Joker- First Time Watching! Movie Reaction and Review!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2019
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Jokers blood smile is one of my favourite cinematic moments ever. Man the chills
Big fax. I was literally giddy with excitement when I saw it. Iconic.
DBZ _Nation97 lol this has aged well
The single greatest thing I've ever seen.
@Johann Sebastian because using someone else's blood is such a joker thing to do
Definitely
Creepy stranger put his fingers in your mouth.
Bruce: “😐”
Parents get murdered in front of you.
Also Bruce: “😐”
Which clearly shows that it was done intentionally. Now. Why it was done intentionally?-that's the question.
Dan B 🤣🤣
@@theman3923 Seems like he's a little bit Dexter, or a little bit Michael Myers.
Thanos snaps his fingers and Bruce is about to get fade away
Bruce: 😐😶🥱
@@theman3923 Because HE'S BATMAN
This dude really waited 3 months to watch this movie. Respect 🙏 As soon as Joker came out I ran to the movie theater. 😂
Same
Dude is reviewing the one version with Korean subtitles cos it offers the Blu-ray quality
Same, I had watched it on the 6th
Hi Electra!! 💀
@@MarinaAndTheDevil oop- hey queen!
So happy to see you react to this movie. One of the best depictions of the Joker I've ever seen. You feel sorry for him but, at the same time, you are afraid of him. There's a dangerous undercurrent to his demeanor like he's a time bomb waiting to explode. And he did. More than once. Each time scarier than the last.
This Man is very intelligent !
100th Like!
I’m surprised my comment got so many likes.
@aljanat5 ... Damn.
@aljanat5 You talk too much, you're a con. You try to baffle people with bullshit. Shoo, you're not impressive
Joker is a great and complicated film
In my opinion it's really not that complicated
@aljanat5 you wrote nothing. You;'re a con-artist looking for attention. Go away, you're not impressive
@aljanat5 Lmao your response to being called out as a con and liar is to keep on with the con. You're a special kind of dirty
@aljanat5 Lmao, this is hilarious to read
@aljanat5 So you wrote all the good ones. You're now one of my favorite people
I’ve never heard someone say “Politics is my jam”
idontknowman I mean, there’s people that collect toenails so...he’s in the clear for sure 😂
Politics is my jam
SaveTheWest 412 same
I wanted to give Arthur a hug.
Bless you; the world needs more people like you. 🙏🏾❤️
A masterpiece of storytelling and filmmaking.
Agreed
Noatak you must be a hardcore Marvel fan
@@Eli-dx5zr heheheh, good one! Because I loved the movie.
@@noatak9243 it was boring for people with poor taste. it was definitely a better movie than endgame.
Please , it was a taxi Driver ripoff.
Honestly the fact that he put himself into the hospital before and the doctors let him go 😬
When he told Murray "I wanted to get it right" was the moment he decided to kill Murray rather than himself. Murray stole his final act from him, one he rehearsed over and over.
I thought it was the moment right before he came on stage when he was smoking and Murray was reviewing his clip and saying he has issues. He looked pissed but ya know you could be right.
@@magnusmagnusson8302 It was a play on words. He wrote "I hope my death makes more CENTS than my life.". As in money cents.
I like this theory
Excellent review Eric.
I was disturbed for several days after seeing Joker. This film affected me as no other has in quite a long time.
It's a good thing that you don't open up to the real world. The world is such an uglier place however people don't want to see it, they only wanna live in their little world filled with rainbows and unicorns.
Keith, the same with me!
@@timboslice1566 Well, maybe that place is safer for them mentally.
@@andytrevino4077 or they really dont wanna look at the reality . This is people like them the problem bc when they face people like Arthur, they wont even look at them and dont ask yourself why they get worse.
Timbo Slice I do see the ugliness in the world. However I also get to experience the beauty of our world.
Arthur Fleck, among far too many others in real life, had no such balance in his life.
Brilliant film, brilliant Joker, brilliant Joaquin. I forced back the tears in the scene where he talks about the child being tied to a radiator and beaten. Very true to life.
I tried to. I failed. One of three times, maybe four, where the movie just overpowered me.
Dead Inside his laughing just indicates sobbing and it makes me cry when he can’t even express that. :/ that’s why it makes me tear up at least
DAMN FINE FLICK. PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE. GOOD EVENING SIR ERIC
Took me 9 hours today to finish this... Hope you enjoy it!
@@ericreacts2 dang that is quite awhile! Nice work sir. Hope you enjoyed the rest of your day
Eric Reacts What do you mean 9 hours? 9 hours to make AND edit it?
