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Joaquin Phoenix couldn't give a bad performance if he tried, but I'm just baffled the character doesn't have any scars. His scarring was an integral part of his descent into madness.....'one bad day'. Heath Ledger wore makeup but he was scarred.
At the moment I'm on the fence about this one. As we've already had a 'realistic' Joker in the Dark Knight, it's going to have to work hard to top Heath Ledger. Think I'll wait for the reviews.
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[QUOTE=motherofpearl1;4538417]Joaquin Phoenix couldn't give a bad performance if he tried, but I'm just baffled the character doesn't have any scars. His scarring was an integral part of his descent into madness.....'one bad day'. Heath Ledger wore makeup but he was scarred.
At the moment I'm on the fence about this one. As we've already had a 'realistic' Joker in the Dark Knight, it's going to have to work hard to top Heath Ledger. Think I'll wait for the reviews.[/QUOTE]
Err, what?
Only Heath's Joker was scarred. The others had their skin bleached
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[QUOTE=Midvillian1322;4538008]Didnt the director do the first Hangover movie? Imo Hangover and Tropic Thunder are the best comedies of the last 20years. Tastes will differ though[/QUOTE]
Yes and no (no participation in Tropic Thunder). He directed The Hangover, which I haven't seen because the trailer already tells me that's not my cup of tea. Hence my hesitance regarding this new project.
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[QUOTE=motherofpearl1;4538417]we've already had a 'realistic' Joker in the Dark Knight, it's going to have to work hard to top Heath Ledger[/QUOTE]
That was my [I]a priori [/I]about any new Joker. For once, I won't ever watch Suicide Squad, and in general it'd be difficult to watch any movie with the Joker as a character, but Phoenix is one of my favourites, so this is one of those cases were more information is needed.
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[QUOTE=Scott Taylor;4537705]Not seeing any relation to anything comic books here and it doesn't even seem like its trying to be a comic book movie. Probably a pass for me. Taxi Driver can use an update, I guess, but this movie doesn't even seem to do that.[/QUOTE]
That is my feeling. The only reason this is even called Joker was to get it made. From all I have seen if you just called it The Clown and changed a few names the movie would not change one bit. It looks to me to have about as much to do with the comic Joker as the Catwoman movie did to the comic character.
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It feels like a remake of King of Comedy, which isn't bad as i think it was such an underrated film.If it's good,i don't care if it's an elseworld story.
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[QUOTE=The Cool Thatguy;4538596]Err, what?
Only Heath's Joker was scarred. The others had their skin bleached[/QUOTE]
Jack's Joker [B]definitely[/B] had something going on with his mouth.
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[QUOTE=Master Planner;4538949]It feels like a remake of King of Comedy, which isn't bad as i think it was such an underrated film.If it's good,i don't care if it's an elseworld story.[/QUOTE]
When I heard DeNiro saying "You can say that again, pal", I thought it was more of an inside joke, with him playing the role of Jerry Lewis.
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[QUOTE=Star_Jammer;4539059]Jack's Joker [B]definitely[/B] had something going on with his mouth.
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Yes he had a bullet shot through his face before he fell into the vat.
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Some will point to this as an example of how to push the edge with a comic book movie, but based on what we see here there is nothing about this movie that suggests comic book. I suspect there's a reason this is called Joker instead of The Joker.
You can't turn something into a comic book movie just by adding a character named Wayne into it.
This looks like a very, very well-done movie. It also looks like a genre I have no interest in. I applaud the craftsmanship that is apparent in the film, and I respect the people who will see it and enjoy it. But it's not for me.
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I plan on seeing it. For one thing, it's nice to have a comic book movie that isn't part of some larger universe again. I'm sick of having to watch ten other movies before the one I actually want to see to understand what's going on. What I'm hoping is that this will usher in a whole slew of stand alone comic book movies for people who don't want to have to follow an entire extended universe. That was my complaint with [I]Endgame[/I]. You have to have seen every single Marvel movie to follow what was going on. The only downside is it might attract a certain...unhealthy...fanbase. Internet trolls who think it's "kewl" to be some nihilistic terrorist trying to burn "the system" to the ground.
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[url]https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a28876836/joaquin-phoenix-joker-review-round-up-reactions/[/url]
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I'll admit I thought the reactions would be mixed from just seeing the first trailer. But this final trailer sold me on the film. It looks [I]really good[/I]. Of course being someone that likes the MCU pretty much more than anything at this point, I have no problem following shared universes as long as I think the individual films are good. That being said I'm excited for Joker to be just its own thing and I think the variety in comic book movies is a good thing. If the MCU isn't for some or the DCEU or SMCU or whatever, they can just have stuff like this. A movie that's just a movie.
My one worry is that the fans that like this will start acting like the annoying sectors of The Dark Knight trilogy's fans or Logan fans, and start criticising every other comic book movie for not being like Joker. That's just being hypocritical.
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[QUOTE=AJBopp;4539642]Some will point to this as an example of how to push the edge with a comic book movie, but based on what we see here there is nothing about this movie that suggests comic book. I suspect there's a reason this is called Joker instead of The Joker.
You can't turn something into a comic book movie just by adding a character named Wayne into it.
This looks like a very, very well-done movie. It also looks like a genre I have no interest in. I applaud the craftsmanship that is apparent in the film, and I respect the people who will see it and enjoy it. But it's not for me.[/QUOTE]
If this ends up even a moderate sucess, maybe that'll be a trend to capitalize on the current super hero fad. Stick a character from a comic book in a movie that isn't otherwise a super hero movie, just to get that extra bit of buzz and attention that a movie like that otherwise wouldn't get.
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Part of me is hesitant about seeing the movie, even though I'm 100% sure we'll be getting an award winning lead performance, because the movie just gives off an almost toxic vibe. I can't help but think I'll walk out of the theater feeling worse than I did when I first walked in. And part of me suspects that's exactly the intent of the movie.
But we'll see. Could be reading too much into the previews.