Joker (2019) - 9.0

Rating: 9/10 (4 October 2019)

Joker (2019) - 9.0
Act 1 - 8.5
Act 2 - 8.8
Act 3 - 9.8

Starts a revolution for the people that think they have been left behind in society by targeting the elite and government officials that don't advocate for them
Good message in the sense that we can't leave these people behind as seen in Arthur Flecks character, a man who has been worn down by society and abuse
The government stopped funding the social workers that would check in with people like Arthur and now he has nobody to talk to and no way of getting his medication
Amazing character study above all else in this film as Joaquin Phoenix gives a riveting performance as a mentally ill man
Love his laughing tick, really gives the character an even creepier aura about him
Film shows how a man can be pushed to a certain extent where he has nothing a nobody
Always have in the back of your head that Thomas is so powerful that he could have set up Arthur's mother and have her committed so Arthur could really be the son of Thomas
Movie messes with the idea of what is true and what is not and what is really going on because of the delusions that he was dating the woman down the hall
Score and music is fantastic and elevated in every scene, used so well
A bunch of scenes where the music intensified and just adds even more to some of these visceral scenes
Brutal movie with a message
If people think this movie gloried violence just because it was in a realistic setting with a mentally ill person, we can never have horror movies again as all there is is violence in those films
People revolting against this movie are ridiculous and incompetent, movies are art and the director should be able to create whatever they want
Arthur Fleck creates an uprising against the privileged elite and enacts riots and violence against them and I see no problem in that as IT IS A MOVIE
Movie ends gloriously and establishes the Joker in this dark and unforgiving world
Everything built perfectly to the creation of this character, Arthur Fleck and led him to slowly crumble and become the Joker
Deeply troubled man with multiple mental conditions and living in a cold and dreary world
Dream sequence with Murray was very telling and good
Crazy body transformation
Wants to be a comedian but is uncomfortable and awkward and doesn't get social cues
Cringe inducing moments multiple times throughout the film
Kills for the first time after being jumped on the train at the end of the 1st act
Jackson C Frank Carnival was used, a song I really like and used well
System failed this man as they cut funding to social services
Payoff with moms letters being Thomas Wayne is his father, according to Arthur's mother
Interaction with Alfred and Bruce was good, leave idea open as to who's Arthur's dad
Clip of his show ends up in Murray's show and his hero makes fun of him, not good for Arthur's psyche
Great scene with Arthur and Thomas tells him he was adopted when his mom was working there and then went into a mental institution as she was crazy
Finds out he was adopted and abused as a child by mothers boyfriend from the hospital file
End of second act twist reveals he was fantasizing about the woman down the hall, great moment
Suffocated mother to death and says his life is a comedy not a tragedy
Killing other clown scene was incredible in his apartment as he is now off his meds and has completely lost it
Everything in the movie is portrayed realistically
Dancing scenes are great
Police and train scene is awful to see and brutal
Clowns on train for the protest against the elite and Thomas Wayne
Wants to be introduced as the Joker as that is what Murray called him the first time they showed his clip on the show
Violent riots on the streets after he kills Murray on air
Become a voice of the people, all of this has happened because of him
Someone rams an ambulance into the cop car he is in to get him out then celebrates with the people
See Thomas and Martha Wayne leaving the movie theatre and they get killed in front of Bruce on the night of the riots so basically the Joker created Batman which I love
Cut to him with a social worker just like the start of the film asking him how he feels and laughing uncontrollably
We see him walk out with blood on his shoes presumably killing her, he is in a mental hospital
Ends with him being chased by an orderly