Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix

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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    I've just got back from seeing it, I thought it was excellent.  Joaquin Phoenix was incredible, definitely made the role his own - which is saying something given all the iconic incarnations he's up against.
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,731
    mcgruff10 said:
    I haven’t seen this movie yet but for some reason I get a “clockwork orange” type of feel. Am I wrong?
    I haven't seen Clockwork for years but maybe slightly?  The violence isn't celebrated though....it's a painful story
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  • The Juggler
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    I never imagined a better Joker performance than Heath’s.....but god damn, this one was unfucking believable. I loved every second of this movie. 
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    edited October 2019
    CROJAM95 said:
    Poncier said:
    CROJAM95 said:
    not for kids

    So my wife should win the debate over whether or not to take my kid (15) to his first R rated movie?
    It’s not an easy watch, to see the worst aspects of society in your face for 2 hours... it’s unnerving , I guess you need to know what your getting into. It’s def like no other comic movie, if the guy didn’t have face paint, and the mention of Thomas Wayne throughout you wouldn’t feel like your watching a comic book film.

    Taxi Driver &  King of Comedy is really what your watching... so if you think your kid can handle that, kids are all different. I do see why there is concern over the movie in this crazy world we live in.
    Definite Taxi Driver vibe. I was actually thinking of a young Deniro in the Joker role actually
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  • Leathe?ma?
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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 11,189
    edited October 2019
    Leathe?ma? said:


    Whole theater prolonged laughter, what a scene
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,031
    Leathe?ma? said:


    Peanut butter & jelly a close second.

    That scene was something.

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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,234
    CROJAM95 said:
    Poncier said:
    CROJAM95 said:
    not for kids

    So my wife should win the debate over whether or not to take my kid (15) to his first R rated movie?
    It’s not an easy watch, to see the worst aspects of society in your face for 2 hours... it’s unnerving , I guess you need to know what your getting into. It’s def like no other comic movie, if the guy didn’t have face paint, and the mention of Thomas Wayne throughout you wouldn’t feel like your watching a comic book film.

    Taxi Driver &  King of Comedy is really what your watching... so if you think your kid can handle that, kids are all different. I do see why there is concern over the movie in this crazy world we live in.
    Just saw it last night and your take on it is pretty spot on. Upon leaving the theater, my wife asked what I thought about it. Replied something to the effect of it was dark and disturbing, but that's exactly what the director was going for. When I asked her the same question, she said "Yeah, I agree. I feel like I need to go hug a puppy now." Lol
  • MissPennyLane
    MissPennyLane Redondo Beach, CA Posts: 687
    The music in the movie was fucking awesome!
  • The Juggler
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    MissPennyLane said:
    The music in the movie was fucking awesome!
    I think the Gary Glitter scene was my favorite part 
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    The Juggler said:
    MissPennyLane said:
    The music in the movie was fucking awesome!
    I think the Gary Glitter scene was my favorite part 
    Great scene, not sure how I feel about them using Gary Glitter's music though....
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,629
    facepollution said:
    The Juggler said:
    MissPennyLane said:
    The music in the movie was fucking awesome!
    I think the Gary Glitter scene was my favorite part 
    Great scene, not sure how I feel about them using Gary Glitter's music though....
    didn't he want money from them for using the song or something, but they denied him any royalties?
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    eeriepadave said:
    facepollution said:
    The Juggler said:
    MissPennyLane said:
    The music in the movie was fucking awesome!
    I think the Gary Glitter scene was my favorite part 
    Great scene, not sure how I feel about them using Gary Glitter's music though....
    didn't he want money from them for using the song or something, but they denied him any royalties?
    From what I understand, he doesn't own the rights to his music anymore.  I'm just questioning morally whether it is right to use it, like is there a line someone would have to cross before it would be deemed inappropriate?  And if there is a line, surely pedophilia would be it?  I'm not super offended, just not sure a film about someone who was abused as a child should be using that music, maybe that was the point?  
  • The Juggler
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    Isn't is really the same thing as using a Michael Jackson song though? 
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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 11,189
    The Juggler said:
    Isn't is really the same thing as using a Michael Jackson song though? 
    Michael never convicted

    even though paying $20M sure sounds guilty to me
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    The Juggler said:
    Isn't is really the same thing as using a Michael Jackson song though? 
    Yeah, not sure what you mean by 'though'?!
  • The Juggler
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    CROJAM95 said:
    The Juggler said:
    Isn't is really the same thing as using a Michael Jackson song though? 
    Michael never convicted

    even though paying $20M sure sounds guilty to me
    MJ gets a pass because he had the money to buy himself out of stuff most people would be in jail for for a long ass time. 
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  • Ledbetterman10
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    Finally saw this yesterday. Really good. Pretty sad though. From a mental health perspective, there's thousands of Arthurs out there. 
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  • The Juggler
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    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Finally saw this yesterday. Really good. Pretty sad though. From a mental health perspective, there's thousands of Arthurs out there. 
    BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE JOKER
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  • RunIntoTheRain
    RunIntoTheRain Texas Posts: 1,033
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Finally saw this yesterday. Really good. Pretty sad though. From a mental health perspective, there's thousands of Arthurs out there. 
    Truth. It's pretty fricking scary.

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