The Joker movie - starring Joaquin Phoenix (MOD: May contain Spoilers)

fritzelly · 28-09-2018 11:37PM

Gbear wrote: »

The only thing I'd say about "overratedness" is that the Dark Night as a film is probably overrated as a film because of how good Ledger is in it. The bits without him are mostly so-so, and I don't think the ending, after Rachel's death, does it justice.

Exit stage left please, actually could you exit right

02-04-2019 11:39PM

Official poster...

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I like it.

There's also a teaser trailer due in the next 24 hours.

peteeeed · 03-04-2019 02:09PM

https://twitter.com/rottentomatoes/status/1113426656704614402?s=21

pixelburp · 03-04-2019 02:16PM

Wow, that looked exactly like I hoped it might; a gritty, 70s era thriller; Phillips had said he wanted to make a peak-Scorcese crime epic, and he may just have pulled it off. I'm impressed and this has suddenly shot up the queue of DC/Marvel material I'm looking out for.

And it looks like it might be pulling a reverse 'King of Comedy' with the inclusion of DeNiro...

Dades · 03-04-2019 02:21PM

Trailer doesn't disappoint. A good start.

peteeeed · 03-04-2019 02:24PM

We've been burned before but this does look good

Drumpot · 03-04-2019 02:25PM

Wow, that looks so good.

Completely different kind of comicbook movie, definitely for adults I presume as it doesn’t look lollipop marvel light.

pixelburp · 03-04-2019 02:35PM

Drumpot wrote: »

Wow, that looks so good.

Completely different kind of comicbook movie, definitely for adults I presume as it doesn’t look lollipop marvel light.

It also doesn't appear to look angsty-dark either, playing it straight and tragic as opposed to that superficial grimdark you got with Synder's DC films.

For those looking for a more HD version, it's on YouTube now too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t433PEQGErc

w/s/p/c/ · 03-04-2019 02:36PM

Looks great! Taxi Driver type vibe from it, looking forward to seeing it

Drumpot · 03-04-2019 02:46PM

pixelburp wrote: »

It also doesn't appear to look angsty-dark either, playing it straight and tragic as opposed to that superficial grimdark you got with Synder's DC films.

Snyder really is marmite to movie goers. I really enjoyed his DC movies (MOS & BvS) and movies in general.

brevity · 03-04-2019 02:47PM

It feels like it’s touching on every type of Joker we’ve seen.

Very cool.

El Duda · 03-04-2019 04:17PM

PressRun · 03-04-2019 04:25PM

When I heard Joaquin Phoenix was attached to this, I kind of felt there must be something about it. Doesn't seem like a role he would take on lightly. The trailer looks very intersting. Serious Taxi Driver vibes. Looks like more of a character study than anything else? I'm interested to see the finished product.

El Duda · 03-04-2019 04:49PM

From the mind that bought you...

ROAD TRIP

peteeeed · 03-04-2019 04:51PM

El Duda wrote: »

From the mind that bought you...

ROAD TRIP

Easy tiger 😱 some of his comedies are good

I'm telling myself Christopher Nolan is in the shadows somewhere

El Duda · 03-04-2019 05:01PM

I actually love Road Trip tbf

Hangover 1 was good

Hangover 2... hmmm

Hangover 3.. dear god no

Mrcaramelchoc · 03-04-2019 05:06PM

I wonder are they the steps where parts of the exorcist were shot?looks like it.
Trailer looks ok.

edit: nope shot in a completely different state.

expectationlost · 03-04-2019 05:12PM

pixelburp wrote: »

Wow, that looked exactly like I hoped it might; a gritty, 70s era thriller; Phillips had said he wanted to make a peak-Scorcese crime epic, and he may just have pulled it off. I'm impressed and this has suddenly shot up the queue of DC/Marvel material I'm looking out for.

And it looks like it might be pulling a reverse 'King of Comedy' with the inclusion of DeNiro...

could we not just watch a Scorcese film? I ask of Philips

peteeeed · 03-04-2019 05:15PM

Taxi driver is mentioned on the wiki page

Sonics2k · 03-04-2019 05:17PM

I am intrigued by this trailer.

I'd have to echo the idea it's got a more Taxi Driver vibe to it. I presume this will get progressively darker as the movie goes on to show how the madness develops.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 03-04-2019 05:23PM

Didn’t hear about this until yesterday. First opinion : it’s been done. Second option after trailer - wow.

Drumpot · 03-04-2019 05:26PM

El Duda wrote: »

From the mind that bought you...

ROAD TRIP

When I think of Todd Phillips and that movie I keep seeing him on the coach trying to suck your ones foot!

peteeeed wrote: »

Easy tiger 😱 some of his comedies are good

I'm telling myself Christopher Nolan is in the shadows somewhere

Funny thing is that Chris Nolan hadnt done much before Batman. I am hoping Phillips take is as equally surprising.

Watched Nolan's Batman trilogy a few months ago, I am not sure that level of quality will be surpassed for sometime.

pixelburp · 03-04-2019 05:40PM

expectationlost wrote: »

could we not just watch a Scorcese film? I ask of Philips

Nothing's stopping you? Plenty of movies - good, great and bad - take inspiration from other sources and it's laudable that at least some 'superhero' films are being allowed the leg room to explore different styles and approaches. Nothing wrong with that.

Dades · 03-04-2019 05:56PM

Didn't realise the director had such a eclectic back-catalogue.

I love the Hangover II. :P

No reason he can't change his leanings.

03-04-2019 06:09PM

El Duda wrote: »

From the mind that bought you...

ROAD TRIP

Yikes

Edit: Wait...I got confused with that Euro Trip bullshít. Road Trip...I actually loved that at the time. I haven't seen it in well over 10 years, but it was very popular and of its time, same as the early American Pie movies. While popularity isn't a measure of quality, I wouldn't consider Road Trip a stinker. There's hit and miss moments in that movie and it does what it says on the tin - It is actually a decent road trip comedy. /edit

He directed and co-wrote Old School, one of my favourite comedies.

It is very hard to gauge from Phillips' back-catalogue just how good or bad this movie could be. We could use examples from previous movies to opine that this will be great, and examples to opine that it could be poor.

It's more the involvement of Pheonix which had me optimistic at first, but since then the official promo media is adding to that optimism. This could turn out to be one of the better ones of Phillip's filmography.

Either way, this has my attention and my money next October. I didn't think I'd be saying that about a DC movie for a long time to come.

dublinman1990 · 03-04-2019 06:43PM

This first trailer for Joker is excellent. I would love to see more of this in the cinema as more trailers are released. Good move here DC.

Slydice · 03-04-2019 06:48PM

On second viewing, that music is just perfect in the trailer.

Slydice · 03-04-2019 06:49PM

Yes, yes on loop for a while I think

conorhal · 03-04-2019 06:52PM

Well my expectations have gone from zilch to quite high on the basis of that trailer alone.
It's like Scorsese meets Terry Gilliam.
I'm still baffled by DC's insistence on making villain's origin stories before their hero's and the generally disjointed state of the DCEU but this at least looks like a film with the potential to stand on it's own.

Uncharted · 03-04-2019 06:57PM

Genuinely excited for this. The trailer has done exactly what a trailer should do ....... tease.

Really high hopes for this.

The Joker movie - starring Joaquin Phoenix (MOD: May contain Spoilers)

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