough* Superman and Flash. *cough cough cough blood cough*
@@docrofreborn7497 facts but also cough cough flashpoint cough cough
@@christianholt2899 I agree, and *cough cough* Booster Gold *cough cough coughs up way too much blood*
The saddest thing about this scene is that everything Joker’s saying is right. His intelligence is what makes him so dangerous.
Dang bro people still commenting
Your SO close to understanding the point of the joker
Not really. His theory is proven wrong when the two boats don't blow each other up
No it's not. If that were right (and the speech is exactly backwards from what he means, so they fucked that up too) then society would never have gotten off the ground.
@@tatenichols7968 that because it's a movie , irl everybody would press the button
This is the best Joker performance we’ve ever seen in any Batman related movie. Joker is just having fun, not giving a damn about anything. The fact he gave Batman the wrong coordinates so that way Rachel would be killed and Dent would survive shows how smart and cruel he really is. That’s what made Heath Ledger a legendary actor. RIP Heath, gone too soon. ❤
I love that little glance around 1:20 where he looks and quickly shuts his eyes. Yeah it could just be an acting thing, but the fact those walls have reflective windows in them and he immediately closes his eyes as soon as he glances? I can very easily see that as him planning ahead for what is going to happen, personally.
not overrated, not one bit. ledger is fucking mind-blowingly good, period.
You remember first seeing this when it came out? I was shook. I knew the guy was a good actor but he really snapped in this.. Ill never forget that experience in the theater. Definitely a landmark performance.
@@bobstacks8405 One of the best performances I’ve ever seen and I don’t say that lightly. There’s not a single moment where you can tell Heath is acting. Feels so natural it’s quite scary actually
The movie is overrated tho
@@mydefenseisimpregnable yep
@@mydefenseisimpregnable nope
“To them you’re just a freak….like me” Best Joker line. Even though Batman saves and protects innocent people and helps Gotham police. They’re still afraid of him and still treat him like a violent lunatic just like The Joker.
Genau das ist das Problem der Hufeisentheorie!
True. But that's a part of Batman's game. He want people to fear him, that's why he wears a freakin bat suit that makes him look like a demon and terrorize criminals.
batman *is* a lunatic though lol
Gotham is literally sewer shit without batman
When Joker was hurt when someone called him a freak in a previous scene, it shows in this scene that the Joker feels a genuine emotional bond with Batman.
always come here to watch 4:15, his laugh always give me goosebumps after all those years
“Depending on the time, he may be in one spot…or several”😂
When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
Nicholas Chen I’m gay
@@asdfasdf-xg3qq y u replying dis to every comment?
@@temppart1 because hes a gaytard
@@xylonus lmao
Nicholas Chen they surrender
i’ll never get over the fact that Ledger was actually getting punched here and he never broke character for even a fraction of a second. we were so blessed to get to witness his work
Yup Ik he told bale to not pull the punches
@@christianholt2899 nah he actually got hit during the movie he wanted to be authentic in a sense.
What's so inherently joker about that fact, is that heath definitely took the pain he felt in those punches and put it into that laugh. Truly haunting stuff
@@Haydon.F. I think that was actually Ledger's fetish. Being repeatedly punched. Or maybe he suffered from CIPA. Or maybe he took some painkillers prior to filming this scene.
@@Tom_Stevens617 I mean, I'd say it was dedication to the craft hahahaha but good take 😂😂
I like that the Joker knows Batman better than Batman knows the joker. He also ends up being partially right. Batman not only broke his one rule he then was complicit in the lie to cover it up therefore dipping his toe into corruption. Not only that but he is outcast as a part of the coverup so they do turn on him and hunt him.
“Depending on the time, he may be in one spot or several” how clever of the joker and what a performance by heath. Legendary
I don't think there's ever gonna be a Batman Joker scene that will top this scene ever. The intensity,acting,tension all on point, an absolute masterpiece
A masterpiece
Well yea there won’t be since ledgers gone 😭
Never ever my friend
The thing is, every batman movie can try and will try to do a scene like this. But honestly this scene, especially because of Heath,will always be better.
if you ever listened to the music score it starts to turn up a lot with the joker. it amplifies when the intensity gets worse. watch this scene and notice how it changes.
