Arthur Fleck's biggest nemesis: automatic sliding doors.

"In a world of oversaturated 'funny' comic book movies, the only serious one is about a clown."

*clowns start rioting* the wayne's: C I N E M A T I M E

Small details I love about this movie: - Arthur slowly gains more weight after his mother's in the hospital. - Arthur wasn't exaggerating when he said people just yell and scream at each other because throughout the film with scenes in his apartment complex, you can hear muffled screams and yelling through the walls. - You can spot Penny's letters to Thomas Wayne throughout the film like when Arthur was writing his material on the dining table. - Penny didn't care about Arthur's 'date' and just asked him to send her letter before going to bed. Hinting at her narcissistic disorder. - The purple lights were prominent backstage at Murray's show when Arthur was about to make his appearance. - Penny's hair color changed from dark brown to ginger when Arthur found out he was adopted. - That lady on the bus didn't give Arthur his card back. Even though she was supposed to as written on the card. - Hoyt, Arthur's boss, is unironically the only person in the film who verbally mentioned he knew Arthur wanted to be a comedian. Arthur's social worker and mother didn't know even though he told them so. - You can actually see Arthur get apprehended by police in the shot where they showed multiple news channels. At the last moment beside the first screen we saw, Arthur finishes his line and gives a laugh before some men tackled him off the screen. - There were eight shots fired in the subway before it clicked empty, so realism? - In Arthur's journal entry about hoping his death would make more 'cents' than his life, Arthur describes him coming across a dead body of a homeless man with paramedics around as people walked past and over, and he writes about how baffled he was to see it before wondering if that was how the homeless man wanted to die. So the line "If it was me dead on the sidewalk, you'd walk right over me" has more weight than just hyperbole. - Arthur's last meeting with his social worker had him say he heard a song on the radio recently about a man singing how his name was the same as Arthur's clown name. In the scene before this at his workplace, that song played on the radio and throughout the scene as Arthur made his grand exit from his workplace. - In the end when he was on top of the car, the street they were on was the same street Arthur was chasing the kids. They ended where they began. I spent ludicrous amounts of money to see this film on theatres and just noticed these things. I am now broke. It's still a fantastic film.

I really liked how instead of Batman creating Joker, Joker created Batman.

I think the point of showing the Wayne’s getting shot was to show that the Joker and Batman were born on the same day.

The more "Joker" Arthur got, the lesser he laughed unintentionally... just one of my observations.

Had a weird feeling about the girlfriend. Ain’t no man about to become the joker if he’s really clapping those cheeks.

The same way Arthur imagined him being in a relationship with his neighbor reminds me of how his mom imagined herself being with Thomas Wayne

The scene with the guy who can’t reach the lock was the blackest comedy I’ve ever seen and I loved it.

The day "Joker" is born is also the same day "Batman" is born ... I thought this was intertwined really well

I was like "come on , at least Arthur has a girlfriend" Plot twist happens "...nevermind..."

if Joaquin doesn't win an oscar, all I will have are negative thoughts

My favourite haunting scene is on the train when he first starts laughing and you can see the fear and anxiety in his eyes when he catches the 3 guys attention but he cant stop laughing. Hes shaking his head, laughing uncontrollably but at the same he looks terrified. He looks like he wants to cry because of the situation his illness is getting him into. Its acting at its peak.

“If it was me who was dead, you would’ve walked right over me” Dam, sad but true. Acting at its peak

"no one cared who i was until i put on the mask" ^This line makes the most sense in Joker

Blogers having not seen the movie: "JoKer CausEs ViolaNce" me after seeing the movie: "we need to treat each other better"

"I'm waiting for a punchline" "There is no punchline"

I'd feel it dismissive if we didn't recognize the greatness of the score/music of this movie. Hilder Guonadottir. That deep, rumbling cello brings the movie such a dark vibration that simply latches on to Aurthur Fleck and exacerbates his illness, his isolation and ultimately his transformation. It resonates throughout the entire movie. Everything about this movie is brilliant.

