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Heath Ledger For Oscar
After seeing the spectacular movie The Dark Knight i believe that the late great Heath Ledger deserves a posthumous Oscar for his ground breaking, bone chilling performance as The Joker.
 Shira  10 Aug 2008 16:17
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Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight was incredible. Yes, he totally earned that Oscar
 
 Guest18  03 Dec 2008 03:41
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He turned the Joker into a poetic monster.
 
 Specter87  24 Sep 2008 15:50
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I honestly think he would get the award even if he didn't die. His portrayal of the joker was chilling! I loved the dark knight which, considering i hated the first film and wasn't sure i even wanted to see the second one, is quite amazing.i think ledger outshone everybody else.
 
 blathnaid  05 Sep 2008 00:09
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 I agree. He was good whether he is dead or not.
by  J_Allen
 05 Sep 2008 00:12
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YES, YES, YES! The Joker was the best performance of his career.
 
 ghosthunt  12 Aug 2008 04:38
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Agree: A posthoumous Oscar for Heath Ledger. Definitely.
 
 Scorpion  11 Aug 2008 04:28
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Yeah, I loved it. I'm not sure after compared to all the other actors for the same award he'll be the winner, but I thought it was an outstanding performance. It's very unfortunate how his life was lost but if this was to be his swan song he really ended on a high note.

There was a separate debate thread about whether the Dark Knight movie itself lived up to the hype and I don't think so. But regardless of that, Heath Ledger was awesome.
 
 Grenache  10 Aug 2008 22:11
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That was a phenomenal performance on Ledger's part.
 
 theophilus  10 Aug 2008 18:19
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Why not give him a John Lennon award instead?

Dying does not make the last work of someone more relevant or impressive. It just means the person won't be making any more.

And besides that, who cares about awards shows? They are masturbatorial backslapping, not something important. Any work that is worthwhile stands on its own merit, it doesn't need an award.

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You're obviously too young to get the reference.

John Lennon had released an album about a year before he was killed. It was mediocre and outdated 1960s music released in 1980. Then when he gets killed, everybody starts calling for him to get a Grimy award.

The same goes for Ledger. His final role may be one of his better movies (as if there is such a thing), but it doesn't deserve canonization.
 
 K9  11 Aug 2008 04:34
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 I hadn't heard of the John Lennon award, but I would agree there might be other types of awards more fitting than a posthumous Oscar.

"Masturbatorial backslapping" huh. I get the point. But now I'm trying to picture physically how a person would accomplish those tasks simultaneously.... and to get an award for doing it?
by  Grenache
 11 Aug 2008 16:56
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