The perfect genesis for JOKER

Rating: 10/10 (12 October 2019)

We all remember the breath-taking performance of Heath Ledger as the iconic villain the 'joker'. When the genesis of such an iconic character is told, the actor meant to play this role definitely has a gigantic clown shoes to fill. But beleive me, Joaquin Phoenix took this role into another extraordinary dimension. An ace turn from him. A mesmerising lead performance. A chillingly plausible origin story. The entire crew deserves a huge round of applause. Honestly speaking, I can't stop talking or thinking about this one. It takes us for a journey dark as hell. A dark evolution that might psychologicaly disturb some of the viewers. As the joker says, all it need is a little push. All I can say is, the movie is exceptional, memorable, psychological, entertaining, powerful visuals, dark punch lines and it definitely deserves an Oscar. This one should go into the list of all time best. Meanwhile, I saw some critics giving a very good review about the movie, but still giving a baised low rating with an excuse mentioning its so dark. Let me ask those critics, the character portrayed here is the JOKER not BATMAN. So what are you expecting? For me it's 5/5. Don't miss the laughs, the unreliable narrator hints, some crazy dark punch lines that might become unnoticed but still so meaningful, the affected limp and bowed head, his color choices, the way he made himself big, the cigarette stains on his fingers...damn..they took this character to another level and its a well deserved genesis for an iconic villain of all time the JOKER