hopefully itll change over the course of 6 months, but watching tdk now is not gonna be nearly as enjoyable. the entire film, premiere, ect. is gonna be so damn depressing...

I'm affected by Ledger's death, though obviously not nearly as much as many people here. But, I'm probably more affected by Renfro's death than most others here. Not because I'm very affected, but because I'm about as affected by his death as by Ledger's. I remember Renfro fondly from a few films, especially Ghost World, which I cherish.

To be fair excel, a lot of his consider his Brokeback performance one of the best of this decade, myself included. And obviously 10 Things I Hate About You, most of us grew up with that one.

I can't say I'm affected by Renfro if only because I was too young to remember any of his movies. I didn't recognize the name when I read the thread, I'll admit it.

Surprisingly enough, I didn't have too much of a hard time watching that clip from from 10 Things... I guess that says a lot about the potential ease I should have watching other, lighter roles.

I'm still not sure how I'm gonna take The Dark Knight though. Ugh.

Why not rejoice in his death outright?

Thats always ideal but come on; the dark knight premiere will be, rather than huge hollywood affair...just another heath ledger rememberance night filled with "i wish heath coulda been here" comments that will just kill all the excitement. Watching the movie; anytime you start to enjoy ledgers performance youll be reminded hes dead. Who knows, im sure in july we'll all be over his death and looking forward to the movie but right now i feel pretty fuckin shitty because aside from all the personal shit ive mentioned, i also realize i was really looking forward to loving tdk and it being a huge success and this ultimatrly compromises both.

The situation just sucks for his friends and family obviously but also for the film; why did this have to fuckin happen!

No offense to anyone but i seriously believe some of you are more than a little pretending. Yes, it's tragic when a life ends, for close relatives and friends, yes, the news makes you pause for a moment and reflect on life and all kinds of serious stuff but i'd be lying if i'd say his death really upsets me or he's already dearly missed . I fucking didn't know the man, all he was to me was some actor i saw on TV (or big screen).

I'm sorta disturbed by the extent of the grieving too. I don't think it's pretending though

It will be nice to see his final project I guess.

I love your new signature by the way. Such a great line in that movie. You made me smile with that.

its just so unexpected from a good guy. if it were britney spears or paris hilton, nobody would care.

What Magnus said.

Em, people WOULD care.

I would rejoice if Hilton died. No loss, whatsoever.

People need to stop projecting their emotions onto others. Just because YOU weren't affected doesn't mean we weren't. We have already provided a myriad of reasons for the emotions we are feeling. If you still think there is "pretending" going on after reading this entire thread, you're just being cynical.

Looks like the role of a lifetime might have contributed to his downfall:



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/movie ... ref=slogin

It's such a big impact on us because he was IT right now. He is popular, in the spotlight, in THIS moment. We all perceived him as a superstar that will only get bigger... and then something like this happens and your world is spun.

It's a shocking moment. And for some, a heart breaking one.

I'm an EXTREMELY emotional person, and can't really even mention his name now without getting choked up.

like i said before. these things never have an effect on me. even steve irwin i felt horrid but it didn't effect me much on a personal level. this just hits me. and i think i can quantify it as just feeling like i'm so close to his age and how it just made me feel that god knows what life in store for me tomorrow or those around me who i may think are doing fine but may actually not

The Last Photographs of Heath Ledger - taken Last Saturday, London on the set of his upcoming fiLm The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus scheduLed for a 2009 reLease.

Nazgul, everybody deals with death differently, and it really doesn't matter if you know them personally. Are you going to tell everybody that if the news came out that Peter Jackson died, you wouldn't care because you didn't know him?

While I'm sad that Ledger's dead, I must admit, this thread gone a little weird.

At least if Britney Spears died, the AP would have an obit ready to go as it was reported they prepared one for her and Lohan in advance.

You don't really

It is awfully weird when you start hearing people dying at your age. What's even stranger is when they start dying of natural causes. Every once in a while I see or hear of somebody die who is in their mid 30's, and I'm like "Holy, shit! That's so not cool..." I can't imagine what this will be like when I'm 90 and everybody around me is dropping like flies.

As for Heath Ledger... definitely a shocker. He's never been in a movie I really liked that much, but I always thought he was a decent actor... things like Brother's Grimm, the Patriot, and Knights Tale just didn't hit me, but it wasn't because of him. And, I didn't like Batman Begins, so I wasn't paying a lot of attention to TDK.

The amount of people putting words into OTHER people's mouths in this thread, including my own, is staggering. Feel the way you want, but don't tell me how I feel or how I should be feeling, or most ludicrous of all, that I am "pretending".

Peace,
Mike