A Loser Kicked One Too Many..

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2019)

I didn't intend to see this movie at all, because I thought what can a Batman movie bring anew, and I was surprised to read oldest cinema festival in the world gave it Best Picture award. It felt displaced.
Then I have seen the amazed reactions from viewers, saying it wasn't what they have expected, one was even (half seriously, half jokingly - hey, like Joker!) flirting with social uprising in his comments. (Joker says he's not political. He's just one of the lowest, being pushed one too often. The lowest masses can identify with that, so some audiences around the world joined in spontaneous applause. In less confident societies, such movies got banned.)
So, I have decided to see it, and yes, it's not your usual blockbuster from the Batman franchise. Such a movie, with main character having mental issues, societal issues, family issues, relationships issues, sort of Turrets Syndrome issues as a nervous tick, younameit issues, would usually fit the Sundance or even more alternative, indie, heavy movies festivals, not receiving praises from mainstream audiences, having a 9something rating on IMDB and breaking the overall October opening record in domestic market. Youth is filling the cinemas to see it, although there's not one flashy gadget or usual CGI scene from the franchise. Have the times really changed and will newer generations demand a wholesame approach to all the disadvantaged (and the Earth)? Oscars buzz all over the place. Perfect songs to perfect scenes. The atmosphere and ambience of the movie is visually depressing, pressing down on a drowning, smiling hero. If you gotta go, go with a smile.. Modern society is convincing an individual, that success is in own hands, while individual and life are in fact a summary of ones experiences. Joker is a recognizable character, every loser trying not to be one, can identify with him..
When Joker says, he's got nothing left to loose, before loosing it, after he's been trying really hard to be a good and normal, contributing member of the society (even trying to have an intellectual career as a stand up comedian, although not realistic, yet also doing demeaning jobs like a rolling sign; not demeaning for a teenager/student job..), and whole movie convinces you it's society's fault he became the monster we know, you start thinking it's surprising all those homeless people don't start killing everyone. Maybe they still have more decency as a person, than society, that put them there. I can also understand the already expressed worries, movie might send some troubled mind on a shooting spree again.. Mistreated persons might go crazy. Because this world secretly prefers failures, that is common already from primary school class dynamics (if everyone around you is a failure, it makes you more of a success).
If the movie reflects worrying reality of the world, the problem is in reality, not the movie..