But, without the Joker name, what is it? - MM But since it was released under the guise of a comic book movie, just the name Joker alone made it one of the most successful films of this genre of all time. The weird thing about this movie is that, written as some sort of dark character-driven drama, no one would have seen it. But either his director or the source material keeps dragging him back into the DC comic universe that this inevitably inhabits. He seems to want to be playing an original character, getting into the psyche of a disturbed man that society cast out. What’s weird is this is a comic book movie shooting for realism, yet at times Phoenix is one, then the other, and then neither. Yet, at times it’s easy to get distracted by Phoenix simply trying to out-Phoenix himself. Phoenix brings this character to some of its darkest places since Heath Ledger.
His weird emaciated body, his lanky dancing, his laugh-it all makes for a compelling performance to watch on screen. Let’s, just for a second, divorce the dead-eyed, feckless message of Jokerfrom the performance of its lead actor Joaquin Phoenix.
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