Phoenix's version of a film done before

Rating: 7/10 (18 November 2019)

There's no real need to explain how excellent Joaquin Phoenix's acting was. I also really liked the cinematography and the use of that specific yellow color throughout the movie. However, this was far from being the origin story of a one-of-a-kind mastermind psychopath criminal. The events that led up to him losing faith in society and should have turned him into Joker were kind of weak. There were other examples of this same exact plot without the superhero universe elements; "Falling Down (1993)" or a more recent and cringy version of that "God Bless America (2011)" had main characters that were pushed to their limit that eventually turned them into violent serial killers. But Joker is not a mere serial killer. And for me that's where the movie failed to portray his real mental state which made him the actual Joker that we came to know.
Origin story of Arthur Fleck aka Joker.