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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t433PEQGErc After his raucous debut over a decade ago in 2008’s The Dark Knight, the DC villain known only as The Joker finally has his own film. After ten years of being known mostly as the boyfriend of Harley Quinn, DC seems ready to give this enigmatic antivillain his own solo movie at last. Director Todd Phillips, previously known for his films A Serbian Film, Man Bites Dog, and The Hangover Part II, is bringing this character to life with the help of rapper-turned-actor Joaquin Phoenix. While a bold choice, it seems to have paid off - Joker won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, their highest honor and successor to the Mussolini Cup. In this thread, you can discuss the film, its novelization, and its tie-in toys and video game. You can discuss the surprise cameo by the new Batman, Armie Hammer. You can also discuss the society we live in. FAQ When can I see Joker? Joker will be available via the DC Universe streaming service on October 4th, and will arrive on DVD and Blu-ray three months later. Do I need to have seen any other films to understand this one? Joker is part of the DC Animated Films universe and as such it is highly encouraged that you have seen its predecessors: Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, Teen Titans GO! to the Movies, and the animated adaptation of The Killing Joke. Will there be a mass shooting at a screening of Joker? There is no need to worry, the only people with guns in the theaters will be cops. Why did you make a thread for the movie that will assuredly have the most poisonous discourse of any flick for years? I need to be punished for my crimes. Pirate Jet fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Oct 4, 2019 |
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R. Guyovich posted:sorry op. this thread has to be closed for everyone's safety. it's just too I’ll let you close my thread but only if I get a badge that says damaged on all my posts.
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Oct 5, 2019 04:29
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It’s definitely made very clear that this Joker didn’t incite any riots or protests so much as he killed the guys on the train and as such completely lucked into becoming the face of the movement. He even admits on the Murray show that he doesn’t pay attention to any of that and he just killed them because he didn’t like them. I’m also pretty sure it’s intentional that when he finally gets his big spotlight, he doesn’t have anything insightful to say and his complaints sum up to “people are so rude.”
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Oct 7, 2019 15:11
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Joker’s score and cinematography, and Phoenix’s performance, are all Pretty Good but those three things alone do not a great movie make so it’s basically coasting by on the fact that the definitive superhero franchise stopped giving a poo poo about any of those things a long time ago.
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Oct 7, 2019 23:18
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The World Inferno posted:It is what it is. I feel like the movie has enough confidence in you to realize that murder is wrong.
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Oct 8, 2019 16:39
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Honestly I really appreciated the Thomas Wayne stuff if only for actually showing what kind of thing would make you into the “what’s the frequency, Kenneth” guy.
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Oct 9, 2019 21:48
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It’s probably worth thinking about that all the offscreen implied violence is against women and all the onscreen explicit violence is against men.
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Oct 12, 2019 19:28
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1glitch0 posted:Meaning? Not 100% sure, I was bringing it up as a factor for discussion. But if this movie is based off of Taxi Driver, that movie was defined by its Madonna complex and Travis’s weird attitudes towards women. Also I just remembered him killing his mom is onscreen so maybe I’m just an idiot.
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Oct 12, 2019 20:04
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I also want to note that if his relationship with Sophie was imagined that means he imagined her expressing happiness at the death of the Wayne employees, which may betray his claims later that he’s apolitical.
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Oct 13, 2019 22:39
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punk rebel ecks posted:Why do I actually believe this was a thing? It was a thing on this very forum.
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Oct 21, 2019 23:31
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The best bit is right after that when it implies that news stations are just straight up airing the footage of Murray getting shot.
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Professor Shark posted:Just finished this movie and all I have to say is that Joaquin Phoenix is a really, really good actor And a really, really good dancer.
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