PHENOMENAL in every sense; Psychological ride that pushes you right with him descending into understanding the King of Anarchy!

Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2020)

I had been psyched since the announcement of the movie and then the casting of Phoenix. Never doubted him for a second; I was more nervous about what he would be given to work with; this all was super hush hush until the preview and then exceeded my expectations and then some. I'm not even going to get into comparing his Performance to Ledger. There's no comparison and wish people would stop already. 2 completely different movies and iconic in their performances. There's that movie every now and again that is truly outstanding, breathtaking and sends you reorganizing your top 10 list of all time favs. Joker was never a disappointment. In fact; it was perfect. I felt what I feel like the writer/director wanted and that was to feel his pain, his anger, his hate and disdain for a world that he never asked to be in yet was doomed from conception; rejected by society, abused, misunderstood, just longing to be accepted and loved but immensely socially awkward. In case that wasn't enough; he then keeps taking the hits..... his job, his Mother and past all lies, the government and healthcare cut and just keeps taking the hits. How could we all not relate to the King of Anarchy and Choas in today's world? I won't continue with the spoilers but the moment he breaks; you know it and he never meant to made a martyr or symbol; he was just tired of the BS and stood up foe himself by fighting back (initially). Anywho, super stoked and excited to see what the future has in store for Phoenix and the next movie and continued success. Not sure if anything is confirmed after that.
Phoenix deserves every freaking award he gets and dang well better as does the movie, writers and director etc. His laugh was also perfect! No other way to explain it; perfect! My money on the best movie this year was Tarantino's movie and it was great as expected; but this is the best movie I have seen in years.