What an amazing film

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2006)

I have been waiting for this movie for months now. Usually when that happens, I end up over anxious and disappointed. I didn't this time.
I think the movie was pure brilliant film-making. Ang Lee has won me back after "Hulk." Lee has always been one of my favorites, but I never understood why he signed on for a superhero movie. It just didn't seem like him.
The brilliance in this movie lies in the fact that as I watched it, I felt something was missing from the film. I thought of several ways I would have done it different. I won't say because of spoilers, but there are a few things I would have done in another way. But afterwards, I realized that was the way I should have felt when I left the movie. I felt like something was missing, exactly how the characters felt throughout the entire movie.
Heath Ledger definitely deserves an Oscar this year. I have been impressed by a few performances this year, but this has been the Major one, along with Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line." But Ledger pulled off the country boy thing really well. I grew up around people like that and he reminded me of a few of them.
I think a movie is best defined in how it inspires you. This was the most inspirational film I have seen in years.