It could've been so much better...

Rating: 7/10 (9 October 2019)

The power of hype got to me this time. Well, to be fair I like The Joker as a villain, especially the way Heath Ledger played him. But that was half the effort. The other half was Christopher Nolan.
This one was going to be good, or so I had hoped. Joaquin Phoenix was great, but not brilliant. That should've been harnessed by the director, Todd Phillips. But he didn't get it.
Do you remember the main plot for the joker in The Dark Knight? He lured Batman away from the boats. Very clever and such a genius. But we never see this here. Not an ounce of cleverness.
Two murders. That's all. That's all we got. Maybe says something about me (says something about a lot of people), but there was no where near enough violence not malice that the Joker has. And what age is he meant to be in this film? Because he's obviously found the fountain of youth since he met Bruce Wayne as a kid before his folks get killed, and so when we get the stories of him being Batman's arch enemy he must be hitting his 70's!!!
All in all,I was underwhelmed. What a shame because I loved JoaquÃ­n's portrayal. Needed most of this story dealt with in the first 30 minutes, and the rest in his revenge.
Side note: Robert de Niro was useless. Terrible acting!!