Mediocre high budget movie.

Rating: 6/10 (22 October 2019)

This is one of those movies that uses top of the line production and a sky-high budget to mask an average-at-best storyline. Now before I say any more, Joaquin Phoenix did a phenomenal job here and absolutely destroyed the role of the joker. But that is where the problems began -- the role of the joker. Most people know that this movie is the prelude to the modern joker (Suicide Squad, Dark Knight, etc..) but the delivery of the storyline starts to drag out about halfway through the movie. The movie is a true slow burn that sort of glosses over a major storyline of Thomas Wayne; the joker and batman are seemingly half-brothers now. This was a half-baked attempt to leave the franchise wide open. All in all, the Joker's disturbing personality and the mental health implications make this movie worth seeing. But with all the hype surrounding the movie, I was mildly dissapointed.