A brooding indie character piece

Rating: 7/10 (8 January 2020)

Joker was a pretty good movie. It is well made and Joaquin Phoenix gives a bold performance as The Joker. It is suspenseful and as a huge horror fan, I appreciated the few bloody scenes. With this being said, I felt no big thrill while watching this movie..actually I was kinda bored... and I know I'm not alone on this. I totally get the strong acting from Phoenix but that's not the only reason to judge this film. Its basically ur traditional cause and effect film that builds with tension until a typical violent final culminated climax..except the guys name was "Joker"... Nothing felt truly jokeresque if you will. This film would have never made the splash it did if they didn't add the Joker angle to it. There are no epic scenes of cinematic greatness. There are no truly memorable scenes. It's just a really long and slow, but well paced, film about a really sad man. Its a depressing watch and it is quite dark. I personally think Phoenix's acting wasn't what it was described to be by reviewers and I found it to be somewhat distasteful. The fact he acted so hard yet so sloppily is almost disturbing. I LOVE film but this movie is just another one on the shelf. To me.