The Joker doesn't cross the line

Rating: 8/10 (24 December 2019)

"Joker" is a superb movie from the technical standpoint. I only say this and let you enjoy the technical department of this movie because I want to focus more on the great issue I had. I liked the overall plot even if I think that Arthur was too unlucky for this situation to seem realistic. But my main problem is that I couldn't detach from Arthur's character because there wasn't a scene where I felt like: "it's too much". Indeed all the actions (and kills) that the protagonist does are driven by revenge and yes, they are bad and exaggerated, but you can always find a reason why he does what it does and anyway everyone was an ahole to him so I didn't care for those people. I would have preferred to see a scene where the Joker murders to pleasure himself, only to satisfy his sadism. And I think that was the only way for me to actually fear the character and feel that the society had really created a monster that manifests his inner anger through violence. An example of what I am saying is the scene in which Arthur lets the midget go away. It was a great joke but this was the perfect scene where the movie could pulled off that "it's too much" moment that I talked about previously by killing off the midget. In general "Joker" is a very well made movie but it didn't convey his message for me because it lacks that over the top moment which eventually made me really fear the character.