RIP Heath

[The Teflon Dean]

He had just turned the corner and was starting to come into his own as a very good actor.

Damn shame.

 

[CrazyQ]

****.

Man, he was one of my favourites, straight to the point kind of guy.

RIP my man.

 

[Lidge]

12 Monkeys, Brazil, Fear and Loathing and his Python movies all made money yes?

Python movies aside, where he was one of the writers - he's been attached to some stinkers as either producer or director.

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, Tideland, Time Bandits & The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

Probably a tad harsh in my previous comments, but he's hit or miss. I reckon he's a far better writer than director. Clever writer who sometimes struggles translating his stories on/in film.

My 2 cents worth.

 

[micky_11]

My fav isn't even on that list... 10 Thing I Hate About You.

Im with you there, thought he acted very well in that movie, and this morning when i heard the news i could only picture him smiling with his long hair, like in 10 things i hate about you

 

[NICK_ROOBOY83]

Sad to see someone so talented & young go like this They suspect stilnox which is a sleeping drug, with bad side affects.

 

[DarwinRoo]

RIP Heath. My condolences to the Ledger family and to his little girl Matilda.

Heath was a good actor and i was really looking forward to seeing him in the next Batman movie. Suprisingly i havent seen Brokeback Mountain and anyone thats got the balls to play a gay character in the movies and potentially risk his career is a top bloke in my book.
I have seen some of his other works such as Knights Tale, Brothers Grimm, 10 TIHAY, Ned Kelly and Casanova.

Id also like to express my condolences to the family that lost two very young kids in that horror smash on the Western Ring Road.

 

[CrazyQ]

Let me say this first, you wont find another guy who loves Heath and his acting, just his charactar and flair, loved it.

But, celebrity deaths get too much hype IMO, it shouldnt take the limelight off the two kids who died, or other deaths IMO.

Some dude summed it up perfectly.

"I woke up in the morning, saw the news, and thought about Heath for one minute, then I realised that during that one minute, 3000 African children just died."

 

[DarwinRoo]

Let me say this first, you wont find another guy who loves Heath and his acting, just his charactar and flair, loved it.

But, celebrity deaths get too much hype IMO, it shouldnt take the limelight off the two kids who died, or other deaths IMO.

Some dude summed it up perfectly.

"I woke up in the morning, saw the news, and thought about Heath for one minute, then I realised that during that one minute, 3000 African children just died."

Summed up really well my Somalian brother.

 

[hoogs]

I went to school with Heath and it really does sadden me to see that stretcher coming out of that apartment building, knowing it is the same person that used to act in all those school plays and run around the playground.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

I can't really express the sorrow I felt after hearing of Heath's death yesterday morning. As a massive fan of the silver screen, over the last year or so I had developed a massive respect for Heath and felt, with the inevitable success of The Dark Knight that his career was ready to go supernova.

It's hard to lose someone you have become a champion of. And it's harder when it is drud related. The man took on the double challenge of his life... stepping into the mind of Bob Dylan and then the Joker is no mean feat and it defeated him.

However, it is time to be honest about the whole thing and question the validity of an accidental death. The question hasn't arisen as to why the man took even one sleeping pill at 3pm knowing he has a masseuse on the way. This is an odd action and suggests to me there was more behind his sad passing.

An irony of this would be that insider word is that his performance of the Joker is so good, he may be oscar nominated, a feat unsurpassed in 'superhero' movies.

RIP fella. You were golden, man.

 

[geelong16]

The Age website has been a disgrace all day. "Pills surround Ledger's naked body" etc etc. What a turgid organisation that is these days.

He was a good actor, a young dad and seem revolted by the cult of celebrity. Sounds ok to me.

yes but he had also publically stated in interviews that he was 'not afraid to die' and 'its ok if i die now but in another way its not.' he sounded like he was having some troubles.

 

[geelong16]

Let me say this first, you wont find another guy who loves Heath and his acting, just his charactar and flair, loved it.

But, celebrity deaths get too much hype IMO, it shouldnt take the limelight off the two kids who died, or other deaths IMO.

Some dude summed it up perfectly.

"I woke up in the morning, saw the news, and thought about Heath for one minute, then I realised that during that one minute, 3000 African children just died."

thats is well summed up, and i wish society would sum it up like so but the media circus thrives on stuff like this which means its what our world hears about

 

[roobear]

Let me say this first, you wont find another guy who loves Heath and his acting, just his charactar and flair, loved it.

