Just great acting. Definitely not a masterpiece.

Rating: 6/10 (3 November 2019)

The acting was spot on. He made this character his own. The laughter was emotional yet terrifying. However, the development of the joker turning into a villain was a big letdown for me. The character did develop and grow but his intent never really did. Some parts towards the end of the movie seemed abrupt and to pacy. It also tried to mess with the original Batman story and that too did not go down too well with me personally. I also felt that the atmosphere created in the movie was intentional and was emphasizing too much on the direction of the movie and nothing else. The initial scene where the joker is attacked by a bunch of boys was shallow and made no sense. The movie is all over the place and does not have any clear message, perhaps it was intentional or may be too much was left out during editing. It is far away from being called as a masterpiece, it may not go down in the history as one of the greatest either, the only amazing thing it did is that made its viewer realize that there can be someone as good as Heath Ledger as the Joker. 6 out of 10 only for his performance. As a Movie it was just all right. I cannot watch it again.