Well it seems not everyone is ga-ga over the late Heath Ledger’s performance in the summer blockbuster The Dark Knight.
Check out some excerpts from Los Angeles Times writter Eric P. Lucas dissing the beloved Joker protrayed by Mr. Ledger.
“He’s just a pretty good actor who did away with himself and broke the hearts of his family and friends, and he shouldn’t get an Academy Award to memorialize his death.”
“(His performance) has all the subtlety of a hangover — exactly what I’d expect from someone who headed home every night to a pill party.”
Our thoughts on the criticism? A little too soon perhaps?
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well somebody finally got it right……
are they still looking for an excuse to give him an oscar just because he played a GAY COWBOY ??
That’s messed up. Who disses a dead guy? That’s the lowest of the low.
It is one thing to give an honest critique on the acting in a movie and another to attack a person personally. This is not a critique on his acting but a personal attack. How exactly does he know that he headed home every night to a “pill party”? That is rude and not acceptable. Honestly since when does critiquing a movie start to become a personal review on what a person does at home. This is so not acceptable.
ERIC P. LUCAS wrote what most clear thinking people outside hollywood are saying.
The guy had it all, selfishly throws it all away hurting his family especially his little girl.
About damn time…………..!
I mean this guy OD’d people, why the fuck should that be given an award?
I mean he is DEAD wtf is he going to do with something that IMHO and many others, he surely DOES NOT deserve.
Its like they want to idolize him for killing himself.
What a joke
And yeah, to post number 1 - - agreed.
Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz his acting was never oscar worthy.
BB Mountain, with all the mumbling , had to change the channel it was awful .
What’s next a lifetime achievement award LOL.
He was amazing and incredible and Harley you are a full blown dumb fuck!!! I see changing your name hasn’t changed shit.
He might be right but you don’t say stuff like that about a dead person. That’s just wrong, period.
Christian Bale IMO is a Great Actor, yet the dead gay cowboy steals his thunder.
Wow somebody writing for a left wing newspaper had the COJONES to say something Politically Incorrect …….Their is a GOD.
Everybody knows they only give Oscars to celebs that are pushing whatever political agenda of the moment is out there.
Oscars are no longer given based on talent, that is so passe.
Hey if Will Smith played Obama in some movie role, I betcha he would get an Oscar for it.
hollywerird is sooooooooooooooooooooooo predictable.
Sadly he did take his life.
It’s like Marylin Monroe the worst actress ever …..adored for being a pill popping tramp.
Eric P. Lucas will get a pink slip shortly.
He DID NOT take his own life! He was perscribed several conflicting medications by two different doctors causing him to pass away. You people should really be ashamed. He was a talented individual and I am sure none of you here including myself could carry a candle to his flame. So grow the fuck up. By the way…how old are some of you people?
This is disgusting. Heath did not “do away with himself”. His death was accidental, and to imply it was suicide is a horrible and dangerous thing to do. Any journalist should know better.
Hey=Harley is that you, with a different name?
He may not have intentionally committed suicide but he is responsible for his own death.
He may not have intentionally killed himself but I don’t doubt that he had a drug addiction and any of you out there that think differently are in massive amounts of denial!!! Yes, blame it on the doctors, that’s a good one, poor Heath had no idea what he was doing at all…Yeah sure. Addiction is a sad thing and it pisses me off when people try to speak about it when they don’t even understand it. He may not have done a fabulous job in the movie but I too don’t believe it deserved a review focusing on his personal life.
He did to kill himself - - he went to many doctors and got many different pills.
HE KILLED HIMSELF.
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Yeah I did.
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And if I am a full blown dumb fuck, wtf does it make you?
Just get the fuck off of my ass today -
And I am NOT ONE TO GLAMORIZE a dope addict that kills themself…Be it this guy or anyone else.
Oh please hotbitch, would you describe someone who gets into a car accident as someone who has ‘taken their own life’? What about someone who dies of complications due to diabetes, or someone who has a heart attack? Smoking, driving carelessly, or eating greasy food and a sedentary lifestyle will kill you, and so can taking prescribtion drugs. We’re all going to kick the bucket someday, and in some ways, we’ll contribute to our own demise. But what happened was not Heath’s fault. He wasn’t abusing drugs. The drugs prescribed to him were not meant to be taken together and the interaction killed him.
