Best Joker's body language thus far.

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2019)

Uniqueness of this production, when compared with Batman comic books, games and other movies, is undeniable. Joker's identity and his plans are very much the opposite of a mystery in here. This shift in perspective may just be what "Joker" needed to be the best movie based on a character from DC.
For some reason, Joker is always taken very seriously by actors playing his role. Jack Nicolson's and Heath Ledger's Jokers were definitely phenomenal yet mostly acted by voice and facial expressions. It's fair to say that Joaquin Phoenix raised the bar by an order of magnitude. In his version of the Joker, voice acting and facial expressions are just minor parts of a bigger picture. His Joker moves like Joker. His Joker laughs and dances like Joker. It's very apparent how his Joker thinks, and he thinks like the Joker. He just feels like him. The level of immersion is unprecedented.
Artistically, "Joker" is just beautiful. Music is perfect, Gotham feels enchanting but depressing, character costumes are very appealing. Whole experience is hypnotic, almost like in a comic book.
Besides a true Joker and good Gotham, the movie contains some less important themes which aren't bad but may be distracting. It felt like they put two rather irrelevant scenes featuring young Bruce Wayne just for the sake of using the franchise. I also think that yet another version of Batman origins scene is the last thing a DC fan would like to see. All easily forgivable as everyone leaves their yaw on cinema floor anyway.