Finished watching Joker on Netflix yesterday afternoon. Found much to admire about the film. The acting was uniformly excellent. Joaquin Phoenix was sensationally good as Arthur in the titular role and De Niro fascinating in what could easily have been a throwaway performance as the oily talk-show host. The script was intelligent, dealing with its dark themes with a genuine respect, and the movie was beautifully shot with a kind of low budget aesthetic that was very appealing. So why didn't I enjoy it at all? ( - which accounts for the fact that it took me over two weeks to bring myself to watch the whole.) Perhaps I wasn't intended to?
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