A different but equally brilliant portrayal

Rating: 10/10 (30 September 2019)

If Ledger showed us the deranged, criminal mastermind that is the joker than Joaquin told us how he got there. The journey is darker and more disturbing and the result is a movie that is so good, so epic, so raw that you walk out thinking, I can't watch that again.
In that way it really is like Taxi Driver, and realistically with what the film is trying to portray I can't help but feel that's a respectful response.
A lot of really satisfying nods to numerous Joker portrayals, in writing, screenplay, soundtrack and in the nuances of Joaquins portrayal. But the Dark Knight nods are the ones that really get the excitement up whilst avoiding any cheesy CGI and glad to see no sequal or spinoff platform was built in to the story.
Truly a masterpiece.... that maybe you should only see once....