JOKER

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2019)

This movie was fantastic in my opinion. Plenty of critics hated on the way this movie was blandly reimagined from films like Taxi Driver and the King of Comedy, two films I thoroughly enjoyed. I thought the film had its own piece of uniqueness especially with Phoenix's amazing performance. From the first minute I was captivated and I loved what Joaquin and Todd were able to do with this character. The soundtrack and score for this movie was also very impressive. Hildur GuÃ°nadÃ³ttir did a fantastic job and the score never felt over the top to me. Did I like Taxi Driver better, yes, but from a technical and film perspective. I do think, however, that this film manages to capture something that Taxi Driver doesn't and that is the unique saneness and personality of the character we know of as the JOKER.