The violence didn't make me uneasy from Joker, it was more about how he was

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Jan 13, 2020
10:03:10am

vagabonder Playmaker

The violence didn't make me uneasy from Joker, it was more about how he was

presented as a martyr and him snapping was pinned on the actions of others. I did appreciate that the movie encouraged us to look at bullying & insufficient mental health support systems and the negative impacts those can have on society but I also thought it stigmatized mental health conditions and gave incels justification.

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I honestly wish I never watched Joker

RockyBalboa

1/13/20 9:31am

It’s the feel bad movie of the year

Modiolus

1/13/20 9:34am

You'll be okay

cougarnerd

1/13/20 9:39am

I'll prolly go watch The Conjuring to feel better.

RockyBalboa

1/13/20 9:42am

Those movies made me feel weird

KG123

1/13/20 9:43am

Me too. I was joking.

RockyBalboa

1/13/20 9:55am

Phew.

1/13/20 10:07am

I saw the movie in an affluent part of SLC and the yoga moms were clearly

Kauai

1/13/20 9:43am

The kids watching it at Angelito's restaurant in Rose Park seemed to

JAGA97

1/13/20 9:59am

I mean if you've seen GoT, Joker is fairly whatever. Fine, not great.

SandYFan

1/13/20 9:44am

The violence didn't make me uneasy from Joker, it was more about how he was

vagabonder

1/13/20 10:03am

Oh good grief. I saw him as definitely responsible for his own actions.

SandYFan

1/13/20 10:07am

The goal of the movie was to blur that as much as possible.

vagabonder

1/13/20 10:15am

Yes but he definitely shares a part of the responsibility. If anyone watched

SandYFan

1/13/20 10:17am

It was more complex than that <spoilers />

The Dark Knight

1/13/20 10:34am

I felt the same right after watching it, but that's gone now.

ReggaeCoug

1/13/20 9:45am

sometimes that's what great movies do, they make you feel ways you didn't expect

kolob32

1/13/20 9:45am

For sure. I remember feeling like that after watching "The Deer Hunter"

RockyBalboa

1/13/20 9:49am

Joker: meh.

Benfica1

1/13/20 9:52am

Mental Illness like that can be disturbing

spugeddy24

1/13/20 9:57am

No doubt

RockyBalboa

1/13/20 10:03am

For 90% of the board who hasn't seen it, why did it make you feel that way?

Chester Copperpot

1/13/20 10:13am

RE: For 90% of the board who hasn't seen it, why did it make you feel that way?

RockyBalboa

1/13/20 10:32am

That is my criticism of the movie

The Dark Knight

1/13/20 10:42am

Haven't seen it (yet), but for those who have and also seen Se7en, was it a

m0resn0w

1/13/20 11:13am

Tough to say. Seven is more depraved and violent for sure

RockyBalboa

1/13/20 11:27am

Se7en was way harder to watch imo. Some of those scenes are plain awful.

HONOMO

1/20/20 12:04am

Isn’t this a sign that it’s a great movie? It moved you, you’re thinking about

valleus

1/13/20 11:17am

No it's not a sign of that

RockyBalboa

1/13/20 11:28am

There are plenty of things that you could see that would move you in a terrible

1/13/20 11:38am

Such as? Pornographic violence or shock art doesn’t move people. It produces a

valleus

1/13/20 12:20pm

Are you sure?

1/13/20 12:28pm

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