Phenomenal!

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2020)

I loved every minuet of Joker. I was extremely happy when I found out that we would be solely looking into the Jokers character and identifying what makes him tick and what causes his characteristics. Now before i go into what I loved about the cinematography, i need to say Joaquin Phoenix played the character exceptionally. His laughter to his delivery to his weight loss, Joaquin really made the character convincing and mesmerized me. It's amazing how we feel sympathy for someone who killed people and see the antagonistic as the protagonist in a way. Furthermore, Joaquin got the Joker's laugh on point. Not only is the laugh pretty psychotic, but we wince at the pain he goes through when he start to cough uncontrollably.
Moving onto the cinematography Lawrence Sher did a amazing job with his colour correction, his composition to his use of semiotic theory. The use of the grungy dark green and dimmed black really conveys the tone of the film. Especially in the bathroom scenes and the subway shots. However, the composition was the aspect that really blew me away. Lawrence really used his surroundings to not only get rid of negative space and make the film look beautiful, but he is fantastic a making the viewers eyes look at a certain part of the screen.
I could go on and on about this film, however, being a young film student I don't feel like I am in a position where i can criticize this films cinematography or direction. However, if i would have to give one improvement it would be certain tweaks to parts of the script. Mainly when it comes to his family relationship. I would of loved to have seen more of that.
A amazing film and a must watch!