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The Last Laugh (1924)
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"Though I first buzzed about an Academy Award nomination for Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight more than a month before his death, I now want to take it all back. I feel all the talk of Ledger’s posthumous Oscar chances will cloud my mind when I finally do see it, and it will probably also cloud the Academy’s judgment, too. Six months from now, when the nominations are announced on January 22 (coincidentally the one-year anniversary of Ledger’s death), if Ledger is not recognized for his role as The Joker, there will surely be an uproar — actually, Hollywood might just up and self-implode. I’m not the only one annoyed by all the Oscar buzz. Terry Gilliam, who directed Ledger in The Brothers Grimm and the upcoming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, is ca "
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"I found it completley impossible to write about this film without revealing key plot details. This is the kind of film where the less you know about going in, the better, so don't read this if you plan to see it. SPOILERS EVERWHERE! ______________________________ __________________________ While looking up reviews for this film before writing about it, I found the critics at the time of its release acclaimed as the greatest film ever made. Some now consider it Murneau's best film. So, yes, my friends, this is another movie like Vertigo, 8 1/2, Pulp Fiction, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Nashville and Yojimbo that I just do not see what the big deal is. I could lie and say I liked it to look smart, but honesty prevents me from going further. I stated in the preface to this review that if you are going to see the film not to read this. I'm serious. The less you know about this film going into it, the better. From this point forward, I am assuming that you have either seen the film or ... "
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