@@Eli-dx5zr 9 hours to record and edit, yeah lol
oh and to write a general outline of what I was going to say in the commentary
@@ericreacts2 DAMN SON. DEDICATED. I LIKE IT.
"If I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice." --Joker 'Killing Joke'
Joaquin Phoenix gives one of the best performances I’ve ever seen captured on film. With faith, hope and a little bit of luck, he’ll finally win an Oscar-on February 9!! In my opinion, Phoenix is the finest actor working today. I WILL watch the Oscars, just to see him FINALLY win!
I like a lot your review(great reaction) and I agree with everything you said. My sister has a mental illness and we have taken care of her all her life so we are used to it and know how to interact with her. But just as Joker said, society expects people with mental illnesses to act as if the don't have it.
I love the score in this film it sets the mood so well.
Same. The only way I can describe the score, especially the cello, is haunting. Especially the bathroom dance scene.
Yeah the composer definitely snapped on this
I love this movie so much
😍😍😍🃏🃏🃏
Saw it twice in theaters. The Joker is my favorite character in all of media and joaquin phoenix did a phenomenal job
This is already one of my favorite movies of all time,
It mesmerized me! I went back and watched it 27 times in the theater. Something about this film resonates and pulls you in leaving you thinking about it days later. I've NEVER viewed a movie this many times and I profess myself to be a true movie buff! Honestly IMO this is a movie we have all been waiting for, perhaps even needed. Phenomenal in every aspect. # Joker2019
@@MusicBear5150 I couldn't agree more
It deserves all the praise it gets
It's a masterpiece I could watch over and over
Love it so much 🃏🃏🃏
YUPP IKRRRR same
Same
Yaa he really tore up the rest of the cast.
I have crippling anxiety and depression, and this movie was difficult for me to watch. Regardless of all that, I enjoyed this film immensely.
Take care man! God bless! ✌️💙
Salud
Eric, it's okay to be on the killers side, don't listen to the media, people won't become evil just because of a movie.
I think a fair amount of people still sympathized with him even after his third wall street kill. You definitely won’t get backlash for it. Only movie reaction I’ve honestly been interested in. Might have to join that Patreon 😤
The Joker is a character you're supposed to relate to...sometimes. While you certainly shouldn't idolize him, or relate to his crimes, Joker is right about a lot of things in reality. The Mental Health quote, The One Bad Day quote, all of it. It's true, but the way he's reacting to it is wrong.
D.C. would be dead if not for joker. He is the best villain from anything
This was supposed to be thanos’s year but joker pulled up and said sike
Dc would not be dead sir.
Millliee well dc was pretty dead before this movie came out NGL. No one really cared about justice leauge or aqua man, but joker , EVERYONE LOVES. Even marvel fans
Mannan iqbal Aquaman made a billion sir ?
@@horrifomills3897 Aquaman was overated, so was wonderwoman to an extent. Shazam was decent, though. The oly DC movie I could put to par with the majority of the marvel movies. Joker I don't really compare to the marvel movies because it's so different but it's damn good anyways. But yeah the DC movie universe is horrible and should be rebooted altogether if not discontinued.
well, the reason he killed his mother wasn't because he was adopted, and not even about lying about Thomas Wayne. it was because of the abuse he endured by her boyfriend leading to his mental disabilities, mainly his laughing disorder (Pseudobulbar Affect). As read here, "Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a condition that's characterized by episodes of sudden uncontrollable and inappropriate laughing or crying. Pseudobulbar affect typically occurs in people with certain neurological conditions or injuries, which might affect the way the brain controls emotion." this could've also caused his illusions/ schizophrenia.
I think the most important scene, is when he was writing a joke. He started writing it with his write hand, and ended with his left. That symbolizes the death of Arthur Fleck and the birth of joker
Antsant 216 ...how
Lmao O after this scene Arthur became Moore dangerous and violent. It was after this scene where Arthur began to “werewolf” on a daily basis.
Antsant 216 hm I never noticed that or thought of it like that. Guess it’s hard to know what him really “breaking” is
Interesting though! I’ll have to look for that when I rewatch
It's an indication or symptom or whatever of a psychotic break. The right hemisphere of the brain basically takes the wheel. This can cause a right-handed person to switch to being left-hand dominant and black out. The person could brutally murder someone with their left hand and have no memory of doing it. Ever.
I very nearly did. Twice. Became left-hand dominant both times. No memory of what happened during the blackouts at all.
