Despite the positive and universal acclaims this movie received I found it misleading. Misleading because like so many of its predecessors it chose to further establish the bold statement that people who are driven to crime are suffering from a form of mental illness. Nothing can be further from the truth as many gangsters and mobsters who had been caught committed numerous atrocities to either eliminate their rivals or to have a bigger share of the profit. Yet again Hollywood has chosen to so tired and often times tried cliche that he does it because he is insane and since Alfred Hitchcock's the psycho what better illness than the good old fashioned schizophrenia. Never mind the fact that many people can't differentiate between people who suffer from mental diseases and full fledged psychopaths who knowingly commit crimes to gain more money and scare away others. Making movies like this pinpoint this exact problem with today's society that people don't have knowledge, understanding and enough human compassion to be kind and understanding towards the less unfortunate ( and my isn't that ironic? Since the movie wants us to feel what is like to be the other guy? ) and discrimination is not only frowned upon but also celebrated. If few decades ago people would dare to discriminate against other races and people with different gender / sexual orientation, today they can ( with impunity I might add) single out the ones with mental illness and portray them as killers and agents of chaos.
Review of Joker
