The Joker opens to the main character Arthur put on clown makeup in a mirror in a dark room. The only light is coming from the mirror to show his face. In the background you can hear the news that governor of Gotham is declaring a state of emergency with all the violence and crime that has been happening in the city. Arthur then forcefully with his fingers make himself smile and cries in the mirror before letting go and looking at himself in the mirror with a sad and I would say dead face. The next scene cuts to a nice high angle of a very busy Gotham City. It looks very 1940's with the cars, the way people are dressed, and the stores. It then shows Arthur in a clown outfit in the middle of a sidewalk with a sign advertising a store. His clown outfit stands out in the middle of all the people who are in darker clothing. This opening scene tells so much about what is going on to give the viewer an understanding of the setting and what is going on. This movie is not an action movie, this movie shows Arthur's development. As the movie progresses Arthur continues to become more and more crazy and ultimately at the end completely loses his mind. Everything in his life crumbles apart as well which makes him even more crazy. Arthur is in every single scene of this movie which makes him the dominant feature.
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I think this movie was really really good. I was glued to the screen throughout the whole movie really trying to keep track of what is going on. Joaquin Phoenix I thought was a great Joker. What really made me think this was the last scene when he shoots the talk show host Murray, played by Robert De Niro in the head on live television. When Arthur stands up from his seat, Phoenix impersonates the Joker so well, with his movement, the way he was talking and looking at the camera, it made me think about Heath Ledger's Joker. I would say Phoenix's Joker is up there with Heath's. This movie progresses pretty fast which really made me glued to the movie to catch everything that was going on in every scene. There were tense scenes in the movie that made my heart pump and my palms sweaty. In my opinion, Joker was a great movie and better than I kind of expected. I had a great time watching it and can't wait to watch it again. This is a Good Good for me.
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I think this movie was really really good. I was glued to the screen throughout the whole movie really trying to keep track of what is going on. Joaquin Phoenix I thought was a great Joker. What really made me think this was the last scene when he shoots the talk show host Murray, played by Robert De Niro in the head on live television. When Arthur stands up from his seat, Phoenix impersonates the Joker so well, with his movement, the way he was talking and looking at the camera, it made me think about Heath Ledger's Joker. I would say Phoenix's Joker is up there with Heath's. This movie progresses pretty fast which really made me glued to the movie to catch everything that was going on in every scene. There were tense scenes in the movie that made my heart pump and my palms sweaty. In my opinion, Joker was a great movie and better than I kind of expected. I had a great time watching it and can't wait to watch it again. This is a Good Good for me.
Take a quick moment and reread these two paragraphs, Anthony-- what do you notice? That second paragraph is SO FULL OF LIFE! There's opinions and claims and points of view that are so much more exciting than your first paragraph. I get that the first paragraph is objective, but it's also a bit tonally neutral (as in, it's hard to tell whether what you're telling us is a good thing or a bad thing). Keep pushing that tonal language (pos/neg) in your objective analysis. Subjective is really great. In both instances, you're nice and specific. I like the title!
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