OT: Heath Ledger

by Longhorn on Jan 22, 2008 4:01 PM CST

Died.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/

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my friend and college roomate died

on sunday. going to funeral on wednesday.

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by gossamer on Jan 22, 2008 4:06 PM CST reply actions

i'm sorry to hear that.

"Lois, undecided voters are the biggest idiots on the planet, try giving short, simple answers."

by Longhorn on Jan 22, 2008 4:09 PM CST up reply actions

Very sorry to hear that.

Hang in there.

You're hijacking the thread and being repetitive. Move forward.

by Rodney on Jan 22, 2008 4:47 PM CST up reply actions

that's awful, gossamer

condolences

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by RangerMoto on Jan 22, 2008 4:56 PM CST up reply actions

Sorry to hear that

My father died last April. His family will be in my prayers.

Piss off nut chucker... Boomer Sooner!

by boomer1 on Jan 22, 2008 5:01 PM CST up reply actions

it was a shock

we're both 26 years old. friends dying had never even entered my mind.

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by gossamer on Jan 22, 2008 5:06 PM CST up reply actions

Hang in there gossamer

Piss off nut chucker... Boomer Sooner!

by boomer1 on Jan 22, 2008 5:10 PM CST up reply actions

I am very sorry for your loss,

Im 24 and I have lost many people along the way. Shit I lost my best friend when I was 16. I also lost my very close cousins when I was 18. bBoth due to car accidents. I guess my point is, you'll find a way to be strong. Wether its through friends and family, or blogging.

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by NYTXFAN on Jan 22, 2008 5:41 PM CST up reply actions

Damn

26, that is horrible. So sorry to hear.

hurlerhurley has to drink a 6 pack just to have one for each of his usernames.

by t ball on Jan 22, 2008 6:53 PM CST up reply actions

Sorry

for your loss.

by Agreen07 on Jan 22, 2008 8:53 PM CST up reply actions

That's sad.

Condolences, Gossamer.

Fire Todd Dodge.

by sprite on Jan 22, 2008 11:53 PM CST up reply actions

OMG

that sucks

""I love GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLD" blueglovelefty

by NYTXFAN on Jan 22, 2008 4:12 PM CST reply actions

that's sad

He was really good in Brokeback Mountain.

But that river of tears has dried for all of us.

by trza on Jan 22, 2008 4:12 PM CST reply actions

Im sorry I just could never stomach to watch

that movie. Im sorry I just can't find the inner homo in me

""I love GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLD" blueglovelefty

by NYTXFAN on Jan 22, 2008 5:05 PM CST up reply actions

-1

by jparks77 on Jan 22, 2008 5:12 PM CST up reply actions

-1 indeed

Your "inner homo"?

You know how ignorant that makes you sound, right?

The 40 (still) trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on Jan 22, 2008 5:27 PM CST up reply actions

Sorry how about this,

I can't seem to be able to watch soft gay porn.

""I love GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLD" blueglovelefty

by NYTXFAN on Jan 22, 2008 5:38 PM CST up reply actions

Only the hard stuff?

I completely understand.

by jparks77 on Jan 22, 2008 5:42 PM CST up reply actions

haha

well done.

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by RangerMoto on Jan 22, 2008 5:44 PM CST up reply actions

No I really am sorry about this,

this is just my way of coping with such a tradgic loss.

""I love GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLD" blueglovelefty

by NYTXFAN on Jan 22, 2008 5:42 PM CST up reply actions

God

What a moron.

by brettgardner on Jan 22, 2008 5:48 PM CST up reply actions

+1

You know, I kind of felt sorry for the guy when everyone was bashing him about his email to TR and spelling etc.... But lately it seems as if he has to comment on just about every little thing that pops into his head. Just really getting old having to read comment after comment.

by B_Black on Jan 22, 2008 6:07 PM CST up reply actions

i honestly thought the movie was boring

but i liked him in other movies.

I'll always associate Ledger with David Manning of the Ridgefield Press.

http://tinyurl.com/bvx8g

To think, at one point it was so outlandish to call Heath Ledger the "this year's hottest new star."

by ab03 on Jan 22, 2008 5:53 PM CST up reply actions

Wow.

Boring? Really? I thought it was clearly the best movie of '05.

by brettgardner on Jan 22, 2008 6:03 PM CST up reply actions

agreed

It should have won best picture. Crash was terrible.

