Kurtis I am merely giving my honest appraisal. The Film amounted to nothing imho. Phoenix’s acting in it was good but I am talking about plot, story, purpose, engagement, point. He is a disturbed adult because he got abused as a kid and suffered brain damage due to his Mother’s negligence and bad partner choice. He somehow gets a gig at a decent sized comedy club?.....but he wouldn’t because he can’t tell a bad joke without laughing for 10 mins due to a psychological condition. Then unbelievably that gig is filmed and afterwards ridiculed by a chat show host who then unbelievably invites Joker onto a live show despite him clearly being massively disturbed. He admits on stage during the interview killing three yuppies BUT the chat show host (De Niro) does nothing, despite believing him, but lecture him on live tv about about how killing three people was a bad thing and Joker then shoots him in the head. Subsequently in the mental hospital despite him being a multiple killer his old counsellor sees him in a room completely alone and he murders her and dances off down the unsupervised corridor with her blood prints being left by his boots. He also killed his Mum along the way.
Very contrived and unbelievable and in my opinion has no message, particular storyline or point apart from a madman basically acts like a madman falling further into madness but is facilitated in carrying out further murders by an unbelievable storyline sequence
I'm only messing by the way Blood.
