In My Opinion- Joker: A masterstroke of the cinema or bleak representation of Mental Health?

Rating: 9/10 (8 October 2019)

Prior Note:
Alright before starting anything here, I want to clear that, though the character is taken from the DCverse, this movie is a completely independent take on his origin, through the eyes of Writer Scott Silver and the Director, Todd Phillips.
What puts a "smile" on faces? (The Goods of the movie)
First and foremost, the acting. Phoenix has always chosen gritty, dark and complex roles, but this one? he just hit it out of the goddamn park! His portrayal of a disturbed man, trying to make the ends meet but, by getting cynical and darker with each passing moment is so sad and surreal, that the audience feels every bit of emotion he goes through. Take a bow to this legend named, Joaquin 'bad-ass' Phoenix. Best Actor Oscar, someone's gonna get you!
Second is the writer's and director's vision, of how to enact this dystopian society of shrude riches, and how they malnourish the growth of unprivileged. In my opinion, Joker is not a tale of a mentally and socially disturbed man, to take out violence as the only route to gain back his lost confidence, but the tale of how broken a society can get, how capitalism seeps in each and everyone of us, and how a commoner usually feels, when betrayed and mocked, just for not being in a zone, where he/she can afford, of what the privileged ones can
"They expect you to behave, as if you don't." when Arthur writes these lines in his diary, he sums up the whole movie. Joker is almost everyone who is helpless. Be politically, economically or socially. Some one who has lost faith in this system. Someone who is tired with all the personal and public problems. Trying to find solace and distractions, but not finding recognition until he steps in a darker side.
Third, is the neo-noir screenplay, an adaptation of Taxi Driver (1976) vibes to build the still-born "Crime Prince of Gotham", and insane references to the Wayne family. The film's narrator (Arthur Fleck) is unreliable, and that is what the character of Joker is, a living joke. A mystery.
What went into the chemical boiler(The Bads of the film)
The 2 problems, i have with this movie is the ambiguity in their depiction of mental health. On one side, where mental health and neurological wellness should be treated in utter lightness and calm, here's a movie, though all in right intentions, depicted violence as a 'way' to get out of your mental illness. The path-breaking changes in Arthur's visibly fragile personality took a drastic makeover, but when he went into the purgotary of committing heinous crimes. That's one question that the makers should address. Is answer to all the palpable mental conditions, is voilence?
Another issue, is that the film is totally based on a personal theory of 'how it might have been', which creates a tonne of loopholes for the existing batverse. Though all of the developments were strikingly new and innovative, but people who are die-hard batverse and DC comics fans, might have some time to digest some part of the movie.
Third, is how sad, gritty, dark and pale it gets. Its nothing BAD, that's how the movie progresses. In my personal vendetta, i suffered from sheer sadness and gloomy-ness for atleast 2 hours, when i went out of the theatre. Though its a good thing that the makers have established what they wanted to, but again, this movie is a hard cup of tea, and surely, not for everyone to drink.
Heath Ledger V/s Joaquin Pheonix: The better Joker?
Heath Ledger, the late legend, who gave Joker, his symbolical meaning, to be honest, has nothing to be compared with Phoenix's portrayal .
Ledger's joker was bold, a symbol of anarchy, whereas Phoenix's was a fragile man, who just wanted a stage of his own, but it all went in a dreary way. Both of them, are different worlds, but same intention. They think themselves of a breeze to underprivileged, a naxalite ideology, with a pinch of glamour, and fan-fic! And both of them, are BRILLIANT. SHEER PROWESS!
Conclusion
As the credits rolled, I just have these lines to say. Joker, with all of its problem, is a cinematic masterpiece, because to be a 'problem' was the first and foremost goal the makers wanted to achieve. When we as an audience, will go through an array of disembarment and problems with the movie, only then we can connect with, what Arthur went through before he became 'The Joker!"
9 out of 10 for this cinematic brilliance!