Ronnie J Baroi

The joker is an iconic take on the baddie of DC Comics. The acting will leave you speeches and while I wanted to give a 10 star rating, I realized there are better movies. The ticket sales itself have blown the roof. Good luck with getting a ticket! By the end, unlike the MCU movies, you really think more about the real world since it connects so well with our world. You begin to sympathize the man who was rejected, turned down,mocked, betrayed and still held his ground even though his own mental condition would not permit until one day he finally snaps. It is like water hitting on your rock solid defense and eroding it away slowly until one fateful day when it becomes too much to bear. We've all been there, witnessed our guard fall down, held on to whatever we held dear but watched it trickle down like sand from within the fingers. You realize that deep down, all it takes is one bad day to turn the sanest man insane. Villains aren't born, they are created. When you connect the Heath Ledger version with the Joaquin Phoenix version, it all starts to make sense. While Warner Bros has stated the movie is a standalone, it can be regarded as a prequel to the Dark Knight joker. But if you like it as a standalone, good luck with that! Heath Ledger will be smiling from heaven. Joaquin Phoenix does justice to the character but realizing that it is the joker, we might still find better actors in future. The joker has always been able to serve its goal.