As good as the hype surrounding it.

Rating: 9/10 (4 October 2019)

This is probably what I wanted from this movie. Dark, gritty and an absolutely grounded take on The Joker. Removing the DC tag would work just fine with the film as it is a standalone piece on it's own adopting a few characters from Gotham City and it's mythos.
The movie works well for the majority part of itself, showing how Arthur Fleck descends into complete and utter madness as his life spirals down right before him within a few days. This is brought out brilliantly by the magnificent performance of Joaquin Phoenix who probably has delivered the top performance of the year as of now.
He is explicitly raw, pitiful during the first act and downright horrifying as he goes down the path to become The Joker. This is HIS movie. The performance is so good that it saves what I felt was sort of the weak part of the script right before climax. The supporting actors are equally good even though this is a film primarily about Arthur.
The visuals are brilliant and the Hildur Guðnadóttir's score and the theme is better than what I wanted. The script is probably the least good thing about the movie but it is solid for major part of the film.
As of now I cannot find much negatives, apart from the certain parts where I felt the script lacked but overall it did pretty great to bring out the character.
Will definitely have to re-watch but this is currently what I think about Joker.