Call me crazy but we've been here before

Rating: 5/10 (8 October 2019)

It seems everyone loves this movie as though it was citizen Cain. Maybe I missed it but it juts lacked a few things. The story is so simplistic I told my friend how it would end in the first ten minutes. This isn't a movie about Joker it's about how good Joaquin is. Yes, he's great but putting Marlon Brando in a movie didn't mean it was a great movie. Of all the things that could create the Joker they went with mental illness and childhood trauma. Those seems like what would be suggested in the first pitch but they could have been more creative. I know the director wanted to create a mood but it's like he just went too far to make his point. He dances and makes sad faces, we get it. And what about sub plots? Well, those don't exist. The only tension created is wondering when he would go full joker and even then it wasn't very satisfying.
Let's not forget that the Joker rivals Batman in intelligence. But this Joker is dumb and not some criminal genius. Yes he's evil buy being evil doesn't make a criminal mastermind. I was hoping for so much more.