Last night was an interesting and bittersweet moment for comic fans everywhere. Heath Ledger won an Oscar posthumously for his role as The Joker in last years juggernaught of a summer blockbuster The Dark Knight.
Hollywood very rarely ever pays any attention to summer blockbuster films when award season rolls around, and they pay even less attention to comic book movies. So for an actor in a comic book movie to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, it's a pretty big achievement.
Yes, it's probably true that Heath only won because he had died and the award was given to him by the Academy more for his overall body of work than the actual role he was nominated for. It was sort of a lifetime achievement award for an actor who was taken way before his time. And yes, I still believe that he should have won a Best Actor award and not a Best Supporting Actor award, but we all know that was never going to happen.
Regardless of all of that though, I am just going to revel in the fact that a man playing The Joker in a Batman film has won an Academy Award for his truly amazing performance. I doubt that this is going to break down some comic book film wall, but it's still nice to see, so I'm just going to enjoy it for what it is.
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