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81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:18 am
by Snoopy
Heath Ledger won the award for Best Supporting Actor.
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HEATH Ledger has won Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars for his chilling portrayal of The Joker in Dark Knight.
Ledger was the unbackable favourite in the category. His win is only the second posthumous acting honour in Oscars history and completes a sweep of major awards for the performance.
Bookmakers had Ledger at odds of 50-to-1 to win. Other quoted odds had the late actor at 250-to-1. US media had called Ledger a "sure thing", while the New York Times said simply: "No contest, no debate, Heath Ledger".
In a moment which had Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Anne Hathaway in tears as his family accepted the Award on behalf of the late Heath Ledger. The Oscar is to be put away in a trust fund until his daughter Matilda turns 18.
Rest In Peace Heath!
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:21 am
by Ancients
lol i thought it was funny when...
omg i actually forgot his name
oh wait ben stiller
yea i thought that was funny when he was doing the gum chewing bit
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:26 am
by NO_SILK_4_ME
YEHAHHHHH FHWOFHNKL ANSKLDFWA
GO HEATH! totally deserved it.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:34 am
by Ancients
i think the best actor is next
there is a blonde bimbet on stage atm
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:28 am
by Tasdik
*has yet to see Dark Knight*
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:29 am
by /Pi
Tasdik wrote:*has yet to see Dark Knight*
DIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:30 am
by MrJoey
Tasdik wrote:*has yet to see Dark Knight*
Go see it, best comic based movie ever, and quite possibly best overall movie ever.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:49 am
by ThatBluePerson
the dark knight is pretty crappy imho
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:49 am
by Montolio
Tasdik wrote:*has yet to see Dark Knight*
Go see it, or I'll find you...
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:36 am
by Melez
Tasdik wrote:*has yet to see Dark Knight*
Me too.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:00 pm
by Silver0
MrJoey wrote:Tasdik wrote:*has yet to see Dark Knight*
Go see it, best comic based movie ever, and quite possibly best overall movie ever.
ur funny
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:25 pm
by Montolio
ThatBluePerson wrote:the dark knight is pretty crappy imho
Regardless of whether you are a comic fanoboy or not, what can you say about this movie that makes it "pretty crappy"? The movie itself is incredible.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:17 pm
by takolin
Melez wrote:Tasdik wrote:*has yet to see Dark Knight*
Me too.
Add me to the list though I'm not ashamed and I doubt it'll be the best movie I ever saw.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:41 pm
by woutR
Dark Knight is a bit overrated imo.
Heath truly deserved the oscar, dead or not. His play as the Joker made the movie, if it weren't for Heath the movie would suck large balls. But still, Dark Knight isn't as good as people make it out to be.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:43 pm
by [SD]bizzle
I agree with woutr. Without heath ledger the dark knight wouldnt be so good. But imo it's still a good movie. Batman begins was good, but not great. The Dark Knight is great, thx to heath ledger.
Heath ledger deserved that oscar, im happy he got it
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:53 pm
by satman83
ummm no one going to mention anything about Slumdog? 
...oh well, not really surprised its not mentioned here
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:02 pm
by Ancients
the odd thing is ive never even heard of slumdog millionaire
first time i heard of it was last night
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:11 pm
by ThatBluePerson
Montolio wrote:ThatBluePerson wrote:the dark knight is pretty crappy imho
Regardless of whether you are a comic fanoboy or not, what can you say about this movie that makes it "pretty crappy"? The movie itself is incredible.
Idk. I watched it and it didn't appeal me much. It's just me I guess.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:02 pm
by CrimsonNuker
I bet once they started giving like a million awards to slumdog, everybody was like "wait wut?"
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:38 pm
by Silver0
CrimsonNuker wrote:I bet once they started giving like a million awards to slumdog, everybody was like "wait wut?"
i was wtf happen to button...Sigh another daughter of a directer getting nailed behind closed curtains. lol jk
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:50 pm
by HughGRection
CrimsonNuker wrote:I bet once they started giving like a million awards to slumdog, everybody was like "wait wut?"
It was a Great movie, good storyline and pictures
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:25 pm
by Snoopy
For Heath Ledger to play the role of a villain and still be liked for both his acting and the characteristics portrayed by the role is an amazing thing. Usually the villains are the first to be forgotten but not in the case of Heath. Well done Heath
Hard to explain
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:53 pm
by XemnasXD
[SD]bizzle wrote:I agree with woutr. Without heath ledger the dark knight wouldnt be so good. But imo it's still a good movie. Batman begins was good, but not great. The Dark Knight is great, thx to heath ledger.
