It is difficult to say that "Joker" is a "good-looking" or lovable movie, after all, it is not intended to entertain the audience. You know, even horror movies like "Calling the Souls" exist for "entertainment." Under the heavy pressure of step by step, "Joker" has a rich level of performance in every picture, every layout, and every segment of Joaquin Phoenix. It has the artistic temperament and ideas that are beyond ordinary commercial movies, but it does not let the film Flow in the high and few. The director Todd Phillips seemed to feel a knife from the clown's boots, gouged out Arthur Fleck's heart, and invited the audience to take a bloody look.
And of course this will not be a comfortable journey.
Actually, "Joker" is a movie that does not need to be named "Joker". Although its little connection with DC comics can add a little enjoyment, but Arthur Fleck's path to becoming a demon or liberation can be completely independent, as a magical realistic psychological thriller film to savor, rather than the so-called "The Origin of the Batman Villain". If it's just taken as such, it would really be too small to watch this movie.
But as long as you touch the character of the clown, you will inevitably fall into the quagmire of comparison. For individuals, there is actually no question of who is better, because every clown is independent and not related to each other, and every actor's interpretation has a different temperament and characteristic. Of course, as far as the movie-watching experience is concerned, the sparks and tension evoked by the disorderly evil of "The Dark Knight", the mystery and tension that are unclear and unable to guess the next step, are rare to date. , But this time "Joker" is not originally a work of this kind of line, so naturally there is no need to make too many unnecessary comparisons. The audience may "like" or "surrender" Heath Ledger, the unidentified clown tyrant Wushuang, but they may be more afraid and fearful of Arthur Fleck... Uh, whether he is a "clown" or not. But what is certain is that he seems to live in the hearts of many of us. We are all afraid of the dark stupidity in our hearts, and the director Todd Phillips invites us to step into the inner world of Arthur Fleck and then come out. At the same time, we will inevitably be touched. To such a bright and painstaking effort.
"Joker" is indeed a very powerful movie. The characters who died tragically in the film all had his fault, but they were not guilty of death. However, when they saw the clown kill them neatly and neatly, they had a depressive feeling after most of the movie. This feeling of relief is unconsciously connected to my life, imagining that I also have a gun of hope that can make a new way in my hand, so that I can stand on the street recklessly and rebelliously. From the rickety back, the blurred magical solo dance, to the charming steps of stopping medication, getting rid of the shackles, regaining self, and exuding self-confidence, from the uncontrollable and breathless smile, to the laugh when I want to laugh, from "Clown" becomes "Joker". It seems that every joker must have a strong face and smile, but the clown here has such a trace of anti-hero posture, and we can't help being inwardly. Cheer for him, but vaguely feel wrong. And this is one of the brilliant aspects of this movie. It does not promote violence, nor does it indicate that this is the right thing. Although the story does incorporate many values that it wants to promote through the political background of Gotham City, it never promotes crime and killing worthy of encouragement. It just cleverly hooks. A factor that may be hidden in everyone's heart, the terrible factor of "If only I could do the same," no matter whether the bullet was swallowed by himself or shot in the face of the bullying person.
We are not afraid of the clown, but ourselves who are so close to the clown.
While challenging values, "Joker" also has a considerable degree of care and discussion for the bottom of society, physical and mental disabilities, mental illness, and even comedy workers. It also runs through one of the themes of the film: "Empathy ". "Joker" not only reflects the darkness that I buried in my heart, but also shows some people who are indifferent to the encounters of others, those who sneer at the encounters of others, think that the reactions of others are just fussy and perfunctory. There is no extreme distinction between good and evil in the movie.No one is absolutely evil or absolute justice, but we cannot deny the determination of some people to embark on another path. After all, we may not have even this courage before, and their experience has never been 100% analogous to ourselves. From the body, what right do we have to make irresponsible remarks?
Looking back, of course, the choreographer deliberately laid out all kinds of tragedies to rationalize his fate of final collapse and rebirth. Unfortunately, it was in the audience's expectation, not too surprised. Yes, how could he have at least a little comfort waiting in the old apartment after a bleak day? But in any case, this is just a drama creation, of course there are many coincidences, and then it just happened in this short period of time. If it were another person, it might also lead to a completely different ending. But in short, Arthur Fleck, a poor mental patient, after the most miserable days of his life (or maybe not), he is no longer the same person, or he has finally become his original Who should be. But when the story is developed from the perspective of such a delusional protagonist, whether all these things have happened, whether the actual situation is like this, and even whether he himself is Arthur or not, of course, is no longer a questionable point. .
Under the interlacing of reality and reality, what the whole movie depicts is not a specific "deed", but a "concept" that is shaped and conveyed. Demonstrators who rioted in Gotham City, put on clown masks, or painted clown costumes, everyone could be you, me, anyone around us, and by the way echoed the "Dark Knight" that never knew Is it true or false "the origin of the scar." Regardless of whether this riot has occurred or not, everything may only exist in this small three-minute gap when the "person" talks with the psychiatrist, and we are somehow able to spend two hours watching this unknown. Mysterious little world, and then began to be afraid of whether he was also talking to a psychologist without knowing it.