I don’t care who wins the Oscar, but the previous posters have been correct; this article had nothing to do with Heath’s acting abilities.
D=Do
I = I
L=Look
L=Like
I-I
G=Give
A=A
F=FUCK
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…………………….But you give a fuck about me, you and your other ass smellers do care abou tme SO much that no matter what, your on my ass like a fucking dingle berry.
I couldn’t agree more! Im the only person I know that’s said similar things and everyone acts like im a devil for saying so. His performance as the joker was fine. Not GREAT.. and just because he died people should not hype it as something more…
I agree with Joe. While I think it’s great that this reporter didn’t jump on the let’s-adore-the-dead-actor bandwagon, the personal cracks about Ledger were unnecessary.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT MADE THIS MOVIE.. LIKE CGI STAFF, SPECIAL
EFFECTS, DIRECTOR AND SCREEN WRITER.. BECAUSE IF THE SCREENWRITER DIDN’T
PUT DOWN ON PAPER WHAT HEATH SAID THAT IS WHAT DID IT.. ALSO CHRISTIAN BALE
DESERVES TO BE NOMINATED TOO.. WHY JUST HEATH.. IT IS SO STUPID TO SAY THAT..
WHY NOT FADED YOUTH BLOG DO A SURVEY AND ASK DO YOU THINK HEATH CARRIED
THIS MOVIE..WHY NOT HAVE HIM PLAY BATMAN INSTEAD… WHO NEEDS THE NEXT ONE
WHEN THIS ONE SHOULD BE IN THE NAME OF MARILYN MONROE ANNA NICOLE SMITH ETC
ALL WHO HAVE DIED OF A ACCIDENTAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERDOSE
Eric Lucas just stated the obvious.
Ok. Seriously people. If he was with us today, I would still feel this portrayal of Joker was phenomenal. The only reason everyone is debating this is because he’s not. Stop using his death as an excuse to claim Hollywood is considering giving him an award. It was a stellar movie and Heath did a wonderful job. I’m sick and tired of hearing people blame the hype on his death. This is real, this a young talent we lost, not a pill popping party animal. We’re not talking Amy Winehouse here, we’re talking about a young talented actor who made a mistake. Get off your high horses.
If the truth hurts……
I dont see how you all see his death as ACCIDENTAL. (even MM & ANS, wasnt!)
It wasnt.
He knew what he was doing, point blank.
He went OUT OF the states and got more pills from other doctors….HE DIDNT tell any of the doctors what he was taking…Because IF HE DID, 3/4 of the “scripts” would NOT have been filled.
This happens all the time - - EVEN NON celebs do it.
I betcha he had uppers for the mornings, and downers at night and ” feel good” in between.
Same Shit Happend to Elvis.
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Though HE DID NOT carry this movie. He Didnt.
He did a great job and his character was the best of that movie, lets just be honest, Batman is boring.
Hollywood still fuming he didn’t get the Oscar for playing a gay cowboy.
How disrespectful to Heath and his family. Eric P. Lucas is despicable.
There are still 5 months left in this year, to say that this performance deserves an oscar before all others are out is premature. I totally agree with Lucas’s critique of his portrayal of the Joker. His personal life I don’t want to venture a guess. The state that he left his child in says a lot about his character. He should have made sure his will was updated and made provisions for his child. For that he sucked. It’s typical Hollywood to make deities out of these people. Before he died the owner of this blog was writing crap about his life now he/she is behaving like Lucas shouldn’t speak his mind just because Heath is dead. If they were so incensed the comments they should have been respectful enough to keep it off the blog. However, only the sensational stories that will cause controversy ever appear on the blogs.
Eric P Lucas is my hero, for speaking his mind and the stating the obvious , too many P*******s in the press today.
Hollywood is like a cancer destroying our culture and others around the world.
