The storm of controversy surrounding Todd Phillips’ “Joker” has been going on for about a month and a half now; it’s been in the media spotlight way longer than any modern movie can expect to be. Reactions range the gamut from rapturous praise to withering dismissals that decry its jet-black tone and “glamorization” of violence. The more reviews are filed, the lower its score on Rotten Tomatoes has creeped .
It’s hard not to roll your eyes when Phillips says it’s “not a political film,” which reportedly prompted laughs at a press con. He’s not releasing “Joker” in a vacuum. The political divisiveness, the return of fascism, the tension over climate change and extinction alerts, income inequality, and most relevant, the specter of gun violence in the United States, which has seen more mass shootings this year than days in this year; these problems plague the world that “Joker” is being released into.
Of Freaking Course! This is The Joker were talking here. Unless all you are dumb when it comes to comic books.
You may be in the media, but don't be a media parrot. It's first and foremost a character study.
He clearly missed the whole point of the movie. Also this isnt a superhero movie coz joker isnt one.He is a villain and its his story. Its how he came to be the joker,a 'newby' joker. Other versions are all fully realized joker thats why you dont see the usual antics of Joker.
You forgot how good the acting was?
so much hype