An astonishingly brilliant movie with a sledgehammer performance by Phoenix.

Rating: 10/10 (6 October 2019)

Just saw this movie today in the cinema and my god what a hell of a film this is. Taking place in 1981, we are introduced to the origin of The Joker in all his dark, gritty, violent, psychotic glory. The transformation of Arthur Flecks character is ground breaking. we see this poor, misunderstood man mercilessly beaten multiple times before finally lashing out taking his first steps towards becoming this infamous villain we love so much getting deeper and progressively more intense and violent as the film goes on. There are a couple moments in this film that some might find hard to watch but it's seriously not as bad as what everyone's been saying about it. in saying that, this is definitely not a film for kids.
Anyone who is familiar with the Batman films will know well and truly that Bruce Wayne's (Batman's) parents are murdered in front of him in an alley way when he's still only a young boy. This film shows this event and the events leading up to it. In terms of the overall timeline of events, Joker begins roughly 3 weeks before Bruce Wayne's parents are killed.
Joker carries a very dark, stylish theme just like so many batman movies have done before it. the score, cinematography and the astonishing performance by Joaquin Phoenix are some of the biggest impacts a film has had on me over the last decade. We also have some strong political messages on display here too which I will not delve into here. Leave that for the forum sites =)
Joker is one truly amazing film and is sure to go down as an all time masterpiece. 10 out of 10.