Downward Spiral

Rating: 6/10 (8 October 2019)

This movie is depressing, boring and really low paced... And the worse overhyped, because it uses the Gotham, Batman, and Jokers name without any need. And the Political message is not that good, only if the answer you are looking for ia TOTAL BRAINLESS ANARCHY...
Not trying to take the merits of the movie, the acting is quite good, the directing is ok, it is a dark movie with a good Gotham thirties vybe set up, the narrative is well writen, but the soundtrack is just to depressing. I cant even say what type of movie this is, but Phoenix says in the movie a thing that sums it up:
All this time i tought my life was a tragedy, but in the end it is a comedy!
I mean you kind of fell sorry for the joker, but in the end he just got what he deserved. You expect something diferent in the movie, that happens something for the movie to take off, but the self misery never ends.
Well the ending is ok, with a small easter egg.
But it is the truth, you could have made a movie with a regular guy who was not the JOKER, and this movie just wouldnt be as overhyped as it is, and people wouldnt like it as much.
It would be a simple movie, with a maniac phicopath who lives with is mom, and as to take meds because he as a laughing condition. And then he starts to kill people because he is angry about is life being miserable, tired of being mistreated, and also beacause he is sorry about himself.
Joaquim Phoenix does a good job, so does Robert de Niro, but this is never a Oscar winning performance as peolple say. I have seen millions of better performances. And Heath Ledger Joker is a lot better.
What angrys me the most is if this is a origin story for the Villain joker, it is a bad one... Since with this sorry guy, he would never become the dangerous arch-enemy of bruce wayne because simply this guy is a complete idiot, as no brains, is actions are predictible, and he acts on the momment without thinking in consequences. The JOKER was a very clever enemy, sinister and pure evil, not this sick man...
Well comparing this to taxi driver, ia a complete joke. The only thing in commom is that Robert the Nire participates in both movies. Taxi driver, as a downward spiral man as well, but it makes a lot more sense and it is a lot better.
P.S: A advice, see this movie at home, in the movie theater it is a letdown movie, because the movie drags a lot and you will think why you did not stay at home. Hey i wasnt expecting a action movie, but i expecting a good thriller and clearly this is not. I guess the Joker was on me :)