Better Joker: Ledger or Nicholson

[speakhandsforme]

Let's put this to rest. Ledger has my vote, hands down.

And disregard having Batman Begins in Heath's option. I don't know why I put that there.

[tonighttonight0]

Heath Ledger, he just went all out for it and played the psychotic side that Nicholson didn't

[Jesse!]

Nicholson seems psychotic in every role he plays... He was a pretty brilliant Joker. I haven't seen the new flick but lets not be too hasty in putting Nicholson's Joker down.

[skellorock]

i'm not gonna vote on that, it's not fair really, I mean while the Dark Knight is far superior of a film as far as structure, the 89 film and Nicholson's preformance are a timeless classic. Burton is my fav director and I can admit that TDK was better in many instances, but if it werent for the 89 film, there wouldnt be a movie of BB or TDK, 89 was the first step in getting the publics view of Batman into the dark aspect of the comics and out of the BAM!! POW!! BOOM!!! tv show crap(even tho i enjoyed that too as a kid) Anyways, both roles were great, but I will agree with Tim Burton as far as Nicholson goes that he was "almost too perfect" to play the Joker, that you almost wouldnt want him to cause its too obvious, and I remember when I heard that Ledger was cast, it was the last person on my mind, but I mean, the work speaks for itself, he showed the true nature of the character, and I wish he could be here to see how much ppl are loving it.

[fearthesloths]

Nicholson's joker is straight up terrible compared to Ledger's. Anyone who thinks otherwise is crazier than the joker himself

[White Noise]

Ledger's by far.

[KandiDinosaur]

Heath looked pretty hot in that nurse attire.

[offtheropes]

it's hard to say because both films have different approaches. the new batman series has a more realistic (if you can say that) look at how things would happen, as opposed to the old batman series, where things were a bit comical and grandiose. think about the street scene where batman's in the batpod heading for the joker as opposed to the original batman, where batman is in the batwing and joker has that huge gun.

[SuNDaYSTaR]

I was expecting Heath to win, but not by that of a margin.

[Machu505]

Heath x22305243763569238465925728.7

[Adrian Villagomez]

Nicholson's joker is straight up terrible compared to Ledger's. Anyone who thinks otherwise is crazier than the joker himselfHah.

[Jesse!]

Yep.. the Nicholson flick was really campy and for what it was he played the role perfectly.

[Oddpac87]

Heath put on the greatest character I have ever seen on film. So. Yeah.

[screamoutmyname]

jack nicholson now or 1974?

- 74.

meg ryan...

[thespearkid]

Nicholson's joker is straight up terrible compared to Ledger's. Anyone who thinks otherwise is crazier than the joker himself
"I'm not crazy... I'm not"

[11:11]

i'm not gonna vote on that, it's not fair really, I mean while the Dark Knight is far superior of a film as far as structure, the 89 film and Nicholson's preformance are a timeless classic. Burton is my fav director and I can admit that TDK was better in many instances, but if it werent for the 89 film, there wouldnt be a movie of BB or TDK, 89 was the first step in getting the publics view of Batman into the dark aspect of the comics and out of the BAM!! POW!! BOOM!!! tv show crap(even tho i enjoyed that too as a kid) Anyways, both roles were great, but I will agree with Tim Burton as far as Nicholson goes that he was "almost too perfect" to play the Joker, that you almost wouldnt want him to cause its too obvious, and I remember when I heard that Ledger was cast, it was the last person on my mind, but I mean, the work speaks for itself, he showed the true nature of the character, and I wish he could be here to see how much ppl are loving it.
y so srs?

[SandManTEND13]

Ledger hands down haha

[IATA4224]

Let's put this to rest. Ledger has my vote, hands down.

Ledger was not in Batman Begins

[Machu505]

8 people are really stupid.

[MADSTA]

Nicholson's joker is straight up terrible compared to Ledger's. Anyone who thinks otherwise is crazier than the joker himself
Well said.

[speakhandsforme]

Ledger was not in Batman Begins

whoops, typo. I must have been in the series train of thought.

[Hamlet]

Yeah, this is an unfair comparison.

[Anthony Lutz]

The batman from '89 wasn't as dark as the one now... I'm sure if Jack Nicholson re-did it to today's standards, he would have done just as good of a job in terms of actually being able to fairly compare the two.

[UKBoss44]

I agree thats its not a good comparison because they were given two entirely different characters to play...that being said I, like practically everyone else, enjoyed Ledger's character a lot more.

[matty p]

I agree thats its not a good comparison because they were given two entirely different characters to play.

i agree with that one...havent seen dark knight (yet) but the joker characters are completely different.
nicholson would've done an amazing job if he was asked to portray the joker that ledger played...i'm surprised they didn't get jack to play him actually.

[bailmeout13]

Ledger.

[TKTKrob]

Nicholson seems psychotic in every role he plays... He was a pretty brilliant Joker. I haven't seen the new flick but lets not be too hasty in putting Nicholson's Joker down.Why vote if you haven't seen TDK?

[nhoium]

Ledger.
His character look the and his whole persona are better than Nicholson's whole role in the movie.

[SunnyInPhilly]

Nicholson doesn't have to act to be psychotic in a role cause he's a psycho in just about every role. That's his niche. Ledger has never played a role anything like this and killed it. Even if you don't consider that, Ledger was still better. Nicholson's performance was ok, but nothing to brag about. Ledger couldn't have had a better performance. He killed it

[Jamais_vu]

Seriously, who the fuck isn't voting for Heath? Seriously. Stupidest poll ever.

[Jamais_vu]

I have a better poll. Which band is better:

The Beatles

Fall Out Boy

[xBrandNew]

you thirteen who voted for jack nicholson must be mentally troubled... heath ledger was completely amazing

[ohh lee]

I have a better poll. Which band is better:

The Beatles

Fall Out Boy

Unfortunately, there would probably be people voting for Fall Out Boy.
We'll kick 'em off the planet.

[Circa1628]

Ledger's performence is legendary

[Skadrist]

Damn what a landslide

[WhoSaidThat?]

jack nicholson now or 1974?

- 74.

meg ryan...
Billy Madison ftw!

[WhoSaidThat?]

So Ledger is ahead? WHo'da thought...

[SAOsurviveSTD]

Heath Ledger was incredible. the hype would have been just as nuts had he not died, I think he played the role brilliantly.

[XchrisX]

Heath Ledger.

[screamoutmyname]

Billy Madison ftw!

haha thanks... nice avatar, btw!

[WhoSaidThat?]

haha thanks... nice avatar, btw!
You're welcome and thank you. Plus, if you check the thread for the "Fave Adam Sandler movie poll", you'll see that I have a Billy Madison reference of my own.:-)

[screamoutmyname]

You're welcome and thank you. Plus, if you check the thread for the "Fave Adam Sandler movie poll", you'll see that I have a Billy Madison reference of my own.:-)

hahahaha excellent

[coltenTALK]

Ledger.

[Cuddleworthy]

it's sad that people out there actually think nicholson was a better joker

[hockeyguitar99]

Why did they put batman begins in the poll? he wasn't really in that movie.

[tait]

mr. ledger

[Mynor]

Heath Ledger straight up.

It seems like he created more of a character than Jack Nicholson did.