I'd say that scene was both literal AND symbolic. Arthur wrote the joke's setup. Joker took over and provided the punchline. That scene is a microcosm of the movie as a whole.
Heath ledger cut a smile on his face. Phoenix draws a smile with blood. Cool
Once we realize his "girlfriend" is a hallucination it brings up the question of what else were we exposed to as an audience that was a hallucination. Clearly, feeling good about his failed stand-up routine (with imaginary girlfriend present and laughing) was based on a hallucination. Did Thomas Wayne really say, “Those of us who have made something of our lives will look at those that haven’t as nothing but clowns." on TV or did Arthur just hallucinate that? Did those guys on the subway really beat him up or did he just hallucinate that? Were the masses of people just protesting the garbage strike or were they really wearing those clown masks in support of the vigilante killer? Etc, etc. You get where I'm going with this. How can we be sure what was real and what wasn't....how far down the rabbit hole does the movie go?
I'm a year late but the biggest wtf would be if the whole movie was a hallucination. He probably got his psychological treatment here in the last scene and the whole movie was inside his head... the lengths a man can go if he wish to. Also there's some significance of "11 o clock" on the wall behind him, some decoding TH-camrs mentioned there's a clock at the beginning of the film that says 11 and so does the last clock... maybe it was all a hallucination but the pain is real
Smart commentary. We need to support social services especially mental health. Thank you.
A great film is one you can't stop thinking about after watching. I cant stop thinking about this film.
The “I forgot to punch out” and breaking the thing off the wall was totally improvised
Yes it actually was
On the “politics” of it, people see what they want to see in the movie. Left. Right.
Or revolution and anarchy- “Everything Must Go”.
Ehh... i lean right and didnt really see left or right either way.
@@xJayhawkFANx eh, alot of it was pretty anti-capitalist. But i don't think it was a political piece.
@Language and Programming Channel In the end, everyone was a villain. Rich & poor alike. There were no good guys. No heroes. Only chaos.
@@deadinside7262 The name Dead inside is appropriate for your comment. But I really hope you find some hope and good in this world that you need. I want to be the first to say, we're not all evil. Most of us, maybe. But not all
I appreciate how your editing highlights motifs in the film. Like him kicking the garbage bags cutting to him using his foot to hold the elevator door. Not something I noticed the first time watching and it makes it feel less abrupt.
Thank you so much for doing this!! I loved this movie so fucking much, I was in complete awe!
And you’re so right, it’s such a heart breaking film, just like you said, all he wanted to do was bring happiness to the world. But society failed him. It’s why I’ve always loved and empathized with the Joker ❤️
The fact that this movie leaves you questioning what's real and what was in Arthur's head shows just how great it was
It's also called going postal. How much can you take?! You're abused your whole life, you're bound to explode or implode by suicide. Also make note that he said he felt better off his meds which is the case for most. Plus taking multiple drugs, even doctors don't know the long term effects of a single antipsychotic.
Arthur did get taken away when penny was sent to arkham, he probably forgot/blocked it out of his mind because it was traumatic
Charzy I think he forgot most of his childhood. Because of all the abuse he suffered, I think he had a fugue state, where the mind basically snaps and it makes you forget as much as possible by either rewriting the memories or just make the whole experience fuzzy to remember because it feels like it can’t bare to go on
@@SpiderBatFan Thats is where I was getting
Good observations; I especially liked how you noted the intention of the pearls ripped off, so true!
This is a really wholesome video even with the dark subject matter and how dark the film was, great analysis
This movie is a masterpiece, I love it so much!
We live in a failed system but most of us don't give up hope. But some do and when they do a tragedy happens.
If you look at it from the perspective of a Supervillain known for messing with peoples heads fabricating the whole thing, you realize how brilliant this film really was.
Great review. Loved all the points you made and showed me a different perspective on the movie. Thanks mate!
i do get what arthur went through, i have aspergers and i do behave outside status quo and seen cases and met other autistic people that have similar behavior as arthur, arthur hated his laughter when it was a curse of his supressed nature and now he loves it for being himself
i do keep my values bacause i have people that do care about my condition and alot of my life i was labeled a weirdo but in time i stopped caring about their opinion
is sad to say that maybe claudia from TDP is going the same road as arthur
TDP?
@@diegotobaski9801 dragon prince
That's really interesting insight. Thank you for sharing!
mann you looked genuinely sad for arthur . I feel ya
One of the great things about this movie is that it doesn’t see Joker as a crazy villain but as a mentally disabled victim who has been abandoned by society, I feel like this movie is actually incredibly important for our modern day society
You can say all you want. But this movie is one of the best movies of this entire millenia.
