Joker

Certainly one of the most blab out - about motion-picture show of last year was Todd Phillips ' Oscar - winningJoker . The dark quality report tell the taradiddle of Arthur Fleck , a troubled young man live on in Gotham who step by step loses touch with world , squeeze his violent impetus and espouse the title of Joker .

Anchored byJoaquin Phoenix ’s electrifying performance , the movie was improbably compelling . However , it allow no well-fixed answers for viewers with so many possibility seemingly left up to the audience to decide . Almost a twelvemonth after its release , there are still somebig questions aboutJokerpeople are still asking .

What’s Up With The Super Rats?

Gotham is normally not seen as an ideal station to live , but this version of the fictional city is peculiarly grim . The film is set in the 1980s and apply New York City at the time to breathe in the dirty and tainted nature of the city .

The metropolis is also on the brink of a belly laugh as a garbage smasher has pass on the inadequate neighborhoods overrun with filth . Early in the film , there is honorable mention that the city has " first-rate rats " . That seems like a pretty dramatic inclusion to make , but nothing is really made of it for the quietus of the photographic film .

Was Arthur’s Sign Really Stolen?

Arthur always articulate that he was put on this terra firma to bring a smile to people ’s faces . He attempts to do that through his job as a goof who helps advertise businesses on the street . In the opening tantrum of the film , Arthur has his ad sign stolen by some adolescent who proceed to outfox him up .

When Arthur explicate what happened to his political boss , the humans does n’t seem to believe the story . Arthur is incredulous that he would cogitate that was a made - up tale , but given what is revealed later on in the motion-picture show , could this be an early reveal that Arthur does n’t have a warm grasp of world ?

Did Arthur’s Mother Really Have A Relationship With Thomas Wayne?

One of the most important and disturbing relationships in the film is between Arthur and his mother . It seems like it is a loving relationship , even though they are struggling to make end adjoin and partake in a midget apartment together .

Arthur ’s mother keeps insist Thomas Wayne will help them and afterwards give away she had an intimacy with Wayne when she work for him . However , like Arthur himself , not everything his mother says can be think . Did this relationship really occur or was it in her mind ?

Will Bruce Become Batman?

Though this is the story of Joker , Bruce Waynedoes make a brief coming into court . He is see as a young male child and , like countless other iterations of his own origin story , his parents are killed in front of him at the ending of the film .

It ’s unclear if we ’re meant to believe this young Bruce Wayne grew up to become Batman . If that is genuine , then would his arch - enemy Joker be at least thirty old age Old than him ?

Did Arthur Kill Sophie?

As his world start to crumble , he sneaks into Sophie ’s apartment and surprises her . It is then revealed their total relationship has been in Arthur ’s straits this whole time . The scene cuts to Arthur returning to his own apartment and we never see Sophie again . Did Arthur belt down her or simply pass on ?

Is Thomas Wayne Arthur’s Father?

Aside from see about his female parent ’s supposed affair with Thomas Wayne , Arthur also reveal that she has written to Wayne and told him that Arthur is his Logos . Arthur finally get to face up Wayne about it , but he traverse it and even hits Arthur .

This interpretation of Thomas Wayne is much less heroic than other versions . He is an entitled man of wealth who looks down on those of lower societal standing . Despite Arthur ’s mother being undependable , it ’s not hard to believe this variant of Wayne would have had an social function then ignored the dear small fry .

Did Arthur Kill The Nurse?

The moving picture ends with Arthur saunter out of the room , leaving blooming footprints . Are we have in mind to conceive that he has killed this nurse ?

What Became Of Gotham?

While the protestation and bacchanal in the cinema began as people rightfully raging about the inequality in the metropolis , the film then turns them into wild monsters who cheer for a dusty - full-blooded liquidator . How would the city possibly recuperate from such devastating demolition of society ?

Is It All In His Head?

As we see throughout the film , some of the thing that happen bend out to be all in Arthur ’s head . give the unreliability of him as a narrator , it begs the question if anything we see in the celluloid in reality happened or if it was all conceive of by Arthur .

Some people take on the final view to have in mind the intact motion-picture show was one big joke guess by Joker . It is an interesting theory that seems to go along withJoker ’s predilection for changing up his own origin story . But it also open up up a quite a little more questions .

Is Arthur The Real Joker?

While this film was marketed as theorigins of Batman ’s greatest villainJoker , many fans point out that it ’s hard to believe Arthur Fleck would one day be the Clown Prince of Crime . Arthur is a timid , bunglesome man who accidentally urge on the debauch rather than causing them himself .

He is far from a vicious sensation , so some fans have theorize that Arthur is n’t really the Joker from regular Batman traditional knowledge , but rather that the real Joker took divine guidance from Arthur . reach that the film does n’t suggest at that , are we to believe Arthur is the only genuine Joker ?

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Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Joker

Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur in Joker

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Arthur cares for his mother, Penny, in Joker

Arthur puts his fingers in Bruce Wayne’s mouth in Joker

Sophie smiles at Arthur in Joker

Thomas Wayne speaks with Arthur in a bathroom in Joker

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Joker draws a smile in his face using human blood while a riot rages behind him, in Joker

Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Joker

Arthur Fleck in Joker makeup looking at himself in a mirror

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