Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 179 The Dark Knight is released (end)
The plot continues to develop on the big screen.

The Joker put away his joking expression, became very serious, and said: "Guys, first of all, let's think back to Gotham City more than a year ago.

"I remember that at that time, the police or lawyers didn't dare to mess with you."

"So. I say," the clown looked confused, as if he really didn't know the answer.

"What's going on now? Have you all been castrated? That's why you're sneaking around and not daring to do anything."

In the camera, his eyes were full of sympathy, as if he was really a big daddy looking at his babies who were being bullied: "Look, people like me."

Gambo interrupted coldly, "Freak."

The clown laughed without any concern, "Yes, you are right."

The gangsters all laughed at once.

The clown seemed a little distracted while laughing, and his eyes seemed a little out of focus.

But attentive viewers noticed that it was the word freak that aroused certain memories in his heart.

Immediately, he pulled it out of his memory and said, "A freak like me knows why you hold your, uh, small psychotherapy support meeting during the day."

"I also know why you dare not go out at night..."

From this point on, all shots are close-ups from the front.

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

Every blink, every tilt of the head, every gaze, every smile showing yellow teeth, even every twisted wrinkle and trembling of fat, are all vividly displayed to the audience.

So much so that everyone seemed to be facing him directly.

And this guy who considers himself a freak seems to be trying to convince not only the gangsters but also every audience member watching the movie.

"…….Because of Batman, right?"

"Batman made sure the people of Gotham no longer feared you."

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

"Next, you will be like rats in Gotham, only fit to run around in the sewers."

"If your drug dealers no longer dare to go out on the streets at night, what else can they do during the day? Sell aspirin?"

"And those thugs under your command who were responsible for robbing stores, the cover of night was originally their best cover. Now, if they dare to rush into any grocery store or supermarket during the day, taking the risk ten times greater than at night, their final fate will definitely be to go to jail."

"Who brought these to you?"

The Joker curled his lips and said lightly: "Batman."

As he said this, he pointed at the TV with his finger.

"Including this guy on TV and his so-called plan. Ha, remember, Batman doesn't care where you are when he arrests people. He will definitely find this Liu and make him tell everything. By the way, I can tell at a glance who will leak secrets. And this guy."

“That’s the kind of person he is.”

Mr. Liu on TV interrupted the video in a panic.
But no one paid any attention to him anymore.

The gangsters who were meeting at the scene were all aroused by this man's speech and became indignant towards Batman.

Someone asked: "So what do you think we should do?"

The Joker said: "It's simple, just kill Batman."

The gangsters were stunned and began to whisper in disbelief.

In the original version, the gangsters laughed.

As for why the reactions are different?
Because the performances of Chen Nuo and Heath Ledger are different, Nolan's responses to these extras change accordingly.

A gangster boss said, "If it's so easy, why don't you do it?"

The clown shrugged, "This is my job, there's no way I'm going to do it for free."

The gangsters looked at each other, and one leader said, "You want money? How much do you want?"

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

This time, everyone laughed again.

Someone said, “Are you crazy?”

After a few shots of the gangster boss in conversation, the scene quickly returned to the Joker's face, still in close-up.

The Joker's face was expressionless, except for his eyes which contained madness.

"No no no, I didn't."

The clown shook his head, his tone sharp and mean, "In fact, if you don't agree to my terms, soon each of you may not even have a penny to give to your family."

Gamble, played by Michael White, got angry and slammed the table.

This sound suddenly woke up all the audience in the theater where George Morris was.

Ivanka also returned to reality in an instant.

She was too absorbed in it.

She was completely absorbed in what the Joker was saying.

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

Perhaps only a professional film critic like Roger, who has watched countless movies, would remain a bystander and admire the director and actors' exquisite design here.

A veteran critic who has been writing film reviews for 40 years believes that this segment must have been carefully designed by Nolan and Chen.

The film wants the audience to put themselves in the shoes of these gangsters and feel the Joker's powerful persuasiveness as a highly intelligent criminal.

And he was right.

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

So if the audience has watched the original Batman, they will definitely find that although the two movies have the same direction, the Joker in them has completely different interpretations in many places.

Such as this time.

In the scene just now, although Heath Ledger was also trying to persuade the gangsters, the sarcasm in his words when he was acting was actually more of a persuasion.

This will make the audience a little confused, and they can't help but wonder what is the real purpose of the Joker coming to this gang party?
Is he here to cause trouble? Or does he really want to cooperate with them?
This time, Chen Nuo's performance eliminated this confusion and made the clown's purpose clearer.

However, I still have to praise Nolan here.

He is worthy of being a top director in the future. Although he is still in the early stages of showing his talent, whether it is the original version or this time, after realizing that the actors who play the Joker are deeply involved in the role, Nolan gave Heath Ledger or Chen Nuo great freedom.

So, in this scene, except for some lines containing key information that must be said, Chen Nuo can perform completely freely.

After clarifying the performance with the Nolan brothers and that the Joker's purpose was to come to the scene and persuade the gangsters to cooperate, Chen Nuo began his performance, which was different from the original.

First, he added a lot of convincing lines, such as the two paragraphs describing in detail how Batman forced the gangsters into hiding.

He made them all up himself.

In this regard, the book "Diary of a Clown" gave him endless inspiration.

He felt that this was the only way to convince others.

Secondly, after Nolan conducted a trial shoot and realized the direction of Chen Nuo's interpretation, he also adjusted his shooting techniques.

Therefore, most of the shots in this scene were taken in close-up, just to give the audience the feeling of facing the clown in the first person. Of course, the side effect of shooting in this way is that the requirements for the actors will be very high.

Because the close-up shot lasts more than a minute, and it's shot from beginning to end, if the actor is slightly out of focus, it will be noticed by the audience.

