A phenomenal movie destined to serve as a benchmark for the industry !

Rating: 10/10 (20 October 2019)

Ever since the first trailer dropped, Joker immediately caught my attention and i was preety hyped as i was heading to the cinema. 2 hours and 2 minutes later i left thinking that this might just be the best movie ive ever seen. The Joker is dark, gruesome, violent and quite frankly insane, and its perfect for it. The movie captured the characters spirit incredibly well and needless to say Phoenix was a big part of that. In fact it will be downright insane if he doesn't win an Oscar, considering his acting in this movie will undoubtedly go down in history. The movie is very well paced, well shot, incredibly well acted (Phoenix steals the spotlight but everyone else is great as well), has a great plot with significant jaw-dropping twists and an ending that is simply spectacular. And the score! My god what a spectacular score! I also would like to point out that, no, this movie does not glorify Arthur's horrific acts, neither does it glorify violence. If anything this movie's message boils down to *Be nice to other people*. As for critics claiming its boring, i know i was at the edge of my seat for the entire run. Joker will certainly serve as a benchmark for the industry, and i genuinely don't know if it can be topped any time soon. A proper cimenatic masterpiece that thoroughly deserves a 10/10 !