Relatable to Real World, yet enjoyable as a Comic Book Movie

Rating: 9/10 (4 October 2019)

"In my whole life, I didn't know if I even really existed. But I do. And people are starting to notice."
This quote is all that you need to understand the essence of this film. The very definition of Vanity is questioned and it showed how of nihilism is ingrained in people's belief. A harmless human being can wreak havoc on society because of one's despair and one's extensional crisis. It can lead to disarray and can also lead to terrorism in a collective sense. Still, the part of one's transitional period to that deranged mindset is very sad and a bit rational to an extent. This film is much more relatable to reality rather than a mere comic book adaptation. No wonder why there was a seven minutes long standing ovation for this film in the Venice Film Festival.
As for the plot, the early 80's is the best era to portray the origination of the Character called "Joker". As a part of the audience, it felt so real because of that specific timeline. Thanks to the persuasion of Todd Philips to make this an R Rated film. This dark side of the society and unleashing rage of a simpleton can never be understood in a PG-13 film. Demonstration of this kind paves away to a different dimension for the Comic Book Movies.
As for Joaquin Phoenix, this man was underrated for quite a long time. Gladiator was the first film where I watched his performance as an antagonist. Then, I watched several of his films over time. i.e. Her, Two Lovers etc. As for this movie, this was the first of its kind maybe. He had to be the protagonist in a film where the character of that protagonist itself is engulfed in the nature of an antagonist. But he managed to portray that character just about right, as if he was composing a symphony in perfect harmony. Heath Ledger's expressions while being the JOKER were a bit more intense in my opinion. Although we cannot compare these two men, because their aspects were totally different than one another.
Music and sound editing was quite good enough.
Color tone of this movie is jaw-dropping. It sets the mood to the way it should be.
As for the DC-Marvel debacle, I'm not trying to pick a side to fuel meaningless quarrels. All I'm saying is that DC used its dark essence and rich character developments to a whole new level. I am more than satisfied with this comeback of DC in the cinematic universe. Now, we kind of have a sub-genre for the comic book movies.
The last but not the least, I'm not spoiling anything by saying that the ending was perfect. The foreshadowing effect may get over some of your heads, but that was poetic.
"I used to think that my life was a tragedy. But now I realize, it's a comedy."
The rating should be 9/10 in my opinion.