So the ending leaves it wide open to interpret that the whole thing was his insane rambling mind while he was in Arkham earlier in his life? Arkham was too clean and white at thw end to be the post movie timeline surely?
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To build on this thread. The brightness, whiteness and cleaness of Arkham requires you to read into it. Theres also an argument that the young black femae pysch is a younger version of his psych in the movie but that's another point that doesn't turn the ending on its own. The fact is that Arkham is shown to be dingy and dirty throughout the film and it's the opposite at the end. The only explanations for that are -
1. It was all in his head
2. Since the Wayne's death they have used Wayne funds to rebuild social services in their honour
3. It is in his mind as a representative of a euphoric post release state where he is happy with himself
1. It was all in his head
2. Since the Wayne's death they have used Wayne funds to rebuild social services in their honour
3. It is in his mind as a representative of a euphoric post release state where he is happy with himself
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"sexy jokes alwase funny"
Brilliant performance, the plot and pacing left a little lacking however.
7/10.
Brilliant performance, the plot and pacing left a little lacking however.
7/10.
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He is one of my favourite actors but reading comments in this thread I don't think I want to watch it
I thought this might be a Batman begins type film leading to a couple more movies I'm assuming this won't happen?
I thought this might be a Batman begins type film leading to a couple more movies I'm assuming this won't happen?
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Its one of his greatest performances if not his best. So if ur a fan of his u can watch it for that reason.
They have said they wont do another but watching his interviews over the weekend he said he and Todd Phillips would still be filming if they could. Seems he really enjoyed working on this so maybe he would be willing to come back after all but I would still say unlikely
the best thing about this movie is there’s no right or wrong answer. There’s circumstantial evidence throughout to support any theory, but there doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer.
As it should be with the Joker. “If I’m going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice”.
He’s the most unreliable narrator there is, so it’s very possible he just thought Arkham was cleaner and whiter than it appeared otherwise. Remember when he’s talking to the clerk, he asked “how does one get in here?”
So for him, Arkham could be this wonderful beautiful palace that he wants to live in. Hence fantasising that it’s all clean and lovely inside. When we know how dark and dingy it actually is.
As it should be with the Joker. “If I’m going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice”.
He’s the most unreliable narrator there is, so it’s very possible he just thought Arkham was cleaner and whiter than it appeared otherwise. Remember when he’s talking to the clerk, he asked “how does one get in here?”
So for him, Arkham could be this wonderful beautiful palace that he wants to live in. Hence fantasising that it’s all clean and lovely inside. When we know how dark and dingy it actually is.
I would say that’s a very compelling reason to see it. A magnificent actor in a unique role. It was never designed to be related to the DCEU and I think it can be appreciated more because it’s not tied down to that.
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Lol rip Leto.
Remove the cringe tattoo's and there's probably a decent Leto Joker. Especially with all the unused footage.
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Then it's definitely worth seeing.
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Saw it tonight. Very disappointed. Great performance by JP but the film as a whole was average.
That movie is all kinds of ****ed up, but agree with most sentiments in here that it’s absolutely brilliant.
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Saw this last night, I liked, it really reminded me of taxi driver though which isn't a bad thing but you see the inspiration.
Joaquin Phoenix is outstanding in this it's just about on par with Ledger's performance and does it in his own way. Miles ahead of Leto's portrayal anyway.
If I have one gripe with it.. I wanted it to be darker, they should have pushed the R rating imo, don't get me wrong it is dark but they should have gone all the way with this and went a little darker.
The pacing was a little off aswell, the score was excellent
Better than your average comic book movie anyway.
7/10
Joaquin Phoenix is outstanding in this it's just about on par with Ledger's performance and does it in his own way. Miles ahead of Leto's portrayal anyway.
If I have one gripe with it.. I wanted it to be darker, they should have pushed the R rating imo, don't get me wrong it is dark but they should have gone all the way with this and went a little darker.
The pacing was a little off aswell, the score was excellent
Better than your average comic book movie anyway.
7/10
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It is R rated, which is the equivalent of MA in Australia. Same rating as Logan, Deadpool etc.
Glad you noted the score too, it really is brilliant. Took this movie to another level.
Lol rip Leto.
Remove the cringe tattoo's and there's probably a decent Leto Joker. Especially with all the unused footage.
I do feel for him in a way, chopped and changed his role so much during SS’ production that he was then reduced to a glorified cameo. It would have been better in hindsight to make that film about him murdering Todd, having the s**t beaten out of him by Batman (hence the metal grill) etc. That would have been far better than what the end product was.