But that river of tears has dried for all of us.

by trza on Jan 22, 2008 6:04 PM CST up reply actions

Not only

was Crash boring, but so was Capote, Munich and Good Night and Good Luck. That was a bad year for mainstream movies, I guess, and made worse by passing on the best of the bunch.

As a matter of fact, looking over the best picture winners and nominees since 2000, the crop has been worse than awful and it's a shame that the academy doesn't take a look beyond the most mainstream of movies. Lord, looking at this list, the only good movies are Brokeback Mountain, The Departed, which is good but overrated, and There Will Be Blood. Oh well, there's always the "artsy" theaters for good movies I guess.

by brettgardner on Jan 22, 2008 6:16 PM CST up reply actions

I agree with you on everything but Capote

I genuinely enjoyed that movie, though I can see how you could have found it boring. It was definitely a slow film, but I was riveted.

Crash was atrocious and Munich was even worse.

Good Night and Good Luck was an okay movie, but was a little too self-important for my taste.

Brett you didn't like any of the other noms this year? I enjoyed Juno, thought Michael Clayton was excellent and thought No Country was even excellenter.

I didn't see Atonement and have about zero desire to ever see it, though I'm sure I'll end up renting it on DVD with a chick at some point, especially if it wins BP.

I haven't yet seen TWBB, it only came out in my podunk hamlet this week and I haven't made it out yet... but I will, it looks awesome.

The 40 (still) trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on Jan 22, 2008 6:29 PM CST up reply actions

To be perfectly honest

I wasn't completely forthcoming. Of this year's crop I've only seen There Will Be Blood and and Atonement (with my girlfriend). I really disliked No Country as a book so I guess that kind of turned me off movie-wise, though I probably should give it a chance. As for Juno, I'm a little worn out with what I assume to be the style of the movie. Just a lot of it out there these days.

I agree with your assessment of Good Night and Good Luck.

And as for TWBB, I guess I'm just like everybody else who thought the only good thing about Gangs of New York was Daniel Day-Lewis. He similarly carries Blood, which is much much better than Oil! by Sinclair, which is what it appears to be based mostly off of.

by brettgardner on Jan 22, 2008 6:40 PM CST up reply actions

TWBB

Saw it this weekend, and I was blown away. Like brett said, he carries this film much like Gangs of New York. However, the film itself is much better. It is slow at times, but it really is a fantastic film. Johnny Greenwood's (Radiohead) soundtrack is a perfect fit, and sets the tone of the film throughout. Worth seeing for DDL, but you will enjoy the film. We were left in awe when the movie was over with the sheer power of Lewis's performance.

And the film has some absolutely ridiculous/insane lines that DDL makes work. Its pretty hilarious to quote afterwards. Ex: Latest commercials "I'm going to come where you sleep and I'm going to cut your throat"... completely out of nowhere. And that's really quite tame compared to some others.

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by TheBZA on Jan 23, 2008 8:53 AM CST up reply actions

I liked Munich

What was your problem with Munich?

Rex Hudler is in demand as a motivational speaker.

by Brian Thomas on Jan 23, 2008 10:49 AM CST up reply actions

So boring.

by brettgardner on Jan 23, 2008 12:37 PM CST up reply actions

Yep.

The critics always ignore important films that come from smaller studios. Critics were pissing on themselves for crap like Crash but failed to see the beauty in a movie like Palindromes or Bad Education.

Pedro Almodavar should direct the next big budget, generic comic book adaptation in order to get average Joe Idiot to see his other films. They are all works of art. Fuck Crash. My balls could make a film with more depth.

by jparks77 on Jan 22, 2008 6:34 PM CST up reply actions

Palindromes

was good, but just a tad bit too much for me, artistically speaking. Still, I agree that Almodóvar is a great director. The only thing I couldn't stand about La Mala Educación were those annoying castellano accents, and Bernal tried really hard to Spanish-ize his Mexican shit, but he just annoys me too for some reason.

by brettgardner on Jan 22, 2008 6:48 PM CST up reply actions

"CITY OF GOD"

...rent it now.

then buy it.

by oc on Jan 22, 2008 7:13 PM CST up reply actions

Fuck yeah

It's in my top 5.

Very re-watchable.

Only the finest, eh oc? ;)

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by inactive lsb user on Jan 22, 2008 7:26 PM CST up reply actions

indeed...

...Fernando Meirelles is a genius...

anybody who can get those kinds of performances from untrained actors... CHILD actors, at that... is a top-notch director in my book...

by oc on Jan 22, 2008 7:36 PM CST up reply actions

Amazing film.

by jparks77 on Jan 22, 2008 7:40 PM CST up reply actions

you want to see boring

watch Michael Clayton. Geez, what a horribly slow and boring movie...