This scene is terrifying, in a way: Joker's in jail but he has all the cards. He always had them, he gloats about it. People laugh about the fact that he says he has no plan when he clearly does, but let's not forget that he doesn't think like we do: his plans work because he knows how to read people. I'm not even sure he was planning on lying to Batman by switching the addresses for Dent and Rachel, he could have decided to do that on a whim, just for the laughs and the chaos that would ensue
I mean his master plan was to corrupt Dent so he probably had the switch-up planned
@@nickshaw2985 True, but he could also not have really cared in the end if he died. I dunno. It's a crazy as it is fascinating!
oh, he totally had the switch up planned, that's what makes it so genius. Since he saw Batman unhesitantly jump off that roof for Rachel in the penthouse, he knew how close Rachel truly was to him and Dent. By switching the addresses and killing Rachel he could not only punish Batman for choosing love over justice, as he knew who Batman would choose but also send Dent even closer to the edge while securing that he would live due to Batman's intervention. I bet that even if he did choose Dent over Rachel or if Dent died somehow though, that he would have carried on with a different plan.
@@yeet.mp8458 If he did why not, but imagine if he didn't plan it (I'd prefer to believe he didn't, it's even more twisted!). Batman would still have to make a choice between the two, and as we've seen, one of them would have died no matter what because there was no way for the police to arrive as fast as Batman did. For me, it's like when he first wanted Batman to surrender but then decided against it because he was having so much more fun with the Bat around. He "goes with the flow", so to speak
@@yeet.mp8458 i honestly think it was just speculation on the jokers part that he cared for her, confirmed during the interrogation. I think he also knew losing rachel would destroy dent, the fact that batman cared for her too was a bonus
"He's in control. " Gets me every time.
The fact that Heath was like 27 playing this all timer is mind-blowing to me
The light turning on to reveal Batman was standing behind the Joker the entire time is probably my favorite cinematic Batman moment ever. Just perfection. Straight out of a comic book.
Ikr its almost like a jumpscare
Not even close comic related
@@greenlightcomics7602fym not even close? its batman and joker in an interrogation room 😂? whats more comic booky then that?
Yeah it's like a transition that takes place not because the scene changes but because a part of the scene remains hidden from you... A pretty generic analysis but I think this makes sense
@@greenlightcomics7602dude, I’ve read a lot of comics or, as I prefer to call them, graphic novels, and it is, 100% lifted out of how graphic novels will do a page turn then upper left corner panel was something you absolutely did not expect or see coming.
"They're only as good as the world allows them to be" and "I'm not a monster, I'm just ahead of the curve" are two of the best lines from this scene.
I have one rule
It also basically foreshadowed the third movie after Bane controls Gotham.
We could see the live version "they are only as good as the world allows them to be" when people knocked people over in variety stores for basic little things during Covid
Reminds me of Shane from The Walking Dead who adapts faster than everyone to a degree, he is perceived as monster. Later seasons you see everyone begins thinking like him.
I like "their morals, their code, it's a bad joke; dropped at the first sign of trouble." That's true of so many people.
I mean does it really get any better than this, one of the finest performances ever on the big screen. This absolute genius of an actor completely owned this role and truely became the joker. God bless heath and thank you for what you have left us with. Masterpiece after masterpiece.
This is one of the greatest filmed moments in cinema history and its from a comic book superhero
"Never start with the head the victim gets all fuzzy!..." *Batman proceeds to give the Joker a prostate exam.*
*Performs a prostatectomy*
*inserts* and thrusts
Tf is wrong with you
@@ace2k472 welcome to the 21st century
@@ace2k472 welcome to the family son! *punch*
What honestly scares me about this scene is how calm the joker is and his confidence.
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Definitely brother!
To make it worse all of the stunts were actually done by heath ledger and not cgi
@Jeffro Lans what scares me isn’t him the person, but the fact that he was low key right on everything he was saying lol.
It is a little creepy
04:00 I just noticed for the first time that joker straightens and cracks his back, because batman slammed him to the table and injured it at my age you begin to notice things like back pain
"Well depending on the TIME, he could be in one spot or SEVERAL." That's a clean line given how he straps Harvey to a bomb lol.
