Posthumous Oscar: Heath Ledger

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2008)

There have been enough comments in IMDb regarding 'The Dark Knight' as a Masterpiece and unlike most hypes, this is a fact.However this movie achieved this greatness because of a once in a lifetime performance from Heath Ledger.It's sad that Heath, who was nominated for an Oscar in Brokeback Mountains would never get a chance to hold the statuette.However, his portrayal of 'The Joker',maniacal,sadistic, and downright evil, paradoxically also has a creepily 'Wise' side.He has seen the downside, has been dragged through the depths of torture by his own father and is deranged.He is trying to bring out the inherent evil in every man and does not care about money.He wants Gotham to see a different class of evil.Batman is not able to fathom this Joker.The Joker is too toxic,too psychotic,too devilish.And Heath, the idealistic son in the Patriot, the heroic Ned Kelly,the soft spoken hunk with a secret in Brokeback Mountains is astoundingly fiendish as the Joker.Only a Posthumous Oscar would do justice to Heath's brilliance.This might remain the Darkest Batman ever.