The script and the acting deserves an Oscar. This movie goes deep to show eyes the world through the eyes of a criminally insane.

Marvel: “Endgame made billions.” DC: “It’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message.”

“Arthur Fleck died with his mom” is both the most beautiful and most disturbing sentence ever, and yet it’s so true. Love this statement lmao

The part where he's in the cop car made me smile because I felt like it was a nod at Heath ledgers similar scene

Arthur: Wanna hear another joke Murray Murray: Sure gimme your best shot

I feel the “joke” at the end was the fact that his acts left Bruce orphaned after Thomas Wayne had previously taunted him about his adoption..

Every scene he runs.. well, he runs like a person with clown shoes. Even when he's not wearing clown shoes. I loved that detail.

I think the fact he didn’t kill the midget shows us he didn’t kill his fake girlfriend. She was nice to him too.

gotham: filled with rioters and protesters who hate thomas wayne Thomas Wayne: it's a perfect time to take my family to the movies

"I never heard him cry, he was always such a happy little boy" I get it now.

"When you hand me my Oscar, can you introduce me as JOKER?"

If you didn't feel any sort of tension throughout the whole movie, something's wrong with you.

The reason I love this movie is because of: - It provides an incredibly unique backstory for the joker, nothing like Arthur Fleck was ever done before(at least that I know of). - It makes you sympathize with the Joker, which to some people is bad, but any bad guy characters that I can relate to are automatically complex,which is an immediate sign of a good written character. - It tackles a LOT of issues, like social divide and mental health, which makes it a discussion, and its made all the better by the fact that we see the movie from Arthur's perspective,and how, and I quote," Nobody thinks what it's like to be the other guy." The movie is both biased AND unbiased at the exact same time. - It has the media in an uproar. Why, you might ask? Because the movie makes the media see just how bad they are. It makes certain rich people see that they look down on the poor, it makes talk certain show hosts see how they make fun of people at their expense, and these are just two examples. I will make no attempt to say I am unbiased, hell, I am RIDICULESLY biased toward hating certain,and this is just my opinion, STUPID figures In the media. The media hates this movie because they want to live in a lie where they are the good guy, And let me make myself clear, that thinking you are the good guy is just dumb. None of us are the good guy, and none of us are the bad guy, And this movie is Awesome. I'm sorry that the last point turned into a rant but I just had to. Thank you for reading, And PLEASE, give me a counterargument, i want a conversation, alright? Alright. I really hope that this isn't lost in the comment section.

The imagery of him using his blood to make the smile on his face while he stands on the hood of the crashed cop car in front of rioters taking his side while the city is burning was absolute pure supervillain imagery. And I loved it.

The talk show scene was just a masterclass in tension building.

Watching Arthur break down on the neighbor’s couch after his “Bad day” was heartbreaking. But finding out he was a stranger to her shattered me. Joker’s script is incredible, so many great twists!

If this movie had come out in the 80's I would so take up smoking.

I loved the Wayne killing. It was the First Time that the murder wasnt just some random killing. It actually made cents

The scene in the children’s hospital when the gun falls out his pocket was wild

3 months later im still waiting for all those mass shootings caused by Joker.

"Jared Leto couldn't carry a tune to save his career.

*Gotham literally in flames and drowned in crime* The Waynes: Aight imma head out

I actually liked that they connected the Waynes' deaths with the civil unrest. It concretely connects the city to Batman. He isn't a sad kid looking for something to do because his parents died, he wants to restore the city that stole them from him.

The blood smile was just pure art

I don't want this film to be franchised. It's just a great 'one and done.'

When joker killed the guy in his house and told the little guy he could leave then jumps and scares him as he walks past. 😂😂😂😂😂. so joker.

My biggest shock moment is when you realize he didn’t have a “girlfriend” and it was all in his mind. That’s when you know he was freaking crazy

"Cutting people down is just a sign of a weak mind." Indeed.

I seen someone say that this movie "Needed a hero" i was like smh 🤦

The nerd in me wants this to have a sequel and tie in somehow. The artist in me doesn't.

