Chapter 178: Surpassing The Godfather

The plot on the big screen continued to develop.

The Joker restrained his joking expression, the whole person became very serious, and said: "Guys, first of all, let's recall Gotham City more than a year ago."

"I remember, at that time, these policemen, or lawyers, didn't dare to provoke you."

"So... I said," the Joker showed a blank look, as if he really didn't know the answer.

"What happened now? Could it be that you have all been castrated? Only then will you be sneaky, and dare not do anything."

In the lens, his gaze carried sympathy, as if he were a big daddy looking at his babies who were bullied by others: "Look, like me..."

Gambol interrupted coldly: "Freak."

The Joker laughed without caring: "Yes, you are right."

The gangsters all laughed together.

The Joker in the laughter was a bit distracted, and his eyes lost focus.

But the attentive audience all realized that it should be the word freak that aroused some memories in his heart.

Immediately, he pulled himself out of his memory and said: "Freaks like me know why you put your, um, small psychological therapy mutual aid meeting, during the day."

"I also know why you don't dare to go out at night..."

From this moment on, the lens was all positive close-ups.

Every micro-expression of the Joker was revealed on the screen.

Every blink, every tilt of the head, every stare, every smile showing yellow teeth, even including every twisted wrinkle and the trembling of fat, were vividly displayed in front of the audience.

——4/4, Michael Rosenberg, "Chicago Sun-Times."

And this guy who recognized his identity as a freak seemed to be convincing not the gangsters, but every audience watching the movie.

"... Because of Batman, right?"

"Batman makes Gotham people no longer afraid of you."

"Yes, everyone should have a premonition, Harvey Dent, that prosecutor, his prosecution of you is just a beginning."

"Next, you will be like rats in Gotham, only worthy of scurrying in the sewers."

"The drug dealers under your hands dare not go to the street at night from now on, then what can they do during the day? Sell aspirin?"

"And the thugs under your hands who are responsible for robbing shops, the night was originally their best camouflage color. Nowadays, if they dare to rush into any grocery store or supermarket during the day, taking ten times the risk of the night, then their final fate must be to eat prison food."

"Who brought all these to you?"

The Joker's lips flipped, and he said faintly: "Batman."

Saying that, he pointed to the TV with his finger.

"Including this person on TV, and the plan in his mouth. Ha, remember, Batman doesn't care where you are when he catches people, he will definitely find this Mr. Lau, and let him say everything. By the way, I can tell at a glance who will leak secrets. And this guy..."

"Is such a person."

Mr. Lau on TV interrupted the image in a panic,

But no one paid attention to him anymore.

The gangsters who were having a meeting on the spot were all aroused by this person's speech to their indignation against Batman.

Someone asked: "Then what do you say we should do?"

The Joker said: "Very simple, kill Batman."

The gangsters were stunned, and a burst of unbelievable whispers broke out.

The original version here was a burst of laughter from the gangsters.

As for why the reaction was different?

Because Chen Nuo and Heath Ledger's performance was different. Nolan arranged the reactions for these extras, and they changed accordingly.

A gang boss said: "Since it's so simple, why haven't you done it yet?"

The Joker shrugged: "This is the work I have to do, how could I do it for free."

A group of gangsters looked at each other, and a leader said: "You want money? How much do you want?"

The Joker said: "Not much, half of all your money."

This time, everyone still laughed.

Someone said: "You're crazy?"

After a few shots of the gang boss who gave the dialogue, the screen quickly returned to the Joker's face, still a close-up.

The Joker's whole face had no expression at all, only his eyes contained madness.

"No, no, no, I'm not."

The Joker shook his head, his tone was sharp and mean, "In fact, if you don't agree to my conditions, soon everyone of you might not even be able to give a cent to your family."

Gambol, played by Michael White, was angry and slapped the table.

This sound instantly woke up all the audiences in the cinema where George Mo Lisi was.

Ivanka also returned to reality instantly.

She was too invested just now.

When the Joker spoke, she was completely immersed in it.

In fact, not only Ivanka, but ordinary audiences including George Mo Lisi felt almost the same as her.

Perhaps only professional film critics like Luo Jie, who have watched countless movies, would always be bystanders, admiring the exquisite design of the director and actors here.

