Why So Serious?

I was sceptical at first and with murmurings of an Academy Award for Best Actor on the horizon, I thought that perhaps the critics were just trying to stir some sympathy for the tragic death of Heath Ledger.

After watching the aptly titled, The Dark Knight, the darkest of the Batman franchise thus far, all signs of scepticism disappeared as Heath delivered in my opinion the performance of a life time. Playing the crazed, villainous Joker it was sometimes difficult to tell whether he was acting or actually living the part of the psychotic clown.

Seeing as how Heath is a method actor (method acting is a technique of living the character which you play), and seeing as how I have an above avergae fear for clowns (probably because of that damn, clown movie, IT; I can’t imagine that he was the most pleasant person to be around during the shooting of the film.

Whatever the case, Heath’s passing is a massive loss to the film and entertainment industry. I reckon he definitely has the Golden Statue in the bag, and will perhaps be only the second person in history, other than Peter Finch to be awarded a posthumus Oscar.