“My mom died, I’m celebrating “ Genius

"super rats" Gotham is just a cesspool for making supervillains

This movie is a masterpiece in every sense and detail

The moment when the midget was terrified after Arthur stabbed the fat guy to death and as the midget tried walking out and Arthur scares him by screaming at him was the best moment to show what the joker is all about.

I loved the way the he ran, it was like he always had clown shoes on.....

The biggest irony here is that all this rage really is misplaced. This movie has some very liberal messages and tones. Mental health awareness, diversity, anti-bullying, and anti-rich sentiments. The outrage machine really missed the mark and overfocused on the "angry white man" aspect and ignored everything else. As someone who leans left, I actually agreed with the overall sentiments of the film (although I wouldn't do violence in the name of it) so I just don't see the issue. It's really sad to see these progressive extremists be completely unable to empathize with someone with mental illness just because they're a white male. We are meant to empathize with the Joker, not condone his actions. We're meant to understand why he did these things, not agree with them. That's what makes it so compelling.

We got 3 Classics in the future in 2019: The Lighthouse Parasite Joker 2019 was a damn good year for films.

The “I forgot to punch out” scene was one of my faves

"ARTHUR FLECK DIED WITH HIS MOM " well said.

Peter goes bad. Arthur goes bad. Dance off bro.

I think the Wayne’s death scene was to ground this movie back into the comic book genre. It was so dark and so real, I think it needed that to remind you it is an act of comic book fiction.

The “I forgot to punch out” scene is gonna become a gif. Mark my words

“When you hand me my Oscar, could you introduce me as Joker?”

“I bet you were happy when he killed those guys” Me: *sweating* ummm I don’t know what you talking about *laughs secretly*

Another thing about joker is the cruel irony. He latched the lock for the little guy specifically because he knew it would be funny that he couldn't reach the latch, its psychotic and that's why it's so good

"You never listen to me." "Bad news, our funding was cut." Seems appropriate

I also liked the moment when Arthur tells the little man he won't kill him because he was always nice to him. Shows that there ist still a little bit humanity left in arthur at this point.

When they tied Bruce into it, I got absolute chills. Seeing the Joker stalk this quiet kid standing alone, who we know will one day become the legendary Dark Knight, his nemesis, is just so amazing.

“Have you ever danced with the devil under the pale moonlight??”

“Hey Arthur, could you get the door?”

“Who would do something that cold- blooded? Someone who hides behind a mask” Oh Mr Wayne you have no idea what’s coming.

One of the best 'Joker moments', was the "I need to punch out" bit...phrase was something like that was funny and very Joker

Who else wants a scarecrow movie, like a joker 2019 esc. character study of Jonathan crane would be so disturbing. Starting out with the trauma of his grand mother putting crow attractor on him and locking him in an abandoned church as the crows pecked. But when he was a teen standing up for himself, by rubbing on a bully's eyes making the crows blind him (this all happened) and terrifying his grandmother and finally getting an apartment of his own. Becoming fascinating by fear, starving himself, going into psychology saying secret things to patients to trigger there deep down fears. You could have him try frequencies to give fear. Eventually becoming a professor, and during the job he develops the fear toxin, and the fear injector needle glove thing, and injecting himself making him immune to fear itself. Eventually something happens that makes him inject someone with it, regretting it at first, but realizing after how good it felt, to make an impact like that to someone else, to be someone. To turn his torment on them. He gets fired as a professor for firing a gun in glass as a demonstration on what makes fear. Than gets framed for bad stuff the rest of the staff did (he never got framed for the staff in comics, I just think it might work), and before almost being taken to black gate for the false accusations. He snaps, he finishes the injector, makes the suit. And when police bust down his door he appears from the corner behind it, and injects them, and goes on a rampage releasing true terror on the few unlucky streets, turning into the scarecrow.

Thank god he didn’t kill the little person. When he kissed his forehead it was so sweet. “You’re the only one who was nice to me” :,)

It's so ironic that the movie literally depicts what it would take to drive someone to commit a mass shooting and the media completely ignored that and say the movie is going to cause violence. The system itself is broken and that it was will cause violence, this movie showed that perfectly and now they dont want you to see it.

