Joker vs the evil Sex Molester? Joker vs the Minor Murderer? Those don't sound like compelling comic book movies to me, but I guess tastes vary.
And again, I don't know how the movie ends. Is the final shot the first time we see Joker in his iconic appearance, slowly turning to the camera with his green hair and manic grin, free and ready to run loose on the city? That's a cliffhanger, not an ending, but without Batman there's no plausible direction to take a sequel, and it means the current the movie hasn't really even been about The Joker.
I just don't see how such a movie can come to any sort of resolution. The police can't catch him, but you can't let him not be caught. Even Freddie was always (seemingly) destroyed in his movies. But he was always vulnerable to teenage girls. Joker is only vulnerable to Batman. What's the end of the story without Batman?
Well, this is progressing just fine. No problems here. Nope.
"sources say the script paints Thomas Wayne as a cheesy and tanned businessman who is more in the mold of a 1980s Donald Trump."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...father-1137843
I have no words for Trump Wayne.
I don't understand this, even treating the movie like an elseworlds it doesn't compute. You're now undermining Bruce Wayne upbringing from his Dad's teaching about how the city has been good to their family over generations so his white guilt says to pay it back to the community as well as the motivation of having a beloved figure lost if he's now a Trump like figure.
Snowflakes melt in flame wars.
So instead of Thomas last words being "Bruce it's ok don't be afraid" or "Save Martha" it will be "Bruce Make Gotham Great Again"
Then again it is a film that has the Joker as the main protagonist (presumably) so the script may not be taking an entirely objective and truthful view of most characters.sources say the script paints Thomas Wayne as a cheesy and tanned businessman who is more in the mold of a 1980s Donald Trump."
I mean, it's a Joker movie. You think it's going to paint Batman as some kind of hero?
I already get the feeling that critics are going to slurp this movie up if it is good or bad. You listen to any of the online talking heads speaking about it and they are already totally in love with it without one bit of film being shot yet. They are so in love with the "well they are doing something different" mindset that even if the movie is bad they are going to praise it unreal levels. That and they have this automatic reaction to Phoenix were they almost always love his movies be they good, bad, or just nonsense.