Ledger was awful

Posted by WinthorpeIII on July 23, 2008 at 19:48:31

In Reply to: The Dark Knight... posted by mkuller on July 20, 2008 at 11:02:33:

I was quite disappointed with the movie. The first one with Bale was outstanding.

I'm afraid this hype about Ledger is just the studio taking advantage of his death to make a buck. His performance was terrible -- unclear, uncomfortable and annoying to look at rather than entertaining, and completely no communication of the character. He was unfocused and unsure -- his hazy portrayal reminded me that he had been using a lot of drugs and his focus probably suffered. Also, he lacked the age and gravitas for the character. He was miscast and did a poor job even for him.

Though apples and oranges, I'd give Nicholson 5 stars and ledger maybe 1 star. It was be mass media hypnosis if he got an Oscar nomination.

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Topic - The Dark Knight... - mkuller 11:02:33 07/20/08 (16)

Warning! - Peter Breuninger 06:46:18 07/31/08 (0)

Ledger was awful - WinthorpeIII 19:48:31 07/23/08 (6)

Tough to be completely objective in light of his recent death.... - delboy 05:00:27 07/29/08 (0)

RE: Ledger was very good - Daryl Zero 08:01:14 07/24/08 (0)

Haven't seen TDK yet... - Harmonia 23:14:43 07/23/08 (0)

Sorry, I couldn't disagree with you more about Ledger... - mkuller 21:12:18 07/23/08 (2)

not for me - WinthorpeIII 13:18:57 07/26/08 (1)

err... - WW85 21:38:01 07/28/08 (0)

Heath Ledger was spot on - PhilJ 20:12:57 07/22/08 (0)

Like eating ever increasingly sweet treacle for appetizer, - tinear 16:30:40 07/22/08 (0)

RE: The Dark Knight... - Eric B 09:50:52 07/22/08 (0)

RE: The Dark Knight... - brainwater 13:55:22 07/20/08 (0)

RE: The Dark Knight... - tunenut 13:29:07 07/20/08 (1)

RE: The Dark Knight... - Jazz Inmate 14:30:32 07/20/08 (0)

RE: The Dark Knight...Or the search for eternity, we all are looking for... - patrickU 11:43:47 07/20/08 (1)

could liking, disliking TDK be an age thing ...? - phatty 10:39:40 07/30/08 (0)

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Ledger was awful - WinthorpeIII 19:48:31 07/23/08 (6)

Tough to be completely objective in light of his recent death.... - delboy 05:00:27 07/29/08 (0)

RE: Ledger was very good - Daryl Zero 08:01:14 07/24/08 (0)

Haven't seen TDK yet... - Harmonia 23:14:43 07/23/08 (0)

Sorry, I couldn't disagree with you more about Ledger... - mkuller 21:12:18 07/23/08 (2)

not for me - WinthorpeIII 13:18:57 07/26/08 (1)

err... - WW85 21:38:01 07/28/08 (0)

Ledger was awful

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