that is, he is trying to maintain a grounded, balanced perspective- except it seems like it is much more a reaction to the accolades that are already piling on rather then his true thoughts.

i get the feeling that were the overall reaction a ho hum, "good but not great" attitude... he would tout how great it was and ow everyone else is missing the finer points.

there was a serious buzz about ledgers performance before he died. people were already saying it was a potential oscar performance. not en masse like it is now, but then, there was less to go on at the time.

at any rate chances are most of us are gonna mark the fuck out over this shit. most of us are gonna love it. it's probably gonna kick Ironmans ass.

my guess is the hyperbole is at least 75% warranted. a few minor faults won't be enough to turn it into a "good movie".

i am betting it's gonna be an "experience" level movie.