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If memory serves correct, Heath Ledger's performance in Dark Knight was gathering high praise during production and before his death.  I thought his portrayal of the Joker to be chilling and very believable in a world where we have mass murder trading cards and the like.  And Brokeback Moutain is a profoundly poetic movie to me.

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The 2008 Oscar nominees are out and here is the link for you film fans.  What are your favorites and bets for the various categories?  Are there any films you think should have been nominated that were not?  Are there any nominated that you think do not deserve it?
 
For Best Picture the nominees are as follows:
 
Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Frost/Nixon, The Reader and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=nominees

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If memory serves correct, Heath Ledger's performance in Dark Knight was gathering high praise during production and before his death.  I thought his portrayal of the Joker to be chilling and very believable in a world where we have mass murder trading cards and the like.  And Brokeback Moutain is a profoundly poetic movie to me.

......everything everyone has said about the man so far, well the good stuff anyway. The extra element here is in whose feet Ledger trod in the role. Jack Nicholson's Joker in its last incarnation was, in its day, a phenomenal act. As such a really hard act to follow. This wasn't just any remake. What Mr Ledger did in that context was, frankly, remarkable...and as such worthy of an Oscar nomination.

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ORIGINAL: Vendaval

If memory serves correct, Heath Ledger's performance in Dark Knight was gathering high praise during production and before his death.  I thought his portrayal of the Joker to be chilling and very believable in a world where we have mass murder trading cards and the like.  And Brokeback Moutain is a profoundly poetic movie to me.