never go full retard

Rating: 4/10 (10 October 2019)

The movie encourages to think. From the beginning, I knew that the film could be questionable to a certain extent.
I just expected it to be different. Based on the joker image of Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, I was convinced that the Joker would commit violence for the sake of chaos like Tyler Durden in Fight Club or boredom and pure narcissism like Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. 'Do I really look like a guy with a plan?' or 'some people just want to watch the world burn' are inseparably connected with the character for me. The Joker is crazy. But to become the symbol of a movement and to hide from the judiciary in the longer term, it also requires a certain genius.
There is nothing like this to be seen or even implied in this movie. The Joker here is broken, deeply hurt and pitiful - very well acted though - but just not cunning. The good news is that he cannot inspire imitators like that.