text | Lanyou
"Joker" (Joker) was released in the United States on October 4, 2019, and the box office went viral. It is said that as early as after the premiere of the 76th Venice Film Festival (September 7), the audience stood up and applauded for eight minutes. In China, this movie also received a very high rating, Douban scored 9.0. This time DC captured the hearts of the audience with it.
In this movie, Joaquin Phoenix (Joaquin Phoenix), the actor of the clown, shows acting like a movie star. The film itself is also very unique, a unique comic-based film, this uniqueness is brought to the extreme by Joaquin's performance. Without him, there would be no "Joker" movie.
If you have been bullied and hurt, but you have your own preferences and judgments, you want to stand up again and be respected, and you want others to hear your inner voice. Then, "Joker" will give you a new power to fight against these malicious.
If your life is going well, you have never encountered such a difficult situation, you feel a little confused, or have your own thoughts about the event but dare not express it, then "Joker" can also give you an answer. The film
is an excellent work no matter from the level of appreciating film works, or from the level of utilitarian educational significance.
01 Mental illness, clowns, and unfortunate life bottomed out.
Manga movies, from DC's "Batman" trilogy to Marvel's "Avengers", have always adhered to the purpose of entertaining audiences, action films A way of expression of crime films.
The movie "Joker" has a realistic meaning. In a place called Gotham City, people want to go to work to make money. The TV station shows variety shows that people love to watch. The TV at home is a small desktop computer. The subway runs very slowly, and the subway station is full of graffiti. . This film changed the narrative style of previous comics and changed into a story about a person, that is, the story of a clown living in this city.
He had a terrible childhood. His mother had delusions and once tied him to a radiator. But he didn't know anything about it, he just remembered to take care of his mother and work hard. The clown is sick and can't help laughing when he is emotionally stimulated. But this kind of happiness is not necessarily true happiness. It can also be nervous, embarrassed, or sad. But he only expresses his emotions with laughter, because his mother named him happy.
He has a dream of being a talk show actor, but in reality he works in a clown club, and the boss sends them orders for these clowns. For example, put on a clown’s outfit and stand on the street holding a billboard to help a department store publicize; play a clown and go to the children’s hospital to perform for the children. In the process of working, he was snatched from the billboard, and was beaten at the end of the street by gangsters.
The clown is very thin, with only bones left in his body. Joaquin Phoenix has greatly reduced the weight of this movie, acting in a completely different form from the previous clown. The visual shock makes you feel a strong impact on your heart even if there is no big battle scene or excellent action scene in the plot when watching this movie.
When we see the smile of the clown, we will be deeply attracted by Phoenix's performance. When he is bullied and beaten, we will sympathize with him; when he can't help laughing because of the abuse from passersby, we will be touched in our hearts.
The clown has the feelings of ordinary people. He likes the single mother of the neighbor next door, secretly stalking her, and fantasizes about dating her. He fantasizes about being invited to be a guest on a TV show he has always liked. He loves his mother deeply and does not allow others to slander her. Every day after get off work, the clown will return home to take care of his mother. The clown also likes to dance. He always jumps up when he is happy in fantasy. The humble and miserable life of
, a mentally ill patient, changed one day. His colleague gave him a gun and said that we will be brothers in the future. But behind the scenes, he complained to the boss of the clown, saying that the clown was carrying a gun during the work performance. The clown wanted to defend himself, but the boss refused to listen and fired him. Without a job, his life has reached the bottom.
carrying the packed bag, the clown got on the subway to go home. On the subway, there are three Waldorf elites who are molesting a woman. The clown is ill and he starts to laugh. When he was about to take out his illness card to explain, thisThe three young men began to beat him without giving him a chance to explain.
The clown took out the gun from the bag and solved the three people who bullied him.
This reminds me of the actor in the recent animated film "Weather Sons" by Makoto Shinkai. He is also a weak person alone in Tokyo. His change also started from picking up a gun. Maybe for the weak, they have too few ways to protect themselves, and they can only tolerate and be bullied. The gun is a magical pen designed by the director.
02 After the rebellion, the person who lived out of himself glowed in the second half of the
movie, and the plot continued.
After the clown says goodbye to the bad job. The psychosocial information center where the clown visits doctors every once in a while is also closed due to reduced funding. He told the doctor, in fact, you never listen to what I am talking about, and you never care about what I am thinking. He no longer needs to take 7 medicines every day.
The clown discovered that his mother had abused herself since he was a child. He went to the mental hospital where his mother had been and saw his mother's diagnosis record. He cried, because the mother he loved had hurt him deeply. In this case, the clown understands a truth, he no longer needs to live according to his mother's wishes. His mother said to him, smile forever and bring happiness to being someone. He doesn't need to force himself to laugh anymore, he is cured of his mental illness, which would cause laughter once he is stimulated.
When the whole city was discussing the murder of the subway, the clown had a new plan. He bought a box of green hair dye. Instead of wearing a mask, he turned himself into a real clown. He received an invitation for a talk show on the TV station he always wanted. He decided to accomplish a feat in this show.
When he was ready to go to the TV station, he walked out of the house and walked down a flight of stairs. This section is regarded as the most exciting section of the whole film, and it is also one of the climaxes of the whole film.
The cheerful music rang, and the clown was in a red suit. He danced his thin body according to his own heart, so free and easy. He knew at this time that he was no longer the son of a fantasist mother, nor was he the weak person who was always bullied at work, and he was no longer a mental patient, he was himself, a dancing clown.
This stair dance shows the audience a clown who has found a new self, and it is brilliant.
03 Fight against malice and find your true self.
At first, the clown really just wanted some attention and respect. He couldn't get the basic way of getting along with each other. The ugliness of human nature is fully demonstrated in this film. But when you are about to be swallowed by this evil, we must learn to redeem ourselves.
knows how to face other people's bullying of you, have the energy to tear off the labels that others put on you, and resist these external influences. Only then can we learn to affirm ourselves and live out ourselves.
When you live out of yourself, you will discover how powerful your true strength is, and you will transform from a clown to the savior of Gotham City just like the hero. After the
TV program ended, the clown's resistance to the long-term bullying group triggered the following of the weak in the city. People put on clown masks and took to the streets to make their own voices.
So, how do you fight back against the malice from the outside world and live your true self?
1. Self comes from the judgment of parents at first, learn to affirm oneself.
Sense refers to a person’s overall perception and feelings of self, including who I am, how I view myself, whether I am capable, valuable, etc. When we were born into the world, our first self came from the mirror image of our parents. Parents are the children’s first mirror, telling children whether they are good or bad, and whether they are loved.
If the parents’ feedback is positive, the child will have a stronger sense of self-affirmation and feel that he is good.
If parents always give negative feedback to their children, such as judging, neglecting, or even abusing children, then the child will think that he is bad, he will have too much negative feelings about himself, and the child will feel that he is not loved . When
grows up, those who lack a sense of self often fail to receive enough positive feedback from their parents in childhood. These people who lack a sense of self often evaluate them in the unexpected world. They don't know how to find their own value.
2. The best way to deal with malice is to go up by yourself.
Even if the world does evil to you,You can also choose not to do evil to those around you. At any time, we always have to face inexplicable malice, or bear the nameless accusations of others, or bear the bad emotions of others. Sometimes anger is really useful, but after anger is the inner truth.
When faced with various malicious misunderstandings from the outside world, I suggest that you use time to overcome these prejudices and criticisms, and prepare yourself for your strength and charm during this time. When the station goes to a higher place, the things that hurt you will naturally disappear from your sight.
hopes that we can choose a posture against malice, and also a road stone on our way.
