Not what they say

Rating: 4/10 (6 October 2019)

The trailers caught my attention and I thought this movie would be well worth my time. I was wrong.
I'll start off with the good points. The acting was phenomenal. Joaquin Phoenix's performance is impressive. The visuals were also good. Music was pretty great, minus the Gary Glitter song, which I believe he should NEVER be endorsed (look him up).
But it ends there. The story had a lot of potential. You want to feel sympathy for Arthur Fleck, but it becomes increasingly hard as the film goes on. He is sick character and that's how Phoenix portrays him. Frankly, the darkness of the film, the mental instability, will start to take a toll on your own state of mind. There is no light at the end of the movie. Only gory darkness. The gore was terrible. Overkill. I have an easier time watching Tarantino. I had to lower my eyes at times because looking felt wrong.
The overwhelming amount of 10/10 reviews are false, no doubt in mind. Can I see someone liking this movie? Yeah, of course. For me, and for a lot of others it seems, it was just too much. The unrelenting grittiness was not needed and was a bit sickening to say the least. I left the theatre in need for a shower to wash away what I'd just seen.