Heath Ledger's performance in Batman

I had great expectations when I visited the cinema on Thursday night to watch the newest performance of Batman: The Dark Knight. I was told Heath Ledger's performance in the role as the villain 'the Joker' was outstanding and that he deserved a OSCAR nomination. 

Heath Ledger's previous roles include: Brokeback Mountain, A Knight's Tale, The Patriot so as you can see he was a very accomplished very finished actor. While trying to give the best performance of his life in the Batman film Heath found it difficult to sleep. He took sleeping pills to relax him however he took a overdose which killed the actor. 

As for the film itself I'd say it was OKAY I don't know if the media watched a different film maybe they did but I thought it was very average. I thought the acting was utterly terrible and that went for the plot as well the whole film for me was a complete disaster no less. With all the special affects that you can do today Batman made no attempt to use this facility which made the film boring. They also over developed some of the characters. 

On Tuesday night waiting for a train an American couple broke the silent station halls. In departures room televisions had been running the story about Heath Ledger. The headline read 'Calls for Heath Ledger to get a OSCAR nomination' one of the Americans commented "What? He's going to get a OSCAR, just for dying?" 

Yes it was crass and horrid but perhaps he has a point Ledger's acting was not amazing it was no different to any of the others that have played Batman's enemy 'the Joker' yet he's having calls for a OSCAR? Personally Oscar's for me are stupid it's just a case of giving film stars a chance to party but they are to shallow to know that the Oscar's is really just a pointless event.  

I do honestly believe that if Ledger was alive today there would be no calls for a Oscar and I don't think we should feel sorry for him just because he's died we should judge him on his acting. Fact is his acting was average no better no worse. Is the guy worthy of a Oscar? No. Is a Oscar stupid? Yes. Would it be a compliment to him outside of the spotlight would anyone care? No. 

I obviously can't go through the whole movie but I'm going to skip to the final 30 Min's or so. They introduced the character Two-Face they did not really need to go on to his character but they did and I don't think it worked. The final 30 Min's were a complete bore. The ending of the film was very questionable both Batman and Two- Face fell down scaffolding although the height they fell from was not mightily high and it was about the same height from which they dropped a crime boss and he just had a broke ankle. Batman survived that was made clear. But the former Harvey Dent just lay there. I presumed he was dead as he fell on his head, Batman fell on his back. 

Thanks,

iNathan.