Phoenix is great, movie has no legitimate connection to Batman franchise

Rating: 8/10 (12 October 2019)

Phoenix does a great job but, realistically besides the fact it takes place in Gotham and the minimal role of the Wayne family this movie has nothing to do with the Batman franchise. It's really a biopic of a crazy person who after learning certain things and experiencing certain events decides to stop resisting his crazy urges. Still a good must-see movie but, I think they're just coat-tailing off the notoriety of Batman to draw-in more audiences. They could literally change the name of this movie to "The Clown", place it in Detroit, and substitute Thomas Wayne for some other billionaire like Elon Musk and it wouldn't change the narrative at all.