Relentlessly disturbing masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2019)

I created an account just to review this. I saw it twice in the space of 3 days. This move is truly a masterpiece, in every way - the acting, story, cinematography, music, everything comes together in a more than the sum of its parts kind of way. There's a little bit of magic here, I don't think anyone can purposely create something this good, they can try, but only sometimes does it all come together like this.
The second viewing was just as good as the first. The tension was the same, it was just as disturbing, and the time still flew by just as quickly. And as someone who grew up on a steady diet of batman and joker comics, this is a perfect version of the Joker's origin, and I loved how it tied in batman's origin too, that was an inspired way to link them together.
The ambiguities and layers in the film were clearer on second viewing, and even keep coming days later... besides all of the ones I've seen discussed such as weather TW is his father, or which other scenes may not have happened... we also don't actually know if Arthur already had a history of violence, nor do we know if or how much the medication is what was making him so docile and timid. His journal has much more dark stuff in than we see. He is actually quite belligerent and disconnected even in the beginning of the movie. Etc. There is a LOT going on in this movie.
I could gush on for hours. It is a work of art.