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I was excited for this film BECAUSE it is a case study! So you're not alone, haha.Am I the only one genuinely excited for this film? The fact that this film is a small character study instead of some superhero epic adds more points to this movie being good imo. Psychological dramas of troubled individuals played by good actors are my jam. I'm looking forward to seeing this.
As for people who think films and stories like this shouldn't be made so certain people won't be influenced; the kind of people who would look up to these kind of characters as heros and try to emulate them would already have that pathology and mindset within them regardless of movies like this being made. Films about disturbed people don't in themselves encourage anyone to imitate them, they only show a portrait of who they are.
Which is exactly true. There have been movies lately that have a low rating that I quite enjoyed. Still wanted to put it here if anyone cared to see, maybe get more people interested in seeing it? Just whatever benefit it can come from it.yea I wouldn’t take that review seriously. All that means to me is that it’s a great movie and worth seeing. But at the end of the day, you’re rating will (or won’t) match their score.
The film isn't a cookie cutter, comic book-based movie, tho. It's sorta like a case study.‘Joker’ Wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, Roman Polanski Takes Runner-Up Prize
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lmao Joker wins the Gold Lion, now belonging in the upper echelons with masterpieces such as Rashomon, Brokeback Mountain, and Roma. What a time to be alive.
The film isn't a cookie cutter, comic book-based movie, tho. It's sorta like a case study.
Really? The only director I follow is Tarantino, so that's news to me. Thanks for sharing! Haha. And I mean, Joker has always been an interesting "villain", it's just that this film take a more "examination" approach towards him.Oh no, I agree with you; I believe the Golden Lion may have been well earned. But it's still rare for a movie based off comic book material to come off so ambitious. Keep in mind, this is from the director of The Hangover.
It's getting Marvel Universe movie numbers.Saw the movie yesterday it was a masterpiece performance
Lmao. You’ll be happy to know that you were just being paranoid. But I figured you already knew that.
After watching the film a second time, I'm inclined to believe that everything that happened after Joker "shot" the Wayne Industries boys was a lie, starting with the shot. Look closely at the scene. They're kicking Arthur, and all of a sudden, he shoots them. We don't see him grab the gun or anything, he just shoots them.Best film that's come out of Hollywood since La La Land in my opinion. I would not call it a batman movie in any way though, I agree with Ballad of Caius that its a case study - the elements of batman that are inserted into the film are only done so to help propagate its theme.
Every shot of the movie is filmed in such a way that you can't be sure if its real or not. This includes (you might say in particular) the "batman" scenes where he visits Wayne manor or finds Thomas Wayne in the bathroom. You can say these scenes happened, or maybe they didn't, or perhaps they happened in a way that Arthur did not accurately perceive.
For example, some theories say that Arthur read batman comics as a boy, that his mother's letters to Thomas Wayne were actually written to someone else, that he imagined the visit or else the boy "Bruce Wayne", imagined his meeting with Thomas Wayne, subconsciously donned the mask of the Joker because he read about them in comics, etc...
In most movies this sort of thing would probably lead to a plot that is very disjointed in confusing, and Joker definitely can be if you really look into it and try to sort what was real and what wasn't, but none of that really matters because the core message is made extremely clear: people have limits and they will eventually crack if they are abused and taken advantage of long enough.
Movie was a 10/10 for me. Story concept, cinematography, music score were all perfect and Joaquin Phoenix 100% deserves that Oscar.
Entirely possible, I rewatched it in theaters a second time and I came up with an idea that every time you hear the loud bass sound when Arthur’s upset is an indicator that what was happening was real.After watching the film a second time, I'm inclined to believe that everything that happened after Joker "shot" the Wayne Industries boys was a lie, starting with the shot. Look closely at the scene. They're kicking Arthur, and all of a sudden, he shoots them. We don't see him grab the gun or anything, he just shoots them.
And those scenes with the Wayne family could be Fleck looking for what he yearns: family. He goes to Bruce because he's like a younger brother. He goes to Thomas because he's a father figure.