Another overrated Hollywood biggie

Rating: 7/10 (31 October 2019)

Finally watched this a few days back, was intrigued to see what the fuss was about. I was a bit disappointed to be honest, it wasn't as good as the hype suggested, many simply love it though, while others hate it, there is a divided opinion and I'm in the middle of it, it's not great and certainly not bad by any means either. The mixed opinion is even more evident by the fact IMDB rating is 8.8 metacritic is 58% or thereabouts. First things first, Joker is very well made, and Phoenix' portrayal of the Joker is excellent, but although he turns in an Oscar worthy performance, the film itself is rather slow at times, his character is very one dimensional and dare I say it the act does get a bit repetitive too. It would have been nice to see the villainous dominance of the Joker a little, but it's not about his power or control, nearly the entire film is about his mind bending, largely pitiful journey to becoming the Joker, when seeing him as an ultra confident, calculated Joker would have at least upped the entertainment factor, too much of a drama for a DC character based film, but a worthy 3-3.5 stars nonetheless