Joker the Movie

If there was a movie that starred the Joker, as in the joker is the protagonist (not necessarily the good guy) wouldn't it be a box office success. Would you want to watch the movie?

• There was a Joker comic back in the 70s. Unfortunately, according to the Comics Code, "crime does not pay," and every issue had to end with the Joker back at Arkham.

  Alfred Pennyworth

• There have been graphic novels that mostly starred the Joker (THE KILLING JOKE) or the Joker and other Batman villains (ARKHAM ASYLUM), and they did very well. I doubt a Joker film would do as well as the Batman movies though. Preteens' parents will let them see a Batman movie, but probably wouldn't let them see a Joker-only movie.

• Aaron Taylor-Johnson would make a great Joker.

• Bum

• Brandon, please get your meds adjusted

• I think it would be a huge success. Incorporate story bits from Mad Love, The Killing Joke, etc... Joker would need his Harley.

• Someone like David Fincher could pull off a great Joker movie.

• It would be a huge hit. Heath Ledger would kill it.

• Heath Ledger's over-acted Joker would indeed kill a movie. Thank goodness that won't happen.

• Why won't it happen? I can see them having trouble getting financing though.

• Right r9? That was my first though. Thank goodness THAT joker won't be the one on screen.

• Ledger's Joker may be fun to watch, but it's impossible to build a film around him. Films aren't just about events, they're about how events change the characters. How does an ADD nilhist change? How can a man who cares about nothing be affected by events? No, the Joker IS the event that other characters react to, he himself reacts to nothing.

  Get help, OP.

• [quote]Aaron Taylor-Johnson would make a great Joker. In Chatroom, Aaron Taylor-Johnson looked so much like James Holmes.