Blogcritics Comments on The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger Dead at 28

Comment by Francis sadler on The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger Dead at 28

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:26:29 EST

my whole family loved both 'A KNIGHT'S TALE' and '10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT'. what a loss. Great article Chris.

Comment by Chris Bancells on The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger Dead at 28

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:22:40 EST

While I will stop short of making the James Dean comparison, his death is definitely a blow to the acting pool. He was certainly on the rise and I was looking forward to seeing him in Dark Knight. I still am, I suppose. Will this make his portrayal darker, perhaps?

Comment by martha j. parish on The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger Dead at 28

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:34:45 EST

This is such a great loss of a very young man--the end of a wonderful talent. He will be missed enormously.

Comment by alexandria jackson on The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger Dead at 28

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:01:55 EST

Chris, You wrote a great article. I couldn't have. My kids and I adored A Knight's Tale and he will always be Sir Will to us. "....but through it all we must not forget that we will never know his situation and will likely never understand exactly what happened to him..." So true. Thanks for the senstive, non-speculative, non-inflammatory well-written article.

Comment by Brad Laidman on The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger Dead at 28

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:26:13 EST

I thought he was a fantastic actor with tons of charisma - and yeah he was brilliant in Lords of Dogtown

Comment by Jet in Columbus on The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger Dead at 28

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:50:56 EST

I've put a link to this article in the BC Forum/Gloslip page concerning articles we writers would recommend... Jet

Comment by horhey on The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger Dead at 28

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:43:57 EST

omg i can't believe he died!!! have a look at the blog i left in his name Rest in peace loved him in Brokeback mountain!

Comment by Jet in Columbus on The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger Dead at 28

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:29:01 EST

Chris, thank you for so thoughtfully putting out the article I couldn't bring myself to write. Like James Dean before him, he died way before his time. I owe him a lot, as Brokeback Mountain brought me out of a deep depression, and got me writing again. He was the first straight man to convince me that he knew what we all suffered through early in our lives, and I felt a little less alone having seen his performance. He should've gotten the Best Actor Oscar, and I think we all know that he was robbed. It's devastating to think his great talent was silenced so soon. Great job in summing it up for a lot of us Jet