Joker

IT’S EASY FOR JOAQUIN PHOENIX TO LOOK TRAUMATIZED

Joaquin Phoenix just started filming his next movie in New York after his amazing billion dollar Joker performance. He appears to be playing yet another tortured soul – a documentary filmmaker who bonds with his nephew, whose father is bi-polar and manic. Those are the only details of the plot that are known- director/writer Mike Mills is keeping the drama under wraps and so far it’s being called “The Untitled Mike Mills Project.”

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JOKER IS A TICKET TO DESPAIR

Looking for laughs? Wrong movie. Joker IS complicated. From the start, Gotham is a dismal and grim world – trash is piling up in the filthy streets, people are abusive to each other, and the sun never shines. There is ZERO resemblance to Batman comics. Joker is a mentally disturbed loner who makes a living dressed as a clown and lives with his equally sad mother in a bleak hole of an apartment. There seem to be no decent people of any kind in this movie so there’s no one to care about. Joaquin Phoenix skillfully wallows in depression and insanity onscreen, and Joker ends up driven to mass murder. He blames HIS problems on successful people, inspiring his motto, Kill The Rich. (Not a good message for America today) This stirs up hordes of other misfits to riot and slaughter. There is no lesson to be learned from this gruesome film – if you want to be depressed – this is the movie for you.

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JOAQUIN PHOENIX MIGHT MAKE YOU FORGET ALL THOSE OTHER JOKERS

We didn’t think the Joker could get much creepier than Heath Ledger’s brilliant version, but Joaquin Phoenix has major potential. His Joker starts out as a frustrated stand-up comedian who can’t catch a break and turns to criminal activity – and eventually criminal insanity. There is no Batman in this film – it’s all about the Joker and we bet there will be some twisted humor…

Above, Nattily costumed Joaquin Phoenix filming in the streets of New York