The joke must surely be on us

Rating: 8/10 (12 November 2019)

Lets get a couple of things straight.
Phoenix = Oscar or they can forget ever giving them out again
Joker film = OSCAR as above
Now to the message of the film.
This is without a doubt a ZEITGEIST event of a film. The society especially in the US has reached a divide that is beyond redemption and no savior will exist either.
The darkness of this film is not the character but what drove him to it.
Slow and ever draining attack on his being.
The story had some unexplained holes in it that are either annoying to the viewer or are actually helpful in getting to the feeling of this madness. The not fully knowing allows room for the viewer to fill in the gaps and that means it becomes very very personal. One reason why so many people walked out of the film. Facing the face!
I think that there are many sub elements to this like why were the two social workers and the files clerk black? Think about it. These were definitive decisions in making the film. Then there are the political aspects like choosing that liberal loving idiot De Niro. Then the attempt to very quietly look at this as the present presidents fault. Yet again we see idiots in Hollywood doing what they can not let go. This film is more about that madness than the street madness but that is way to deep for most viewers.
The reason why I gave the film 8 was because of that last aspect. It is not Trump that is the problem it is the people in our society who fail to face reality and make the choice to get up and do the dance. I hope this film sinks into the psyche of the society and I also hope that Phoenix does not suffer from the depth of this performance. It could scar a person easily.