Easily the bests film of 2019

Rating: 10/10 (24 November 2019)

Cinematography is damn-near flawless, direction and acting from every single person in the movie is great, and Joaquin Phoenix's performance is perhaps the best I've ever seen: The second time he puts his fingers to his temple, when it's revealed that he's been hallucinating his girlfriend is I think the most emotional I've ever seen a character
What little CGI it did use was completely unnoticeable, or looked entirely real.
The portrayal of a social worker with just too much to do is portrayed incredibly well, especially for its time.
You really feel for Arthur Fleck, and his struggle the further you get into the film, and when he finally goes beyond the turning point, and shoots the final guy on the subway, you just want to grab his shoulder, turn him around, and say that someone cares.
I love his character, and can't help but feel sorry for him, especially when I laughed at Murray for making fun of him. That scene with him in the police car was amazing as well, with the callback to an earlier moment of the film. His response was chilling as well, when confronted by the cop in the front for smiling. "Isn't it beautiful." The moment he stood up on the crashed cop car and started dancing was absolutely astonishingly triumphant for Arthur. Finally, he's noticed for who he is: not out of pity, Like with Murray, not out of Patronization, like with the social worker, nor out of necessity, like with his mother, or anger, like with Thomas Wayne.
when he finds blood in his mouth, and draws a smile, and the crowd cheers. just, holy hell.
The chuckle at the end at the mental hospital was just a perfect cherry on top, showing that he's a changed man. The Arthur fleck we see in the beginning isn't the joker we are used to, but the one at the end most definitely can be.
a great aspect of this is that he doesn't even have to be "THE Joker" I could definitely see Heath Ledger taking on the mask from inspiration. I could see a young, intelligent, downtrodden man becoming the crazy agent of chaos we see in the Dark Knight, if you really do want to tie it in.