I watched the movie today ..i know alil late.. and i literally held my breath when the little guy was leaving and a big sigh of relief when he actually did ..what a movie

I really hope that the Pattinson Batman takes place in this darker, more mature universe.

I laughed when, he “punched” out on his last day of work. Good joke.

Joker is the most effective anti-bullying ad

I loved how he at first is trudging up the stairs at first. Symbolizing the little sanity he has left in him. He later is dancing down the stairs when he lost all sanity and snapped.

The walking Phoenix that sounds like a series that goes on 5 seasons too long bruh I’m dead 😂😂 the accuracy

He fought his laugh in the beginning of the movie. He embraced it in the end.

I remember watching the movie and thinking “why would she just show up at his door and flirt? She doesn’t even know him or have any reason to want to know him.” The twist was a great moment

I don’t think Arthur killed Sophie his “girlfriend” because she didn’t do anything to him like he killed Murray because he made fun of him and things but that’s just a theory a GaMe tHeOrY

I also thought for a hot minute that Bruce was his half brother LOL

The scene at apartment when she ask "Your name is Arthur right?" give me freakin' chills.

“Joker movie will inspire mass shooting” Let’s be honest here, what doesn’t inspire a mass shooting in America 🤷🏽‍♂️

I love how there were some amazingly done call outs to Heath Ledger's Dark Knight, some were subtle to the point where I only realised hours later, some that I recognised at the time. He didn't directly incite the riots, he even says on the show that he isn't political... but then ends up being exactly that, inciting mayhem in gotham. Does he look like a guy with a plan? [proceeds to corrupt and break harvey dent, the symbol of order]. And the way the scene when he's being taken in by the police was shot felt like that scene where the joker is hanging out of the police car in The Dark Knight after breaking out of prison.

I think the exact moment when he decides to not kill himself is actually from him reading his note that wrote "Make you death more meaningful than your life". He probably has a sudden thought that his planned death was actually meaningless.

Once he’s off his meds, he starts having the hallucinations of the relationship and the Joker persona starts to come to life.

"I hope my death makes more cents than my life."

Imagine if they made a dark and gritty movie in this same storyline with Batman.

One of my favorite scenes was the scene of him dancing with the cops staring at him from the top of the stairs Gave me chills for some reason 🤷🏻‍♀️

"I've got nothing left to lose. nothing can hurt me anymore." edit: and then you realized, he never had anything in the first place...

I loved this movie completely. The most underrated scene in my opinion, and the one that got under my skin the most, was when Arthur's boss said "If you don't return the sign, I'm taking it out of your paycheck" and Arthur had that glare/smile.That is the most sinister glare I've ever seen.

I didn’t notice this until someone told me, when Bruce Wayne is coming down off the playground to see Arthur at the gates he slides down a pole (callback to 60s Batman)

Hildur the one who wrote and composed the score to this piece of art, deserves sooo much more credit. She literally wrote and composed that whole score for the movie based solely on the script based on how she felt according to each scene, then Joaquin Pheonix played out those scenes with an earpiece. Truly brilliant. Seriously it is absolutely genius.shes a composing genius like my gosh. I had no idea she composed the score for Chernobyl too! This woman is a modern day Beethoven! Bach!

When I saw Martha wearing the pearls my first thought was "oh she's so gonna die right now"

Most underrated line in the movie: "You're a good dancer. You know who's not? Him! *BANG!*"

Honestly, this was the best movie I've seen in years. The things I appreciated most of all were the small details. Things like the twitching leg to reflect his anxiety (something I have been called out on doing myself a lot which just makes things worse anyway lol) and the effort Joaquin Phoenix must've put into the character and researching his afflictions. I was worried when it was suggested that Joker and Batman were siblings but I was relieved when we found out they weren't. I also liked the dude in Arkham Asylum trying to stop him seeing his mum's file, but with a level of sympathy and empathy.

11 Oscar noms !!!