Heath Ledger’s Greatest Movie Wasn’tThe Dark Knight

Heath Ledger was in all likelihood advantageously known for his roles in Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight — and quite justly so , given his stellar functioning . But let ’s be honest . His best work was really a predictable , badly scripted but hilariously funny mediaeval clowning .

In case you ’re not familiar , A Knight ’s Tale is basically Rocky with horses and jousting , all set to a soundtrack of Queen . It ’s cheap , predictable , with an over - the - top villain and too - consummate girl , but despite all that , it ’s still splendid . Ledger and Paul Bettany make this film , with good acting saving the slenderly over - the - top dialogue .

It ’s a far more rude take on chivalric life than most action films involve knight in armour — no peddle battles or appeals to a high-pitched major power . upright of all , it ’s just been discharge on Netflix Instant , so it ’ll only take you about three clicks and one bag of popcorn to get fix up for the evening .