An interesting view of the mind

Rating: 7/10 (7 October 2019)

I found this to be quite an interesting view of a damaged mind. The breakdown, the daydreams and pressures of everyday life weighing down on a person clearly in need of support.
I personally feel that this 'Joker' is incomparable to any other joker as it's more about the man as opposed to the villain.
I did have an issue with the scale of uprising being so rapid and large. That doesn't make a lot of sense. Maybe it represents the state of anarchy and angst within the streets of Gotham, but in a normal world, that wouldn't of happened. I'm not sure if any of those uprisers would have known what exactly they were fighting about, certainly after seeing him kill a celebrity.
In regards to the violence... Well, it was tame in comparison to what I expected and to many other films I have seen come out. The difference I guess is that it is more believable. Anyone who walked out is a snowflake and needs to grow a pair. Seriously. The film does nothing to glorify gun violence so anyone preaching that also needs to sort themselves out. Plenty of other films make having a gun seem like a great idea - this films definitely does not do that.
Overall, this film really worked well, even without batman. The continuity between the films is a little off as this film showed a man in a joker mask killing the Waynes, whilst the others didn't.
Overall, a solid film with an incredible performance of Arthur Fleck the man that became Joker.
This also means that Heath Ledger remains the best Joker to date.