Woah! What a pleasant SURPRISE!

Rating: 9/10 (3 October 2019)

The director Todd Phillips himself admits that the story sort of picks elements from various comic book versions of the Joker, but doesn't stick to any one of it entirely. The world of the movie is a DC version of the Scorsese world of: Taxi Driver, King of Comedy and Raging Bull - and Sidney Lumet's: Network, Dog Day Afternoon and Prince of The City. That's one of the reason the film feels so chilling - it's not the Nolan-like plotting, heroic antagonism brought in by the one-liners delivered by Heath Ledger, or the mythical vibe brought in by the superhero Batman. The film centres around the grim, gory, hyperreal world-building and character-disintegration that's so on your face! Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix pull it off masterfully in this nerve-racking cinematic experience called Joker.
There is a lot of buzz about the social and moral implications of the film, and to be honest, if you pay your movie tickets for a film titled Joker, I am pretty sure to safely assume you are not in there for moral or sociological implications of it for either you or for anyone else! So stop right there! Because the movie ain't gonna be sweet! Now that we are done with that - Send in the Clowns!
Don't miss this movie if your are a Joker fan! It's a must watch!