But, celebrity deaths get too much hype IMO, it shouldnt take the limelight off the two kids who died, or other deaths IMO.

Some dude summed it up perfectly.

"I woke up in the morning, saw the news, and thought about Heath for one minute, then I realised that during that one minute, 3000 African children just died."

I agree with the sentiment. But I don't think it's anything sinister, it's just that the human reaction toward grief is more pronounced when it is somebody we can relate to.

 

[melbourne150]

I have heard that the pills they found near his bed were sleeping pills and anti anxiety pills and that he may have had a cardiac arrest(not sure what that is)

And i can't wait to see him in the new Batman movie i think it is called the dark knight? Michael Caine said(before heath died) that "Heath's performance is the best i have ever seen" thats big coming from Michael Caine.....R.I.P heath

 

[Gabbie]

You know what's really pi$$ing me off about this is the flipping media circus that is just starting to warm up. T

o top it off received an email from a work colleague who'd logged onto ninemsn and some hate group in the US of A are planning to picket any memorial service held over there for Heath because, get this, he played a "gay" in Brokeback Mountain.

This is part of the paragraph i read


The controversial Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), a Kansas-based congregation infamous for its demonstrations outside funerals for US soldiers killed in Iraq, issued a homophobic statement which said the Australian actor, who was found dead yesterday, was “now in hell”.

and they call themselves Christians - yeah real christian.

 

[Lidge]

If only the red neck church knew that one of his first acting roles was of another gay character, a cyclist (Snowy Bowles) in the crappy ABC TV series called "Sweat" - they'd surely go into meltdown.

But back on off topic where we all were...


Gregor Jordan (director of Two Hands).

His best flick (which I also rate as one of the better 'war'/millitary movies made in the past couple of decades) was Buffalo Soldiers. Cracker of a, (as my grandmother would pronnounce) fillum.

Ned Kelly....on the other hand

 

[Pykie]

You know what's really pi$$ing me off about this is the flipping media circus that is just starting to warm up. T

o top it off received an email from a work colleague who'd logged onto ninemsn and some hate group in the US of A are planning to picket any memorial service held over there for Heath because, get this, he played a "gay" in Brokeback Mountain.

This is part of the paragraph i read


The controversial Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), a Kansas-based congregation infamous for its demonstrations outside funerals for US soldiers killed in Iraq, issued a homophobic statement which said the Australian actor, who was found dead yesterday, was “now in hell”.

and they call themselves Christians - yeah real christian.

I will try to find the link, but there was an award winning documentary made on this exact church last year, it is very very chilling, some of the stuff they do is just plain evil

They picket funerals for dead US soldiers, Jewish services etc.

 

[Pykie]

Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Hated_Family_in_America


The doco really is excellent, and Louis Theroux really demonstrates how twisted they are, definately recomend it, if you dont mind getting angry.

 

[The Other Dean]

Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Hated_Family_in_America


The doco really is excellent, and Louis Theroux really demonstrates how twisted they are, definately recomend it, if you dont mind getting angry.

I am yet to see a Louis Theroux project that I haven't enjoyed.

The guy is aces.

 

[DarwinRoo]

You know what's really pi$$ing me off about this is the flipping media circus that is just starting to warm up. T

o top it off received an email from a work colleague who'd logged onto ninemsn and some hate group in the US of A are planning to picket any memorial service held over there for Heath because, get this, he played a "gay" in Brokeback Mountain.

This is part of the paragraph i read


The controversial Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), a Kansas-based congregation infamous for its demonstrations outside funerals for US soldiers killed in Iraq, issued a homophobic statement which said the Australian actor, who was found dead yesterday, was “now in hell”.

and they call themselves Christians - yeah real christian.

I wouldnt waste your energy on those clowns Gabbie. They wouldnt know the first thing about being Christian.

I wonder if they would do the same to Colin O'Farrel for his potrayal of Alexander the Great. One of histories greatest war generals but also a bisexual.

 

[shintemaster]

I wonder if they would do the same to Colin O'Farrel for his potrayal of Alexander the Great. One of histories greatest war generals but also a bisexual.

Gay AND a foreigner! Even worse DR

 

[Gabbie]

Gay AND a foreigner! Even worse DR

Geez how much fun would they have if there was a remake of "I Claudius" or heaven forbid, a movie on some of the past English Kings & "Queens"


For those of you who are too young to remember or worse, not born, when "I Caludius" was shown on TV as a long running maxi-seriies - lots of dirty deeds done dirt cheap and good not so old Caligula (nephew of Claudius) was one sick dude to put it mildly.