if you’ve never swam in the ocean then of course a pool seems deep.

bad because
-he never said joker’s trick
-super-rats mentioned but never expanded on
-i know the gf was a fantasy but they still made us watch him kiss her. don’t like the implication that joker fucks 
-posits people with mental illness as unhinged murderers when really we just want to lay in bed amidst our snack food wrappers forever 
-willfully ignorant + fundamental misunderstanding of revolution/ANTIFA (how are you gonna say your film “isn’t political” when characters are carrying signs that say KILL THE RICH)
-why would you watch this horrible pastiche of much better films when you could watch the king of comedy (1982)
-10 million other reasons

good because
-he liked to move it move it :)

I have this whole series of YouTube videos that are like “what if Werner Herzog directed Ant-Man” or “what if the show Gotham was a teen drama” or “what if there was a gritty Tintin reboot.”

Anyway Joker is like if someone made a feature-length version of one of those.

Some people a few rows behind me applauded when Joker said society

I wasn't sure if this was about mental illness then there was a close up of Arthur writing "mental illness," and then I was like oh this is about mental illness.

“i don’t believe in anything”

surface level fare for audiences that crave some shock value but aren’t willing to go looking for something better, or deeper. i didn’t feel much of anything the entire duration, indifference turning to eventual boredom. the last act definitely gave me something more to work with, but by that point i’d already lost all interest and just wanted to get out of there. joaquin is always good at playing unhinged, sure, but i’d pass on this performance any day of the week for you were never really here or even the master. the former film has what this never could: nuance, intrigue and something to say

the only political statement this film makes is that jimmy fallon deserves the death penalty

king bach vine comp

I liked it when he climbed in the fridge

Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.' Man bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor…We live in a society.'

best picture showcase: film #2

“don’t you have to be funny to be a comedian?”

rancid and vile, a rotting carcass. has no true direction and nothing interesting to say. for a comic book movie, it’s a nightmare, and as a real film, it’s a joke. it would be different if it had clear drive behind it (demented as he is, even someone like lars von trier has unique style, for better or worse) but this thing is a hollow shell. to me this means nothing, and is nothing, and i couldn’t care less