Duh?

Rating: 1/10 (18 December 2019)

Masterpiece? Are you Jokering me? Mediocre at best.
The only explanation I can come up with to explain the gushing praise of this boring film is the dumbing down of a generation by the education system and PC culture. People seem to think its some kind of brilliant social commentary.
I usually like Joaquin Phoenix, but here he plays a bland character who comes across as very dull and of low intelligence. His laugh is grating and very un-Joker like, his dialogue is stilted and uncomfortable. There is no wit, no clever dark comedy, just seriousness and depression. The Joker has always been portayed as crazy and mentally unbalanced, but never dim-witted, until now. I don't know why this character is even called the Joker. Other than having the name Arthur Fleck he seems to be an entirely different character. Its a depressing film, which is not a bad thing in and of itself, but in this case it is. Thankfully I didn't pay any money to see this one. I'm giving it one star to even out the ridiculously high rating its got. Otherwise I'd probably give it a 4