On the nose directing and cinematography, empty storyline, nonsensical character development

Rating: 1/10 (13 October 2019)

From the "music" to the endless closeups of Joaquin Phoenix's contorting face and body, the Director makes all of his choices as if trying to make sure you know that this guy is weird, and potentially dangerous. I mean he could have personally come out saying what he wanted to say and this movie would have been subtler.
And the whole "Thomas Wayne is your dad" twist... probably the cheapest shot I've ever seen in any movie. Showing young Bruce in the fence, making Alfred be somewhat of a bad guy, and for sake showing the alley shooting AGAIN. Just cheap shot after cheap shot.
Everything about this movie is right in your face, no subtlety, no implied meaning, no meaning at all. Strip out the Joker and DC connection, loose the on the nose choices, and this might have been a great movie about the seriousness of mental illness. Instead, it's not. It's boring, cheap, and an attempt to meaning that falls flat.