The First 'Joker' Reviews Are In And People Are Calling It Dark, Edgy And An Oscar Contender!
It¡¯s a masterpiece ¨C everyone who has watched Joaquin Phoenix¡¯s much-awaited Joker hails that it shall earn Phoenix an Oscar nomination for sure!
When it premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, the movie got an eight-minute standing ovation. It¡¯s already a hit. A dark, edgy, sick, beautiful, devastating and bold film, say critics.
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While Heath Ledger¡¯s performance being iconic till date, Joaquin Phoenix said, he didn¡¯t feel compelled to imitate his performance.
¡°The attraction to make this film and this character was that we were going to approach it in our own way, so, for me, I didn¡¯t refer to any past iterations of the character. It just felt like something that was our creation in some ways¡± ¨C he was quoted as saying by Entertainment Weekly.
And it seems, that it all worked in his favour, Joaquin Phoenix¡¯s performance has been especially praised for a unique take on the character.
But did Joaquin Phoenix ace Joker¡¯s iconic villainous laugh? He apparently went to new depths in order to do so. He said that it was almost painful to hit the right note.
He said it needed to be ¡°something that's almost painful. I think for Joker it's a part of him that wants to emerge. I think we all kind of assume what a Joker laugh is and it felt like a new, fresh way of looking at it.¡±
Critics hail it¡¯s one of the best films of 2019.
Did you know Todd Phillips had to convince Joaquin Phoenix to play this iconic role of Joker for four months and that he lost 23 kgs to nail that role to perfection?
Joker will also be screened at Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival before opening in US theatres on 4 October.
