The Dark Knight

The two Oscar winning “Dark Knight” is a genius movie that has everything including an ending that no one could have seen coming. This movie is a sequel to the really good movie “Batman Begins” and it lived up to all the expectations. The movie is about this billionaire Bruce Wyane, played by Christian Bale, is back to work protecting the troubled city of Gotham City as the Batman. He starts out fighting the mobs of the town, then a new player gets into the mix and he is not holding ordinary cards. The Joker, played by Heath Ledger, is the new deranged criminal in Gotham City. He is no ordinary criminal though, he is a sick and messed up man that had a terrible life growing up, but he is a mastermind when it comes to crime.
As an actor, your goal in the movie is to become the character and get into his or her mind. This is really important if the actor is to fully understand and know his or her character. In this movie though, Heath Ledger did such a great job of becoming his character, that he could not come back from it. Shortly after he finished with this movie, he overdosed on pills. It is believed that his role as Joker really screwed him up to the point of no return. He just did so well on getting into the mind of Joker, a mastermind and lunatic, that he could not escape it.
As Jeffery Jolson says in his article “Nothing succeeds like success, a crowning performance and tragedy”, Heath Ledger was the one who made “The Dark Knight” a huge success. It was his amazing performance as one of the best villains of all time that put the movie over the one billion mark worldwide. There was no doubt that he was going to win the Best Supporting Actor award, but it’s too bad that his role drove himself to overdose on pills.
Then as Claudia Puig said in her article, “Ledger’s talent lives on as The Joker in ‘Dark Knight’, Ledger did not just disappear in his role, but never was a better term for what happened to him. He fell way to deep into his character and was not able to get up or be helped up by anyone. I agree with Mrs. Puig when she says that he now holds the top spot for the two most memorable lines "What doesn't kill you makes you stranger." And the much-quoted "Why so serious?" Heath Ledger will always be remembered and missed. Movies now a days could use his perfect talent, but now we will never know.
Jolson, Jeffrey. Nothing succeeds like success, a crowning performance and tragedy. http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/2009/02/21/oscars-2009-heath-ledgers-performance-in-%e2%80%98dark-knight-passes-1-billion/. Retrieved at March 21, 2009

Puig, Claudia. Ledger's talent lives on as The Joker in 'Dark Knight'. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-07-16-dark-knight-review_N.htm. Retrieved at March 21, 2009