Its a different take, brilliantly presented.

Rating: 9/10 (12 October 2019)

First review but I simply felt I needed to share. Some people will not like it because this is a movie that certainly doesn't fit in todays style. I believe if you were to put the movie into a time it would well fit around the time Alien was produced. It is slow paced and portraits a real development of a character - unlike nowadays blockbusters that have nearly no character development.
Personally I find it hard to compare Joker to 'The Dark Knight' . First of all due to the nature of them being different Jokers / different backgrounds, secondly even if they were the same, The Dark Knight is a way later and more developed Joker. I would love to see a sequel to this take but I am not sure if we will get one. Personally I enjoy Ledger's performance a bit more but thats personal preference, both actors did an outstanding job and in my opinion this is at least an Oscar nomination for Phoenix.
Overall if you go into the movie, do not expect an action filled thriller but a portrait of a troubled man giving into madness. 9.5/10 for me.