h_solangel

I don't mean to hate on this movie so much so I'll make a compliment sandwich. I think this movie has some seriously well made action scenes and visually stimulating cinematography. The drama in this felt so cheesy like drenched a fondue pot.

Ultimately it's a spy movie, and they really spent a bunch of money in the right place on this movie, except maybe find someone else to do a score, because my god, can someone arrest the man who scored this movie. I swear every action scene was scored with something that managed to make no sense with what was happening at all. The only scene where the music felt ok was when it was diegetic.

It was hard to pay attention to much else once you notice how off the music is compared to what's happening on screen. The romance was cute and I appreciate that it was an older, matching aged couple. But it wasn't a strong story line. The few moments that sparkled didn't stand out against the rest of the bland film.

Overall an okay watch with some fun action scenes and poor music.

Joker is a spectacular and standout film that needed no follow up. This movies main failure is is inability to separate itself from the first. This movie is beautiful, well written, and tragic; rather than the making of the joker, this is his undoing. If you watch this and said nothing new was taught to you about Arthur Fleck, you have poor media literacy.

Music mostly focusing on the grit of the leads voices contrasted against the sheer power of their fantasized counterparts. It sounds stunning and allows Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix's excellent camera presence to shine. This music, along with the various styles the cinematography takes on, tells a story of unstable illness between two people deluded in fantasy. It's new and fresh and very Joker.