i had watched this film in theaters last year but had totally forgotten that i hadn’t wrote about it here only to realise when counting down my 1-100 films of the mammoth task. so here we are i re-watched it to have some better sense of any thing i forgot so lets go.

right of the bat few hot takes kinda, i didn’t think this film needed to be about joker, i mean the fact this film is using joker is to attract superhero fans that are currently dominating the market to sell a character driven story. i remember having this real intense emotion about the film after my initial viewing that the film didn’t need to have a character joker to have said messages of metal issues and any man can go crazy and cause a revolution.

the fact this film is pseudo original is both a advantage and disadvantage.

3 things against it

• the ending was something i saw coming for a while, might not have been evident for everybody like my friends that watched with.
• being heavily inspired from works of Martin Scorsese the imprint of them is visible through out the film and to those that see it clearly i wager the impact of the film might damper a bit.
• adding the Wayne death scene, i know its iconic and the use of the scene in the film has its own narrative and fan service value. i for one felt that scene just like adding a cherry to the cake i didn’t want.

3 things going for this film

• soundtrack its haunting and eerie as it always works subconsciously, this was something i didn’t even think about or notice until came out of the theater and my friend pointed it out. such subtle effect is truely masterful.
• and the reason i didn’t notice the sound well obviously the acting, Joaquin Phoenix throwing his hat into the best joker bowl and coming in strong. i had high expectations since i saw the trailers and being not let down at all.
• the atmosphere the way the city of Gotham was visualised garbage bags dark tone and simply beautiful city that keeps looking like a day away from crumbling.

by improving and utilizing existing aspects the film has the ability to seem similar and unique together and the fact the core is strong and external additives is nurtured the film definitely is worthy being called a great film even if i have my reservations about it.

103 movies down……..397 to go

see you soon

goodbye