You know, I’ve been reading this site (and the comments) for a long time now, and it seems to me that the only people that come here and post are those that are so miserable that they can’t think of anything pleasant to say about anyone else, ever. No matter what the post is, there are ALWAYS tons of people making the most disgusting comments about people that, lets face it, YOU DON’T KNOW! I wouldn’t even try to judge my friends like you people judge total strangers. I didn’t realize there were so many people on this planet that have the rights only an almighty being should possess. I really wish that I was so unbelievably perfect that I could judge strangers for things they may or may not have done in their lives too… if only.
They make fun of celebs because deep down they are miserable with their own lives and it makes them feel better. Its easy to hide behind a computer and pick people apart yet noone knows what you look like or what. Issues you have in your life. How someone can make fun of somebody that drives a benz and lives in a million dollar home is beyond me seems like their life is better than yours. While they are working and making millions ya’ll just keep wasting your life sitting at the computer talking about them. I wonder who is actually laughing?
LET THE MAN REST IN PEACE WHEN HIS DAUGHTER IS OLD ENOUGH SHE WILL POSSIBLY READ ALL OF THIS. PLEASE LET THE MAN BE.
Question, yes people on here are especially angry and because of the small number of comments, people do actually read (all 5 of them). I wish all those miserable people would just kill themselves and be done with it. Alas, we are stuck with them so all we can hope for is their quick and ugly death.
Talk about having a life, it’s strange that people on the Internet posting about people not having a life is sort of oxymoronic. There’s a popular phrase which states, “A man is a man as long as his life, but his name last forever.” There are aspects of a persons life that doesn’t disappear after they die. The man live irresponsibly and death doesn’t excuse that,nor, should it reward him for a marginal performance in a movie based on a comic book. You are such idiot, just because someone drives a benz or lives in a multi-million dollar home does not exempt them from ridicule if they live recklessly. Your implying that Paris Hilton should not be made fun of because she drives an expensive car and lives in expensive homes.
Well I do agree with the fact that he shouldn’t get an Oscar just because he has died and everyone thinks it would be ‘nice’ if he got it. He wouldn’t want to win that way, he would want to win because he was a fantastic actor. I don’t agree with the second paragraph though, I thought Heath played the Joker to perfection. Eveyrone I’ve talked to about it feels the same way. I think the comment about drugs though is completely uncalled for and not fair.
Every time they talk about who should be the next oscar.. Heath is the only one in the Dark Horizon
video clip. Hope it gets nothing…!! Too much hype over one actor can ruin it.. Since the actors
are the ones that pick the nominees…
Whatever, sam. How do even begin to compare a car accident or heart attack with an OD?!?!?!!? Is there ANY logic to that whatsoever? NO. That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. You sound like a naive teenager. Let me clue you in on a little something; car accidents/heart attacks/the other crap you mentioned can all occur through no fault of the individual. An OD, however, is something you walk your ass right into.
Now let’s see; he was found with the following Rx drugs in his system: OxyContin, Hydrocodone, Valium, Xanax, Restoril and Unisom. I don’t care how many doctors prescribed the drugs the point is he took them at the SAME TIME. “The drugs prescribed to him were not meant to be taken together and the interaction killed him.” NO SHIT!!! Any reasonable person, or child even, knows you don’t take 6 drugs at once. And don’t act like you don’t remember the video of him doing coke at a party a couple years ago. So give me a fucking break already. Face it; he was a drug ABUSER. What don’t you get about that?????
I can’t believe people will say these things about one of the best actors that has ever walked the earth. He is by far the best actor of our generation. He should have gotten an Oscar for his role in Brokeback because he went out of his way as a person and an actor to fulfill a character that many other actors today would never have done. They take on these superficial roles but no Heath! That role had depth and character to it and he pulled it off with the best ability of any person.
Hotbi*ch you are wrong! And you need to get a grip on reality here. Sometimes people have no way out and our society and these ‘Doctors’ fill your head with silly things like you NEED these drugs to function. I think all he needed was a hug. Maybe turning to the Lord could have saved him.
Mary, you have a point about the LORD, Most celebs are atheists or agnostics therefore have many voids in their lives and cant’t even enjoy or realize how blessed they are.
You don’t have to be a bible thumper to understand that.
The happiest people I have ever met in my travels are people of FAITH.
