Joker (2019)

[Silver Nemesis]

Watching the trailer again, I noticed the Joker is smoking a cigarette when he appears on the talk show.

He's still smoking the cigarette at the moment he steps through the curtain.

He was also carrying a cigarette when he stepped through the curtain onto Endocrine's show in The Dark Knight Returns and continued smoking it throughout the interview.

Now I'm starting to suspect that this will be the film's finale. Just as The King of Comedy ends with Pupkin appearing on Langford's show and performing his stand-up routine, so this might end with the Joker appearing on Murray Franklin's show and delivering his own performance that culminates in an act of murder.

[The Dark Knight]

Could very well be the ending, or near the end at least. I'm hoping the host isn't just whacked, but the entire audience as well. But I may be hoping for too much. I think it'd be a statement by Fleckjoker that he is the biggest star in Gotham, especially when it concerns comedy. And those who laughed at the host's jokes had poor taste. No different to Nicholson Joker's hostile takeover of Grissom's gang, or Ledger taking down the mob.

^ That picture is almost perfect. Almost. It's just missing one thing...

I know, it's a shame Romero is not featured on that collage because he's the most entertaining of the lot.

[The Joker]

Here's a fun Friends video featuring our live action Jokers.

[Max Eckhardt]

The trailer blew me away. I haven't been this excited for a movie since Batman Begins. I had a good feeling about it when I heard the Phoenix was involved but a little worried about the choice of director. This trailer has me really excited for what's to come. The tone is perfect. It's everything I could have hoped for.

Now I'm worried because the film can't possibly be as good as the trailer, can it?

[Silver Nemesis]

I think it'd be a statement by Fleckjoker that he is the biggest star in Gotham, especially when it concerns comedy. And those who laughed at the host's jokes had poor taste. No different to Nicholson Joker's hostile takeover of Grissom's gang, or Ledger taking down the mob.

Another example would be Ledger's Joker killing the Batman imposter and sending the snuff tape to the press to be televised. I can see Fleck taking advantage of his moment in the sun to make a similar statement.

Here's a fun Friends video featuring our live action Jokers.

My favourite episode was 'The One Where They Poison the Reservoir'. That contains the classic scene where Monica introduces the Jokers to her new boyfriend--

--only for Jack's Joker to recognise him as the kid whose parents he murdered decades earlier. Pure comedy gold.

I haven't been this excited for a movie since Batman Begins.

Both films denote the start of a new era for big screen Batman adaptations. Let's hope this one turns out as well as the Nolan era did.

[thecolorsblend]

The trailer blew me away. I haven't been this excited for a movie since Batman Begins. I had a good feeling about it when I heard the Phoenix was involved but a little worried about the choice of director. This trailer has me really excited for what's to come. The tone is perfect. It's everything I could have hoped for.

Now I'm worried because the film can't possibly be as good as the trailer, can it?

I wasn't chomping at the bit for Batman Begins. I saw it on opening day out of tradition but it wasn't a big deal for me at the time.

In other words, I'm far more excited about Joker than I have been about any new Batman-related movie in quite some time. There's pretty much nothing about Joker that doesn't push my fan buttons right now.

[Travesty]

I think The Joker is going to kill young Bruce at the end of the movie.

[Max Eckhardt]

The trailer blew me away. I haven't been this excited for a movie since Batman Begins. I had a good feeling about it when I heard the Phoenix was involved but a little worried about the choice of director. This trailer has me really excited for what's to come. The tone is perfect. It's everything I could have hoped for.

Now I'm worried because the film can't possibly be as good as the trailer, can it?

I wasn't chomping at the bit for Batman Begins. I saw it on opening day out of tradition but it wasn't a big deal for me at the time.

In other words, I'm far more excited about Joker than I have been about any new Batman-related movie in quite some time. There's pretty much nothing about Joker that doesn't push my fan buttons right now.

I'm pretty jaded and burnt out on comic book movies and it frustrates me that in this modern era nothing has really excited me, particularly with regards to Superman, Batman and Spiderman.
This Joker trailer has me feeling excited to visit the cinema again. It speaks to the fan I am today rather than the fan I was when i was 15 as other comic book movies being produced do.

[The Dark Knight]

I think The Joker is going to kill young Bruce at the end of the movie.

Interesting theory. Keeping Thomas Wayne alive to become an alternate universe Batman.

A B66 Batmobile was spotted on set...

[thecolorsblend]

I'm pretty jaded and burnt out on comic book movies and it frustrates me that in this modern era nothing has really excited me, particularly with regards to Superman, Batman and Spiderman.

You're going to fit in just fine around here, bro.

This Joker trailer has me feeling excited to visit the cinema again. It speaks to the fan I am today rather than the fan I was when i was 15 as other comic book movies being produced do.

I'm starting to think that 99% of my investment in this movie comes down to Joaquin Phoenix. I want to see what he does with the character. I don't think it's an exaggeration to suggest that my enthusiasm for this film would be at least 50% lower if anybody else was headlining the movie.

Separately, this movie could be a proof of concept that low budget, character-driven features about DC properties will attract viewers who are interested in something a little different. Obviously Joker doesn't have hundreds of millions of dollars it can use on CGI to distract audiences from a weak story or bad acting.

In a way, Phillips and Phoenix are both performing without a net in this film. If the story sucks or if the characters aren't convincing, there's no hiding that.

For that reason alone, people should give this movie a lot of respect.