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 Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 12:37 am
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 Perhaps for some, Ledger's untimely death did indeed impact the number of those who saw the movie. It didn't in my case, because as a Ledger fan from the first time I saw him in Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" and KNEW he'd be a major star, I wanted to see the movie. I would have seen it for Ledger, even if he were still alive and kicking.

Also, I had seem previews and snippets of Ledger's "Joker"and found his characterization intense and compelling. Also, I have seen every Batman movie since the one with Jack Nickelson's crazy Joker so I would have gone even if someone else had played The Joker.

I saw one person on TV who said she had gone to the movie to see The Joker because Ledger had died, but she was blown away by the entire movie.  Hopefully, many others who went just to see Ledger because he had died, discovered much of value in the movie. It is populated with several distinguished actors, all of whom were at the top of their game as was the talented director, Christopher Nolan.