thaluikhain said:
Maybe an anti-hero like Catwoman work work better. Only, it'd have to be not crap.
Yeah....the thing is, these characters are usually at their most interesting in comics when played against the protagonist. Batman in the white, Catwoman in the gray and Joker in the pitch black.
Catwoman is interesting because she makes BATMAN more interesting as a character.
And a movie just about the joker? I dont know. Much as he is probably my favorite villain in the world...he really doesnt have a point without Batman. And he knows it. Random carnage is only fun when someone is trying to stop it.
A superhero movie seen from the eyes of the antagonist? Might be VERY interesting, but you'd have to have an antagonist with a cause you could empathize with. Not many comic book villains have that. Mr. Freeze might be one. Or you could make it a psychological movie about the villain struggling with his inner demons...
There are a lot of cool possibilities, and I'd DEFINATELY see it...but I wouldnt really expect much.
Squilookle said:
I wrote a radio play about this sort of thing- and then Megamind and Despicable Me happened. Oh well, it was still a fun screenplay. Yes, I would enjoy a movie like that. If people liked Scarface, I'm sure they could get behind a supervillain story.
While I get where you're coming from, neither of those are really villains. They're just grumpy. Real villains are evil. They do not grow to be a hero in the end, thats about their entire point. The amount of horror I would feel if I saw a redeemed Joker would be...unfathomable.