Heath Ledger or Joaquin Phoenix? The Dark Knight’s Joker or Arthur Fleck’s Joker? People flocked to theaters this October to see if Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker would measure up to Health Ledger’s Academy Award winning Joker. After seeing the new Joker movie, diehard fans took to Twitter with the hashtag #JokerMovie to voice their support or hatred for the film.
Those that loved the new Joker praised the film for its beauty and hailed Joaquin Pheonix’s performance a success.
I'm done to watched joker, And I can say it's beautiful story, Everyone should watch this movie#JokerMovie pic.twitter.com/fMtRrmSLhC
— Vear (@My_WinterBear) November 19, 2019
#JokerMovie Best film of 2019. Not a stupid superhero film AT ALL. Superb acting by @JoaqPhoenix, genuinely awesome movie!
— Jayne Hodge (@Jayne71) November 14, 2019
This is such a masterpiece of a film #JokerMovie pic.twitter.com/3M9NdyfiM4
— Reef (@Reef50602063) November 13, 2019
Joker movie is a masterpiece beyond epic, breathtakingly phenomenal, magnanimously amazing, most prestigious achievement, Joaquin Phoenix elevated the role to astronomical heights, OSCAR NOW #JokerMovie
— Phantom #BatmanDay (@fxhxxm) November 15, 2019
However, not everyone felt this way about the new Joker. In fact, many did not find it to be a praise worthy film at all. They found it to be lacking and self indulgent. It fell short of the mark for this side of the crowd.
when you are that far gone you have no idea, was it real? was it imagined? did it really happen but he just imagined it was him? meh.
It wasn't bad, but it is far from what I wanted from a Joker film. #Joker #JokerMovie— The Doctor (@Th3_D0c70R) November 12, 2019
65% of Joker was self indulgent, misguided, bad storytelling, and 30% was great, and 5% was fantastic.
And Heath Ledger is still easily the best joker.
That’s my opinion on the new #JokerMovie— milo (@milosokhowru) October 7, 2019
Fan or not of the new Joker movie, Joaquin Phoenix’s performance will be added to the star studded list of actors who have portrayed the murderous clown. Batman and the city of Gotham will always have the Joker as their main villain.
I was dying to see the movie and never got a chance, so I am hoping that I will like it as much as the first few people you displayed did. I am nervous though because I’ve heard mixed reviews and I think Heath Ledger’s performance was one of the best of all time. I’m wondering if the people who weren’t fond of Joaquin Phonenix’s performance would have felt differently with a different actor. I still hope to see the movie soon!
Haven’t seen the film myself yet, but you seemed to do a great job capturing the differing opinions surrounding what ended up being a relatively controversial movie in the media. Given how many actors have portrayed such a famous character over the years, this was always going to produce split opinions.