"Joker" has been attracting attention from the outside world since the release of the trailer. Although there is no way for the movie to be released in China, fortunately, the author finally waited for the resources after two months. The
film was released by Warner Corporation and officially launched at the Venice Film Festival on August 31, 2019, but the actual US release time is October 4, 2019. In just two months after the film was released, he won the Golden Lion Award in the main competition unit of the 76th Venice Film Festival, the 7th American Makeup and Hair Styling Guild Awards, the best modern hair design nomination in the film category, and the best period drama makeup nomination . At present, Douban Movies has a rating of 9.0, which is a very popular movie.
. The evaluation of this movie on the Internet is also very high, even my social circle is constantly reviewing this movie, but after the author watched it, I came to the conclusion that: "Joker" is a good movie, but not I think it is so good. I think the score of Douban 9.0 can be lowered slightly. Of course, this is just my personal opinion.
Let's talk about the plot first! This film tells the story of a talk show comedian who is in trouble with his life and gradually becomes spiritually collapsed due to social oppression, commits a crazy crime in Gotham City and becomes a symbol of evil. The director carefully showed the audience how the protagonist "Arthur" transformed into a "clown" step by step. The film portrays each character very meticulously. Taking the protagonist "Arthur" as an example, the initial picture of the movie is "Ah Se" was applying makeup to himself. He forced his hand to squeeze his face into the mirror with a big smile, but after releasing his hand, there was only a sad face in the mirror, and the director deliberately gave Arthur a face. The close-up showed the audience that the clown was crying. This scene is the director's foreshadowing for Arthur's miserable life. A sentence from Arthur’s notebook constantly appears in
movies: "I just hope my death makes more cents than my life" (translation: I hope my death is more valuable than my life) is a sentence like It has been explained that Arthur is not respected and regarded as a transparent person in real life. He hopes that his death can arouse the attention of this society. After
, Arthur was beaten by gangsters when he advertised on the street, ignored by doctors when receiving psychological counseling in the community, made children happy on the bus, and was scolded by the child’s mother, and the daily conversations with colleagues were not respected. , The hospital fell a gun and was mercilessly dismissed by the boss, and the mentally ill adoptive mother repeatedly asked him to send letters every day. The above episodes all responded well to the words in the notebook. And these daily bits and pieces are exactly the inducements that have driven this poor man to ruin.
At 32 minutes and 24 seconds of the movie, Arthur finally fired the first shot of his life. This was his first murder. Although he was a little scared at the time, he did not feel the guilt of a normal person after committing a crime. This was also him. The first step to becoming a "clown". As he said when he was invited to participate in the "Morry Show", he only killed three scumbags,
, but Thomas Wayne said that the three employees killed were all kind and good employees. Just like his own family, and the murderous clown is just a hatred of the rich, he is a ruffian, but it is not the case. The movie here reveals a very terrifying social phenomenon. People always look at things too superficially and too narrowly. Why are rich people who are brightly dressed and have a high moral education are kind, and the lower class who are born poor do not have it. Good guy? Only sin? In the film Thomas Wayne said that their poverty is caused by laziness, but in fact this society is too harsh on them. Each of them has spent all their energy just to survive, and wants to rely on their own Trying to change your destiny is simply a waste of time. Sometimes hard work is not necessarily successful. There are many examples of this in life. Successful people always talk ridiculously, but don’t know how hard people living at the bottom have worked. .
In addition, there are frequent scenes of Arthur showing his skinny upper body in the movie. Among them, Arthur's naked upper body is pulling the unsuitable pair of shoes forcibly at the company. The scene is really shocking. I was thinking about this person when I saw this scene. How can he be so thin? Is he suffering from some cancer? It is too miserable. Perhaps this is because the director wants to create a miserable atmosphere for the film.
Next, let’s talk about three extremely important characters, they played a vital role in the subsequent plot.effect.
first is "Thomas Wayne".
He is the richest man in Gotham City, the chairman of Wayne Group, and the father of Batman. In every TV interview in the movie, he will say a lot of hypocritical words: what to help the poor find employment, reduce crime rates, and solve the food and clothing problem of the citizens of Gotham City! This is just a hope that people will elect him as the mayor of Gotham City.
When he met with Arthur, he did not help the embarrassed Gotham citizen as the TV interview said. He just ruthlessly told the truth that Arthur's mother was a mentally ill and that Arthur was not his own son. This is also a true portrayal of American society in the 1980s. The gap between the rich and the poor is huge. Capitalists and politicians only care about their own interests. The lives and deaths of other people have nothing to do with them. They are all vampires who climb on the bodies of others. .
is also because this meeting made Arthur determined to find out the mystery of his own life experience, and Arthur had completely given up on the man he once admired. In addition, in an interview with TV, Thomas Wayne made prejudicial remarks against the people at the bottom of the society on the killing of clowns. This is an important trigger for the mass riots in Gotham City. This is why the citizens of Gotham think that killing clowns It is the true symbol of justice in Gotham City.
second is "Murray".
