The best recent film I've seen in 10 years

Rating: 10/10 (17 October 2019)

Before I begin my review, I want to say screw the media for slandering this film as if it'll cause mass shootings. It's rated R, so it's expected to have some adult content like blood and violence. The Joker is NOT A KID FRIENDLY VILLIAN. A lot of people lost sight of how evil and interesting the Joker can possibly be whether it's him paralyzing Batgirl and making Commisioner Gordon watch his daughter naked and bleeding to physically abusing Harley to carving off his own face no real reason. The movie has perfectly captured the Joker the best way it can. We see a struggling mentally ill man with hopes and dreams of being the greatest comedian ever to becoming a monster that the people of Gotham created. Joaquin Phoenix has done a phenomenal job of being "Arthur". The reason why I put quotations under his name because in the movie, the adoption papers has named him under "Unknown". I love the world that the movie has established as a rundown slum that "Arthur" is trapped in and you feel as if in that bad part of town that you want to escape from. All of the characters are great except I'm not so convinced about Bruce especially when his parents was killed in front of him. He showed no emotions of grief and anger. He just stood there. There are many ways to interpret what happened in the movie. Whether it all actually happened, some parts of the story were fake and exaggerated, or the entire story was all made up by The Joker who was trying to paint himself as a victim. I prefer the latter. Overall, I love everything in the film like the story, acting, editing, settings, soundtrack,and characters. It's good enough to be it's own movie that has nothing to do with DC. I hope they'll do a follow up film in the future.