Experience the brilliance!

Rating: 8/10 (5 October 2019)

Stepped into the cinema with half expecting it to be a regular Hollywood crime thriller with joker as being the central character. But I assure you this movie has created some magnificent work in laying out the story and setting the stage for the grand entry of a very different genre within the comic book realm.
Phoenix performance is literally scary. His expressions, his delivery. One can not simply watch the movie without feeling remorse for Arthur. He has portrayed the character beautifully. It's his story, he is the center of the world, and the rest of the world is completely oblivious of this fact.
At times the situation seems forced and his reaction appears to be greater than you would expect in such scenario. But I believe that's the beauty of it. Being unpredictable about what's coming next in Arthur's journey.
Todd Phillips has done an exemplary work. This movie is a work of art. Lawrence Sher has created a cinematic experience one would find in a Nolan movie. Cinematography is gorgeous and quite reminiscent of an old classics. Excellent work by the whole crew.
Third act of the movie is the strongest and weekest at the same time. Though we all expect things to end in a certain way, Arthur's character development needed a bit more of a solid ground before turning the protagonist to antagonist against the society itself.
Loved the way they connected it to Batman, which can be explored in some later movies.
In the end.. a must watch for every cinema lover out there!