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[Jon Kano]

Originally Posted by Jeritron No he was incredible. His performance was severely underrated because of the hype surrounding Heath Ledger. It was an anchor for the movie. His character saw the most change. The movie is essentially about him. He played it amazingly. If it wasn't for his performance the movie wouldn't have worked as well as it did. I think he was every bit as good in his role as Ledger

I disagree.

This is not the first point you have made about Ledger's death hyping the movie or over-shadowing everything else about the film. OK, fair enough, the media made that happen for a while, especially for the average sheep movie goer who fell right into, but at the end of the day, that only happened if you let it. I think of The Dark Knight as 'The Dark Knight', the sequel to Batman Begins, not the 'Heath Ledger Last Full Film Smash' and certainly not a film about Harvey Two Face or Aaron Eckhart's 'incredible' acting ability.

His character was vital to the story and mythology of good vs evil for Nolan's interpretation, and yeah his acting was good. But he simply doesn't match Joker, Ledger or the film's overall power.