Joker (2019)
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Very good movie and Phoenix deserves some awards. I have no clue how it made so much money though. It's not something I would expect general audiences to flock to
Fucker
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Arbitrary
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I was thinking about this on the can. One of the reasons that Star Wars (the original) was such a success was that it was just so different. Big budget science fiction wasn't really a thing with the only really comparable being 2001: A Space Odyssey. Typically science fiction was your Logan's Run, Planet of the Apes, Westworld, Stepford Wives kinda stuff. Pessimistic downers even if good films in their own right. Coming off of the Vietnam War and its consequences American audiences were primed for something that wasn't dreary. Lucas's fun space adventure (with a real budget behind it) connected with audiences in a big way.
Joker really connecting with audiences is actually a little spooky viewed through that same lens. This is what took root in the soil of our cultural zeitgeist?
Gask
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Finally watched this yesterday - And this morning I woke up after having an extremely vivid dream about being diagnosed with "Simultaneous Personality Disorder" thanks to my DR. in my dream (probably meant Dissociative identity disorder). Long story short I was assured my personality and self-being was eroding and that I was going to turn into a totally different person, and the "old me" would be dead forever. My girlfriend was urged to leave me as well. Realized I had watched too much Mr. Robot and Joker, and was very happy to wake up. Fucked me up a bit, slept great other than that!
Anyways, movie was really solid. Phoenix was insanely fucking good. 8/10.
Anyways, movie was really solid. Phoenix was insanely fucking good. 8/10.
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I've woken up from a dream before 100% sure I had killed someone and hid the body, but couldn't recall all of the details as I had forced myself to forget them. As ridiculous as that sounds, the weight of it having just awakened was unsettling. I think losing your mind is one of the scariest things out there.
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Watched this a couple days ago. Loved it. Perfectly paced, great character development, and never fell into the genre tropes. Glad the studio didn't pressure them into including a big dumb action sequence and ruin the whole tone. I'm interested in where they take it for the sequel
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Great movie. I also watched it few days ago. Totally achieved my expectations, especially regards psychology. Arthur (Joker) is misundersood by others who is fighting against himself. Nobody is truly listening him. Loved the slow pace and developing the character over the time.
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Fucking wikipedia, I realized I had no fucking idea what the black dahlia was, so I looked that up, then it linked to something called the glasgow smile, so I looked that up, and it looks like thats kinda what the joker had going on (not this joker iteration though)
en.wikipedia.org
Glasgow smile - Wikipedia
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There have been movies in the past that are all but objectively good that I just don't get. Seven, Fight Club are two examples that come to mind. This is now one of them. I thought it was dull for the first 2/3s for a payoff in the last 3rd that was pretty good but not enough to make it worth it for me. At least I got to see DiNero get shot in the eye... And Phoenix was definitely amazing and they captured the 80s feel really well. Decent but not great.
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