So, in fact, Chen Nuo filmed the performance three times.

Although Nolan finally adopted the first version.

The collaboration between Chen Nuo and Nolan, at least for now, has indeed met or even exceeded expectations for North American audiences.

But it is hard to say what the effect will be in non-English speaking regions where most people watch movies with subtitles.

In fact, before the film was released in China, Nolan wanted to take care of foreign audiences and make a dubbed version, but was dissuaded by the frightened Chen Nuo.

Blueberry Nights, a lesson for us.

In the play, Gamble becomes increasingly angry after being molested by the Joker again, and yells, "I just can't f**king stand this guy."

Gambo made a hand gesture, and the guy next to him was about to pull out his gun.

The Joker jumped away from the table and opened his suit, revealing the lining.

The lining of the suit was covered with grenades, and the pull rings of these grenades were strung together with a thread.

The string is tied to the clown's finger.

In fact, if he pulled it, there was no doubt that everyone in the conference room would be blown to pieces.

The clown said in a light tone: "Oh, relax, we can talk it out."

The cowardly gangsters were all frightened. No one could sit still and they all retreated backwards.

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

Ganbo didn't dare to do anything else, and said unwillingly: "Do you think you can just walk away after stealing from us?"

The Joker nodded calmly, "Of course."

Gambo said, "Then I will spread the word now. I want a reward of 50 for your life. If you are alive, it will be 100 million. Then I can teach you what courtesy is."

The Joker hummed twice nonchalantly and said to the other gangsters: "Listen, ignore this idiot. If you have thought it over, you can give me a call. Oh, by the way, here is my business card."

He actually took out a business card from his pocket, and there was a clown drawn on the business card in the camera.

He put the business card on the table.

Afterwards, he continued to shake the fuse in his hand and hum a few times, as if he was teasing the dog at home with a bone.

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

The feeling he expressed at this time was completely different from his previous serious look.

The contrast between the beginning and the end brought a sense of humor, and there were a few low laughs in the theater where Roger Ebert was.

Roger Ebert didn't know how many villains there were in the history of movies that made the audience feel relaxed and happy.

At least, there was very little in his memory, so little that he couldn't remember it at the moment.

Because the villain himself is evil, disgusting and frightening.

But so far, there's nothing particularly offensive about all the cruelties displayed by the clown on the big screen.

Because he's always dealing with bad guys.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the audience will feel favorable towards him when they see him teasing these drug-dealing and robbery gangsters.

No, it's more than that.

Roger Ebert wondered in his heart, how many people put themselves into the Joker's shoes when they saw this?
He had this feeling because as an ordinary audience member, he truly felt the powerful appeal of this unique villain on the big screen.

Roger Ebert suddenly felt a little curious.

He wanted to know when the senior executives at Warner who reviewed films and formulated marketing strategies began to think that they could put all the chips on Chen alone?
If he hadn't had Alzheimer's disease, the movie would have only lasted half an hour.

The Joker captured the hearts of quite a number of audiences in just his second appearance.

What about Warner's cold-blooded animals? How many times will they be caught by the Joker he plays?

Next scene.

The new prosecutor Harvey Dent, Batman and Sheriff Gordon met on the rooftop, complaining to each other about the failure of the vault operation. Finally, Batman took the initiative to propose that he would go to Hong Kong to capture Liu, who helped the gang launder money, and bring him back to the United States.

The Joker then reappears and kills Gambo.

Chen Nuo's performance in this episode answered two questions from Roger Ebert.

First, what will the snooty Oscar voters think of Chan’s performance in The Dark Knight?

Roger Ebert's answer is: If Chen is not seen at the Kodak Theater in February 2008, the old guys in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should resign immediately to restore the authority of the Oscars that has been lost overnight.

Second, when did those high-minded judges at Warner Bros. decide to place a heavy bet of 2 million U.S. dollars on Chen, a 21-year-old young Chinese actor?
Roger Ebert's answer is: no later than this set of shots.

In other words, Roger Ebert believes that when a 2-hour movie reaches 40 minutes, even the dullest Warner film reviewer should know this -

By betting on Batman, they might be able to win the hearts and minds of Batman fans.

But if you bet on the Jokers, they'll win the world.

However, just when Roger Ebert thought that the Joker disguised himself as a corpse, sneaked into Gambo's lair, and finally killed the gangster boss who had always been against the Joker.

Finally, tell about your own background.

This is the Joker's highlight moment in The Dark Knight.

It is a great performance that cannot be replicated.

Then, in the later movie, there is the terrifying devil in the video tape at 42 minutes and 30 seconds.

At the Harvey Dent fundraising gala in 49:01, the evil leader was in control of the whole situation and made all the upper-class people, including Batman, humble as minions in front of him.

The maniacs who were blasting with bazookas on the streets of Gotham City at 1:14:30.

At the police station at 1:27:20, a crazy criminal caused the entire cinema to fall into dead silence.

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

It was the time when he felt like he was eating shit.

But an hour and a half after entering the theater, he seemed to have forgotten the solemn promises he made when he came.

The way he looked up at the screen, it seemed that even if Chen Nuo was from Zimbabwe in Africa, there was no way for him to look away.

The perverted, ugly evil preacher in a nurse's uniform who brainwashed Harvey Dent in the hospital at 1:47:35.

And at the end of the film, the desperado holds Batman's hand high in the sky, fearless of life and death.

These dazzling performances made Roger Ebert repeatedly refresh his evaluation of the Joker in this movie.

Finally, when he walked out of the cinema and stood at the door as usual, ready to listen to what ordinary audiences thought of the movie, he was blown by the cold night wind.

He suddenly reacted.

A 2 and a half hour movie, and it ends just like that?

(End of this chapter)