I finally saw Heath’s last film this past weekend and I must say I could not stop thinking about the fact that this actor, this guy on the screen in front of me who was so talented was no longer here. I also noticed sadly that in this film he just seems “off.” I mean in every film he did there was that spark, that light that was Heath, but in this one that was not there. Maybe its because he’s dead and I know this, but he just did not seem like the Heath Ledger I’d seen so many times on screen.
Now the film was a great concept and had some very nice imagery once inside “The Imaginarium.” I wanted this film to be great, so that people could remember his last film as great, and although it was a good film, it was not his best, however that was no fault of his because he brought Tony alive in this movie. The plot was “eh” and some of the actors I would have changed because they just did not seem to go with the movie.
An actor that fit well where they placed him was Johnny Depp. He was great in the role they put him in, the part he had to fill in. Now you may wonder how will this film work if they switch “Tony” around, well the only time aside from about 5 seconds in which they had to use Johnny Depp because Heath had passed already, was when they were on the “inside.” Once inside the imaginarium a person can change, and that was the brilliant part in which they were able to finish this movie, HOWEVER I wonder if they added this after or if it was initially meant that way because of the opening scene with the drunk guy. Go see it and you’ll know what I mean.
R.I.P. Heath, R.I.P.