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Ledger was awful

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WinthorpeIII

In Reply to: RE: 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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Tough to be completely objective in light of his recent death.... - delboy 05:00:27 07/29/08 (0)
... and I have yet to see the film. Inevitably this situation will divide opinion. He looks good in the trailers and reviews I have seen and I am really looking forward to seeing it.

I agree that the first one (last one?) with Bale in the lead was excellent.
RE: Ledger was very good - Daryl Zero 08:01:14 07/24/08 (0)
Not sure what you are thinking about here. Ledger's performance and/or the director's vision of the Joker was truly marvelous. Well executed and worth a second look.
Haven't seen TDK yet... - Harmonia 23:14:43 07/23/08 (0)
...so I have no opinion on Leger's perfromance. But I really hated Nicholson's Joker.

Really really really.
Sorry, I couldn't disagree with you more about Ledger... - mkuller 21:12:18 07/23/08 (2)
...and not the hype, but the actual performance.

It was brilliant, consistant and captured the essence of the character here portrayed as an unbalanced anarchist.

Nicholson was just playing Jack on steroids.
- not for me - WinthorpeIII 13:18:57 07/26/08 (1)
  I can appreciate the criticism of Jack Nicholson -- he was Jack on steroids and for me that was very entertaining. He also had clarity of performance.
  
  I think everyone else should give ledger's performance a second look. He was genuinely uncomfortable and very annoying to watch. He offered no clarity of the character. The makeup and look was an interesting version. He struck a coule of poses that were visually interesting -- like when he sat in jail. Still, I say he was terrible and miscast.
  
  Maybe people are wowed by this "version." I believe people are heavily influenced by the hype. I'd imagine the studio has made many extra millions by exploiting ledger's death. His death without any exploitation would bring in extra millions. Having studio shills out there praising it as incredible when it simply isn't has no doubt benefitted them even more.
  
  I felt he was a fairly ordinary actor, capable of common type characterizations. He was way out of his element and it showed.
  - err... - WW85 21:38:01 07/28/08 (0)
    all due respect, that's got to be the most misguided review I've ever seen.
    
    Miscast? Uncomfortable? No clarity of character?
    
    It's you against the world. About 99.99% of it...

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