Joker may very well be the way back to good movies

Rating: 10/10 (5 October 2019)

This movie may have hit me many times harder than the average person, mostly because I dealt with depression for over a decade. Some of Arthur's depressive statements hit me right into my core.
For me, watching Joker was not easy. It was disturbing and reminiscent of some of the feelings and despair I was familiar with so I even experienced physical discomfort in the form of pain in my chest. When the movie was over, I told this to my friend, who has never experienced depression or any mental illness, and he said that he felt mental and physical perturbation, too.
Having said all that, Joker is a gem of a movie. Right up there with my all-time favorites but I couldn't call it my #1 favorite for the simple reason that I don't see replay value in it since it's such a hard watch (unlike Wolf of Wallstreet or Heat which I've watched dozens of times).
Joker is, in my opinion, technically and artistically perfect. This movie was a breath of fresh air just when I thought Hollywood was too woke to ever make good movies again. I really hope, and I think it will, make a precedent after audience response has been taken into consideration.
What is most amazing about Joker is that it's absolutely non-pretentious or commercial; it feels as a pure art form, and art is not supposed to be necessarily beautiful, but to make you experience deep emotions.
10/10