What do you when cross a mentally ill loner who society has abandoned?

Rating: 10/10 (29 November 2019)

You get Arthur flick played brilliantly by Phoenix his performance in this film is outstanding much better than any interpretation of this character I honestly cant go back and read any comics or watch any movies because this character is better written than all of them combined this movie doesn't have a supervillian who's going to destroy the city with a bomb none of that crap here we get to see joker the human being a man who has clearly been suffering all his life in the comic they would say it would take one bad day to drive a man insane that's not the case here this man had been suffering for years and finally he cracked one of the best scenes is him watching the tv and he imagines himself at the Murray franklin show he gets single out for his laugh and is accepted and hugged by his idol Murray that was brillant because i don't care who you are we as human beings want to be accepted for who we are and loved unconditionally but that's the problem Arthur never got any of that love he gets treated like sh! by nearly every one in this film the only person who treated him like a human being was the dwarf and Arthur let him live which I thougt was brilliant it added layers of depth to this character the joker in the comics would of killed the dwarf this one didn't which is fascinating to me he only kills people who have directly wronged him like his mother who is a horrible person we find out why Arthur is the way he is because she allowed him to abused and he smother her and says I always thought my life was a tragedy but its a comedy because nothing he does matters his life is a joke by this point in the film hes got nothing to lose when he kills Randall another awful human being who most likely had a hand in getting him fired from his job he embraces his madness and dances down the steps hes liberated finally free to do as he pleases no medication nothing than he goes on the Murray show and I never noticed this detail the 1st time watching it the original joke was knock knock than he proceeded to kill himself live in front of the world to show society this is what you have made me but Murray didnt stfu he kept pushing him the brilliant dialogue and acting in this scene is off the charts quotes like "if it was me dying on the sidewalk youd walk right by me I pass you every day and you dont notice me" which is true go in any major city see people walk right by homeless on the streets dying nobody cares people are apathetic but then he proceeds to tell Murray youre awful playing my video you just wanted to make fun of me if you look at Arthur in the hospital scene with his mother when Murray played his tape you can see the pain in his face Murray was his idol and he threw him under the bus so he decides to give Murray one last joke what do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash I'll tell you what you get you get what you deserve and he blows Murray brains out on live tv and sits there for a moment and laughs because his life is a joke the way the scene played out with the brilliant score you knew it was coming the tension was boiling over and Arthur allows the police to capture him Gotham is full of riots rightfully so the waynes get gunned down as a result of his actions and honestly I don't feel any empathy for the waynes theyre awful people Thomas in particular calling every poor person who has suffered clowns and he says he wants to run for mayor to improve peoples lives yet Arthurs medicial programs are all cut he loses his medicine is forced to go cold turkey if Thomas Wayne actually cared he could of funded a new program but he didnt becuase he didnt care this performance of the Wayne's is the most realistic portrayal of these characters and thr film ends with a what if scenario what really happend was he in the Aslyum all this time it doesn't matter ultimately because the point of the film is society has a role to play in creating these monsters as does the media for publishing their photos and making them stars I hope at least Phoenix gets nominated because if front the Oscars are bs his performance as Arthur fleck had me thinking about this movie for a week it truly is thought provoking and better than any comic book film to come out in 20 years