I am going to go on a bit of a rambling rant here, and there is probably going to be spoilers and bad language sprinkled about so you are warned.
When I first heard that movie was being made I knew that this was the kind of bullshit I was going to see and I had made a decision that I was going to refuse to watch it out of general principle just like I do any movie with Adam Sandler or Will Ferrel. I wish I had stuck to my guns on that, but curiosity and all the praise and awards it received got the better of me.
I have never liked comics that feature a villain without a hero, and I certainly hate movies that take comic book concepts like this one and bastardizes things from the comics to where they are only a pale comparison of the source material.
Not since the movie Event Horizon have I been so angry that a movie existed after watching it. A movie so disturbing that it makes me question the sanity of everyone involved in making it. Why the fuck would anyone want to make a movie like this?
I am angry that I watched it. So angry and disturbed by it that it took me a while to get to sleep after I watched it. So angry and disturbed by it that I woke up several times in the middle of the night (to go pee actually, because I am old) remembering how disturbing it was.
I am angry that I was so disturbed by the events of the film that I couldn’t enjoy Joaquin Phoenix’s acting. The man is a brilliant actor, but the movie got in the way of it
I am angry about the 8 shots from the 6 shot gun. Angry that I was glad that those shots were used to kill those assholes on the subway.
I am angry about the scenes with the “Bruce Wayne” character and the implied violence on an innocent woman and her child.
I am angry that the trope that it might just all be in Arthur Fleck’s head and none of it happened at all. I read that online somewhere trying to figure out if I was right about the 8 shot gun, and I might not have thought that otherwise.
I am angry that this movie is so celebrated by some and was nominated for so many awards, and won the ones that it did. I have always thought that movies are the highest form of art and this movie is a stain on the art form.
Of course, this is just my opinion. Ever since I worked in movie theaters in college I have always thought movie critics didn’t know what the fuck they were talking about. they have their opinions and I have mine.
With this in mind this movie has taken the place of Event Horizon of my most hated movie. The only positive thing to come out of watching this is that I was so disturbed and angry from the experience is I am finally breaking a long dry spell of not being able to write because I felt compelled to get my feelings about this horrible film out of my system. So there’s that