Is it worth seeing?

I’ve had it on my DVR for a week and doubt I’ll ever watch it. Recorded it because it was popular, but I don’t care about The Joker at all. Like Baby Driver and Black Panther, I’ll likely delete this from my DVR without watching. Life is too short. I’d rather watch something from Full Moon Productions, at a fraction of the budget and a multiple of the fun.

i hope you are joking, dude

it's fucking phenomenal

Ignore some of the rabid fans, they probably never even heard of The King of Comedy let alone watched it. It really comes down to whether you want to watch a character study of someone slipping into madness. While they call it The Joker to me that is a bit misleading in that this isn't really Batman's Joker at least not in terms of sticking with anything close to the original Batman story. So if you had any thoughts of watching it because you like Batman, then I would say don't. If you want to see decent acting on the part of Phoenix, he delivers.. DeNiro doesn't and is kind of weak in his performance, which is funny when you think about The King of Comedy.

Now you mention you use your movie time to watch with the wife and kids... well this isn't a kid movie... at least not unless they are older teens. I saw it in a theater, and in hindsight would have been just as satisified if I had waited until it came to Netflix. It wasn't the must see movie many made it out to be. In that respect I think a lot of people were just following the crowd and claiming it was the greatest movie they had seen because they thought that was how they were supposed to react.

You have seen The King of Comedy and this is as you pointed out a twist on that, so if I were having to limit my movie viewing to 2 movies a month I think I could probably find 2 other movies that would be a better use of my limited movie time. At some point when you have more time you'll probably see it, but I don't think when that happens you'll think damn I wish I hadn't waited so long.

Yes, its worth seeing for Joaquin's performance alone. Even more so if you're remotely interested in the character of the Joker. Personally I'm generally not a fan of comic book movies either.

And yes, it's a bit derivative but at least its inspirations are from great films and not the dreck that Hollywood churns out every other week. IMO its worth your time. You could certainly do a lot worse.

Yea, it's definitely worth seeing at least once.

Why can't a "family man" make up his own mind? You want to get a little more assertive before your "kids" realise their "dad" can't think for himself.

It’s an interesting film and worth a watch I would say. I enjoyed it and JP is brilliant but it is no where near as good as the hype! It does borrow heavily from king of comedy and taxi driver, it can be a little forced in places and drags slightly but worth a watch. I am a fan of batman and the joker characters but yeah you could almost tag any popular villain on it (within reason it wouldn’t work with Vader haha)

It's an ok movie... nothing special compared to the enourmous hype...

It's an average, small, movie... not that entertaining, not that compelling... it's not bad, per se... i think you'll come away feeling "Is that it?"...

Joaquine Pheonix is good in it, but there is more to a movie than good acting...