wow.

Rating: 10/10 (16 October 2019)

So many different actors have been the joker. A role that everyone knows and is familiar with. How many times can we remake the story of a person, even if we try to to tell it from different perspectives or if we tell dissimilar stages of their life. It still is the same story. But in this case we can see how good it can actually work. The story about how Arthur Fleck became Joker - the story about the beginning. But it isn't really the same we have seen before.
The movie focusses on mental health - it tries to show us how brutal the world can be sometimes, how violent people can be without even recognizing it. We still not really know where insanity exactly comes from, but we do know that often social environment has a big impact on it just as home/origin. Joker is a metaphor for all that. Of course it is a violent story but the whole rumors about it before the film actually has started in the cinema are a big joke. It does not praise terrorism, not more than any other movie about a human who loses control or about an antihero. He could be a symbol for anything that goes wrong in our modern society. It could also just tell you to behave more careful and respectful. You can interpret so much in it, whatever you may feel. But I don't think that Joker is a role model for brutal behavior. Sure, if you wear a mask, if you change your outer appearance you can be whoever you want, but it's nothing new, nothing we did not know before. So hopefully the whole absurd "drama" about the film doesn't effect too much on how you see it. It doesn't even has to have a political statement or something. Overall it is worth any award and every watching - whether for the acting (Joaquin Phoenix did a incredible job every move, every facial expression and every posture is just perfect), for directing (Todd Phillips), the coloring (wow, every frame could be just a wallpaper), the soundtrack (makes you feel more nervous than the entire story), the camera (how we follow him while he runs) and the setting. I can't describe how delighted I am. Besides each turn in the plot (no spoiler, its too recent) is precious, on point and a great decision.