He won my vote as the Joker

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2019)

As a full pledged Batman fan (ESPECIALLY the animated series), my favorite villian has always been the joker...
Jack N was my favorite personification because he captured the "clowness" part of him...
I respected Heith L acting... but, he was NOT the Joker. He was too dark, to somber... too Emo.
But THIS movie wowed me!!
I dont know the kind of reaserch he did (if any) to portray him. But Joaquin Pheonix managed to capture all the key elements of the Joker in a way that makes it real yet maintaing the clown part. I can swear I see features/aspects or scenes from the animated series but grounded to a real life scenario... what would it look like if he was real? It cant be funny funny... he is a psicopath and a killer, but he thinks its all a joke.
Those easter eggs that only I saw, like a "its just a joke!"... "sometimes people just dont get it".
Plus more references made that justified obsessions...
His acting was AMAZING... you can feel his pain and desperation and why he would go crazy and hide behind his clown persona... and you pitty and fear him.
I could SO believe a Harleen Quinzel fall for Joaquin's Joker. NOT that gangster pimp ridiculous attempt.
Even if you are not a Batman fan and don't know or care about the story... you have to recognize the acting. It is a powerfull drama...
And if you are a fan, you have to recognize that he manages to ground him to a real life portrayal while maintaining the comicality of the fact that he "is" funny or tries & thinks he is.. a psicopathic clown.