from the theater. Hard to go into it without spoiling.
Not what I was expecting -- but there's both good and bad with that. And the influences mentioned are there but they get cooked into something different.
You get shot?
shareone bodybuilder-ish security dude made a pass through the aisles before it started. that was all.
shareHow many screens at that theater, and are security dudes normal on weekends?
share12 screens, 2 were showing Joker. I've never noticed a security person -- but I haven't been to that complex in a long time. Based on what he was wearing, it seemed like a different level of security -- like an outside hire.
shareWhat do you mean by "the influences mentioned are there but they get cooked into something different?"
shareI saw it this afternoon in London.
My usual cinemas had raised the prices, as they would for a really big blockbuster release, but the cinema was pretty empty which surprised me.
It actually was kind of what I was expecting from.the trailers, and I had avoided spoilers, but I don't think it quite hit the mark for me overall.
Joaquin (and De Niro) gave a great performance, but apart.from.a few strong scenes it just felt a bit disappointing, as though I have seen that kind of story a number of times before, and they just attached it to the Jokers character.
Definitely a must watch, as it's a movie to have an opinion on, which is quite rare these days,, and I can see folk getting quite diverse reactions to it, but for me it just didn't quite do what it felt like it was trying to achieve.
7/10
Like I mentioned above, I don't like giving a final rating after one viewing -- but I don't disagree about the ambition not being fully realized. But what I didn't expect is hard to articulate without spoilers.
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