JOKER
Send in the clown !!
PRAISE:Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck / Joker is incredible.He immersed himself into the character.The moments of hope,care,sadness and insanity reflect through his eyes ,mannerisms and physical performance in a mesmerizing way.This is a character study of one of the most iconic DC villains.The other actors in the film: Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham, and Bill Camp do a fine job but they are mainly there to get Fleck from point A to B.
The film gave me so much to reflect on and question.If seeds of trauma are planted within a person,if this person is pushed to the edge and commits violent acts should we have empathy for this person?
I also loved how the film provoked uncomfortable laughter from not only myself but the audience i watched it with.A shiver actually went down my spine in one of the films climatic moments !!
The violence is brutal but i didnt find it to be over the top.
People will definitely compare the performances of Heath Ledger and Phoenix,but they can definitely co exist because these are two different takes on the character and both actors gave it their all.
This is a haunting film about how a system can fail people,contemporary commentary,and one of the best stories about one of the greatest villains in comic books ,film,TV,and animation.
PROBLEMS: Some turns in the story were very predictable,set up in such a way that there was no where to go but through predictable doors.
The infusion of shades of movies like The King of Comedy and Taxi Driver were a bit to blatant.
Scale of 1-10 an 8½
SIDE NOTE: At the end of an article i read a writer said:Warner Brothers should release a statement saying The Joker isnt a role model.....Are you kidding me? .In his 80 year history when has The Joker ever been a role model? I need a film studio to tell me that?
The media will probably jump on an incident that happened at a theatre in which a drunk guy was cheering on in obnoxious way about the violence in the film but he was escorted out by security.
The 15 cops outside my theatre wasnt necessary.SMH !!
COLD PURSUIT
Kind of like Taken but with a HUGE sense of humor
PRAISE: Another movie i wish i had seen in theatres.What a fun movie with a plot that's supposed to be bleak as snowplow driver Nels Coxman (Liam Nesson) pursues the people that killed his son.
This very dark comedy made me laugh out loud so many times from it's footnote captions and brutal but darkly funny deaths.The banter between the characters about anything from eating healthy to being winded from fighting was so much fun to listen to .Oh and this film is absolutely beautiful to look at !!
PROBLEMS:So much greatness comes before the films climax that i was kind of dissapointed with it.It just felt so basic as if the writers gave up and ran out of interesting things to do.
Still a nice surprise !!
Scale of 1-10 an 8
Send in the clown !!
PRAISE:Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck / Joker is incredible.He immersed himself into the character.The moments of hope,care,sadness and insanity reflect through his eyes ,mannerisms and physical performance in a mesmerizing way.This is a character study of one of the most iconic DC villains.The other actors in the film: Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham, and Bill Camp do a fine job but they are mainly there to get Fleck from point A to B.
The film gave me so much to reflect on and question.If seeds of trauma are planted within a person,if this person is pushed to the edge and commits violent acts should we have empathy for this person?
I also loved how the film provoked uncomfortable laughter from not only myself but the audience i watched it with.A shiver actually went down my spine in one of the films climatic moments !!
The violence is brutal but i didnt find it to be over the top.
People will definitely compare the performances of Heath Ledger and Phoenix,but they can definitely co exist because these are two different takes on the character and both actors gave it their all.
This is a haunting film about how a system can fail people,contemporary commentary,and one of the best stories about one of the greatest villains in comic books ,film,TV,and animation.
PROBLEMS: Some turns in the story were very predictable,set up in such a way that there was no where to go but through predictable doors.
The infusion of shades of movies like The King of Comedy and Taxi Driver were a bit to blatant.
Scale of 1-10 an 8½
SIDE NOTE: At the end of an article i read a writer said:Warner Brothers should release a statement saying The Joker isnt a role model.....Are you kidding me? .In his 80 year history when has The Joker ever been a role model? I need a film studio to tell me that?
The media will probably jump on an incident that happened at a theatre in which a drunk guy was cheering on in obnoxious way about the violence in the film but he was escorted out by security.
The 15 cops outside my theatre wasnt necessary.SMH !!
COLD PURSUIT
Kind of like Taken but with a HUGE sense of humor
PRAISE: Another movie i wish i had seen in theatres.What a fun movie with a plot that's supposed to be bleak as snowplow driver Nels Coxman (Liam Nesson) pursues the people that killed his son.
This very dark comedy made me laugh out loud so many times from it's footnote captions and brutal but darkly funny deaths.The banter between the characters about anything from eating healthy to being winded from fighting was so much fun to listen to .Oh and this film is absolutely beautiful to look at !!
PROBLEMS:So much greatness comes before the films climax that i was kind of dissapointed with it.It just felt so basic as if the writers gave up and ran out of interesting things to do.
Still a nice surprise !!
Scale of 1-10 an 8
