dlb, I must have forgotten you mentioned laughing. (I've read lots of discussions by now.) I can see your point. I wouldn't want people laughing at Covenant. It even bugged me when people laughed at Gollum during his classic monologue in Two Towers, the scene where he talks to himself.
But in this case, we're talking about a guy named
Joker. He did actually make jokes (the magic trick, specifically the play on the word, "disappear," was clearly a joke). And he did quite a lot of laughing himself.
Sometimes I laugh because something is badass, not because it's funny. Something can be so perfect (like Ledger's performance), and both the actor and the character are approaching their work with such passion, when they pull off something unexpected, it makes me laugh with pure joy. Especially if it's done with a smartass, sarcastic quip.
And a lot of the movie was clearly written for laughs. For instance, Fox's reply toward the
blackmail attempt
. Alfred's, "But I did tell you." And when the Joker says to Rachel,
"You've got a little fight in you. I like that." And Batman responds, "Then you're going to love me."
I thought there were lots of funny moments. I laughed quite a bit, actually. I think a lot of the humor went over people's heads. Ki and I always laugh at the same stuff (compatible sense of humor). A lot of times in movies I feel like we're the only two people in the theater laughing. For instance, there would be times when Bruce Wayne would say something smartass, sarcastic, or having double-meaning, and I don't think anyone else would catch it because I'd laugh and then immediately feel conscious of how quiet the theater was.
Can anyone give an example where people laughed that clearly was not laugh-worthy?
I thought the delivery of that line, at that time, was very funny.
