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Im glad this post didn’t devolve into people saying its just taxi driver again. Too many people reduce what taxi driver did into “mentally ill dude gets into wacky hijinks” just to compare it to joker
It was alright for me but I found it incredibly weird how people fetishized the Joker in this movie.  A lotta fans give me “the joker is in the right” kinda vibes. >

Yes I got those vibes too. I completely agree, but I think people around my age have always fetishised the joker, even Jared letos terrible version lol. >

But it was kinda different I feel like this time around.  People didn’t really talk about how the Joker was right in his actions.  The joker is my favorite Batman villain but I never worshipped his actions.  Whereas with the new one, people were going out of their way to claim that is actions were reasonable lol >

That’s true, however a lot of my generation romanticised Jared letos joker and his relationship with Harley ‘oh my god he’s so crazy and bad I want a psychopath who will do anything for me’. Really cringe worthy stuff. >

I think the story of the film was pretty standard and not anything special. It was very much carried by the acting and cinematography. I thought Joaquin Phoenix was a very good joker. >

Yes his acting was great and dedication to the role. >

The way this movie depicts mental illness and how society treats the mentally ill was amazing.
Most movies, well they infantillize mental illness, or depict it as something cool or cute, or even something that gives you abilities. Which is honestly pretty awful.
Nah, Joker doesn't pull punches. It depicts mental illness as what it is, a disadvantage. And depicts most people's reaction to mental illness as what it is: bullying and looking down.
Joker deserves a 10/10 just for this.