Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Is Psychologically Damaged In Final Trailer
No joke.
Entertainment
August 29, 2019

Moving beyond the superhero realm.

Dropping last night, Todd Phillips’ new trailer for Joker further portrays Gotham’s criminal underlord as a loner who turns on the city that has rejected him. Here, we see Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, giving a performance that’s as dark as his Commodus character in Gladiator, if not more psychopathic.

The film carries an R rating and from what we’ve seen deviates from the traditional DC/Marvel superhero format. The viewer is made to feel a sense of compassion and pity for the downtrodden madman, blurring the lines between “right” and “wrong”. Who knows, this may be the Joker to rival Heath Ledger’s Oscar-winning 2008 performance in The Dark Knight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAGVQLHvwOY

The film will be hitting Australian cinemas October 3rd.

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