Delivers great acting with an overall plot that, glorifys the worst parts of humanity.

Rating: Null/10 (25 February 2020)

The film in itself was something to be excited about. Who doesn't want a Gotham's Joker adaptation? I found myself very anticipated to watch this flick. When I saw the film I left feeling like I watched an amazing movie. The cinematography was excellent. Had a lot of thought provoking shots that excelled in creating very dramatic scenes that supplied constant emotion and the "edgy" feel if you will. The story made you sympathize with the Arthur and why he became the villain he is. We see a man ostracized from society for being quite different. He has mental health issues and he really doesn't know his place in the world. He is peculiar which draws negative attention and back lash from people in general. The story in itself delivered in giving an adaptation of the Joker. My only problem with the film, isn't in itself the movie was bad in a sense. My problem is that we as people find these type of stories to be good to watch. Nothing about this film is "good". There are dark films that make us learn something about who we are as people. In the Joker Gotham shows a society in which we shun the black sheep. We hate and ridicule the unfortunate to be hung in effigy for what is considered normal. If you do not act this way you are therefore different and should be mocked and laughed at. This is relevant especially in today's day in age where people on the internet satirize celebrities forgetting they are regular people. What is equally bad is we satirize regular people who are just like you and me. Who at there core are human beings who should be treated with respect and dignity; regardless of what you believe in. What saddens me is that even though the Joker is fiction there are people like Arthur Fleck who experience the same struggles everyday and are one day away from taking their anger out on the world. The kindness you extend to others, you extend to yourself. On the contrary, the evil you extend to the world, you extend to yourself. I think this film is a sad reminder on what the masses can do in helping create the villain that ironically we end up idolizing and put on display to sell tickets. I would like to think we are better than that as a human race, but even through my past and my actions: I am sad to say we might not be. You realize we as humans you, me, and everybody else are stupid and unknowingly we could be creating the next Arthur Fleck. We don't know half the time why we are laughing at something not knowing there is a deep suffering to some of the humor we use. Decide for yourself what is worth your enjoyment.This movie overall sucked looking back and I am sorry I brought my little brother to see this.