I keep an open mind about the origins of the clown, and I don't have much opinion on what script to arrange for him. As mentioned in "Fatal Joke", the clown has set "multiple options" for his past. Thousands of scripts are written by him. From then on, he is no longer a normal person who depends on memory to define his personality, so he has become The "chaotic spokesperson" should also be.
On the other hand, as far as comic works, the background and character shaping of characters will never belong to any creative individual. Different creators feed the audience sugar or shit according to their own preferences or understanding, and the audience/readers will meet some sooner or later. Derailed person, this role will sooner or later break away from the framework you are familiar with, and what should happen will always happen.
I can accept this fictional origin story. Jacques Phoenix Yomo took over the script for the one-man show. He successfully performed the tormented pathological laughter and the AAA aura of Gotham Crime Prince after dark makeup. It was melancholy and charming, which directly lifted the movie up. Several levels.
But other than that, the film has no surprises.
Most of the super-English films sell entertainment and little boy dreams. This movie is like a traffic star of Liren , which is unique at the moment, because audiences fed with popcorn don’t remember 2015. The previous thing. But throwing it into the pile it pays tribute will only remind you of how shallow the film actually is.
You know what it is selling.
It is reminiscent of "The Shape of Water"-an exquisite film that patiently goes to the checklist of film critics, and does everything possible to hope that the audience or vlogger will go back and write a long essay/10 minutes of video analysis to praise it. From the casting to the soundtrack to the theme to the solo passages, and even the JOKER title that opened the screen, its strong purpose overflowed the screen, as if recording a variety show. A director constantly reminded the audience to applaud where it should be. You will look out of place if you don't applaud by yourself.
It uses the most simplified and simplest narrative method, the most convenient and crudest event to promote, and creates a standard role of a victim of blackening. It seems to be using "darkness", "reality" and "different" on the express train of Phoenix. "To lead a subversion of a super British film.
It also matches?
The so-called connotation it wants to show is the cognitive deficits of the marginal individual/psychological struggle/isolation/seeking for belonging/father-killing/rebirth, reflecting the current situation of the gap between the rich and the poor/class solidification/the inability to conduct dialogue/ Regardless of "the people's resistance", no theme is unexplored and eye-catching, and it is not unique even in the comic genre: the former is in "Taxi Driver" and the latter is in "Taxi Driver" eight years ago. "The Dark Knight Rises", it's all over.
Regardless of the way it tells the story or the characterization, the predecessors are more multi-layered and old-fashioned than it. Todd Phillips has no skills and creativity. Whenever he encounters unspeakable or unconnected passages, he will let the protagonist dance (permeated with the director’s ostentation). When he encounters an inner monologue that cannot be expressed by the camera, he will directly let the protagonist do a dance. Perform impromptu speeches in the program to sublimate the central idea of the composition of junior high school students. I'm afraid that the audience will not understand "get". This movie is mapping the real-life gap.
In addition to not launching any new exploration and discussion, everything done in this film is realized to the extent of being lazy. Just throw one after another misfortune on Arthur, throw it into the masked supporting role, let the only hope in his life leave him, and finally force him to break his personality and rebuild it. It's really a simple strokes story about a cruel society suppressing a mentally ill honest person. The director put Arthur in Gotham, but Arthur and Gotham are isolated again. Arthur POV just frees the creator from dealing with more complicated issues. The audience's vision is so narrow, as long as we look at the world from Arthur's perspective, there is a reason for all slips.
It's so simple. The plot and characters are so simple, it's so simple to make such a single-player POV linear narrative movie. It's easy to get praise from the audience and the media. Everyone should praise it for its new approach in comics, and everyone seems to have a sense of resonance with Arthur's experience. The director and screenwriter very cleverly confuses [Phoenix's acting skills] and [Arthur's Reality Mapping]. Face-saving film critics can neither criticize Phoenix nor deny the hardships Arthurs suffered in reality and the realistic issues raised by the movie. , You are so embarrassed not to praise it.
We were kidnapped. It's like being kidnapped by "The Shape of Water" back then. It’s not “political correctness” that kidnapped us, but [you can’t turn a blind eye to the XX issue/YY actors in this movie and their importance in the genre].
The skyrocketing fire, chaotic streets, murders in dark alleys, the birth of villains and their shaped heroes, this ritualized ending puts an end to a large-scale human trafficking, but I know that this alternative idol is still under the skin. It is a slick and exquisite egoist, of course it may not realize it and really feel that it is very powerful.
Before, many people were worried about what this movie would incite and intensify.
I want to say, it also matches? It simply can't do it.
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