{"id":32545,"date":"2020-01-13T04:41:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T09:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=32545"},"modified":"2020-01-13T04:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T09:43:00","slug":"joker-2019-blu-ray-dvd-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/13\/joker-2019-blu-ray-dvd-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"Joker (2019) [Blu-Ray\/DVD\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I think that when the smoke clears, director Todd Phillips\u2019 \u201cJoker\u201d is going to be a lesson to Hollywood that\u2014people want dark, violent comic book movies\u2026 which shouldn\u2019t be what\u2019s learned, if you ask me. \u201cJoker\u201d lends credence to the long held opinion that comic books are art and not just pop fodder for adults that refuse to grow up. Comic book movies, much like comic books, can be compelling art, and \u201cJoker\u201d proves that, even in spite of its inherent flaws. \u201cJoker\u201d is a shockingly good movie, even though it really wants to be a Scorsese film.<\/p>\n

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Set in Gotham City 1981, Arthur Fleck is an aspiring comedian and working Joe who suffers no end of getting beaten around by everyone. Even people with the slightest edge on him manage to get their licks in. Committed to his mother, he dreams of being a guest on his favorite late night comedy show. But after one nasty incident on a train, Arthur sets out to finally right all the wrongs that have been committed to him. Armed with a revolver, and clown make up, he intends to set Gotham on fire, and make his mark.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoker\u201d is one of the boldest movie projects of 2019 as Todd Phillips actually manages to take a Batman character, and make them the central character of their own movie. Sans Batman. You could basically call this one of the many potential origins for the Joker, and Todd Phillips takes an interesting glimpse in to the psyche of the character that mixes \u201cRequiem for a Dream,\u201d \u201cKing of Comedy,\u201d and \u201cTaxi Driver\u201d in to one often entertaining thriller. Joaquin Phoenix is really the reason to experience Phillips drama thriller, as Phoenix re-invents the Joker, while also forging a new path for what begins as a victim\u2019s tale and turns in to the beginnings of a murderer.<\/p>\n

Phillips dabbles in the Batman lore just enough to help the forward momentum of his origin of the Joker, and he\u2019s always on the side of Arthur Fleck. \u201cJoker\u201d isn\u2019t perfect, as it manages to crib unabashedly from better films, but it\u2019s still a very good dramatic crime thriller about the descent in to madness that sets the stage another new vision of Gotham City for a new generation.<\/p>\n

Who knows if Warner or Todd Phillips is planning a new deluxe edition or whatnot, but the release including the Blu-Ray and DVD comes up surprisingly short. Becoming Joker<\/strong> is a two minute long music-driven segment with footage of Joaquin Phoenix before and after transforming into the title character. Joker: Vision & Fury<\/strong> is a twenty two minute segment with writer\/director Todd Phillips, actor Joaquin Phoenix, production designer Mark Friedberg, composer Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir, and other key participants, all of whom speak about the film’s inception, working in a new genre, changing the character’s accepted origin, creating an alternate DC universe, turning modern-day New York City into 1980s Gotham, et al.<\/p>\n

Please Welcome\u2026 Joker!<\/strong> Is a three minutes segment that expands on “Vision and Fury,\u201d presenting multiple takes of a scene from the film with drastically different performances. Finally, Joker: A Chronicle of Chaos<\/strong> is a three minute quick-moving gallery of still images set to music by Icelandic composer Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n