An outstanding performance by Joaquin Phoenix..But not an outstanding movie

Rating: 8/10 (4 October 2019)

Joaquin Phoenix deserves an Oscar for his performance in this movie..But the movie hadn't reached what was expected from it.
Tod Phillips did an excellent work in directing but this movie has what's called typically lazy writing..How can be murdering 3 random guys who happened to be working for Wayne interprises in a subway train by an anonymous guy wearing a clown mask be a spark for a revolution and riot?..The killer didn't even know them or what they were working.. The question is why people consider him a hero and a symbol for their riot?..Why they even criticize Thomas Wayne for sympathizing with them?.. It was an attempt to make the movie darker and the atmosphere of this society so dark but It failed.
Also considering the movie R-rated was just another propaganda from Warner Brothers..the violence scenes in the movie aren't that savage..there's no so offensive words and no reason for Rating it as R.
The 2 hours runtime for the movie was short for the events and the story..this movie deserved at least extra 20 minutes to give its best.
The movie is a mixture between Taxi Driver and V for Vendetta so there's not so much creativity in the idea of the movie.
Most of the movie is a buildup to be joker..It's not like any comic book movie..It's more about depression and psychology.
The joker here has no plan no purpose the filmmakers make the people use him as a symbol not a leader for the riot.
Finally..Being a psycho or a failure or abandoned by society or having bad time doesn't give you the right to kill people who bother you and cause chaos