A sad, depressing, emotionally draining good movie!

Rating: 7/10 (6 October 2019)

So let's start by answering the most asked question, how good is Joaquin Phoenix compared to Heath Ledger? and surprisingly I would say 'on par' BUT different.... I will watch the Dark Knight and Heath Ledger's Joker again and again but I am not planning to watch Joaquin's Joker again. Why?

This movie's plot is how the world drove an innocent unfortunate man crazy until he eventually became 'the criminal psychopath called Joker' and it was cruel, depressing, I must say it felt like torture watching the movie. And you have to give full credit to the acting, scenario, direction which made it so real to the point it actually affected me emotionally, I was not having a fun time watching it! When the character finally became a cold blooded killer at the end, you can definitely see a 10/10 evil laughing careless Joker that is on par with Heath Ledger (but different) and as fun to watch. So Joaquin's Joker to me was an academy winning performance, he nailed the role 100% no question about it.

Let me break down my 7/10 rating quick...acting?? 10/10, director?? 10/10, everything is a 10/10 EXCEPT the actual movie's storyline, it is a close up on how the Joker becomes the Joker, don't get me wrong, it is well written but the movie's storyline lacks more excitement which TO ME is missing a little bit to put it on par with my 10/10 movies ( Lord of the rings, the Dark knight, Seven, the Titanic, etc)