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Joker (2019)
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Prequels and origin stories always suck. The mystery is always more intriguing than any answer you will get. I said that before, and someone actually managed to point out a prequel that was decent, I can't remember what it was. But the usual rule is if it's a prequel, it sucks, if it's an origin story it sucks. I think the ultimate example of that is Wolverine. He was always this mysterious character, classic amnesia storyline which was somehow fresh for 70s/80s comics. Then they reveal the Weapon X storyline which, ok I guess, not great not terrible. But definitely not as cool as the endless question of who he is. So they rewrote his origin story endlessly. I gave up on Marvel comics long ago, but I wouldn't be surprised if his current origin involved him fighting in the Roman legions in the Gaelic campaigns.
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Alasliasolonik
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Of course you dont, you havent seen it and it wont be good. La La Land had a standing ovation too as did every other pile of pure crap.
Its a 9.6 all ready and no one with a real opinion has seen it. It is rated R because its fucking horrible to watch.
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Chukzombi
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saw the trailer because pople on youtube are sperging over it. it was pretty standard for artsy fartsy type movies. guy is a washed up comedian, he is depressed and on meds, goes off meds and discovers he gets reactions by being a clown, then becomes a viral celebrity as "Joker" and he starts a clown following of fans which leads to violence he partakes in? eh it might be interesting, but not my cup of tea. i Like Pheonix in a lot of stuff, but he can be hit or miss too.
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lmao. Totally agree. Hopefully Phoenix can get through a scene without doing his “dramatic whispering” voice acting shit.
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Gavinmad
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I mean there have been so many versions of Joker but the thing they all have in common aside from Flashpoint Martha Wayne is they never really go into an origin story. And Joker having an origin story during Flashpoint actually fits in a meta way because everything is twisted somehow and Martha's Joker is more of a narrative tool for twisting the knife in the reader than an actual character.
This looks like it could be a very entertaining movie but it also looks like calling it Joker will be about as accurate as calling that Brad Pitt movie 'World War Z'
This looks like it could be a very entertaining movie but it also looks like calling it Joker will be about as accurate as calling that Brad Pitt movie 'World War Z'
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Sanrith Descartes
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All they had to do was basically film the World War Z book word for word and it would have been a masterpiece. Of course that was beyond them. "Artistic Interpretation".
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in theory no, it's not. i love that movie. but it's not joker and it's not innovative. the dude from falling down, you can't help but empathize with him, even though he's not making great choices. a lot of the issues he goes through are just as much his own making as much as the world around him but we've all been there in some fashion. in a lot of ways he's the embodiment of "there but by the grace of God go I."
That's not joker. joker shouldn't be a character you empathize with. i said before earlier but the only way to do the character justice is to make the audience feel for him, but then pull the rug out from underneath everyone by showing us how irredeemably evil, how unjustifiably malicious he is. hopefully that's the direction they are going but we'll see.
That's not joker. joker shouldn't be a character you empathize with. i said before earlier but the only way to do the character justice is to make the audience feel for him, but then pull the rug out from underneath everyone by showing us how irredeemably evil, how unjustifiably malicious he is. hopefully that's the direction they are going but we'll see.
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Seeing some Dark Knight Returns influences in that scene, probably sold me on seeing it in the theater.
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