The "Joker" Movie and Why I Found It Awful.
I'm going to start this off by congratulating Joaquin Phoenix on his Oscar win last night. Although what I'm about to type is a negative opinion on the movie, he still deserved his win and I think he is a wonderful actor for what he could accomplish within the movie. Please keep in mind everything that I write is subjective and if you enjoyed the movie then that is all that matters. I do have a few points to touch on as I go, so I will be numbering them as I go down to keep things organized. This will contain spoilers so please refrain from reading if you don't want it spoiled. 1. In the movie, you see poor Arthur Fleck, he's a disadvantaged man with several mental health problems living in what one can assume is a poverty-stricken Gotham city. As the movie progresses you see people in poverty as "clowns" or even violent people. As someone that lives in a poverty-stricken city and is even in poverty themselves, I find the representation of people to be awfu...