THIS PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2019)

It looks like Todd Philips has decided comedy is actually dead and he went in a new way of filmmaking. Joker movie is an amazing idea of his; take the famous villain who is an unsuccessful comedian -I think he know how someone fails in comedy- write a sad, traumatic, epic origin story for character with Scott Silver, get some inspiration from Scorsese's films, go to Warner Bros. and take some serious money, convince an amazingly talented actor for that role... With all that material, a visionary director can make an incredible art house/comic book movie and that movie can be one of the greatest ones of its year. Winning Golden Lion from Venice is a huge achievement. Also; if Joker wins some Golden Globes or Oscars this year, I wouldn't be surprised. Especially Joaquin Phoenix deserves as leading actor. He was brilliant.