My thoughts: - Phoenix was incredible but I think the criticisms of “overacting” are valid
- Beautifully shot and love the vintage feel
- Best live action Gotham ever put to screen
- Didn’t love Thomas Wayne as a “bad guy” but worked with the story
- The love interest revealed as a delusional was poorly executed
- Question: did he up killing her and the little girl when he left their apartment? It isn’t clear but in the scene immediately after he’s sitting on the couch acting insane and you can hear police sirens pulling up and someone banging on a nearby door. Also they are never shown in the movie after that point. I think it’s suggested but perhaps the studio made it so it wasn’t clear as that would be very dark?
- Don’t love the “was it all in his head” aspect at the end. The more I think about it the more I feel that is the case for the entire movie which to me is cheap cop out
- Don’t think that Thomas Wayne was his father and it was all made up by his mom
- Still not sure if his appearance on the TV show was real at all – seemed a bit too unrealistic that they would let him sit there that long acting nuts
- Loved the final scene with him laying on the cop car paralleled with Bruce kneeling over his dead parents. Joker and Batman born at the same moment from the same chaos.
Overall great move. 8/10.