Waste of over 2 hours

Rating: 1/10 (20 April 2020)

After all the hype, the praising and press about this super hot movie, the high paid "talent" and substantial budget, I had set the bar extremely high. I expected to see how (and why) the Joker became the mortal enemy of Batman and the anger against the people of Gotham. I expected a lot. Instead, I was given a boring story that seldom made sense and just droned on ninety plus minutes before the actual plot of the story began to take shape. That hope for change was quickly dashed with the bizarre apartment killing. The final ten minutes of the interview on the "show" and execution of the host was another sad attempt at making some form of statement, what of I have no idea. Basically it was a drawn out journey of someone with severe mental health issues and don't see this figure fitting into the Gotham theme at all. The rambling, unintelligible utterings of Mr. Phoenix at the awards ceremony just added to the bizarreness surrounding this movie.
For the hype alone people will want to watch this movie but do yourself a favor and aim your expectations very low and you might come out ahead. This was my first and last time I'll ever watch this disaster again. I just really hope there's not a sequel or revival of this same character in any Batman movie.