Outside of the success of “Wonder Woman”, “Aquaman” and the potentially fun appeal of the “SHAZAM!” film (which opens this Friday); The DC Extended Universe is a hot mess. Films like “Man Of Steel” were moderately received and “Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice” was a ponderous effort that bore little reward while “Justice League”, well, let’s not discuss the absolute bomb that this ended up being. Resultant of this there will be offshoot films that while featuring DC Comics characters will not be connected to a properly shared universe. The first such film is “Joker” and the teaser clip was just released so let’s take a look.
The Premise: In 1981, a failed stand-up comedian, disregarded by his society, turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City.
The Cast/Characters:
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/Joker
Robert De Niro as a talk show host
Zazie Beetz as Sophie Dumond
Bill Camp and Shea Whigham as a cops in the Gotham City Police Department
Frances Conroy as Penny Fleck
Brett Cullen as Thomas Wayne
Glenn Fleshler as a comedian
Dante Pereira-Olson as Bruce Wayne
Douglas Hodge as Alfred Pennyworth
Marc Maron as Ted Marco
Brian Tyree Henry as a nurse
Bryan Callen as a stripper
Josh Pais has been cast in an undisclosed role
PiercingMetal Thoughts: Perhaps its the absolute joy that I’m still feeling from yesterday’s “Avengers: Endgame” clip because I am more open about this film than I felt that I would be. I love The Joker, but he has barely been portrayed right on the big screen. Each actor has brought something interesting to the role but sometimes it was too extreme for what Joker is and now its time for Phoenix to show us what he is made of. This might be good but again I am not too interested in giving this the “Gotham” treatment where he existed before the Caped Crusader and that looks like what is coming in this film. It could be interesting but I might wait for the first reviews before I plunk down any cash. What did you think? Chime in down below.
Official Film Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(2019_film)