Don't fall for the hype

Rating: 1/10 (23 October 2019)

I saw the joker last night and was highly disappointed. Possibly the worst joker movie I've seen. I suspect after the hype dies out it'll go down to 7 on imdb.
SPOILERS BELOW
I concede the movie had some interesting moments and attempted touch on mental health. I'll ignore the marxist undertone of the rich as the evil oppressors and the poor as the good oppressed and the mask wearing protagonist violent protestors who kill cops.
The main reason I disliked the movie was because the joker was in no way a genius super villain who could outwit other characters and the audience with his cunning intelligence. He was a sob story loser. He was in no way in control of anything that happened to him in his life and everyone got the better of him and he just took it. Even his co-workers quite easily outwitted him and caused him to be fired. He was just a sad dude. He was even bullied by a bunch of teenage kids who took his sign. What did the evil genius do? He ran after them and got the sh$@ beat out of him. Eventually when his medication ran out he started killing people and by pure luck he killed three rich men which led to his fame. Even his own fame was a complete coincidence and completely out of his control.
This joker will have no chance of fighting Batman. By the time Bruce is in his 30s and becomes the batman the joker will be in his 60s, at least. The only thing this pathetic joker will be fighting is PTSD and back problems.