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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
Agree about dick tracy, in its time it felt campy but watching it recently it was much better. Im still a sucker for tim Burton's batman. Nicholson > heath ledger
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Aww, you serious?!
First of all-- that's just not the joker. They borrowed that origin story from an Alan Moore's annual. The Joker isn't a petty thief with a story that can just be told like everyone else's. Maybe he was once, but Moore's story was about Commisioner Gordon (and Barbara Gordon)... Everything else happened in a vacuum, and the comics have long since stuck to the "no name, no face, no ID... Just pockets full of knives and lint" story that Nolan upheld.
It's just a much scarier and more realistic depiction of chaos and evil.
Also, the whole premise of the Burton films was whack. They didn't take ANYTHING else from the comics, except for the here-and-there mentions of Harvey Dent. The roles are shallow. The characters are shallow. Batman Returns invented it's own primary villain, for God's sake. The Penguin was good. Michael Keaton worked well for Batman but didn't know how to be any kind of Bruce Wayne.
Nolan's films were a 360° makeover, correcting every mistake that's ever been made by a cinematic adaptation of Batman.
The Dark Knight is just one of the best crime/action films I've ever seen. It sounds way more fanboy than it is. I just think it was totally excellent, through and through. But at least Dick Tracy had a great cast and storyline. Nothing like the comics at all really... like, not one bit. But still, a great film adaptation.