Phoenix is awesome but

Rating: 6/10 (5 October 2019)

This is a good movie. Phoenix(who I generally don't like) is a great actor. I went to see this movie because of course I love the joker story line and character. This movie however if you remove the "joker" from your imagination or thought is simply about a man having a mental breakdown. There are a lot of tie ins with Wayne family and etc... but really it's just a movie about a man with mental illness that without a "Batman/joker" theme would be just that and not worth a trip to the theaters. I was disappointed. If you are a just a regular fan you will be too. If you are a super super fan/follower you will find any excuse/reason to say it's great. At the end of the day it will be watched and get awards but if you remove the words Joker, Gotham & Wayne it's just a made for TV movie with a great lead actor.