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With the release of Warner Brothers' "The Dark Knight", both the late Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker and the film as a whole, is garnering an enormous amount of praise and acclaim. Many have deemed it worthy of an Oscar, and the Undersigned agree. This petition implores the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to not only recognize Ledger's performance with a Best Supporting Actor nomination, but to recognize Christopher Nolan and the everyone associated with and involved with "The Dark Knight" for their extraordinary filmmaking achievment.
"The Dark Knight" has delved deeper into its source material than any "comic book film" of its kind, and does it in such a way that it is presented as something far more complex than escapist fantasy. By grounding the film in a hyper- or heightened reality, "The Dark Knight" takes on the attitude of an epic crime drama/thriller than a "superhero blockbuster."
The late (Great) Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker has presented both the filmmaking and the filmgoing communities with the most compelling villain since Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs." Ledger went to extraoridinary lengths to completely disappear into the Joker, and when watching the film, Ledger the actor is unrecognizable. This, some say, is the pinnacle of film acting.
Christopher Nolan's direction has put "The Dark Knight" into a category all its own, and placed it leaps and bounds above any superhero film, or even most crime dramas, to date. Combining a compelling story that takes Batman not only into the darkest recesses of his own soul, but across the world and back, with characters that the filmgoer grows to care about, and with an epic scope that goes beyond anything thought possible in the superhero genre, we believe that Christopher Nolan is more than deserving of a Best Director nomination and award.
The film as a whole plays as one of the great crime dramas of modern movie history, and one doesn't even have to look past the "Cowl and Clown" in order to see this. "The Dark Knight" presents a compelling viewing experience that takes the audience out of the theater and into Gotham City, and doesn't bring them back until the last End Credit rolls. This is truely a milestone, both for "comic book films" and for films as a whole. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences MUST recognize this, and give "The Dark Knight" the accolades it so richly deserves.
"The Dark Knight" has delved deeper into its source material than any "comic book film" of its kind, and does it in such a way that it is presented as something far more complex than escapist fantasy. By grounding the film in a hyper- or heightened reality, "The Dark Knight" takes on the attitude of an epic crime drama/thriller than a "superhero blockbuster."
The late (Great) Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker has presented both the filmmaking and the filmgoing communities with the most compelling villain since Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs." Ledger went to extraoridinary lengths to completely disappear into the Joker, and when watching the film, Ledger the actor is unrecognizable. This, some say, is the pinnacle of film acting.
Christopher Nolan's direction has put "The Dark Knight" into a category all its own, and placed it leaps and bounds above any superhero film, or even most crime dramas, to date. Combining a compelling story that takes Batman not only into the darkest recesses of his own soul, but across the world and back, with characters that the filmgoer grows to care about, and with an epic scope that goes beyond anything thought possible in the superhero genre, we believe that Christopher Nolan is more than deserving of a Best Director nomination and award.
The film as a whole plays as one of the great crime dramas of modern movie history, and one doesn't even have to look past the "Cowl and Clown" in order to see this. "The Dark Knight" presents a compelling viewing experience that takes the audience out of the theater and into Gotham City, and doesn't bring them back until the last End Credit rolls. This is truely a milestone, both for "comic book films" and for films as a whole. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences MUST recognize this, and give "The Dark Knight" the accolades it so richly deserves.
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Troy
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Ray
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bepin solanki
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- none...
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Nick Haas
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- best.movie.ever!
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Kal-El
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- Ledger was AMAZING! The movie was AMAZING!
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Oscar M
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- Hey, my name is Oscar too!
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Sam Strantz
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- Excellent Film!!
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Alfred
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John Bellamy
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Jack Gibson
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Brad Buckbee
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- The Dark Knight was an epic and compelling film that deservers to be recognized by the academy.
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David
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- The Dark Knight Rules!!!
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SUFFeReR
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sandro
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- hell yeah
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Jamie Allan
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vik713
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mike
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- a masterpiece like this one deserves an academy award
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Matt S
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- 100\% Agree
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Neal Kennemore
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Fernando Armas
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Mikael F Svahn
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- Make it happen!
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Umair Dar
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- Absolutely stunning. The themes of duality, madness and anarchy explored are particularly relevant to today's world, which makes them all the more frightening.
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Reynaldo Valdes
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000
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- best movie ever
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Andre Churchwell
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- No other movie this year comes to mind. No other movie should come to mind.
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Ruben Soto
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- Not needed, it will get the noms man, it will
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Rogelio Espinoza
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- Rated fair and square.
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Rob
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Nicola
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Wesley Chapman
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- An incredible feat in filmmaking.
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Joe
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- Fantastic movie
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John
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- Pure masterpiece! Better than most of the best picture nominees and winners of the last decade!
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Joe
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- The Dark Knight was a humbling experience for me becuase the Joker was unlike conventional movie villains, he was like a real villain, he was the Einstein of sociolog, he was able to inspire true urban fear, and gain power with nothing but, as he put it, "A couple of bombs". It takes a great actor to play, it takes a great movie to produce, and it takes a great writer to make, such a character. The Dark Knight should get number one for all of them.
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Richard
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Steve
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Richard Hontz
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Max Mendez
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Jordan Pfeuffer
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- It's about time comic movies are seen as more than "stupid action movies", the stupid Oscar people passed good movies like 'Spider-Man 2', 'X2:X-Men United' & 'Batman Begins'.
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Jonathan Subbs
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Fab
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Michael Lewis
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Eugene Wong
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Caleb
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- This movie is amazing...and beyond a comic movie
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Gabriel Ramirez
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- This movie deserves an Oscar nomination and Heath Ledger deserves it too, come on, everybody knows that!
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Cameron Bianchi
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haden
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Benny Shang
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Alex Gray
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- I want to see the movie that wins best picture if this one doesn't win.
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Robin Grahm
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Colin John
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