The old critic who has written film reviews for 40 years believed that this segment must have been carefully designed by Nolan and Chen.

They wanted to let the audience substitute into these gangsters and feel the strong persuasiveness of the Joker as a high-IQ criminal.

And he was right.

When filming The Dark Knight, Chen Nuo and Nolan designed many scenes together.

So much so that if the audience who had seen the original Batman, they would definitely find that although the two movies were consistent in direction, the Joker in them had completely different interpretation methods in many places.

For example, this time.

In the scene just now, although the original Heath Ledger was also convincing the gangsters, when he acted, the teasing in his words was actually greater than the persuasion.

In this way, the audience watching the movie would be a bit confused, they couldn't help but doubt, what was the real purpose of the Joker coming to this gang gathering?

Was he here to make trouble? Or was he sincerely wanting to cooperate with them?

This time Chen Nuo's performance excluded this confusion, making the Joker's purpose clearer.

However, I still have to praise Nolan here.

As expected of a top director in the future, although he is still in the stage of just showing his edge, whether it is the original version or this time, after noticing that the Joker's actor was deeply invested in the character, Nolan gave Heath Ledger or Chen Nuo great freedom.

Thus, in this scene, except for some lines containing key information that had to be said, Chen Nuo could play freely.

After clarifying with the Nolan brothers that the purpose of this performance was for the Joker to come to the scene and convince the gangsters to cooperate, Chen Nuo began his performance different from the original version.

First, he added many persuasive lines, such as the detailed description of how Batman forced the gangsters to have nowhere to stay.

They were all written by himself.

And in this regard, that "Joker Diary" gave him endless inspiration.

He felt that this was barely what it looked like to want to convince people.

Secondly, Nolan tried shooting once, and after noticing Chen Nuo's performance direction, he also adjusted the shooting method.

Thus, in this scene, most of the shots adopted the close-up method, just to give the audience the feeling of facing the Joker in the first person. Of course, the side effect of shooting like this is that the requirements for actors will be very high.

Because a full minute of close-up shots, one shot to the end, if the actor is slightly out of state, it will be discovered by the audience.

So, in fact, that performance just now, Chen Nuo shot three times in total.

Although Nolan finally used the first version.

The cooperation between Chen Nuo and Nolan, at least for now, has indeed achieved the expected effect for North American audiences, and even exceeded expectations.

But in non-English regions, most of which are subtitled, what the effect will be, that's hard to say.

Actually, before the release in China, Nolan wanted to take care of foreign audiences and make a dubbed version, but Chen Nuo, who was startled, persuaded him.

"My Blueberry Nights," a lesson from the past.

In the play, because he was teased by the Joker again, Gambol became more and more angry, and shouted: "I really can't stand this guy."

Gambol made a gesture, and the younger brother beside him was about to pull out a gun.

The Joker bounced off the table and opened his suit, revealing the lining.

I saw that the lining of the suit was covered with grenades. And the pull rings of these grenades were strung together with a string.

This string was tied to the Joker's finger.

In fact, as long as he pulled it, there is no doubt that everyone in this meeting room would be blown into pieces.

The Joker said in a brisk tone: "Oh oh oh, relax, let's talk properly."

The cowardly gangsters were all startled, everyone couldn't sit still, and retreated one after another.

The Joker shook the finger holding the fuse, "Calm down, okay? My hand is a bit shaky, and something bad might happen if I'm not careful."

Gambol also didn't dare to do it again, somewhat unwillingly said: "Do you think you can just walk away after stealing from us?"

The Joker nodded calmly: "Of course."

Gambol said: "Then I will put the word out now, a reward of 500,000, I want your life. If you are alive, it will be 1 million, so I can teach you what politeness is."

The Joker said 'um um' without caring, and said to the other gangsters: "Listen, don't worry about this idiot, if you have considered it, you can call me. Oh by the way, this is my business card."

He really took a business card out of his pocket, and a Joker was drawn on the business card in the lens.

He put the business card on the table.

Afterwards, he continued to shake the fuse in his hand, humming a few times in his mouth, as if using bones to tease the dog at home.

"Guys, I'm leaving, calm down okay. Don't be so serious."

