DC Executives Ruin Another Character

Rating: 5/10 (12 October 2019)

Honest review. You have heard what great acting, Phoenix should get an Oscar, etc. Yes, the acting, directing, music, lighting, was all great. The problem is that this movie never should have been made. I collect comics and enjoy comic book movies because they are fantastical, an escape; this movie is neither. There is enough dark crap going on in the world to have to also have this character turned into some screwed in the head, abused, mentally ill, psychopathic murderer. The Joker has always been fun because there was always a bit of mystery about him; the actual Joker is a guy that just gets his kicks out of messing with Batman in every way imaginable. This Joker is not fun, he's a damaged. If you see this movie, don't review it right away, let it simmer for a few days as I have done. For me, when it comes right down to it this movie would have been better off never having been made. Further, those currently at the helm at Warner Brothers have NO IDEA how to handle their properties. They have been handed characters greater than anything Marvel has ever had, or will ever have, and they insist on mismanaging every one of them. I dread The New Gods coming out after sitting through Joker. The amount of money they are bringing in from this movie will make them believe they have finally done something right, they have not. This movie has nothing to it that will last, it has not added anything of quality to the DC Universe, or Batman mythology at that. Go see it, you will probably like it, I liked the production of it, I just wish it was never made and I will never watch it again. It's just not part of any comic book world I ever want to believe in.