I mean.. He WAS a sidenote? The joker was not the main character (or even ONE of the main characters) in suicide squad. His role in the movie was: my gf is hot, I'm crazy, I will help her escape and then disappear.
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He existed to explain away a plothole and give Harley a little background.
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Heath, meanwhile, was arguably the most memorable character in his version of the movie (and was more or less the entire reason the movie happened), and Joaquin was the LITERAL main character in his movie.
I feel bad for him. He's not a bad actor, I mean he's more than proven himself with many of his previous roles, but apparently his script was utter shite and a lot of material with him was cut out.
That said, Phoenix's Joker was indeed legendary and the two aren't even comparable.
I literally had no idea he'd ever acted in anything outside of his music videos before.
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But either way, yeah, he got a bad rap for suicide squad. Was an extremely iconic character that's gained a huge following for it's memorable portrayals recently, and it was barely a footnote in the movie. A mediocre movie all around at that. But people act like his portrayal should have been on par with Heath Ledger's and I can't see any way that would have been possible (regardless of the actor) given the circumstances
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He existed to explain away a plothole and give Harley a little background.
.
Heath, meanwhile, was arguably the most memorable character in his version of the movie (and was more or less the entire reason the movie happened), and Joaquin was the LITERAL main character in his movie.
That said, Phoenix's Joker was indeed legendary and the two aren't even comparable.
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But either way, yeah, he got a bad rap for suicide squad. Was an extremely iconic character that's gained a huge following for it's memorable portrayals recently, and it was barely a footnote in the movie. A mediocre movie all around at that. But people act like his portrayal should have been on par with Heath Ledger's and I can't see any way that would have been possible (regardless of the actor) given the circumstances
I recommend you watch Requiem for a Dream, awesome movie and awesome acting on his part.