Okay, self-professed comic book nerd, has to ask who hasn't seen The Dark Knight yet? And if you haven't and are not a girl and don't have small children, my next question is why?
I've seen it four times and wouldn't mind seeing it again. Heath Ledger is an amazing Joker. Even if you don't know too much about comic books or The Joker (I have to admit, I don't because I have never got into Batman comics or DC comics -Batman's publisher...I'm a Marvel comics fan - Spider-Man, X-Men etc.), you can still appreciate the character that Ledger portrays.
Every scene The Joker appeared in was absolutely amazing.
So without further ado, here are some of my favorite lines. Ah if only you could really avoid detainment or continually escape from a heavily guarded super-villain prison...then I could be The Joker...
The Joker quotes from The Dark Knight:
I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger.
Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was....a drinker. And a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. Turns to me and he says "Why so serious?" Comes at me with the knife,"Why so serious?" He sticks the blade in my mouth. "Let’s put a smile on that face!" And..... Why so serious?
Well, hello, beautiful. You must be Harvey's squeeze, hmm? And you *are* beautiful.
You look nervous. Is it the scars? You want to know how I got 'em? Come here. Hey! Look at me.
So I had a wife, beautiful, like you, who tells me I worry too much. Who tells me I ought to smile more. Who gambles and gets in deep with the sharks... look at me!
One day, they carve her face. And we have no money for surgeries. She can't take it. I just want to see her smile again, hmm? I just want her to know that I don't care about the scars. So... I stick a razor in my mouth and do this... [mimics slicing his mouth open with his tongue]...to myself. And you know what? She can't stand the sight of me! She leaves.
Now I see the funny side. Now I'm always smiling!
Do you wanna know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can't savor all the... little... emotions. In... you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?
I took Gotham's white knight, and brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. Y'see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little...push.
See, I'm not a monster...I'm just ahead of the curve.
People will die. Starting tonight. I'm a man of my word.
Do I really look like a man with a plan, Harvey? I don't have a plan. The mob has plans, the cops have plans. You know what I am, Harvey? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do if I caught one. I just *do* things. I'm a wrench in the gears. I *hate* plans. Yours, theirs, everyone's. Maroni has plans. Gordon has plans. Schemers trying to control their worlds. I am not a schemer. I show schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are. So when I say that what happened to you and your girlfriend wasn't personal, you know I'm telling the truth. It's a schemer who put you where you are. You were a schemer. You had plans. Look where it got you. I just did what I do best-I took your plan and turned it on itself. Look what I have done to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple bullets. Nobody panics when the expected people get killed. Nobody panics when things go according to plan, even if the plans are horrifying. If I tell the press that tomorrow a gangbanger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will get blown up, nobody panics. But when I say one little old mayor will die, everyone loses their minds! Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I am an agent of chaos. And you know the thing about chaos, Harvey? It's fair.
You just couldn't let me go could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible aren't you? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won't kill you, because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
Let's turn the clocks back. A year ago, these cops and lawyers wouldn't dare cross any of you. I mean, what happened? Did your - did your balls drop off? Hmm?
No, no, you... you complete me.
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