Now that the fear-mongering is behind us and Joker reigned supreme at the box office with the biggest October opening in history, we can discuss the finer aspects of the film like civilized folk. And considering how director Todd Phillips injected much ambiguity into the thing, we’re all like Arthur Fleck in the sense that we’re left wondering what’s real and what isn’t.
Even though the movie was largely an original exploration of the Clown Prince of Crime’s beginnings, one could certainly say that it adhered to the “multiple choice” aspect often applied to his comic book origins. In other words, there really isn’t one true origin for the character – even if Batman: The Killing Joke is the one readers reference most. After all, the Ace of Knaves sometimes remembers things one way, other times another.
Before I get into specifics pertaining to the flick itself,...
Even though the movie was largely an original exploration of the Clown Prince of Crime’s beginnings, one could certainly say that it adhered to the “multiple choice” aspect often applied to his comic book origins. In other words, there really isn’t one true origin for the character – even if Batman: The Killing Joke is the one readers reference most. After all, the Ace of Knaves sometimes remembers things one way, other times another.
Before I get into specifics pertaining to the flick itself,...
- 10/7/2019
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
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