Still can't believe Heath ledger let Christian Bale actually hit him which truly shows Heath's dedication to the film..
If I got the chance to be the most popular super villain in all of history then I’d let anybody punch me 😂
Christian Bale actually hit Heath Ledger?
@@primalvelocity3811 yeah there were dents in the table from where Heaths head was slammed, and the mirror on the wall actually was shattered. Heath Ledger did that because he was a method actor and he wanted to really put himself in the role, he only broke character once and it was to ask someone if they were okay after slamming their head on a pencil
@@jamesdavies9987 Truly impressive.
No just shows what happens when Hollywood steals a soul.
I don’t know why, but whenever I watch this movie and see Joker, I don’t even see Heath Ledger, I just see the Joker. Personally I think this is the best cinematic variation of the joker.
Agreed sad he passed. Would've loved to see him reprise his role. Take on bane lol
You say you don't even see Heath, they reckon he was never the same after this, he put too much of himself away to portray the joker and never fully came back from it.
@@develynseether4426 that's a myth. If you watch interviews of Heath talking around and after the time he shot this movie he is functioning seemingly well mentally. His problems were separate from the role.
I thought Phoenix was better personally. But Ledger still did an amazing job.
@@Lukeler1138 Heath and Phoenix's Joker characters couldn't BE more different.
Joker was right , when people need you they idolize u but when they realize they don’t need u anymore they cast u out .
Obviously the best acting performance ever. Every single scene he’s in is incredible.
Saying “You have nothing to threaten me with, nothing to do with all your strength “ while getting beaten up, is a freaking powerful gesture
The Batman was on his last draw and one step from killing him right there totally lost control!
@@nickmartinka679and he will lost both of them eventually
It's so accurate too. Watching this you knew there was nothing Batman could do to intimidate him at that point. What a fantastic character. One of the best I've ever seen.
“Well, depending on the time, he may be in one spot or several”...took me way too long to realize he was hinting at Harvey being blown up into pieces
@@chrisstoltz3648 wtf lmao🤣🤣🤣 this isn't Marvel
@@chrisstoltz3648 wrong universe bro
Totally got what he meant. An ESU and SWAT crew once responded to a guy that locked himself in his house and eventually blew himself up. After the fire was out, they went in and someone asked: "You find him?" The answer was: "Yeah. We found some of him..."
I feel so stupid. This movie was what 12 years ago?? I just realized what he meant with that line 😂😂
Genius! 😂
One of the best movies ever
One of the greatest scenes ever.
Joker 2008: These civilized people will eat each other Joker 2019: No body civil anymore
I mean he is saying that ironically...
Noticed how he said “civilized” sarcastically
Imagine if he said No body is civil anymore They all ate each other Because of heath ledger
"People yell at each other"
This *joke* just seems *wrong*
Watched this scene like a million times and it just doesn't get old.
It is appropriate to watch whatever year you're in.
Same
Of course, it’s timeless
Endgame is shit
@@ok-ql5oc infinity war was better, imo I like to see the main villain absolutely PWN the main cast.
Still a masterclass of a scene showcasing the sheer psychotic-ness of joker.
The way the music starts after Joker's revelation of Rachel is awesome
“Does it depress you commissioner? To know just how alone you really are?” Hits me every time
Yup. Every character in the movie thinks the Joker is just yapping about different shit but when you think about it in reality, he’s been trying to speak true words to his foes.
Every time he says that line I get instantly depressed lmao
Lol yet Batman was in the room with him
“He could be in 1 place, or several” hilariously genius foreshadowing.
What did he foreshadow?
hola amigos that his body parts could be scattered across the city in the explosions. (Wasn’t foreshadowing death but that he was in a situation that could kill him via explosives)
@@nabb6435 daaaamn.. thanks for that! 😂
@hola amigos nothing Ben g is just using the word wrong
Matthew Kim yep pretty much lmao. My bad.
1:22 if you watch closely you can see ledger starting wincing. this might be because of the light or because he knew bale was going to do that also the theme in the background is joker's theme showing that the joker is in control
I feel like the joker is the most honest he ever is in this scene despite the fact he lies to batman about the locations he really doesnt think he is a monster he just does not believe in meaning or morality at all