Yep
Yep!✌️✌️
Just got recommended your channel, loved your reaction and thoughts! Nice work and keep it up!
There are several hidden gems in this movie. WARNING: THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS COMMENT! The scene at the beginning where Arthur is putting on his makeup, you can see two overhead lights that look like batman in the mirror. I don't think Thomas Wayne is Arthur's father but when you see the file opened by the worker behind the cage, you see the paper on the left looks different like it was recently added. Also you see Penny's handwriting from the letter's to Thomas Wayne and when Arthur is looking at an old photo he turns it over and it says I'll always love you..TW. You can notice the handwriting is different than the ones from the letters that Penny wrote which could indicate that Thomas Wayne was the father. Lastly I liked how they did a countdown throughout the movie to Arthur's descent into the Joker. In the beginning when Arthur is seeing his therapist, the clock on the wall is set to @. When the guys on the subway start harassing Arthur, you see a TEN behind them. After Arthur shoots the two men and is running after the third guy, you see the number NINE on the pillars. When Arthur goes to Sophie's apartment and kisses her, you see her apartment number is EIGHT B. When Arthur steals the files on his mother from the guy at Arkham hospital, he runs down stairwell SEVEN. When the cops are chasing Arthur onto the train, you see the number 6 on the pillar. When the cops are getting beat/murdered, Arthur holds up the number FIVE. When Arthur is talking to Murray and his stage director, you see the number FOUR in the background. When Arthur is giving his confession, you see he is being filmed on camera THREE. When Arthur grabs the camera and is cut off, you see a news channel named TWO GCN. And when Arthur stands on the police car and smears his blood on his face into a smile, you see a theatre playing a movie called, "ACE in the hole." These are just some of the things I've caught watching this film in the theatre. To say this movie was good is an understatement...it's a masterpiece.
This movie is so well thought out that messes with your head towards the end you think certain things are real and then certain things are not it's so well done I saw it on the big screen at the theater I can't wait to pre-order my copy on 4K discs
love this movie. so stoked to see it again.
Your after-session comments were o point! Thank you for sharing this reaction.
28:28
Phoenix is par excellence he is moving art
Your brows deserve separate Oscar nominee :]
Laughing is your brains way of coping when you can’t handle anymore. It releases the pressure when you are feeling way to much, when you are completely overwhelmed.
No it isn't. It is caused by a brain injury and is called pseudobulbar affect.
I need more of this joker !
Joker's laugh is supposed to be sad everything, but I can't stop laughing along 😂😂
He was originally planning on killing himself on the Murray Franklin show but instead he killed Murray.
Eric looks like he really empathizes for Arthur.
(Edit) I don’t mean that in a bad way. Because I also too empathized with Arthur before his descent.
That's the difference for me. I look at the intent and cause and effect, which is how I felt about Walter White in Breaking Bad. You understand his reasoning even if you don't agree, you get it.
One of the best reactions I’ve seen to this film.
This movie is amazing!!!
It's fitting that Robert De Niro is in this since its the mutant offspring of two of his own movies, "Taxi Driver" and "king of comedy".
Superb analysis.
Please keep bringing movie reactions!
Maybe masterpieces like Interstellar, Fight Club, V for Vendetta, Donnie Darko, Memento etc..
I enjoy these reactions
Great Review!!! Absolute Masterpiece of a film. It’s been months since I saw it at the theatres which I watched it 4 times. And i caught things I missed the next time I saw it. The best was seeing it on IMAX, it was a vision to behold and hear.
Great review Eric
Love this film. Nice and thoughtful reaction.
i just was confused at the end of how he escaped the room and killed the lady? didn't it have any security locks or any of the sort? and how could he kill the lady so easily? it's kinda hard to believe what's real or not.
VIP gamer coulda strangled her with the handcuffs then stomped her head in, hence the blood on his feet. Don’t know lol
Great reaction/review dude 👊
There are numerous theories about what else besides his relationship with Zazie Beats might be completely in Arthur's imagination. Apparently if you go back and pay attention there are several scenes where the clocks are set to the same time and/or then jump hours ahead in the same scene.
IIRC one of the big ones is when he's dancing down the stairs - he is just dancing on one step that entire sequence and when the cops shout he comes back to reality and is shown back up the steps near where the scene began. I think the final scene with the psychiatrist is another scene that's in his head given the lack of security or guards on a known to be highly dangerous patient.
