The 3 Things I Hate About the Jared Leto Joker

I don't like to get too critical of character,  after all actors and director do their best to make the comic characters come to life.  But of all the Jokers over the years, this one is the worst.

Let's start with the tattoos.  First of all they don't make any sense.  The Joker's laugh is one of the most iconic laughs in all of comicdom.  Did they really need to tattoo it on his upper chest?  And the skeleton head jester?  Really?  Isn't the fact that The Joker is The Joker not enough?  Besides, The Joker isn't buff and certainly doesn't take his shirt off, why the need to go this far?

Next, look at the "Damaged" tattoo on his forehead.  Let's review what The Joker does...he kills people and exposes them to a chemical that forces the enigmatic smile that they die with.  Is that not enough to show he's damaged?  Does Bane have a tattoo on his head that says "Steroids" or "Muscular"?  Does Killer Croc have a tattoo that says "Crocodile" or "Reptile"?  Is this intended to link him to Charles Manson?  You may think that ludicrous, but do you know anyone else who is tattooed on their forehead?

Next is the annoying, ridiculously annoying actually, single purple glove.  Give the Joker two gloves or no gloves, but don't give him the Michael Jackson look.  It's almost like the props department lost one of them so they decided to shoot it anyway with just one glove.  The old "one is better than none routine.

Last is the "Grill" that has been given to him.  What the heck is that?  Does Arkham have a dentist now?  Was The Joker paging through a magazine and decide that it was a good look for him?  Can anyone picture The Joker sitting in a dentist chair for hours with his mouth open and calm so he can get his "Grill"?  The only dentist I know capable of this would be familiar to you wrestling fans, Dr. Isaac Yankum, who is now wrestling as Kane.

Come on Hollywood, stop playing with one of the greatest villains of all time.  Just because you put him in his green and purple outfit, put him in the pose from The Killing Joke, doesn't make him The Joker.  His insanity makes him The Joker.  This is like stapling bacon, ham, and pork to a pig so everyone knows it's a pig.  This is not an issue of being a comic purist, it's an issue of asking people not to get carried away.   Next thing you know he The Joker will have a joker from a deck of cards superglued to his cheek.