The Joker origin movie we've talked about somewhere before. With Joaquin Phoenix who is gr8. Todd Phillips is a dumb director choice on paper tho, I don't get it
He released a small teaser today, it's just some screen test footage they shot
"Beyond that, we got confirmation on the full cast. Aside from Joaquin Phoenix, the ensemble includes. Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Bill Camp (Molly's Game), Frances Conroy (Castle Rock), Brett Cullen (Narcos), Glenn Fleshler (Barry), Douglas Hodge (Red Sparrow), Marc Maron (Glow), Josh Pais (Going in Style), and Shea Whigham (Kong: Skull Island). They also confirm that Oscar-winner Robert De Niro will star in the movie."
God I want this to be good. I have faith. I just don’t wanna get Man of Steel’d again by a great trailer. I trust Joaquin to pick good scripts at this point tho
so this was something. King of Comedy it was NOT, but it still stood on its own well enough. Phoenix lives up to the hype for sure (tho I think I'll always be partial to Ledger's Joker as my fav performance)
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was actually surprised they leaned into the comic aspect as much as they did, was not expecting to see the Wayne murder AGAIN. That last shot of Bruce was p good, kinda makes me want to see a twenty years later follow-up to this now
I definitely LIKED the movie overall, it's just a shame that it really could've been a masterpiece with Joaquin's performance if only it had a stronger script. It got way too on-the-nose most of the time, most obviously the "joke" on the late night show that spells out exactly what the movie's theme is. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! And even minor stuff like the reveal that he actually didn't have a relationship with his neighbor, the "You're Arthur from down the hall, right?" line was really all that was needed but instead they had to show the whole clip show of her disappearing from every scene. Just felt pretty dumbed down for what they seemed to want to be a "serious"/"important" movie
BUT ANYWAY YA it was good! Even though I feel like I don't have much more to point to than Phoenix's performance, but that alone was worth seeing this for and easily carried the whole thing. The plot beats were fairly predictable but it was well-executed, the direction itself was definitely solid
hey man, I agree with every word of this
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I thought it was solid, I liked it. I wanted to l o o o o o v e it but didn't which is too bad. It was ALMOST great but there was something that wasn't quite there, I dunno what
It certainly wasn't Joaquin who was lacking tho, TELL YA THAT MUCH! My boy held it down, he was really great. I really can't compare this with Ledger's, their takes are way too different. Ledger's feels more perfectly comic booky while Joaquin's certainly feels more like a genuine person. I think they were both pitch perfect. I loved Joaquin's swagger by the end when he was full transformed, the makeup and costume worked so well
But the script was certainly...not subtle! Could've been something really memorable if someone better suited for the material wrote it, so that's a shame
I kinda wish it ended on the shot of him spreading his blood into a smile, that was perfect. Though I loved the "you wouldn't get it" line that followed and him darting back and forth down the hall so that's fine. But boi did I love that smile shot
I lol'd at Justin Theroux's tiny tiny cameo. Quite a few small cameos from different people I like actually. Including v funny comedian Gary Gulman
Random thought, I loved the "I hope my death makes more cents than my life" line. Other random thought, the "life is a comedy not a tragedy etc" line was much better in the trailer sadly
All in all it was good but sadly not great. I support a Joaquin Oscar nomination fully and so far he's prob deserving of the win in my eyes, no one else is coming to mind to topple him for me
Sequel announced with Phillips and Phoenix returning allegedly
Eh!
Not surprising since its made a shit load of money but I pictured it as a stand-alone. I can only visualize Arthur as the early stage Joker while he’s breaking bad instead of at the top of his game