I still think Ledger's Joker is the GOAT but this was a stellar performance by Phoenix.
The clock thingy was debunked by Tod Phillips himself.
Such an epic movie. Great review.
Dude... this was the right move to post a reaction of this movie and link the full reaction on patreon.
I completely agree with your thoughts on Joker.
Great reaction. Subscribed on this one.
Since joker starts singing along in the final scene does that mean the music is in his head?
good point
Love your reaction.
Might be overthinking this but I just noticed while watching the ending again that Arthur is singing the song in the movie. I think the director left this detail in there to make the audience infer that all more events in the movie are in Arthur's head than what you might think.
Great reaction and review
Batman is the villain, capitalism and the staus quo is what he protetcts, while the heros try to destroy the unnatural establishment. The rich are guilty but so are the people that accept the bribes and protect their corruption.
Batman is not the villain, he doesn't even care about his wealth. Joker and batman are each side of the same coin. The villain is the corruption of gotham.
@@bijimon7850 The batman is a symbol of fear.. doesn't sound very heroic.
Tohunga Uwishin
A symbol of fear against those who exploit the system and its weaknesses (the mob, crooked officials before Gordon reformed Gotham’s super shady police) and those who want to gain fame from heinous atrocities (the super-villains, who are also too powerful for the police to fight or track).
But I’m sure your “look at me, I’m smarter than a superhero comic” hot take is correct.
@@theemperormoth5089 The Mob, the Church and the State are all one.
@@mudejartrainingnaturalscie6938
The Mob as in Mafia, you pseudo-intellectual.
Su reacción se ve bastante natural, la verdad
I'm watching now at CinemaVariety too. THX for good tip.
(3:55)
That part cracks me up.
I just can't stop laughing.
With the joker dressed up as his kind of final form for the movie doing the TV show appearance apparently they filmed like a bunch of different entrances and ways of doing that interview
Joaquin Phoenix......Amazing dude!
The only video that i watch all review after reaction👏🏽
The story reminds me of the guy who massacred a McDonald’s back in 1984. He tried to get himself committed but they didn’t have room to take him.
He murder dozens of men women and children
Love how in-depth your review, more analysis was. I'm thinking the same about how this film is a social political commentary about injustice, inequality, dripping privilege from oppressors and overall, reminding us all, spectators, how violence is society. This film really resonated in France (where I'm from) for me since there was a 2-years-long demonstration movement in the streets called Yellow Vests or "Gilets Jaunes" in french. It came about as our current president (it hurt to say "our" as I condemn everything he does) raised taxes on gas since the most politically-pressurized / -victimized frenchmen and frenchwomen heavily depend on their car to go to work, far away from home. Something heavily privileged people can't relate to, the same that don't see how politics affect others, unable to think like the person different from them.
What a great review.
I agree that sociey ruined him. There is so much that happened to him that he had no control over and it got the best of him
I saw that movie in IMAX last year.
You are so smart dammnnn, thanks for this vid!
One time I was in the hospital for being suicidal and I just needed to get away from the situation for a bit to be able to recompose myself so being in the mental hospital was a good thing but until I started taking medication the doctors kept saying that I was getting worse even though I had actually kind of evened out already.
Once I started pretending to take the medication by putting it under my tongue tossing some water in there and swishing it back into the cup before showing that it was not in my mouth and then cupping the cup with my hand over the top to make it more difficult to look down in and see the pills.... After I started doing that the doctor suddenly said I was getting better. When I left he also gave me a prescription to continue taking and I refused it.
It is awesome. 10/10
This movie IMO was a fantastic film. It falls into a self defined genre of films I called Feel Bad movies. Great movies that while you feel a little bad at the end they make you think and are incredibly well written, acted, filmed. I'd list a few like Happiness with Phillip Seymor Hoffman, Trainspotting, Irreversible.
Good review.
Only just found your channel. Yeah, media was expecting violence. What they got was people dancing on stairs.
There’s only one scene in this movie that doesn’t have Arthur/Joker in it: the death of Thomas Wayne. Everything else is open to question.
Does any one else only think of Disney’s Brother Bear, when you hear Joker? Kenai!
Nice new Joker outfit
I would personally say that Arthur is not a bad man he is like my father really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really bad at being a good person... I mean the guy he let go was because he was the one person who was truly nice to him. This shows why he hunted down the third guy, he thinks the would would be a better place without them in it while he thinks the world needs more people like the one he let go, even if he did give him a light hart attack by play jumping at him.