The feeling he performed at this time was completely different from the previous serious appearance.

So much so that the contrast brought a sense of humor, making Luo Jie Ebert's cinema have a few low laughs.

Luo Jie Ebert didn't know how many villains in film history would make the audience feel happy.

At least, in his memory, there are very few, so few that he couldn't think of it for a while.

Because the villain himself is evil, disgusting, and scary.

But so far, this Joker on the big screen, all the cruel sides he showed, didn't have anything too disgusting.

Because he was dealing with bad guys.

Therefore, when the audience saw him teasing these drug-dealing, robbing gangsters, it was hard not to feel good about him.

No, not just that.

Luo Jie Ebert speculated in his heart, how many people substituted themselves into the Joker when they saw this?

He had this feeling because the part of him as an ordinary audience truly felt the strong attraction of this unusual villain on the big screen.

Luo Jie Ebert suddenly raised a curiosity.

He wanted to know, when did Warner's high-level people who reviewed the film and formulated marketing strategies start to think that they could bet all the chips on Chen alone?

If he wasn't senile, the movie had only been playing for half an hour,

The Joker only appeared for the second time, and he captured the hearts of a considerable part of the audience.

What about those cold-blooded animals at Warner? When would they be caught by the Joker he interpreted for the second time?

Next scene.

The new prosecutor Harvey Dent, together with Batman and Police Chief Gordon, gathered on the roof, complaining about the failure of the vault operation, and finally Batman took the initiative to propose that he go to Hong Kong to bring Lau, who helped the gangsters launder money, back to the United States.

Afterwards, the Joker appeared again.

Chen Nuo's performance in this segment answered Luo Jie Ebert's two questions.

First, how would the arrogant Oscar judges see Chen's performance in Batman 2: The Dark Knight?

Luo Jie Ebert's answer is: If Chen's figure is not seen at the Kodak Theatre in February 2008, then those old guys at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should resign immediately to save the authority of the Oscars.

Second, when did those high-level Warner judges decide to bet 200 million US dollars on Chen, such a 21-year-old Chinese young actor?

Luo Jie Ebert's answer is: No later than this set of shots.

In other words, Luo Jie Ebert believed that when the 2.5-hour movie reached 40 minutes, even the dullest Warner film reviewer should know this point—

Betting on Batman, they might be able to win the hearts of Batman fans.

But if they bet on the Joker, they will win the world.

However, just when Luo Jie Ebert thought that this segment of the Joker pretending to be a corpse, mixing into Gambol's lair, and finally killing this gang boss who had been against the Joker,

Finally, telling his own family background.

Was the highlight moment belonging to the Joker in this Dark Knight.

It was a great performance that could not be copied.

Then, in the subsequent movie, the devil in that videotape at 42 minutes and 30 seconds.

At the Harvey Dent fundraising party at 49:01, the evil leader who was at ease, controlled the whole scene, and made all the upper-class people including Batman humble like minions in front of him.

The fanatic who used a rocket launcher on the streets of Gotham at 1:14:30.

The crazy criminal who made the whole cinema hall fall into dead silence at the police station at 1:27:20.

By the way, in this police station scene, according to the plot arrangement, the white powder on the Joker's face fell off a lot. In George Mo Lisi's eyes, Chen Nuo's Chinese identity was as obvious as lice on a bald head.

It was exactly when he felt it was time to eat shit.

But after an hour and a half of entering the cinema, he seemed to have forgotten the rhetoric he said when he came.

The way he looked up at the screen, it seemed that even if Chen Nuo was Simbawe from Africa, there was no way to make him move his eyes away.

In the hospital at 1:47:35, the perverted and ugly evil missionary when brainwashing Harvey Dent.

And at the end of the film, the desperate man holding Batman's hand at high altitude, fearless of life and death.

These performances that made people overwhelmed made Luo Jie Ebert refresh the height of his evaluation of the Joker in this movie again and again.

Finally, when he walked out of the cinema, according to the practice, he stood at the door, ready to listen to the opinions of ordinary audiences on the movie, and was blown by the cold wind at night.

He just reacted suddenly.

The 2.5-hour movie, just ended like this?

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 179 =====