Just watched this one last night. I thought it was excellent. The Joker as a character is always such an unpredictable wildcard and this fit right into that space.
The only thing confusing to me is some of the reaction to how dark it is, and how it treats mental illness in a shallow way. But the thing is I thought this was a realistic portrayal of a man who has never felt happiness or love and how his upbringing combined with the mental problems he's suffering created this heinous villain. I could see this happening in real life. Maybe not to such a dramatic extent, but on the whole it felt very real to me. Great film.
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