A borderline-great movie. And I’m a d@mn harsh critic.<\/p>\n
Basically it’s one man’s descent into madness…though to be fair there’s not *all* that much of a “descent” here…he’s pretty far gone not too far into the movie. It just gets more and more extreme, harder and harder to overlook.<\/p>\n
Joaquin Phoenix is brilliant, which is no surprise, he’s a great actor. I’m gonna go out on a limb and suggest that he drew at least in part from painful life experiences to create Arthur Fleck.<\/p>\n
It’s very well done. You can easily get lost in the despair that permeates the city\/movie. Really fcken depressing, actually.<\/p>\n
May profit from repeated viewings, if you wanted a better understanding. But I was too fcken depressed after one watch to plan for any more, and even now I wish – in a way – that it didn’t exist.<\/p>\n
Misfortune leads to several incidents that aren’t Arthur’s fault…then again, those aren’t be-all excuses for everything he eventually does.<\/p>\n
Visually disturbing and creepy. It’s difficult to know everything that is real and everything that is not.<\/p>\n
NOT for the weak of heart. Scenes of graphic violence.<\/p>\n
Gets a little slow at points. but I think (and will give the benefit of the doubt based on the rest) that this is intentional, in a way at least. Meaning, yes, here are some horrific and disgusting and terrifying things…and here’s something dull and slow as a real-life contrast. *shrug* Maybe, maybe not. In any case, I like my interpretation enough to enjoy it as such.<\/p>\n
The vast majority of people are selfish, insensitive, rude a$$holes? I can’t really disagree with that.<\/p>\n
Connection to ‘Are You Being Served?’ = Gary Glitter<\/p>\n
Culmination near the end: Terrifying.<\/p>\n
Inspirational Quote: “…you wouldn’t get it.”<\/p>\n
Grade: A-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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