A masterful performance with a crafty slow burner story

Rating: 8/10 (13 October 2019)

This is definitely a great film all true to the hype, mainly because of Joaquin Phoenix's performance of Joker and story development. I will give a small mention that it's directed surprisingly well by Todd Phillips.
If you don't mind watching a slow burner focused on a dramatic performance and a crafty screenplay then this will definitely serve you well if you like character driven art films that are alittle slow but focused on unfolding a story through performances of the protagonist, such films like Taxi Driver or more recent times Nightcrawler.
The movie has a realistic tone where it's very believable how Arthur can be driven to become the famous Joker, we sympathize with him and it's a fresh take to not just make the character psychotic for no reason and overdo the action scenes even though I feel the film would have been greater if there was abit more dramatic action on-top of what we see in the film which was amazing already when we get that treat each time.
There are also some small surprises along the way for Batman fans.
Theres no point comparing Joaquin's performance to Heath Ledger's Joker as they're both equally masterful in their own right...Yes Joaquin's performance is amazing also.
I rate this movie 8.5/10 only because I'm being critical as a film maker myself for certain choices made in the film otherwise for the casual viewer this will definitely be a great film if you're willing to watch a character driven film and be patient for the story to unfold.