So much potential bud wasted! Overhyped and weak. People actually think they have to say this is good!

Rating: 1/10 (30 November 2019)

Let me make it clear at first. I'm not a fan of superhero movies and Marvel comics. I actually didn't think Dark Knight was a masterpiece either. So I was so looking forward to this movie when I realized this is not a superheroic-avengers-batman movie type, but actually is a psychological study using the famous and complex character "Joker". So even before watching Philips' movie I was a fan.
But Joker's plot is actually very shallow with plot holes and it never gets deep (tries hard to but always fails), you never buy anything that happens or things that lead things to happen, it's hard to sympathize with Arthur, Joaquin Phoenix is my favorite actor but he's so tied up with the overly acted Method thing. Other characters are poorly written, it wouldn't matter if they never existed. This is actually a VERY POOR character development, while the whole movie must be about character developing! What happens in the end has nothing to do with "the Joker" and mostly it looked like a stupid show which you think you have to like! I had a hard time to believe this is actually "Joker" and how he was made! The costume and good makeup doesn't make him Joker enough!
To me Todd Philips tried hard to make a Scorsese-Nolan type of movie! But he doesn't get even close to them and that's why this movie doesn't look original and is a good copy at its best. It would be better if it was longer. Even the trailers are totally teasing the last 10 minutes of the movie. Either it's just a commercial thing or the director doesn't believe in what he has made himself.
I know that this movie shouldn't/couldn't be compared with the Dark Knight or the Batman (1989). But still..near Ledger's Joker, Joaquin's Joker is a joke!