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Yeah put me down for another who felt Leto could have been a fine Joker.
Give him a role with something to do, pull back the tattoos and put him in a coherent film and he'd have been good.
Give him a role with something to do, pull back the tattoos and put him in a coherent film and he'd have been good.
I loved it.
Phoenix and Ledger by far the best Joker's. Love Mark Hamill's voice acting as Joker, too.
Phoenix and Ledger by far the best Joker's. Love Mark Hamill's voice acting as Joker, too.
charcoalchicken I tried to respond to your post but seems to have been deleted. Todd Phillips spoke in recent weeks about his early pitch meetings with Warner Bros about this movie, and their resistance to going R rated. “We sell Joker pajamas for kids at Target” or something to that effect. That was their reluctance.
Not sure how much darker they could have made this really. It’s a bleak tone, graphic violence (although nowhere near as bad as some of the media hysteria), lots of swearing. It’s about the best representation they can get away with.
As much as I’d love to see a live action Death Of The Family, it’s just not going to happen.
Not sure how much darker they could have made this really. It’s a bleak tone, graphic violence (although nowhere near as bad as some of the media hysteria), lots of swearing. It’s about the best representation they can get away with.
As much as I’d love to see a live action Death Of The Family, it’s just not going to happen.
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Pheonix open to playing the joker again apparently
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Just watched it, thought Joaqin was absolutely fantastic. Score and cinematography was brilliant, pacing was a little off.
8/10 for me
8/10 for me
Two things I thought were worth mentioning:
- The whole movie actually being a dark comedy about how Thomas Wayne is responsible for his own downfall and the Joker and the Batman being enemies
- What was people’s take on the Joker being freed by the ambulance slamming into the police car and Thomas Wayne and his wife being shot? Seemed like a planned attack. Was that hinting and some sort of organised villain behind the whole thing?
- What was people’s take on the Joker being freed by the ambulance slamming into the police car and Thomas Wayne and his wife being shot? Seemed like a planned attack. Was that hinting and some sort of organised villain behind the whole thing?
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Leto was trying way too hard and this was verified by his off camera antics during production.
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saw it last night and I really struggled with it.
I thought the film looked excellent, music was on point and the plot of how the Joker became a symbol to Gotham was very nice.
I just think the ending had far too many holes in it to be truly gripping and believable.
I thought the Joker’s character became too political. I feel that the best Joker’s stand for nothing, yet this Joker clearly has an anti-capitalist agenda and would operate out of fairness such as when he spared the midget or we didn’t see whether he killed his neighbor.
I thought the whole idea of the tv show sourcing comedy club film, putting him on TV and allowing him to wear a clearly political outfit on a fluffy talk show was a bridge too far, also how long production allowed that conversation to go to air was highly unrealistic.
In fact, I found the whole transplant of the King of Comedy into the film to be quite lazy.
And of course the asylum scene at the end was a major cop out and didn’t leave us with that hard-hitting final shot like that burning Gotham City could have.
I feel I’m just not quite getting any deeper challenging messages from this film, it was just a really nice and clever way of showing the birth of the Joker and Fall of Gotham.
I liked a lot of it, I loved the performance/dance elements that were brought back, he looked fantastic as both Arthur and Joker. It just missed the mark on Joker’s values I think and instead went for just a society outcast ala Taxi Driver.
I thought the film looked excellent, music was on point and the plot of how the Joker became a symbol to Gotham was very nice.
I just think the ending had far too many holes in it to be truly gripping and believable.
I thought the Joker’s character became too political. I feel that the best Joker’s stand for nothing, yet this Joker clearly has an anti-capitalist agenda and would operate out of fairness such as when he spared the midget or we didn’t see whether he killed his neighbor.
I thought the whole idea of the tv show sourcing comedy club film, putting him on TV and allowing him to wear a clearly political outfit on a fluffy talk show was a bridge too far, also how long production allowed that conversation to go to air was highly unrealistic.
In fact, I found the whole transplant of the King of Comedy into the film to be quite lazy.
And of course the asylum scene at the end was a major cop out and didn’t leave us with that hard-hitting final shot like that burning Gotham City could have.
I feel I’m just not quite getting any deeper challenging messages from this film, it was just a really nice and clever way of showing the birth of the Joker and Fall of Gotham.
I liked a lot of it, I loved the performance/dance elements that were brought back, he looked fantastic as both Arthur and Joker. It just missed the mark on Joker’s values I think and instead went for just a society outcast ala Taxi Driver.
