NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A MASTERPIECE!

Rating: 2/10 (16 January 2020)

OMG... This movie was seriously BAD!
As someone who watches a lot of movies, I could not understand why so many "reviewers" on here rated this movie so highly, many even calling it a "masterpiece".
Am I glad I did not go see this in the movie theater, as I would have demanded a FULL refund!
I got this on blue ray and was really looking forward to viewing it, cozying up on my couch with a large bowl of popcorn.
I was expecting to see something in the likes of the genre breaking Dark Knight, Inception, or Batman vs Superman. Was I let down...
Here's what's so BAD about Joker...
1. The movie follows a sad clown with serious mental issues, who laughs uncontrollably at inappropriate times (due to a supposed condition). Said clown goes off meds & starts killing people at the slightest provocation. For no reason, whatsoever.
The police have their suspicions but never bother to arrest the clown or even question him formally at the station.
2. There is about as much suspense in this move as there is watching a traffic camera, and there is almost no action or tension, in any scene.
No one goes after the sad clown, aka Joker, for murdering innocent people, there is no enemy/antagonist for the clown to go up against/fight with, but there is a (hardly believable) love interest that no one could fathom a sad and insanely weird clown of this magnitude getting an attravtive member of the opposite sex.
3. And last but not least, the slogging music. The music (which takes over in EVERY scene) is just ridiculously overdone. If you closed your eyes while walking into a room where someone was watching Joker, you would swear a musical is playing on the TV.
Additionally, the music in Joker makes you wonder exactly what kind of emotions the makers of this disaster of a film were trying to incite in viewers.
I felt neither moved, sad, excited or any emotion whatsoever while watching. Not to mention the totally unrelatable central character (Joker) was the biggest reason I felt nothing.
I could list MANY other things that are wrong with this movie, but will leave it at the above 3 as these are what lead this movie into disaster territory..
To Sum It Up...
Do your eyes and ears a favor and skip this one.
If you want to see actual masterpieces and have a taste for cinema (that is seemingly starting to go extinct now days), watch or re-watch Batman Begins, The Dark Knight or V for Vendetta.
2/10. 1 star for cinematography & 1 star for Jaquin Phoenix's acting.
#thisisnotentertainment #unbelievablybad