Ledger’s Posthumous Oscar Win for ‘Dark Knight’

Today’s big Oscar news… Is Heath Ledger assured of an Oscar nomination and posthumous win for The Dark Knight? KTLA’s Oscar Red Carpet Guru, Sam Rubin, seems to think so. He no more came home last night from the LA junket screening and posted in his blog:

“I just returned from a screening and I wanted to commit this to a public forum as quickly as possible. Heath Ledger gives a blockbuster performance in the new Batman movie. His work, as The Joker, will absolutely be nominated for an Oscar, and at this point in the year, Ledger is also a hands-down favorite to win it posthumously. Ledger offers perfect pitch, perfect tone, his Joker hits all the right notes. ‘The Dark Knight’ is among the better super-hero movies of all time, and Ledger is THE BEST villain in a super hero movie of all time. Really. It will only add to the conversation of all that Ledger could have accomplished had he lived. Amazing work.”

AP’s David Germain echoed the sentiment:

“The buzz over Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker in “The Dark Knight† for the last several months was justified. With his final full film role, Ledger delivers what may be remembered as the finest performance of his career.”

And lastly, Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers unequivocally states:

“If there’s a movement to get him the first posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch won for 1976’s Network, sign me up. Ledger’s Joker has no gray areas — he’s all rampaging id.”