Believe the hype

Rating: 9/10 (4 October 2019)

Joker spoiler free review. So no surprise I'm another person singing it's praises. It's true, Joaquin Phoenix is phenomenal. I'm the person that always routes for the bad guys in films, psychos are always more fun to watch, but this left me with the moral dilemma is he actually the bad guy. I'm not advocating victim blaming in anyway but it did make it hard to feel sorry for the supposed "victims"
The whole tone of the film felt very current in this capitalist, fat cat era we live in. The rich get richer and nobody cares about the little guy. Add to that the way society treats and deals with mental health issues and it makes for a thought provoking two hours. It's definitely a film of many layers and will need another watch to fully digest it.
I'm not the best person to comment on the whole "DC" of it all as I'm not a Batman fan, so it's best I leave that element to someone who is but I was fully immersed into it by just knowing the bare minimum. I could have happily have watched it for another hour. Believe the hype.