One of the best performances I've ever seen. Puts others to shame.

Rating: 10/10 (6 October 2019)

I usually hate origin stories for bad guys. I don't need to know why they ended up that way. Prometheus in my opinion ruined the Aliens but Joker is something else. Jacquin Phoenix gives one of the best performances I've ever seen. Some scenes are just uncomfortable to watch and that's all down to him. Now don't get me wrong, it's not like the way 'requiem for a dream' is uncomfortable to watch it's the fact that it's played straight makes him so unsettling. As in this is not the Jack Nicholson or Jared Leto over the top super villians versions...this is a man suffering from severe mental illness turning psychotic and it's grounded in reality. This version could happen. That's the unsettling thing. Enjoyed trying to keep an eye out for any DC comics history references. Shame on all the people complaining and trying to censor this movie by saying its dangerous and glorifying the villians. It does no such thing........and by the way.......... it's just a movie.