Tood Philips Needs To Go Back To High School & Take A Writing Class

Rating: 4/10 (14 April 2020)

Some of you hate-read reviews, so before you start crying about this '4 Star' review, go read the 8, 9 and 10 star reviews I gave to better comic book adaptations and comic character-themed films. This film receives a low score because of bad story telling. On paper, this movie sucks. Sure, the CONCEPT was great - sad origin story of the Joker. But, the application of that concept lead to a terrible script and bad film-making.
At the end of the day, a comic book movie is entertainment and needs to be enjoyable - not just artistic. No one, and I mean NO ONE actually 'enjoyed' watching this film. Fail.
RealReview Posting Scoring Criteria:
Acting: 1/1;
Casting: 1/1;
Directing: 1/1;
Story: 0.5/1;
Writing/Screenplay: 0/1;
Total Base Score = 3.5
Modifiers (+ or -):
Standout Performances: +1 ( Joaquin Phoenix - great Joker portrayal in a terrible movie);
Tasteless Emotional Manipulation of Audience: -1 (9th grade writing 110, Week 2, Lesson #3: Everything is relative. It takes good to make bad. So, terrible event after terrible event just desensitizes the audience and bores people. I can't believe how bad the writing is in a film with a budget over $50 million);
Total RealReview Rating: 3.5 (reluctantly rounded up to 4 for IMDB)