Why is hollywood so intolerant of people of FAITH .
Because people of faith tend to shove their dumbass beliefs down our throat. I don’t give a fuck what God you worship but don’t fucking tell me how to live my life. Because if you do, I’m so intolerant, I’ll beat your worthless ass down like I was Nikki Blonsky.
I went into the movie expecting he would be overrated, but I did think he was good. Part of the reason is because Jack Nicholson’s performance was SO overrated. He was way too hammy in the role - not scary, just over the top. Ledger doesn’t deserve praise for overdosing, but he got the Joker right. (This from a former Batman comic geek).
HEATH WAS AMAZING AND I THINK HE DESERVES EVERY PRAIS GIVEN TO HIM. yep I broke out the caps for that one.
My response to LUCAS himself:
Heath Ledger was simply human. I think that just because he was in a couple extremely marketable box office hits in Hollywood, people tend to forget that he was simply a troubled soul trecking through life doing a job that he was actually good at. His job just happened to be making movies, leaving him open for scrutiny and mind-less, spine-less critism. Was he a pill popper? Did he commit suicide? Was he struggling with life so much that he sought help from over the counter, doctor prescribed drugs that he managed to accidentally mix and die with? No one really knows, except Heath and God, itself. When common-folk such as Senor Lucas start spouting off negatively about someone that, regardless of how he died or who’s intent it was to have his life ended, is without merit and is just plain lacking in the sac area. Where are you balls Mr. Lucas? Are you that angry that you would say something so hurtful about the death of someone , you probably jerked off to when watching “Broke Back Mountain” over & over again, that you feel the need to publicly bash him in the press even after he’s gone? And then to criticize his performance in the last film he finished and say he doesnt deserve an Oscar because he “ended his life”, who are you to assume what he “deserves” anyway? He isnt here on this pathetic planet to enjoy it anyway and when did someone crown you the “ALL MIGHTY” and allow you the gift of telling people, and the deceased no less, what they are deserving of? I think, Senor Lucas, that I will take that crown off your mis-shaped head due to lack of brain matter, and place it on my own…since its so easy to do this anyway, and pass judgement on what you deserve: how about…in the words of Ben Stiller in “HAPPY GILMORE”, “how’s about a nice warm glass of SHUT THE HELL UP!”…nothing more, nothing less. I bet it will burn on the way down and and tear little cuts in your anus on the way out. Then, and only then, will you have received, what you, my dear poor excuse for a journalist, what you deserve for writing that little peanut-filled poopy morsel of a review of Heath Ledger.
As for Heath, Rest in Peace Mother Fucker, you’re in a much better place than the rest of us assholes.
Beauty Bitch you talk too fucken much. STFU!
I thought his performance as the joker was very good whether or not he should get an award I have no clue. But that comment was in poor taste. Some people feel like they need to be controversial to get attention this obviously worked for this guy.
Marline….You are a miserable cunt. I can’t even stand your dumbs ass comments anymore.I would beat YOUR ass down if I ever ran into you.You better believe that!You obviously have no respect for religion, and that’s fine, but I hope you wise up, or your in for a one way ticket to hell.REMEMBER THAT!
the guy was depressed.
takings to much pills, he must of been doing it for a period of time for it to kill him.
but when your depressed you obviously do no think straight, and feel your life is worthless.
but the dark knight is his best film to date, but i do agree there is no point of giving him the oscar.
playing a physco whilst your depressed is a strange combination.
Still there is no need for Eric P. Lucas to exaggerate things, but what do you expect he wants to sound like a stuck up cunt, and wdf makes him the expert.
I wonder if this dude ever watched a single movie of his? it doesn’t sound like that to me.
If he doesn’t have any inside knowledge about Heath’s lifestyle and mentalcondition he really sould just keep his mouth shut. and who is he to speak for the family left behind??
so much for respecting the dead… asshole.
Becoming a nation of Wimps.
Hard working people don’t have the time to self destruct.
Hard working people don’t have time to comment on blogs.
Sorry..but i dont see how anyone can play the joker better than Jack Nicholson did. He epitomised the role and i dont think Heath did anything more than copying him.