"Joker" has been watched for a while, and I haven't said much, mainly because I think this movie is boring to me, and there is nothing I want to say.
However, I saw a very popular post today, saying that the film’s reviews are relatively two-level. Many viewers like it. People who dislike it are because they can’t agree with the three views in the clown, such as justifying anti-social personality and speaking for the bad guys. kind. This is a kind of decadent view...
I think I have watched a lot of movies, so I don’t have to look at the movies. So I'm going to write a few sentences casually, telling me why I feel bored with this movie.
First of all, the clown is a madman. Like everyone, I have always been interested in mad characters. This is nothing new. Foucault explained the psychology of most of us in "Madness and Civilization":
"Madness is fascinating in every way. The weird image it produces is not the surface phenomenon of the fleeting thing. The thing that arises from the strangest state of delirium is like a secret, an inaccessible The truth has long been hidden under the surface.
This is a peculiar paradox. When man indulges his madness and domination, he confronts the hidden inevitability of the world; the animal that haunts his nightmare and haunts him in the lonely night is his own essence, and it will reveal the hell Ruthless truth. "
So this is the reason why a large number of crazy characters in literary works, film and television themes are very attractive from ancient times to the present.
There is a charm in a crazy person, which is not clear in a few words, because it is chaotic, ambiguous, and mysterious. This is also the reason why true madness is not easy to describe.
The reason why I think "Joker" is boring is precisely because this movie finds a particularly reasonable causal explanation for every step of the clown's psychological process.
I have been domestically abused since I was a child, and I have discovered the mystery of my own life experience little by little, anti-social personality, longing for success, not being recognized by the society, and revenge for the society that laughs at myself...
With all due respect, this kind of story is really too "because of this", too rational and clichéd. I have watched the criminal psychology of American dramas for fifteen years, and felt that the development process of the psychological logic of the character of the clown seems complicated, but in fact it is simple, that is, it is a matter of criminal psychology.
There are also many political metaphors in it, and there is nothing more boring than political metaphors.
Foucault said that madness is a false punishment for a false result, but it reveals the real problem, so it finally solves the problem.
The essence of madness is a kind of nothingness, a state that transcends the world of mankind. And political metaphor is something that can’t be more real. A literary and artistic work will lack a sense of mystery when it puts things like political metaphors. Even if you are shooting a lunatic, that's all.
In my opinion , the movie "Joker" is like this . The director is not about lunatics, but using the role of the clown to pretend to be crazy. Using madness to talk about things, to vent, this kind of catering to the audience's taste, the purpose is too clear and the appeal is too realistic, so it is downgraded.
It is precisely because the purpose of the secular is so strong, there is such a clear political metaphor. Therefore, it can only rely on the performance of actors, the use of light and shadow, and the sense of lens to create this madness.
But in my opinion, this movie is really too rational and too normal, so it completely disenchants the madness. So it makes me feel very boring.
In contrast, I still think the Joker in "Batman" is the best. It might be because it didn't explain the role of the clown so clearly, and didn't give him so many mundane functions.
Therefore, Heath Ledger's madness is just the madness itself, a madman who has no way to return, and we can let all our imaginations go, which makes him more charming.
He is only a part of a movie, and because the movie has limited interpretation of him, it retains the crazy mystery.
Of course, I believe that "Joker" will be even more successful. Jacques Phoenix's performance is indispensable, and he may win several Oscars, including the best actor award.
Anyway, this era is a boring era, and everyone loves political metaphors. The clown caters to this popular taste, and it is normal for so many people to like it.
I think the clown is a very neat and well-finished work. From this perspective, it is certainly considered a good work. But for me personally, it is indeed a boring work.
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