The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Originally posted by =Tired Hiker=
I have not seen the other Oscar nominees performances aside of Ledger and Downy Jr., but between those two, I believe Ledger was much better. The character of The Joker in the Batman movie was extremely well crafted. Here's a guy who is not only evil and twisted, but sad. I actually felt sorry for him whilst realizing he had two or three different stories about how he got his scars, which proved he was a compulsive liar. A character like that, a character we know nothing about, a character we should hate became someone very memorable and likable. That is something. Heath pulled it off. Heath was fascinating. A coworker of mine was saying, "Anyone can wear clown make up and act like a psycho." Well, it may sound easy, and it obviously is because all the fan boys mimic it so well, but we can't forget that that came from Heath. He created that which they impersonate so well. Downy Jr. was funny in Tropic Thunder, but not very memorable in my opinion, not nearly as memorable as Ledger's Joker. I was actually disappointed with Tropic Thunder. I thought Steve Coogan was funnier than the rest of the cast, and he blew up five minutes after the film started.

I agree; I was starting to feel like I was the only one defending Ledger here.

Didn't care for that movie much. Except for Ashley Judd, who is quite possibly the most beautiful woman in the world.

I don't get the appeal. As for the film, did you like him in it though?

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
I agree; I was starting to feel like I was the only one defending Ledger here.

😕 I was defending Ledger as well, and will always continue to do so.

Originally posted by Davis Bloome
😕 I was defending Ledger as well, and will always continue to do so.

Okay, so you, me, and SnakeEyes are the official Ledger Defenders. 😎

I like Heath Ledger!

Originally posted by =Tired Hiker=
Okay, so you, me, and SnakeEyes are the official Ledger Defenders. 😎

I like the sound of that.

Originally posted by MildPossession
I like Heath Ledger!

No girls allowed.

I'll likely be checking out "I'm Not There" on Wednesday. I plan on picking up the DVD, I can't wait to see the movie.

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
No girls allowed.

Unless they put out. 😗

Naturally.

Lmao 😂

First trailer: http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/08/07/the-imaginarium-of-dr-parnassus-uk-trailer/

I'm still not liking Jude Law in this, but apart from him, looks excellent.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Trailer Check it out it's so cool. This was the last flim that Heath Ledger made before he died. It breaks my heart but I know he's with God now.

I posted a link to the trailer in the existing Parnassus thread.

YouTube video

This............looks somewhat interesting. The only reason I say this is because I very much enjoy the directing style of Terry Gilliam.

This movie looks crazy, I so wanna see it.

it seems as if heath had a great love for italian stories - the white mask with the long, hooked nose that all the characters wear is meant for carnavale, and it's even part of a group of masks that all have names and purposes. the one ledger wears in this movie is called "the plague doctor," because doctors who tended the ill during the plague believed the masks were resistant to the disease. at carnavale, the mask is usually worn with a black robe and a black hat, white gloves, and a wooden stick.

anyway...
this movie looks absolutely delightfully terrific. when they switched over to tony no. two [johnny depp] in the trailer, it took me a moment to realize that they had, indeed, switched actors. tony #3 is jude law, and all i saw him doing was falling down a breaking ladder... and of course colin farrell as tony #4, rowing down a canal, was really strange at first. but i'm looking forward to seeing all interpretations of the role, especially heath ledger's. what we've been left with of him was an intensely dark, scary, sadistic character that still gives me the creeps. but now he has a chance to show something completely different even posthumously, and i'm so excited to see it. 😄

I saw this last night and I'm sorry to say I was very disappointed. I love Gilliam's style, but this one didn't captivate me as did Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. It was quite a depressing film in a way. I can only compare this movie experience to what it feels like when you are in a dingey movie theater alone watching something that never really gets going, and makes you feel like you want to take a shower afterwards. And the sad fact is that I saw it in a brand new state of the art theater with stadium seating.

Ledger was good, but nothing worthy of any wow factor. I thought the effects were rather lame as well. The effects tools that were used seemed to be the same ones you would find in cheap editing software.

I'm sorry I can only bag on this movie, I wish it would have as good as I'd hoped.

This saddens me. I still haven't gotten the chance to go see it. Would you recommend I wait for the dvd then?