Better a silly girl with a flower than a silly boy with a horse and a stick.

Date: Friday 18th January
Film: A Knight's Tale (2001)
Director: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon and Paul Bettany
Running Time: 02 hours, 12 minutes
Rating: 7.5/10

A little cheesy,obvious jokes, nonsensical pairing of rock songs and medieval setting, Alan Tudyk's fluorescent hair. There is a lot of things that could make this film hateful but, Jesus, I love it.

It's Heath Ledger, in a smock, on a horse, with a ruddy great stick. What's not to love?

Challenge day: 115
Challenge time: 06 days, 21 hours, 33 minutes
Challenge film total: 85

You know that day that you once told me about, when Gotham would no longer need Batman? It's coming.

Date: Saturday 8th December
Film: The Dark Knight (2008)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart and Michael Caine
Running Time: 02 hours, 32 minutes
Rating: 9.5/10

It made sense, after watching Batman Begins the previous day, to fill the rest of our weekend with the remainder of the trilogy.

The Dark Knight is, in my opinion, the best of the three films. The threat, the bad guy, seems more real. The Joker isn't fiddling with chemicals or nuclear reactions, he isn't working with a group of others; The Joker is a mad man. Pure and simple.

This character, played amazingly by Heath Ledger, steals the show with every scene he turns up in. The Dark Knight is full of action and suspense.

This is a great, great film, both as part of the trilogy and on it's own.

Challenge day: 76
Challenge time: 04 days, 00 hours, 02 minutes
Challenge film total: 51