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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 4685815" data-attributes="member: 2572">In my post I pointed out that without his death it would have been a close race between him and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They didn't just give it too him because he died. If his last film was 10 Things I Hate About You instead of The Dark Knight he would not have been nominated much less have won. The politics aspect was the tiebreaker, not the underlying basis for the award. If accuracy to source material was a criteria then many many many more films would not be eligible for awards. The Academy (And the Golden Globes, and the SAG Awards) don't care about original source material, they care about accuracy to the directors intent. If you don't like the Joker character as envisioned by Nolan, blame Nolan. A Directors Award is what can and should be penalized for non-accuracy to the source material. But then Nolan was not nominated for Best Director. As for acting awards it doesn't matter what the character is like in other mediums, the award committees care about how well the actor acted. If you disagree with this philosophy, that is fine but then don't take it out Heath Ledger, but rather on the Academy instead and stop caring about Oscars in general. Don't hate the player, hate the game.</blockquote>