Batman da da dah da da... Batman da da dah da da... The opening tune to the TV series Batman should be common to everyone who has lived in the U.S. in the past 20 years.
Out of all the superheroes, I like Batman the most. Why? Well, he IS human just like us. Superman is a Kryptonian, Spiderman is, well, an arachnia while the Hulk is...green. Second, Batman is the penultimate philanthropist.
Out of all the villains, I like Joker the best. Joker has always struck me as evil, chaotic, yet silly person. I mean, remember Jack Nicholson's rendition of the Joker? Who would be scare of that? Ok, until this new version of Batman: The Dark Knight.
The Joker (Heath Ledger) is freakingly freaky. Okay, there's the smiling face except it's a scar and not a red paint (like earlier versions). And then there's the tongue that keeps sticking out like a lizard every time he talks. Creepy...yet sadistically humorous.
Every time he is on screen you feel like covering your face with your hands like you always do in a horror movie. The laugh, the hair, the face and the tongue...and you realize, despite his name, the Joker is hardly the funniest person in the world.
At the end of the movie (and it's a long movie), the scene where the Joker is hanging upside down, laughing away with skyscrapers as backshot...is artistically creepy and beautiful. It shows the difference between our hero and the villain. Batman, his mission accomplished, is grim while the Joker, captured, is having the time of his life.
And as soon as you are out of the movie, you just want to go back in again. Hell, if only HE could scare the living shit out of you again.
