The new movie Joker that came out last week followed a very popular comic character that is known for his psychopathic tendencies. The main villain of batman has had plenty of film adaptions but none of those movies have focused directly on the Joker. Joker is a very intense film that focuses only on his life and how he became the villain he is now. The film can be slow at times but the loud music that is repeated in the film and the amount of suspense built up in the scenes adds on to the disturbing nature of the film. The Joker, or Arthur, is a very messed up character that has never felt joy due to his abusive parents. This is the first film that shows his backstory and makes the audience feel sympathy for Arthur because of everything he had gone through and for how long he had to deal with everything. Joaquin Phoenix does a great job portraying the screwed up nature in the film as well. Phoenix makes the audience feel uncomfortable and uncertain of what is real and what is fake in every scene. Todd Philips did put the audience in the screwed up mind of the Joker which is something that has not been done yet.
The Joker is the best movie adaptation of the character by any director or actor. Throughout the whole film Joaquin Phoenix does an amazing job demonstrating how the Joker really is as a character. He makes the audience feel uncomfortable and unsure whether to laugh to be disturbed in different parts of the film. Todd Phillips also does a great job with writing the film and putting audience right in the head of Arthur. He makes the audience question on what's real and what's fake, which is exactly how the Joker see's everything. The movie was full of intense and suspenseful scenes that would make the audience uncomfortable and also at the edge of their seats because they had no idea what to expect from the Joker. Both Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips did an amazing job at showing the audience how Arthur Fleck turned into the Joker and how messed up he is as a human being.
I totally agree with everything you mentioned in your blog. How you mentioned how the film made the audience feel uncomfortable and question what was real or fake was exactly how I was feeling during the film. I also thought Phoenix did an amazing job demonstrating who the Joker really is.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your claim that Joaquin Phoenix portrays the joker very well in this film. The uncomfortable-ness that he creates in the audience is what makes this film great. I think that Phoenix hit that nail on the head when it came to creating the tone that the director intended. It is for sure a good-good.
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of the objective claims you stated in this blog post such as how you mention how the film makes the audience feel uncertain what is real and fake, You can make this claim even stronger by giving examples from the film.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed this movie as well. I agree that the score adds to the disturbing nature of what the audience is seeing. I also felt that the music built upon the increasing tension throughout the film. I also agree that Joaquin Phoenix did a great job portraying the crazy nature of The Joker.
ReplyDeleteSO YOU KNOW that I disagree with your evaluation of the film, but I think this is still a pretty solid review. You zoom in on really specific choices and the impacts of those choices, which helps to keep your arguments focused. I like the context that you provide by comparing this to the storytelling of previous Joker performances, and you never get stuck with the neutrality of summary. I think your second paragraph could have been a little more subjective (what you have now is still very objective)-- consider how the movie made YOU feel/think/react etc. instead of just talking about the strengths inherent in the object. Nice title!
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