Accepting the villain's story.

Rating: 7/10 (29 January 2020)

Joker was a movie that attracted a lot of attention, and in my opinion it is a well-constructed film but with certain flaws. I don't want to talk about bad things, but I will only say that Todd Phillips' direction at times fails, that Phoenix's performance is not so amazing if you've seen his performance in The Master (2012) and that the repeated appearance of the name Wayne hinders to the story and the character.
This movie has the villain as its protagonist, but we don't have to think that before we see it. The film is structured in the history of the hero. And it is the story of someone looking for something. Arthur seeks to be part of society. There are certain elements that make the film change and reveal that we don't really have the story of a hero, we have the story of a villain. For example, the ladder that Arthur climbs with discouragement at the beginning, if it were a hero story in the end we would see him climbing with courage (as in Rocky) but since he is a villain, we do see him with courage, but down the stairs, accepting both Arthur and the movie that are the villain.
This fact is really present from the beginning, but hidden, from opening shot which is in a mirror, a symbol of the duality of the story and the character, it also shows up making up, that is, covering up what it really is. Reality is also hidden by Arthur's mother and by himself with his false love relationship. It is these elements that I consider made the film good. And that are elements that we did not see in the current superhero movies. And that therefore make this movie outperform all others and stands out among them.