Heath Ledger's "Joker", one of the greatest performances ever!

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2009)

Sure, Caesar Romero during the Adam West and Burt Ward days of Batman may have made his mark as one of the first Hollywood actors to portray the Joker, and then comes along good ole' Jack Nicholson to take on the role as well, and then comes Mr. Heath Ledger, and WOW! I certainly thought that Jack Nicholson's performance was more than adequate and quite realistic to a certain extent, but after observing Heath's portrayal as the clown-faced, purple-suited psycho, I was deeply convinced that there would be no other actor to portray the Joker, let alone any super-villain to top a performance such as Heath Ledger's. How he perfected that role and then some I'll never know! Heath so richly deserved an Oscar award for this role. And to think...what would of happen if Sean Penn, the actor who originally was offered the role before Heath, would of accepted the role and went on to play the Joker instead?? But overall, Dark Knight's director, Chris Nolan, by far made a wise, wise decision to pick Heath Ledger because I gotta say that this role of Heath's was a far cry from the previous roles he took on in the past for various movies such as A Knight's Tale, Brokeback Mountain and god help us...10 Things I Hate About You. To make one final statement, I would like to place this performance as the Joker to be in the Top 5 performances for the Best Supporting Actor category in the history of the Academy Awards. Truly a memorable performance!