I almost thought that he wouldn't get it. For some reason I was always in the back of my mind doubting it. But today, watching the Ledger family give thanks is some sort of...closure. Forget what you want to say about comic book movies and their lack of appreciation by the Academy. If Ledger hadn't won it would still be a crime.
For those who would like to see more of Ledger's work; he has a resonating performance in the 2006 movie "Candy."
Candy is quite probably the most disturbing movie about drug addiction that I have seen since "Trainspotting." In it Ledger and his wife (Abbie Cornish) are two young lovers that become hooked on heroin. Their addiction leads them down paths that ultimately pull you in with them. And while the movie itself is not groundbreaking. Ledger's performance takes you inside the mind of a drug addict, and what they would do, or how far they would go, for their next score.
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