"Lois, undecided voters are the biggest idiots on the planet, try giving short, simple answers."

by Longhorn on Jan 23, 2008 3:31 PM CST up reply actions

I loved it.

by jparks77 on Jan 23, 2008 3:41 PM CST up reply actions

+1

Crash was nothing more than a Saturday Morning Special. Awful, pretentious filmmaking at its worst.

Obama - ??? 2008 : Real change we can all believe in.

by RangerMoto on Jan 22, 2008 6:17 PM CST up reply actions

I hate Crash so much, I'll go this far

thedirkatron : Million Dollary Baby :: RangerMoto : Crash

Obama - ??? 2008 : Real change we can all believe in.

by RangerMoto on Jan 22, 2008 6:18 PM CST up reply actions

Don't go there, girlfriend!!!

**Snaps his fingers as he bobs his head from side to side**

The 40 (still) trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on Jan 22, 2008 6:21 PM CST up reply actions

hahaha

oh no he di'n't!

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by RangerMoto on Jan 22, 2008 7:57 PM CST up reply actions

thats not necessarily saying much

i don't remember all the movies from 05 but I would say your assessment of the other ones is about right - except i enjoyed good night and good luck maybe just for the content. but ang lee has bored me on more than one occasion.

by ab03 on Jan 23, 2008 8:34 AM CST up reply actions

We

need to get Tom Grieve to settle this.

Ephesians 1:3-10

by kwellborn on Jan 23, 2008 5:34 PM CST up reply actions

wow

insecure?

But that river of tears has dried for all of us.

by trza on Jan 22, 2008 6:05 PM CST up reply actions

Huh

I was really looking forward to his portrayal of the Joker in the new Batman movie. It looked cool.

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by WyoRanger on Jan 22, 2008 4:33 PM CST reply actions

it's in post-production...

...so it will still be released with him in it.

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by RangerMoto on Jan 22, 2008 4:34 PM CST up reply actions

looks like his last movie then...

He was filming another one, but i doubt his part was completed.

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by mtex on Jan 22, 2008 4:43 PM CST up reply actions

Geez

Looks like suicide or accidental OD. I doubt we'll know exactly what happened for a while.

Very much like James Dean or River Phoenix. Gone in the prime of their careers.

This makes his upcoming Joker role that much creepier...

Obama - ??? 2008 : Real change we can all believe in.

by RangerMoto on Jan 22, 2008 4:34 PM CST reply actions

The apartment

where they found Ledger is one block from where I work. A TMZ/Inside Edition bomb went off outside. Hundreds of them.

by jparks77 on Jan 22, 2008 4:45 PM CST up reply actions

Supposedly

The apartment where he was found belongs to one of the Olson twins. He was staying there while she was in Sundance.

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by WyoRanger on Jan 22, 2008 5:33 PM CST up reply actions

Shit

He was a very underrated actor.

He was incredible in Dogtown.

Sucks.

The 40 (still) trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on Jan 22, 2008 5:04 PM CST reply actions

Dogtown

I thought he was great in that movie.

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by rentz on Jan 22, 2008 7:09 PM CST up reply actions

sad

There is a little girl that we will know her father.

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by BillyBobisdrunk on Jan 22, 2008 5:29 PM CST reply actions

Huh?

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by inactive lsb user on Jan 22, 2008 7:09 PM CST up reply actions

hahahahahaha...

by oc on Jan 22, 2008 7:16 PM CST up reply actions

Curse of the painted faces

Happened to Brandon Lee too.

by chief on Jan 22, 2008 6:16 PM CST reply actions

Brandon Lee...

I loved "The Crow" and still think it is one of my favorite movies. I remember when he died doing the movie, I was in high school and was shocked when I heard.

Very sad to hear about Ledger. I thought he had some very fine roles, and some not so good ones but when someone dies at 28...just sad.

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by slc ranger on Jan 22, 2008 11:42 PM CST up reply actions

That's a shame

never good to see such a young man go with so much of his life still left to live.

The Eagle has landed....

by Lonerangers on Jan 22, 2008 6:44 PM CST reply actions

My personal

favorite of his was A Knight's Tale. I am looking forward to The Dark Knight. I think my wife has always had a bit of crush on the guy. Him and that bastard Matthew Fox.

Ephesians 1:3-10

by kwellborn on Jan 22, 2008 11:45 PM CST reply actions