Decent

Rating: 6/10 (12 October 2019)

It's pretty much exactly what I was expecting when the first trailer came out, not after the reception and all of the buzz around it. As I was expecting Joaquin Phoenix was great, it was well shot and looked great for the most part and it was a little silly and cliche at times. Phoenix was very convincing and sold his character and the movie as a whole. I enjoyed most of the other performances, especially Robert De Niro's, and I thought Gotham was a pretty great setting.
Unlike most people, I didn't really enjoy the score. I thought the song choices were really great, and the soundtrack was better when it crescendo'd and included percussion. I just thought it sounded like a low drone at the beginning instead of an actual theme and it kind of annoyed me a little. I also thought it wasn't anywhere near an effective social commentary, simply because it was so over exaggerated and extreme. It could have worked as a social commentary but it doesn't really delve deep enough into it or necessarily handle it well. What I love a lot about this film is how well the sequence of events play out and how well paced it is. It goes by very smoothly and at the same time feels quite long because of how much happens in it. I would watch this again despite the problems I do have.
I do appreciate this movie and want DC to do more movies like this despite some problems I have.