Heath Ledger

The Dark Knight is my favorite movie in this series, but is also my personal favorite Batman story, surpassing all the other Batman films. By putting all the right elements in play and given the character literary merit, the Dark Knight has achieved a great impact to its audience. Those elements are moral ambiguity, paralleling Batman with his villains, a large cast of equally compelling characters, and realistic depiction of crime and detective work. The story of The Dark Knight is entirely…

The British are seen as gentlemanly fops or sadistic monsters, and the Americans come in two categories: brave or braver. Those who have a serious interest in the period will find it a cartoon; those raised on summer action movies will find it more stimulating than most. Mel Gibson stars, in a powerful and effective performance, as a widower named Benjamin Martin with seven children. He saw enough of battle in the French and Indian Wars, and was frightened by what he learned about himself. He…

stared out being. These themes have been modernized and made into movies and T.V. shows, most of which change up the ending. For example in 10 Things I Hate About You, rather then having Kate submit to the Petruchio character, played by the lovely Heath Ledger, we see her submit to her love of…

Proposed Movie Choices Nowadays movies have changed, and it appears that less and less of them have become original film noir. Film noir is defined as a type of crime film featuring cynical and malevolent characters in an unflattering setting including an ominous atmosphere that is conveyed by shadowy photography and foreboding background music (Dictionary). This includes Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, Carol Reed’s The Third Man, and John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon which serve as…

should be a good example for the new generations, only promote drugs, alcohol and sex. Rappers promote in their songs; crime, drugs and promiscuity. Over the years, many fabulous and talented artistes Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Corey Monteith, Heath Ledger, Marilyn Monroe, Brittany Murphy, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Brad Renfro, Kevin Dubrow, Amy Winehouse and many others died of overdose. Currently, the fame, drugs, and money are related. Clearly, substance use disorders aren’t a new…

A Knight’s Tale is a movie directed by Brian Helgeland starring Heath Ledger, a young actor who has been in many well-known movies, as William Thacher, a man whose main goal in life is to change the stars and become a knight. In A Knight’s Tale, you follow William Thacher, who worked for a knight who passed away within the first minutes of the movie. When this happens William jousts in his place. He wins the joust which leads him and his friends to create the idea of competing in other…

Black Swan It’s fascinating how people go to great lengths to get what they want or to pursue their goals. These actions that go beyond the extent of the audience’s imagination are what make movies consuming. Overall, the movie “Black Swan” shows such strange and creepy images that made me wonder what is a hallucination and what is real throughout the whole movie, and that thought kept me absorbed. The fragile and pure main character, Nina, who perfectly symbolizes the white swan, is constantly…

“I have long feared that my sins would return to haunt me, and the cost would be more than I could bear.” is a quote from the movie “The Patriot” starring Mel Gibson as Benjamin Martin, Jason Isaacs as Travington, Heath Ledger as Gabriel Martin, and Joely Richardson as Charlotte. Directed by Roland Emmerich and produced by Dean Devlin. Distributed by Columbia Pictures in 2000 as CD format. The story takes place in South Carolina about one year into the American Revolution, 1776. A widower named…

Demon The word Demon refers to a spew of different terminology. The word Demon often refers to a supernatural being or entity. The spiritual term does not apply to my own story. Children are innocent and don’t often see the darkness within the shadows. My father died from Melanoma Cancer when I was seven. My father's death broke that barrier between what was true and what wasn’t. the time after my father's death consisted of my brother being abusive and being bullied at school. The thoughts of…

Barry Humphries, better known to some by the names of his alter-egos Sir Les Patterson, Dame Edna Everage, and Sandy Stone, among others, has been called “the greatest comic genius of our age”, and even “the most significant comedian to emerge since Charlie Chaplin” (Ann Pender). Others might call him a crude abomination____. Either way, nearly everyone who has heard of Barry Humphries has something to say about him. Australians, “Poms”, and Americans alike are enraged and captivated by his…