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Dialogue Dive: The Best Written Scene in the Dark Knight

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Come take a dive into the dialogue of the Joker's introduction in the Dark Knight!

Full scene of Joker and the Mob here:
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20 Comments

@grantwilson4506 7 years ago

"You think you can steal from us and just walk away?"

"Yeah"

@desktopshorts7411 7 years ago (edited)

- Walks in
- makes fun of a crime syndicate,
- kills a henchman,
- disrespects and intimidates them,
- picks the weakest group to kill later as an example not to challenge him,
- tricks them into helping him,
- leaves.

What. A. Boss.

@Mookie-Jones 6 years ago

He tells them to call when they want to take it serious and gives them joker card. Lol

@michaelhammond7115 7 years ago

The way Ledger "dead eyes" everyone he looks at except Batman. It's as if each person he looks at is dead already and not really relevant..... watch it again and look at his eyes..... brilliant.

@jeremydaugherty3152 7 years ago

Also, the pencil trick shows the difference between a criminal and a super villain. As Megamind would say, "Presentation!"

@IanLeoMusic 6 years ago

Ledger’s take on the Joker made us crave more and wanting to see more of him, and whenever he appeared on screen you couldn’t take your eyes off him. Such a stunning performance and the fact that it was such an original take on the character and created entirely by him shows what a genius he was

@orion1anon 7 years ago

Salary negotiation 101.
"How much do you want?"
"Uh... Half"

@Ligierthegreensun 7 years ago

The card being a joker with no actual way of contacting the individual called The Joker also reinforces your point that he had no intention of actually honoring his deal with the mob.

@coretoom 6 years ago

The line about Gambol’s grandma was so juvenile, but subtly brilliant. The Joker was gauging Gambol’s reaction to get some background info on him. This explains why he told him the abusive-father-scar-story later on. Men with influential grandmothers typically have absent fathers. The Joker was insanely good at reading people.

@Circuitssmith 7 years ago (edited)

“A guy like me....”
“Freak.”
That was when Joker decided to kill the guy.
“I want to hear proposition.”
And that’s when he decides to kill that guy last.

@scarredchild 7 years ago

He's not serious about joining them. He gives them a playing card to contact him. They have no power over anything he does. He is as mercurial as the card implies.

@TrichsRUs 6 years ago

Joaquin is Arthur Fleck, but Heath is still the Joker.

@kevinhillary4057 7 years ago

I always thought the Joker was laughing when he gets thrown off the building because he thinks he just won. He finally broke Batman and made him break his one rule, which was to kill someone (even if it’s himself). Rewatch that final scene, when Batman’s grapple gun catches and saves him, the Joker groans, /annoyed/ and he says “YOU... You just couldn’t let me go, could you”

@GreatGamerPony 7 years ago

I just really like looking back at this scene, and realise just how many JOKES the JOKER actually makes through out the movie.

@Kwn92 6 years ago

but he is the protaganist. He burns all the mobs money, he gets most corrupt cops busted, he gets rid of the batman, he makes gordon the commissioner

@thedawsonator1628 7 years ago

"How about a magic trick?"
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@genekim7483 7 years ago

A lot of the lines were changed by Ledger. The writers were part of the masterpiece that is the Joker, but Ledger was the Mastermind that gave us this golden performance.

@MckFinDbD 6 years ago

Jokers actually the star of this movie. Heath Ledgers performance was outstanding and made the whole movie brilliant

@justsomeguyx.1645 7 years ago

Show, don't tell. Suicide Squad thinks character development is Amanda Waller telling the audience who the characters are. The Dark Knight showed us who The Joker is through his actions and interactions with other characters.

@A1egz 7 years ago

The fact that he is bothered by people calling him crazy is actually realistic. The more insane a person gets the more that person thinks he is getting saner