"Morry" is a famous talk show host in Gotham City. He is very popular among the citizens of Gotham, and the protagonist Arthur is also his fan. During the hospitalization of Arthur’s mother’s stroke, Arthur saw the "Murray Show" playing his performance in the bar in the hospital. He was ecstatic, but he never thought that the video was played because of how Arthur’s performance was. It's amazing, but Murray felt that Arthur's speech and ideals were too ridiculous, and wanted to attract the audience's attention.
Since the show received a good response, Murray invited Arthur to participate in the Murray show. When the director saw Arthur dressed as a clown, he immediately changed his mind to cancel the chance of Arthur on stage, but Murray wanted to gain higher ratings Persevering in letting Arthur come on stage, because of the clown murder case, the audience will inevitably be stimulated to see Arthur dressed as a clown, and "Morry Show" has become the focus of Gotham City. In fact, Murray's careful thinking had long been seen by Arthur, and it was because of this that Arthur's wish was realized. During the recording of
, Murray provoked Arthur repeatedly until Arthur got out of control and shot Murray. Murray, who has always been self-righteous, always thinks that he is the master of the show. He never expected that it is because of his arrogance that Gotham City would be reduced to a city of sin. He died because of it, and Arthur also got the society as he wished. His attention has become a symbol of evil in Gotham City.
is Arthur's mother in the end.
Yu Qi said that she was a mother, in fact, she should be more of an adoptive mother. Arthur was the child she adopted when she was young. At that time, she was already suffering from a serious mental illness. This was only learned after Arthur met Thomas Wayne, and because this time she had to meet, Arthur made up his mind to find out the truth.
Arthur turned into a clown from the moment he killed his adoptive mother with his own hands. After finding out the truth, he discovered that the person who caused him to suffer from the strange disease was the mother in front of him, because she turned a blind eye to the abused herself at the time. Only then made myself such a miserable life. The adoptive mother would only ask him to send letters to Thomas Wayne besides being sick and watching TV every day. He was tired of the old man who called him every day. He hated the adoptive mother calling him "happy" because Arthur's heart was not at all. unhappy. Just like the clips in the film where Arthur laughed wildly, Arthur's twisted smile is so sad from this, the poor clown can bring laughter to others, but he will never get happiness.
"Since I am unhappy, then I will make the whole world unhappy!"
"It's not me that is wrong, it is this twisted and corrupted world."
is right, it needs clarification. Many viewers compare the clown in the comic "Batman: The Fatal Joke" and the movie Batman trilogy "The Dark Knight" with this film, thinking that this is not the origin of the clown at all, this film is just wearing " The IP of "Joker" is used to collect money. In fact, the author thinks that we should not compare in this way.
The original "Joker" was born because DC Comics hoped to create a rival for Batman. He is an evil criminal with high intelligence. And the origin of the clown is actually in the DC familyThere has never been a clear explanation in the material background. It is more widely accepted that the clown was originally an engineer in a chemical plant, but his ideal is to become a comedian. But whether it was his own job or his dream of becoming a comedian, the clown was not successful. So he needs to raise a sum of money to take care of his pregnant wife. The love for his wife made the clown desperately want to get the money, and even promised two criminals to sneak into the chemical plant. While they were discussing the crime plan, the clown got the news from the police that his wife had died of a leak in the milk heater.
The clown who was planning to withdraw from the plan was forced by two criminals to put on a mask (red hood) to continue the crime plan. At this time, Batman appeared and stopped the two criminals, and at the same time made the clown accidentally fall into a bucket of chemical In the preparation, an innocent little person becomes the most dangerous person in the entire DC world. In the long villain career, Joker has joined the villain team injustice alliance. The
movie "Joker" is indeed different from the original in many places, but this does not affect our viewing. The clowns played by Jacques Phoenix and Heath Ledger actually have their own worries. The acting skills of both are very good. The former gives the audience a more realistic clown, while the latter is more suitable for the original. The performances are excellent, I can’t say which one is better. There is an interesting question on
on Zhihu, "How do you think about the ending of the movie "Joker"". In my personal opinion, the ending is quite perfect, especially the scene where Arthur used blood to draw a smile for himself. That was his first smile from the heart. He finally received the attention of the society, and his heart no longer As empty as before, he found the meaning of life. The ending of
is also well connected with the Batman series of movies. Although it cannot be said to be a Batman prequel, it does deepen the audience’s understanding of the role of "Joker" to a certain extent. Although it is different from the original, I think The movie "Joker" is still a rare and excellent work in the movie market in 2019. I am willing to give it 8.5 points. I think the movie has room for improvement.
If you are also a DC fan, then I highly recommend that you watch this movie. If you are not, it will not have any impact, because "Joker" is indeed a good movie, at least I think so.
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