I didn't pay much attention to the shooting information of the movie "Joker" before, but when I heard that the actor was Joaquin Phoenix, I was already a little interested, because he was quite nervous. At first I knew that he was a weak character in "Gladiator", but he had to engage in conspiracy as a prince character. In fact, his temperament was already quite neurotic. That character was nominated for the best actor in the Oscar that year. Russell Crowe took it. In 2005, he was nominated for the best actor Oscar for the first time for his superb acting skills in "Walking With the Song".
Joaquin also had a famous brother, River Phoenix, who passed away early, so Joaquin's acting career was inevitably compared, and he often gave people the feeling of being naughty, and even announced his retirement once, when public opinion sighed, even some Taunting this buddy when he collapsed in the shadow of his brother. He also asked his good brother Casey Affleck to make a documentary "I'm Still Here" about the experience of that period of confusion. He looks like a lunatic in the film, and this whole incident makes people wonder if it is him One-handed planning, laughing at all beings.
Joaquin Phoenix is Hollywood's "clown", wandering between mainstream and non-mainstream, with a fat or thin body, and sometimes with superb performances like "The Master", and this "Joker" once again made him popular. Of course, the protagonist of the discussion, this time there is also "acting" the opposite role, that is, Heath Ledger, who has almost established the image of the Gotham Joker as his own patent. Old fans may also think of Jackson.
In my opinion, both of them are successful in their portrayal of the clown, and they have a good grasp of the different stages of the clown. Heath Ledger's Joker is already a big boss in the dark world, a crime artist, and after all, it's a character from the "Batman" series, which is to highlight the tone of the force of justice, so his evil, his neuroticism, his spirit The metamorphosis is extremely magnified, and Heath Ledger's interpretation in this process is also enjoyable to watch, but in the end, there is always the goodness of humanity represented by Batman. And what Joaquin Phoenix needs to interpret is the birth of the Joker. Unlike the Joker in "Batman" who directly shows evil, this film needs to reflect the "logic" and even rationality of evil, which has also caused huge controversy in this film. It also placed high demands on Joaquin's acting skills.
For extreme criminals, psychoanalysis is now popular, that is, there is an anti-social aspect of such a person's personality traits, and external stimulation, or abuse by parents, or abuse by others may break out. The film brought us into a depressing atmosphere from the very beginning. The Joker, who once made Batman with the "I'm rich" superpower also have a headache, turned out to be so miserable, restrained and useless. Under such an emotional atmosphere, he The sudden laughter seems to be a provocation to myself and the world, which is disturbing. At that time, the Joker couldn't meet Batman. He was repeatedly insulted and beaten, and even tricked by his colleagues. However, with his dreams, he repeatedly forbeared and even tried to suppress his evil bursts, but he made a mistake every step of the way.
In the film, he tried his best to open his mouth to create a smile, but he couldn't control himself to laugh just when he needed to be calm. Such contradictions and Joaquin's performance were very exciting, which immediately reflected the pain of the protagonist's life. It's a really clever setting to finally take a crucial step in America's beloved crime-building stage—the subway car.
The film "Joker" has caused some controversy. Some people think that the praise this film has received reflects a rationalization and promotion of "evil", which is politically incorrect. Are you insulted because of your own level? Is it justified to do evil with the flawed cause? After a movie is released, it will always be subject to a secondary interpretation that is out of the control of the producer, which itself is a social extension of the movie. In my opinion, from the film itself, I can't see what the director intends to glorify the Joker. In fact, when his evil flower bloomed, he was also called a "Vigilante" in Gotham public opinion. The reviews are not much different. And the film also explained that the Gotham society at that time was already surging, and the dissatisfied bottom had already accumulated the factors of violence.
Therefore, the history of Gotham chose the clown, not he himself fired the first shot of Gotham's violent crime syndicate, he is just a symbol, just as at the end of the film, he was not raised his arms, but was pushed by dissatisfied people on the front desk. The Joker itself is actually a symbol in the film and television works with the background of Gotham, a symbol of extreme pleasure in evil, but without such a role, how can Batman be brilliant? And this "Joker" is the history of the birth of the first villain in the American comics industry. He is also a sociopath with a schizophrenic personality. It is necessary to make this process reasonable in a limited time. How to go? In a big way, the symbolic meaning of the clown is that in an uneasy society, the restless crowd itself is brewing destructive power, and the clown is involved in it by accident and becomes the leader and spiritual totem, Let this force explode. Such phenomena have occurred periodically in human history itself, and you don't have to bury your head in the sand.
Some of the moral accusations this film has received make me feel not that its position is wrong, but that some critics are too psychologically fragile, even ostriches who ignore historical reality. As for worrying about the negative social impact of this movie, it really makes me feel ridiculous. More people like this movie just because they think it is good-looking and the characters are vivid, but everyone's heart is very bright. In the real world, of course, it is more Wish there was Batman around, not a laughing lunatic. Heath Ledger's version of the Joker was full of praise, did it lead to an increase in the crime rate in the United States? It's just that there was Batman going straight to him back then, unlike the disturbing ending of the Joker in power. In fact, this film also buried many future foreshadowings of the Gotham Story Club, such as the criminal "Lake School" Rackham, such as the night that gave birth to Batman, yes, the end of the story actually has positive energy, The Joker has risen in troubled times, but Bruce Wayne's eyes in the tragedy have also told us that the power of justice is also growing.
"Joker" tells the birth of a villain, and this magnification of evil also has the background of social unrest implied in the film, which is often overlooked by many people. This is also not a traditional superhero movie and rumor, there is no intense drama conflict and big scenes, it gives Joaquin Phoenix the stage to perform in an always gloomy atmosphere with the texture of a literary movie, he also Excellent expression of their own value. Therefore, the success of "Joker" as a movie is not perfect, but the result of the overall creation of each link. Of course, its excellence as a movie itself should not be obliterated by some inexplicable value accusations.
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