This idea of the Joker as a mastermind has stayed consistent across every comic, cartoon and movie adaptation.
Two main hopes are to give us a Joker that finally lives up to the legendary performance of Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight.
His Joker is an exceedingly ordinary man, driven by his violent impulses and being swept up in the tide of events.
And that is why, from the perspective of a comic book fan, this movie ultimately disappointed me, despite Phoenix’s masterful performance.
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