Joker (2019)
I didn’t hate it. But I didn’t like it either.
Beautiful imagery, set design, amazing score, costume design was on point, and the overall aesthetics were great. But the core of the film felt hollow. It was trying to say something but it never really said it. It’s a shell of a film. All the right pieces are there but there is no thematic depth.
If someone with more substance had written the script, it would have been fantastic.
This feels like a missed opportunity to make a truly great film.
Beautiful imagery, set design, amazing score, costume design was on point, and the overall aesthetics were great. But the core of the film felt hollow. It was trying to say something but it never really said it. It’s a shell of a film. All the right pieces are there but there is no thematic depth.
If someone with more substance had written the script, it would have been fantastic.
This feels like a missed opportunity to make a truly great film.
I think that the way they chose to structure the film,
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uhm i was supposed to see this today but i kinda forgot so maybe tomorrow or monday
just watch hustlers again if you really want a scorsese inspired movie that is set in new york and has a "fuck the rich" message.
Yeah I can totally see what you mean. It just didn't work for me. I think if the script had a few more edits it could have been a very impactful movie.
The obvious symbolism in this is hilarious
Todd Phillips really thought he did something lmao
i did a twitter thread for the interested:
https://twitter.com/metaplexmovies/stat ... 860356609
i also located a review from the great David Sims (co-host of the v popular blank check podcast) that echoes my thoughts down to a science, although i only discovered it a bit ago:
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainme ... ix/599215/
i wish i connected to joker as a movie about the incalculable triggers of violence in our world but instead i sat mostly bored. i wasn't pressed, provoked, or incited. just... bored. just to be clear: i don't think the movie is "saying" anything "dangerous," it's more that it doesn't have anything to say. it's vacant. which 1.) makes it uninteresting anyway but 2.) lets the undesirables of the world read the movie however they want.
PS, there's *plenty* of movies that share this structure and manage to pack serious thematic resonance, from the obvious scorsese movies to the player (yes the player) to nightcrawler, all of which are masterpieces. even gone girl.
&& lmao artemis.
-Vader
https://twitter.com/metaplexmovies/stat ... 860356609
i also located a review from the great David Sims (co-host of the v popular blank check podcast) that echoes my thoughts down to a science, although i only discovered it a bit ago:
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainme ... ix/599215/
i wish i connected to joker as a movie about the incalculable triggers of violence in our world but instead i sat mostly bored. i wasn't pressed, provoked, or incited. just... bored. just to be clear: i don't think the movie is "saying" anything "dangerous," it's more that it doesn't have anything to say. it's vacant. which 1.) makes it uninteresting anyway but 2.) lets the undesirables of the world read the movie however they want.
PS, there's *plenty* of movies that share this structure and manage to pack serious thematic resonance, from the obvious scorsese movies to the player (yes the player) to nightcrawler, all of which are masterpieces. even gone girl.
&& lmao artemis.
-Vader
Seeing artemis and vader makes me loving this movie (and mr. Todd) even more <licks his fingers>.
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yes but how else would i financially support todd phillips?