Utterly utterly dire! Worst case of 'didn't meet the hype in my life'.

Rating: 1/10 (15 January 2020)

If it was supposed to send a message, it didn't. If it was supposed to be entertaining, it wasn't. If it was supposed to be insightful, guess what?
Was very excited to watch this as it had all the correct people offended, lefty loser types. One hour thirty minutes into the two hour film and it finally started. Even still it wasn't enough to even remotely lift me from boredom and STILL nothing happens. predictable and insulting simple all the way through.
Had to keep reminding myself this is an origin movie about The Joker. There was nothing "Joker" about him. A dim witted, unintelligent weirdo loser. A string of predictable mistreatment scenarios won't turn that /\ into a cunning and dangerous, unpredictable criminal mastermind that has an entire city and its police force running around in circles. The Joker's image... ruined of this film is taken seriously. How DC let the useless hollywood clowns use their character after reading the script is beyond me. Maybe everyone in film has gone doolally. It was desecration of a world renowned fictional villain.
Phoenix really didn't do a great job either. Very frustrating watching his forced uncontrollable cringey laugh. Acting like a weirdo isn't all that difficult, anyone can do it.
Be wary of anyone who loved it. So far when asked what they loved about it they all seem to give a generic abstract answer like "I liked that it was from a different point of view" as if they could never have imagined predictable cliche scenarios even if they have not actually lived through one. What next? watching The Wolf of Wall Street and saying "omg I've never ever imagined being rich, it really opened my eyes". Most people loved it because they were supposed to.
If you have even the tiniest desire to be entertained by creative story telling or plots DO NOT EXPECT ANYTHING from this film.