A few things you must know before watching The Joker!
By Candy
January 9th, 2020
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The 'Joker' R-rated film has received very high ratings at major film festivals, and even won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. As of now, the global box office has broken through 900 million US dollars, hitting the best performance of R-rated box office! So what can you expect from this movie? What should you expect? Let me tell you!
First of all, this is the first DC-produced movie. Although it is based on the most famous villain in the history of American comics, it will hardly be similar to any "superhero" movie you have seen, even if it is relative The more realistic "Batman: The Dark Knight" is the same.
When Warner just announced that he was filming The Joker, many people speculated that director Todd Phillips would adapt it based on the most famous clown story, Deadly Joke. But as the information became more and more transparent, the director stated that he "would not adapt it to any comics." He also said to the classic origin story of The Joker in "Fatal Joke" that "I don't believe that falling into the chemical will make Your skin is bleached, your hair turns green, and you become a lunatic again. "
From all indications, 'Joker' will not be like the traditional superhero movies that have occupied the big screen in recent years. It will not have eggs or comic tribute to please fans, and it is not part of the DC movie universe.
After DC's attempts to catch up with Marvel have failed several times, this time, The Joker will be completely out of any universe or worldview. The main character, Jacques Phoenix, even initially opposed the appearance of Batman's father, Thomas Wayne, in the film. When I was asked what I expected from my fans, I replied: "I don't care at all. I'm only interested in the concept that the director wants to convey and the role itself." What's more, Mark Malone, who played the talk show producer in this movie, said even more to superhero movies: "I don't like to be forced to watch this kind of movie. Those movies are for the old indoorsman. ".
What's the point? It's nice to say that they want to redefine the comic adaptation film, and the unpleasant thing is that the people who made this superhero movie don't really like superhero movies. Since the focus of this movie is not The Joker as we know it, what is the point of it?
The director said that the film was affected in many ways by his role in profiling the movie. "Taxi Driver", "Angry Bull", "King of Comedy", etc. The director of these films, Martin Scorsese, was also the producer of ‘Joker', but eventually withdrew due to scheduling issues . Indeed, it is clear from the trailer and various interview productions why the director cited these films.
"Taxi Driver" recounts the warmth and coldness of an aimless lonely man when he was driving a taxi. It should be said that there is almost only "cold". So slowly falling into extreme violence, trying to correct the story of this society.
And "King of Comedy" tells a nameless person who thinks comedy is outstanding, but suffers from no chance, and uses all means to try to get the attention of the famous talk show host.
The main storyline of the two films is actually the basic structure of "The Joker". The protagonist in "Taxi Driver" is the existence crisis of the living body, and the "junk scum" that hates New York completely without any purpose is utterly uncorrupted. I wonder if I am one of them. Everywhere trying to find a connection with people, but repeatedly frustrated by their extreme and distorted views. The reason why the protagonist of "The King of Comedy" wants to be famous is not for money, but for the hopelessness of identification that is hopeless.
The same is true for Arthur Flake, the protagonist of The Joker. It is not the twisted gangster of Jack Nicholson, it is not Heath Ledger who just wants to see the chaotic evil madman who burns the world, but has no way out at the bottom of society. Failed comedian eagerly seeking shelter, a lonely man.
When "The Joker" won the highest honor Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, you would never expect that the director's most famous work before this film was the "Hangover" series. Although this sounds like a dramatic style change, for me, Hangover is also related to The Joker. They all have a common feature is that the starring roles are caused by excessive suppression. In "Hangover", the protagonists perform various totally ridiculous acts after drunkenness, in fact, it symbolizes the self-nature of everyone who is usually depressed by themselves and society, and accumulates over a long period of time. break out. "The Joker" is about the consequences of being suppressed by excessive bullying. Now the phrase "We live in a society" has become a clown's mantra, but from all indications, social oppression is indeed the theme of this movie. People who have watched the movie also said that the movie "The Joker" is very seditious, saying that the movie will encourage those perverts who are "destroyed if you don't get it." The American people have also begun to use this movie, which may trigger shooting Come on kidding. Of course, it remains to be seen whether this film will actually "cause social unrest." But a controversial film is always more interesting than a completely non-adventurous film.
The point is, don't expect to see exciting action scenes and tight plots in this movie. This is a role-analysis movie, but the protagonist happens to be the most famous villain in history.
But such a classic character requires an actor who can be 100% engaged. Let me introduce the most noteworthy actor today-Jacques Phoenix. You may not know the name because he hasn't appeared in a commercial blockbuster for a long time, but you are very likely to have seen his movie. Remember the emperor in Gladiator? That's right, this is Jacques Phoenix. After playing this role, Jacque never played a commercial blockbuster, but no matter what role he played, every time he tried to get into the deepest essence of that role. No, it should be said that like his last name "Phoenix Phoenix", he was reborn every time with a role played by the Phoenix!
The director said that in the process of writing the script, the only candidate in his mind was Jacques Phoenix, and even posted his photos on the computer screen. It's not hard to see why, after all, Jacques Phoenix's attitude towards being an actor is absolutely beyond doubt. In 2010, he made a documentary film "I'm Still Here", recording that he gave up his career as an actor and became a hip-hop singer In the process, he made a famous history or infamous act during the propaganda. He was almost an antisocial on the interview show, as if he had completely collapsed. Even a senior host can hardly control this weird Jacques Phoenix. After the documentary was launched for some time, the people involved in the production finally said that it was actually a pseudo-documentary, and Jacques Phoenix's behavior was entirely based on performances. He is such an actor, no matter what kind of work he participates in, he is fully invested.
For me, the best description of his acting skills are two completely contradictory adjectives, delicate and violent. You can see the incredible emotional change he made with his entire face, like Jacques Phoenix's heart-shaped ups and downs in just a few minutes in "She", but also in an instant The outbreak was violent as if he was suffering.
For example, the frustration and grief shown in "Master" when questioned. Or recently I was extremely impressed with the killer who played in "You Have Never Been Here" because seeing his target was killed before he arrived, preventing him from venting his anger on these scum and sitting directly A picture of a crash on the ground.
Coincidentally, several of the characters just mentioned seem to be preparing for his outstanding performance in The Joker. The gloom of "Master" seems uncertain. No matter how hard you try, you cannot find your goal. Reddy, Theodore's lonely man Theodore, eagerly seeking connection, "You Have Never Been Here" is increasingly disappointed with this society, trying to "correct" all the killer Joe with her violent way. Everything seems to be in a line like the stars, pointing to "Jester", an eye-opening movie.
Who knows, maybe after this, we will be able to see more courageous comic adaptation movies!
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