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Right now, Phoenix is probably my favorite Joker.
Ledger is great, and so is Nicholson, but they're both limited by that PG-13 rating. Ledger made Nicholson look like a cartoon character in comparison, and Phoenix did the same thing to Ledger. There's just no comparison. You watch things like the "why so serious" scene where they cut away from Gambol with the horror string sound, or the completely sterile interrogation beat down and it just seems like child's play to everything we as the audience witness in Joker. It's made more apparent when you recall how "GRITTY" and "REALISTIC" they supposedly were.
Also, the Ledger and Nicholson Jokers get visibly upset when they're called crazy. The Phoenix one embraces it. Yeah he might not be a criminal gangster mastermind, but he has luck and true unpredictability on his side. He's deadlier.
Ledger is great, and so is Nicholson, but they're both limited by that PG-13 rating. Ledger made Nicholson look like a cartoon character in comparison, and Phoenix did the same thing to Ledger. There's just no comparison. You watch things like the "why so serious" scene where they cut away from Gambol with the horror string sound, or the completely sterile interrogation beat down and it just seems like child's play to everything we as the audience witness in Joker. It's made more apparent when you recall how "GRITTY" and "REALISTIC" they supposedly were.
Also, the Ledger and Nicholson Jokers get visibly upset when they're called crazy. The Phoenix one embraces it. Yeah he might not be a criminal gangster mastermind, but he has luck and true unpredictability on his side. He's deadlier.