Review Joker (2019)
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“Joker” Director Says Film Isn’t What You Think
Ahead of the trailer launch online in a bit over twelve hours, Warner Bros. Pictures used its CinemaCon presentation to show off the first footage from director Todd Phillips’ “Joker” movie which screened to a very good response.
Phillips was also on hand to say that while there has been a lot of talk about what the film is, most of it hasn’t been very accurate and that’s expected: “when you set out to make an origin story about a beloved character that basically has no definitive origin.”
Phillips says the film is still taking shape and so when the marketing department at Warners asked him to describe the movie the other day he said: “I can’t”. Asked for a genre, he dubbed it a “tragedy”.
From those who’ve seen the footage, comparisons have been made to Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” Lynne Ramsey’s “You Were Never Really Here” and Nicole Kassell’s “The Woodsman” with a small scale, strong cinematography from Laurence Sher, and another potential excellent performance by Joaquin Phoenix.
“Joker” opens nationwide on October 4th. The trailer will reportedly go online between 12pm-1pm US-EST tomorrow (Wednesday, April 3rd).
Ahead of the trailer launch online in a bit over twelve hours, Warner Bros. Pictures used its CinemaCon presentation to show off the first footage from director Todd Phillips’ “Joker” movie which screened to a very good response.
Phillips was also on hand to say that while there has been a lot of talk about what the film is, most of it hasn’t been very accurate and that’s expected: “when you set out to make an origin story about a beloved character that basically has no definitive origin.”
Phillips says the film is still taking shape and so when the marketing department at Warners asked him to describe the movie the other day he said: “I can’t”. Asked for a genre, he dubbed it a “tragedy”.
From those who’ve seen the footage, comparisons have been made to Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” Lynne Ramsey’s “You Were Never Really Here” and Nicole Kassell’s “The Woodsman” with a small scale, strong cinematography from Laurence Sher, and another potential excellent performance by Joaquin Phoenix.
“Joker” opens nationwide on October 4th. The trailer will reportedly go online between 12pm-1pm US-EST tomorrow (Wednesday, April 3rd).
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JOKER - Teaser Trailer - In Theaters October 4
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De Niro On “Joker” & “King of Comedy” Link
The arrival yesterday of the first trailer for Todd Phillips’ “Joker” film has caused much chatter and discussion in its wake, along with countless comparisons to some of Scorsese’s early masterpieces – most notably his pitch-black satire “The King of Comedy”.
https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-king-of-comedy-1982.6211/
Robert De Niro starred in ‘King’ as Rupert Pupkin, a mentally-deranged wannabe comedian who grew up poor and neglected, was bullied in his youth, and whom becomes obsessed with famed comedian and talk show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) – going so far as to kidnap him and leveraging that into a stand-up routine opening Langford’s show.
“Joker” features some callbacks from Joaquin Phoenix wearing the same jacket De Niro’s Pupkin character wears, to the trailer showing De Niro himself playing a TV host named Murray Franklin who introduces Joker on stage. Talking with Indiewire in the wake of that trailer release, De Niro spoke about the connection:
“There’s a connection, obviously, with the whole thing. But it’s not as a direct connection as the character I’m playing being Rupert many years later as a host… But by making this type of film, it is connected in a way, as you’ll see.”
De Niro reportedly added that he would have been interested in making a direct “The King of Comedy” connection had Todd Phillips and the producers made the suggestion to him on the set. “Joker” is coming to cinemas on October 4th.
The arrival yesterday of the first trailer for Todd Phillips’ “Joker” film has caused much chatter and discussion in its wake, along with countless comparisons to some of Scorsese’s early masterpieces – most notably his pitch-black satire “The King of Comedy”.
https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-king-of-comedy-1982.6211/
Robert De Niro starred in ‘King’ as Rupert Pupkin, a mentally-deranged wannabe comedian who grew up poor and neglected, was bullied in his youth, and whom becomes obsessed with famed comedian and talk show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) – going so far as to kidnap him and leveraging that into a stand-up routine opening Langford’s show.
“Joker” features some callbacks from Joaquin Phoenix wearing the same jacket De Niro’s Pupkin character wears, to the trailer showing De Niro himself playing a TV host named Murray Franklin who introduces Joker on stage. Talking with Indiewire in the wake of that trailer release, De Niro spoke about the connection:
“There’s a connection, obviously, with the whole thing. But it’s not as a direct connection as the character I’m playing being Rupert many years later as a host… But by making this type of film, it is connected in a way, as you’ll see.”
De Niro reportedly added that he would have been interested in making a direct “The King of Comedy” connection had Todd Phillips and the producers made the suggestion to him on the set. “Joker” is coming to cinemas on October 4th.
Doctor Omega
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Full Trailer......
Doctor Omega
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I'm looking forward to this one too.
ant-mac
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It does look better and better to me.
Perhaps because they seem to have avoided - or lessened the impact of - most of the normal clichés and cookie cutter crap of many modern CGI-laden superhero extravaganzas...
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“Joker” Scores 8-Minute Standing Ovation
http://www.darkhorizons.com/joker-scores-8-minute-standing-ovation/
http://www.darkhorizons.com/joker-scores-8-minute-standing-ovation/
chainsaw_metal1
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My wife is even interested in seeing this, and asked me the other day if I had seen the new trailer. I finally watched it, and still can't find any excitement in me for this film. Maybe if it weren't titled Joker I might have some interest in it, I don't know. But it just isn't triggering my Chainsaw sense.
The Seeker
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I wasn't particularly interested in seeing this movie, but a friend of mine invited me to meet him there, and I thought, if he's inviting me to see it, knowing my tastes, it must not be the typical comic book film. So I read up on it a little, went to go see it with him, aaaaand ...
This is not the Joker I'm familiar with – the sesquipedalian with impeccable taste. This guy was average intelligence, pretty unhinged, and yeah he was pushed really far. He was indubitably more sympathetic than (most of) his victims. I have to say, and the film is trying to make a statement about austerity and the wealth gap and all that stuff, but I don't think Todd Phillips is perceptive enough to make a coherent movie about that. Fleck's explanation of why he hates humanity towards the end of the film is kind of incoherent (I think) but then again, that's the way a brain damaged individual probably thinks.
I wouldn't be interested in seeing this Joker in a sequel, but the movie on its own, in an alternate universe, was compelling enough.
This is not the Joker I'm familiar with – the sesquipedalian with impeccable taste. This guy was average intelligence, pretty unhinged, and yeah he was pushed really far. He was indubitably more sympathetic than (most of) his victims. I have to say, and the film is trying to make a statement about austerity and the wealth gap and all that stuff, but I don't think Todd Phillips is perceptive enough to make a coherent movie about that. Fleck's explanation of why he hates humanity towards the end of the film is kind of incoherent (I think) but then again, that's the way a brain damaged individual probably thinks.
As to his relationship with Sophie – I thought, this is a very unusual woman, not to be totally creeped out by this guy. If I found a vaguely creepy, socially awkward guy I barely know following me around I would be totally freaked out, and I wouldn't be sitting there laughing at his cringeworthy performance at a club. Makes sense the whole relationship was make-believe. Also, I didn't catch this, but I read afterward that there are hints he actually killed her and her daughter – the two murders in the film that are totally unwarranted.
I wouldn't be interested in seeing this Joker in a sequel, but the movie on its own, in an alternate universe, was compelling enough.