It's not the Joker you know but the movie is brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2019)

Hold right there. And drop all your superheroes preconceptions. This is not a summer dumb fun action super villain movie. It's something else.
A reinterpretation of Joker. And it's harrowing in its grittiness and potential. You will be there in the streets of Gotham, a Gotham that feels more real than any other fictional city on screen. Because little does it matter where the events happen on screen. This Joker can be anyone, anywhere.
A perfect score in movie means more than just a great story. For me it means the character, the performance, the build-up. And all of them are beautifully done. Especially the build-up. Maybe some will think it's too slow, but I was glued to the screen the whole time.
Of course, I still have some complaints, but most of them are because of my view on the Joker. As the classic Joker, I think Heath Ledger is still the best but he was helped by the script. The Joker's background should not be known, that's what makes the character so unpredictable.
But Joaquin Phoenix's Joker is the people's hero, a deranged hero for a deranged society.