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[TamerVirus]

So was Joker good or not? It looks good.

Too busy dodging gunfire from the incels rising up to tell

[Il Palazzo]

'I am Mother' is a really nice SF film.
Lovely techporn and very good acting. The themes and twists are not particularly earth-shattering. A seasoned SF veteran should be able to identify them in advance - but it does not insult your intelligence and is a generally satisfying experience that stays with you after the credits roll.

[Jopax]

So far two random people have vouched for Joker being a damn good film, tho I'm not too well versed in their movie tastes so I can't judge from that alone. Still, not sure if I wanna go see it even if it is good. Kinda burnt out on the general superhero genre, doubly so when it comes to DC with the smorgasbord of reboots and generally shit movies they've had over the past decade or so :V

[Il Palazzo]

From the trailers it kinda looks more like a typical Joaquin Phoenix film rather a typical DC film, though. More 'You Were Never Really Here' than 'Batman vs Superman vs Predator vs the Committee'.

[Ulfarr]

I just saw The Joker and I really liked it for what it’s worth. The atmosphere, sound and Phoenix’s performance are excellent and will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time.

With that being said, it’s more like a chronicle of a man’s descent to madness and definitely not a superhero movie so don’t go in expecting crazy action scenes and a “save/destroy the world” plot.

Since I am not a comic book fan I can’t comment on how closely it follows Joker’s lore. I could argue though that even in a different setting ( “real” world for example) the movie would work. It would work really well.

[Yoink]

Sounds neat, superhero shite is hella overplayed. Both in movies and in comics.
Unless you're Robert Kirkman, I guess.   

[itisnotlogical]

I'm glad to see a comics movie that isn't a gigantic Hollywood save-the-world CGI spectacle filled with haha funny le relatable epic one liners. I liked the Avengers films, I saw quite a few at their premieres, but I am sick to death of how huge they are and the flood of memes and marketing and new merch and general internet detritus that came with every new one. Joker is what DC should have done instead of trying to beat Marvel at their own game.

But there's Birds of Prey still to come, which I suspect will continue the Diet Avengers style of movies.

[Yoink]

Are you looking forward to The Last Days of American Crime?
The comic book felt like a goddamn movie already, I am interested to see if they manage to translate that to the screen. Oh, and the setting should be almost as much of a feast for the eyes as it was in Tocchini's art, too.    

[itisnotlogical]

I hadn't heard of it, but now I am!

[TamerVirus]

So I actually can say that I saw Da Jokah, baybee and there was a lot to unpack. It’s a very dark and oppressing movie that has a lot to say about the state of mental health in our society. Yes, we do live in a society. Phoenix carries the movie entirely. It’s a very polarizing movie. Oh yeah, counted two police officers on guard.

[Cthulhu]

Scorcese was right.

I might watch it, do it at the local theater at like 3 in the afternoon to minimize the odds of getting jokered.   Superhero movies are trash.  Entertaining trash, I haven't hated any of the marvel movies, at their worst they're fine but I'm fucking sick of them at this point, and I'm praying this is the start of the fabled Superhero Fatigue.  I can't see how you can go from Endgame one year to a Lady Thor Origin Story the very next year, that's what we call "slamming on the brakes." 

Like I said, I generally thought all the ones I saw were fine, but I don't like what they've done to cinema in general.  IT 2 is a good example.  Every big movie has to be a three hour long epic CGI clusterfuck, it's no longer acceptable for a blockbuster to be 90-120 minutes long and ride on a simple, effective premise.  I can't lay it all on marvel, Transformers did its damage too, but I crave simplicity right now. 

The moves I'm most excited for right now are Color Out of Space (Suppose this one falls into CGI Clusterfuck territory but it's not 3 hours long and being a kaleidoscopic visual nightmare is the entire point) and Uncut Gems, purely to see Adam Sandler actually giving a shit. Oh, and Gretel and Hansel.  There's still good movies out there, and I'm sure they make money, but the big "popcorn" movies are all fucking nightmares.

[Jopax]

Ok, saw Joker, was a damn damn good movie.

As TV said, a very opressive movie (the score is a big part of that imo), the atmosphere is thick and suffocating which I think is kind of the point and it really works well in putting you in the headspace (to the extent that it's possible) of Arthur as he's pretty much on the edge for most of the movie.

That said, the whole story surrounding the movie in social media and some of the reactions really reminds me of Fight Club with certain people taking the completely wrong message out of it and using the movie as some sort of rallying piece when it really isn't. It's a fairly simple story of a man with mental issues living on the edge and finally being pushed over it, of course we're going to have total fuckwits using that certain quote in the completely wrong way.

Also expect every other asshole to be Joker this Halloween.

[Cthulhu]

I also saw Joker.  I liked it.  The depiction of Gotham is nightmarish, even the clean rich areas have a starkness to them that I like.  The furor around it is also completely off-base, Joker's not really an incel, right wing, or even left wing.  He's apolitical, he's a seriously unstable dude who over the course of the movie loses the things keeping him anchored to reality one by one. 

The treatment of him kind of reminds me of Native Son, not the subject matter but the way Joker is basically unsympathetic (his big speech at the end, rather than being some revolutionary rallying cry, it's a cringe-inducing rant) but you understand how he's been brought to this place by circumstances completely out of his control.

[TamerVirus]

The depiction of Gotham is nightmarish, even the clean rich areas have a starkness to them that I like.

My dad said it was pretty much a pastiche of New York from the late 60s-80s.
Gotham is covered in trash = the sanitation strike of 1968
Joker shooting the dudes in the subway and becoming an icon = The Bernie Goetz 1984 subway shooting
Murr-ray on the TV = Johnny Carson

[Ulfarr]

Reading the last few pages of the WTF thread reminded me of this little....eh gem might be a bit of a stretch but it's decent.

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale.

Watch as a bunch of reindeer herders try to make ends meet while getting chased around by an evil santa that wants to eat them and their children. Fun for the whole family!!(not)