Heath Ledger movies

the ending, like in every history movie, leaves u with a bitter-sweet taste...great but not perfect...I dont know...smth's missing...again, just a feeling of mine

As Casanova, Ledger doesn't play the material over the top; he lets the comedy speak for itself and focuses his attention on defining the cunning, seductive traits of the famed character. He's perfect for the role. Ledger plays Casanova with such charming grace, it's hard to imagine anyone else in this role - at least in this version of Casanova.

This Casanova is certainly complex, but mostly it's cheese - pure cheddar. It never asks that we take it seriously, only that we have a good time watching the comic chaos bubble and brew. Director Lasse Hallström surprisingly avoids anything that resembles a trite, tiresome, period-piece romance, and instead relishes in swashbuckling and humorous mischief. Casanova is a blast from start to finish.

This movie is easy to recommend but hard to love, distinguished by Gilliam's extravagant and funny style, but compromised by creative warfare and budgetary limitations. The strain is evident: the brothers' personalities and relationships to each other are poorly established, and the film's structure is ungainly. Never finding his groove, Damon is surprisingly dull in comparison to Ledger's hyperactive "Brad Pitt in Twelve Monkeys" routine. As in so many Hollywood pictures, the climax of The Brothers Grimm is undeniably bloated, but Gilliam infuses it with energy rather than exhaustion. Despite its messiness, The Brothers Grimm deserves credit for its idiosyncratic ambition,

while slickly made and edited, lacks the depth and entertaining value of the far superior documentary on the same subject

The Dark Knight is a riveting cinematic achievement. Christian Bale dons the mask of the bat, and even with the multitude of characters and storylines that inhabit this movie, he grounds the story and gives it weight. When the Batman is in control, Gotham seems definitive and forward moving; but when he loses that control, Gotham lacks all sense of hope. It's a brilliant job by Bale as he brings the viewer behind the mask and carries them on his journey through Bruce Wayne's private hell.

In his portrayal of the Joker, the only surprise in Heath Ledger's performance is that it exceeds the hype. This would have been a career-making role for Ledger, one that would have placed him on par with the best actors in Hollywood. Instead, like James Dean in Exit to Eden, his portrayal of the Joker acts as a footnote to a short yet almost remarkable career.

Ledger's Joker is an evil force of nature. He is anarchy personified. The character has no morals, no rules and no reason for anything. He does it because he wants to, and destruction and death appear as a result. The Joker is an infection spreading throughout the heart of Gotham, threatening to choke off the blood supply. When the Joker is on the screen, the audience is riveted to their seats in the fear of what he might do next.

Aaron Eckhart is startlingly good in the role of Harvey Dent, a man focused on ridding Gotham of the influence of crime in the daylight, while Batman strikes at night. There are interesting parallels set up between Dent's work within the system, and Batman's work completely around the system. As the story progresses, it becomes painfully obvious that Batman's success has its share of costs to the city as well. Dent eventually becomes the poster child for this situation, as his work and Batman's are painfully shredded by the Joker's mad impulses.

Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine bring their usual excellence to their respective support roles. Maggie Gyllenhall, replacing the wooden Katie Holmes as Rachel, brings one of the few bright lights to a dark Gotham. Let's don't forget also Gary Oldman, who gives his best again.

The film is incredibly well shot, paced and scored. The script is surprisingly rich in depth, full of political and emotional intrigue. It succeeds in elevating the movie above the expectations of the audience.

For Harvey Dent, the picture tells the complete story of a man rising through society, who eventually falls due to his overwhelming faith in himself.

In simplest terms, The Dark Knight is an exhausting, intense and riveting crime story one minute, and a frightening tale of personal terror the next.

As a personal remark, I would recommend this movie because of the Joker, but the concept itself, of batman, seems a little childish...a comic-book superhero that doesn't seem to be believable, regardless of its science-fiction roots