Heath ledger deserved that oscar, im happy he got it
thats like saying without Marlon Brando The Godfather wouldn't be good. Heath was a part of the movie, the main villain is a BIG role, just as big as the main hero, they play off each other. So Heath is a part of TDK and you can't take him out of the equation when he's in it because then you wouldn't be talking about TDK you'd be talking about some other movie....
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:30 am
by /Pi
XemnasXD wrote:thats like saying without Marlon Brando The Godfather wouldn't be good. Heath was a part of the movie, the main villain is a BIG role, just as big as the main hero, they play off each other. So Heath is a part of TDK and you can't take him out of the equation when he's in it because then you wouldn't be talking about TDK you'd be talking about some other movie....
Took the words out of my mouth.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:17 pm
by woutR
XemnasXD wrote:[SD]bizzle wrote:I agree with woutr. Without heath ledger the dark knight wouldnt be so good. But imo it's still a good movie. Batman begins was good, but not great. The Dark Knight is great, thx to heath ledger.
Heath ledger deserved that oscar, im happy he got it
thats like saying without Marlon Brando The Godfather wouldn't be good. Heath was a part of the movie, the main villain is a BIG role, just as big as the main hero, they play off each other. So Heath is a part of TDK and you can't take him out of the equation when he's in it because then you wouldn't be talking about TDK you'd be talking about some other movie....
Point well taken. My point is just that Heath Ledger is the only thing good about the movie. A movie can be a bit like a dish: all ingredients compliment each other and create something nice, or there's really something tasty in it, but not much else. Like a wok meal and a juicy steak, respectively.
@satman: Why aren't you surprised we aren't talking about Slumdog millionaire? The discussion was about Dark Knight anyways. I think it's wrong to think no one here appreciates movies without a lot of action and because Slumdog Millionaire is a drama movie no one here saw it.
I saw Slumdog Millionaire, it was a good movie. Not an 8 oscar good movie. I think some of slumdog's oscars should've went to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:25 pm
by satman83
woutR wrote:
@satman: Why aren't you surprised we aren't talking about Slumdog millionaire? The discussion was about Dark Knight anyways. I think it's wrong to think no one here appreciates movies without a lot of action and because Slumdog Millionaire is a drama movie no one here saw it.
I saw Slumdog Millionaire, it was a good movie. Not an 8 oscar good movie. I think some of slumdog's oscars should've went to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
I guess by the title it was to be about all films 
And i am shocked you haven't heard about it, it won 6 golden globes and 7 BAFTAS and
grossed 150million world wide, not bad for a movie that was only going to originally
come out on DVD.
Also The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was overrated, am glad that out of the big
3 movie award shows (Oscars, BAFTAS and Golden Globes) it only won awards for
technical aspects and not for acting or any others. Film was only a taking point
because of how they made Brad Pit look old and then young. It was so boring once
we start to get old (young ). Likewise with slumdog, brilliant film. But the
best parts of it were the flashbacks to when the characters where children.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:05 pm
by XemnasXD
So your saying that Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, and Maggie Gyllenhaal all did terrible jobs, the cinematography was shitty, the plot was stupid, the editing was dumb, the writing was pitiful, and the lighting was just a crap job all around, the special effects were lame, not to mention the soundtrack which was the pits?
Cause all those things went into making that movie great, hell the top shot on the first page includes lighting, directing, and editing and that is a great fuckin picture...
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:03 am
by Snoopy
This isn't gonna win ol' Colonel Sanders any brownie points! Mel Gibson has sensationally suggested that the untimely death-by-overdose of Heath Ledger wasn't an accident, going so far as to say he saw Heath as an "impending tragedy".
Mel, who starred alongside Heath in 2000 flick The Patriot, told Jimmy Kimmel Live that he thought the official ruling that Heath's death was accidental was a load of bull.
"I didn't really know the ins and outs of what was up with him, but I don't believe it was just an accident," he said.
"Maybe I could have called him. When you see sort of an impending tragedy or something that might go wrong, it just felt like I should do something about it."
Mel also confessed he had called Britney Spears recently to discuss her not-so-recent problems.
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:01 pm
by Silver0
David Finch Deserved something IMO and dark knight was okay but not mind blowing
Re: 81st Academy Awards
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:51 pm
by heroo
Just saw Slumdog Millionaire and I gotta tell you, it's F A N T A S T I C !