Good, but not great.

Rating: 6/10 (29 October 2019)

The beginning is SO slow. I normally love movies that start off with some non-action parts because I like getting to know the characters, however this movie was almost too slow in the beginning.
I also dislike how dumb they make Arthur to be. Heath Ledgers joker was a master schemer, clever and not stupid by any means. Arthur in Joker is just an insecure slow guy who can't even spell. His killings are just like a guy that snaps and gets away with it for a bit. There's nothing clever or original.
The one and only original scene that I wish the whole movie was like more was the midget / scissor scene. I liked the dark humor and the originality in this scene. You didn't know what he was going to do next. The rest of the movie you already know what's going to happen.
He also laughs way, way too much. By the time the movie was halfway over I was praying he wouldn't go into a laughing fit anymore. The movie started to end well, and then they show an unnecessary extra scene with a closeup shot of Arthur laughing again.
I love Joaquin Phoenix but I didn't like how dim they made him. I mean killings happen all the time in Gotham and there was nothing so inspirational about his first killings that would've made the whole city praise and worship him. He was just a dumb, damaged guy that got lucky.
This movie was just an all around feel-bad film.