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The Dark Knight (2 Discs) [2008]

starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal
directed by: Christopher Nolan

Release Date December 08, 2008
This is without doubt one of the most detailed and intriguing films of recent years, like many film franchises they get tired and boring! However with Batman Begins and the Dark Knight they have been reinvented and far out do any of the Tim Burton films though i really like those offerings also. Batman Forever and Batman and Robin are terrible.
Christian Bale is an excellent Batman and is suitably supported by the rest of the cast including Heath Ledger whilst excellent is under used and the pacing of the film is off here and there but with so much dross being made it is very difficult to criticise a film which is as magical and engaging as this.

Not going to go into real details into the storyline as it has all been done ... Read More:

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The Dark Knight (2 Discs) [Blu-ray]

starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal
directed by: Christopher Nolan

Release Date December 08, 2008
The movie is great, but this blu-ray comes in a variable aspect ratio, from 2:35:1 to 1:85:1, alternating from thatre and Imax versions...Well, for most people it may look nice, but i didn't like the effect on my 52 inch screen. In wide shots we have a 1:85 aspect ratio and the rest we have the cinemascope effect, so basicaly you see the movie alternating with the black bars and full screen. It looks weird for such a good movie

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The Dark Knight - 2-Disc Batmask (Ltd Edition Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk)

starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal
directed by: Christopher Nolan

Release Date December 08, 2008
OK, this is a fine, brave movie, and I am all for a bit of thought and effort going into a blockbuster, but all the eulogising over Ledgers performance is not only over the top, but does the film a great disservice. Is Nolan's vision what Bob Kane envisaged when he created Batman, not anywhere close. Is it a good screen representation of where the character has been going since Miller re-vamped him for the grunge-geek generation? Yes.
Ledger plays the Joker essentialy the way Brad Dourif has been playing crazy people for nearly 30 years. The mannerisms, the voice, its all there, and is a competent impersonation of an underated and little known actor. People go on about the 'terrifying intensity' of it all, but lets have a sense of perspective here, ... Read More:

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10 Things I Hate About You [1999]

starring: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz
directed by: Gil Junger

Release Date January 08, 2001
I'm 19 now (so was only 9 when '10 Things I Hate About You' came out) and I have seen this film way too many times to count. There have been countless sleep-overs, film days, random get-togthers and quite evenings alone that have all featured this film, so much so that I can now pretty much recite the entire script off by heart. Yet it is a mark of just how great this film is that, despite knowing it inside out I can still sit down and watch it and thoroughly enjoy doing so - it is and always will remain one of my favourite films.

When I was younger I never questioned anything in the films I watched - it is only as I have grown up that I have learnt to be critical of films, books and music, and even now, I can't fault any of the acting in '10 Things I hate ... Read More:

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A Knight's Tale [2001]

starring: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser
directed by: Brian Helgeland

Release Date April 17, 2006
Simply put, this is a fun movie to watch and it never gets old. A middle aged storyline with modern twists. Lots of emotion and although it's cheap it isnt one of those rubishy knock off films you get out the bargain bin at Sumerfield.

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Brokeback Mountain [2005]

starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid
directed by: Ang Lee

Release Date April 24, 2006
This is a film that really gets into your head and stays there. It is brilliantly directed an acted and makes an enormous emotional impact.

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The Patriot [2000]

starring: Mel Gibson, Rene Auberjonois, Joely Richardson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs
directed by: Roland Emmerich

Release Date April 17, 2006
...Wherein a German filmmaker by the name of Roland Emerich makes a film where evil British Redcoats commit a vile atrocity against American freedom fighters... an atrocity that in reality was perpetrated by German troops against French villagers in WWII. Nice one Roland. What are you going to do next - make a film where the British gas 12 million people in Auschwitz before the plucky German freedom fighters come to the rescue?

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Four Feathers [2003]

starring: Heath Ledger|Kate Hudson|Wes Bentley
directed by: Shekhar Kapur

Release Date May 01, 2007
Two hours of overacting and pretentious prattling.
He gets caught and escapes, gets caught and escapes. By the time he takes the poison you wish there was enough to go around to put the audience out of their ordeal...then it still goes on...
The acting and flow of the story is so bad and confusing that not even the exquisite cinematography makes it worth seeing this one through.

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Lords Of Dogtown [2004]

starring: Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, Rebecca De Mornay, John Robinson, Michael Angarano
directed by: Catherine Hardwicke

Release Date January 16, 2006
Based on a true story, Lords Of Dogtown dramatises a period in the mid-seventies when a gang of misfit surfer types replaced waves with empty swimming pools and revolutionised the then new sport of skateboarding. For the most part, it follows Stacy Peralta, Jay Adams, and Tony Alva as they become a part of the Zephyr skate team and find themselves heading toward fame and money and success, but not without the usual difficulties those things bring.

This is decent enough, but the problem is it follows in the wake of Stacy Peralta's excellent documentary Dogtown And Z Boys, which was a far superior look at these young men who turned a child's hobby into the multi-million dollar sporting industry it is today. That one benefited from the insight and recollections of the people who were there, ... Read More:

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The Brothers Grimm [2005]

starring: Matt Damon, Julian Bleach, Bruce McEwan, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare
directed by: Terry Gilliam

Release Date March 13, 2006
This is a full blooded Terry Gilliam film. It defies easy categorisation as all his films do. It's a morality tale, a swashbuckling adventure, a wicked comedy, a fantasy romp and a horror film all rolled into one.

It features excellent performances from all the leads, including an outstanding turn from Matt Damon as a preening, vain, overconfident con-man. The Bourne films clearly only use 1% of his acting ability - and here we get a full tour de force.

If you liked Munchhausen, if you liked Brazil - then you will love this.

If you want Van Helsing, a swords and corsets historical romance or you like your films explained to you every 5 minutes - then run away now...