1) I just left #joker. Still processing. Not what I expected or frankly what I think it has been sold as. Listening to people speak about it, I feared a gratuitous blood bath. Not AT ALL. It is a tragedy and very sad. A cry for help that WILL connect with those ...
2) who are sick AND those who are not. It is a brilliant commentary on what we are going through as a species. I want to see it again, just to see the correlation that I may have missed. I fear that those who are mentally ill may identify with #JokerFilm ‘s ... cont
3) main character and dream that they may be at ‘hero’ as well if they would ‘act.’ But let me say this now - any violence would not be the films fault. Nor would it be ‘the guns fault’. ThIs film, if we are lucky, may actually help us talk about the real issue in ou society...
4) mental illness. Profound loneliness. Anger. Not just a lack of kindness but the absence of empathy, basic decency, blame, and the lost art or even effort of listening to those around us. People have become invisible. If conversation begins this is an ....
5) important film. If not #JokerFilm will still remain a great movie. I cannot give it enough stars and an Oscar is too small for #JoaquinPhoenix. His ability to capture the madness and frankly the profound sadness will go down as one of the best performances ever on film...
6) #JoaquinPheonix is NO #HeathLedger . His joker was iconic and the best version of this villain. But Joaquin Phoenix’s #joker is a totally different take and I believe JP takes this villain to places I have never seen. Heath deserved the Oscar, AND SO DOES JOAQUIN. Brilliant.
