>Gotham City, 1981
>Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is an introverted, mentally unstable aspiring standup comedian who moves back in with his ailing domineering mother Penny Fleck (Frances Conroy) to care for her.
>Arthur has a condition that causes him to laugh uncontrollably in moments of stress.
>Arthur has weekly sessions with a social worker who encourages him to keep a journal. However, Arthur fills it only with tasteless jokes, psychotic ramblings and pornographic magazine cutouts.
>Arthur befriends his neighbor Sophie Dumont (Zazie Beetz), a single mother who works as a bank teller and supports Resist, a movement against Gotham’s oppressive elite. Arthur misconstructs her kindness for affection and believes them to be dating.
>Penny was once a housekeeper for Thomas Wayne (Brett Cullen), who is now running for Mayor. She asks Arthur to deliver him a letter, but Arthur continuously fails to contact Thomas.
>Arthur later learns that Thomas has cut the funding for the city’s mental health programs, through which Arthur meets the social worker and gets his medication. Without it, Arthur further spirals into insanity.
>Arthur works as a clown, where he is constantly harassed and humiliated by both passersby and his own co-workers.
>After a local gang assaults Arthur, one of his co-workers gives him a gun for protection.
>While performing at a kids party, the gun falls out of his bag and scares the children. The parents call Arthur’s boss to complain and he is fired.
>Arthur learns another co-worker, Randall (Glenn Fleshler) put the gun in his bag to get him fired.
>On the subway ride back home, Arthur stumbles upon three drunken stockbrokers harassing a woman and has a laughing fit, inadvertently allowing the woman to escape.
>The stockbrokers think Arthur is laughing at them, beat him up, Arthur snaps and shoots them dead, then flees home.
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>Arthur invites Sophie to watch him perform, but he bombs and has a laughing fit on stage.
>While having coffee afterwards, Sophie comforts him, and Arthur confesses that he once tried to carve a smile into his face as a child. Sophie starts to realize Arthur is unbalanced.
>Meanwhile, the Resist movement grows more radical, and adopts the clown as a symbol after reports indicate a man dressed as a clown murdered the three stockbrokers.
>Arthur reads the letter Penny wanted to deliver to Thomas, which claims Arthur is Thomas’ and Penny’s son born of a love affair many years prior.
>Arthur goes to Wayne Manor and tries to bond with Thomas’ young son, Bruce Wayne (Dante Pereira-Olsen), before the family’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth (Douglas Hodge) pulls Bruce away.
>While Arthur is away, Penny has a maniac episode and is institutionalized at Arkham Asylum and required to stay there for week.
>A tape of Arthur’s standup is sent to a popular talk show hosted by Murray Franklin (Robert De Niro), who viciously mocks Arthur and nicknames him “Joker”.
>Arthur is identified as a suspect in the stockbrokers’ murders and questioned by two detective, Garrity (Bill Camp) and Burke (Shea Whigham), but dodges their questions.
>Arthur manages to sneak into Wayne Manor during a fundraiser and approaches Thomas in the bathroom claiming to be his son.
>Thomas balks at the mention of Penny’s name and tells Arthur that he is still horrified by what she did. He also reveals that Arthur is adopted and thus not his son.
>Arthur has a laughing fit. Thomas thinks Arthur is mocking him and has him thrown away.
>Arthur goes to Arkham and manages to steal Penny’s medical files from an orderly to discover the truth.
>Arthur learns that Penny and her boyfriend adopted Arthur when he was three years old and subjected him to extensive physical, mental, psychological and sexual abuse that left him permanently brain-damaged, hence his laughing fits.
>Penny was reported to the authorities and briefly locked up in Arkham, losing her job at Wayne Manor, but was cleared due to her own mental issues and by blaming everything on her boyfriend.
>Arthur visits Sophie to advice and catches her having sex with his boyfriend. He accuses her of cheating and flees.
>Horrified and enraged, Arthur returns to Arkham and smothers his mother with a pillow. >Arthur then confronts Sophie and her daughter Gigi at the playground and calls Sophie a slut.
>Garrity and Burke question Arthur about his mother’s death, but he once again evades him.
>Murray Franklin invites Arthur to come on to the show to roast him some more. Arthur sees this as an opportunity and dresses up as a clown to rile up the Resist movement as he dances to “Bennie & The Jets” by Elton John.
>Randall visits Arthur to offer his condolences. Arthur stabs him through the eye and slams his head on the wall, killing him. He then leaves Sophie a message to watch Murray’s show.
>Garrity and Burke catch Arthur as he is leaving the apartment in costume and chase after him all the way to a subway filled with Resist protesters in clown masks.
>Burke accidentally shoots one of the protesters and the crowd viciously beats the two detectives while Arthur escapes.
>At the show, Murray’s producers advise against letting Arthur on air dressed as a clown, but Murray thinks it’ll boost ratings and lets Arthur stay in costume.
>Arthur insists on being called “Joker” despite Murray not even remembering giving him that name.
>Arthur frequently calls Murray out on his abusive behavior and ultimately confesses to killing the stockbrokers before shooting Murray on the head in national television.
>Arthur makes a speech, rallying Resist to stand against the rich.
>Sophie is horrified and holds Gigi as she cries at Arthur's brutality.
>Arthur is arrested just as riots break out across the city to the sound of “Send in the Clowns” by Judy Collins.
>One of the rioters ambushes the Wayne and rips out Martha Wayne’s pearl necklace before gunning Thomas and her down in front of young Bruce.
>Another rioter crashes into the police cruiser transporting Arthur, killing everyone inside and severely wounding Arthur.
>Unable to run, Arthur grabs a piece of broken glass and carves a smile on his face.
>Cut to Arthur, clean-shave and with a stitched-up smile, locked up in Arkham. He refuses to answers questions and laughs at a joke only “Arthur and him” would get.
>On his way out, Arthur, completely deranged, hears Murray’s show's theme song (“This is the Life” by Frank Sinatra) and happily dances to it as he walks back to his cell.
Old news
Worth a good laff
Interesting.
>GAMERS RISE UP
Sounds like shit desu
This is the same "leaks" from the past 3 weeks
>harassed by stockbrokers
Just the image is funny
Probably makes it even more true.
Oughta get Matthew
>THOSE ARE ROOKIE NUMBERS, CLOWN
If this is accurate, it’s shockingly bad.
Making him a simple anarchist was a mistake, Joker is the type to laugh at civilized society and then turn right around and laugh at the anarchists too.
He's not an anarchist though, he's a crazy incel with mommy issues trying to escape the consequences of his actions inb4 "but that is an anarchist"
Big if true
There is a lot of crossover
tl,dr. Did they turn Thomas Wayne into Trump?
Doesn't sound like it
>desu
opinion disregarded
>Arthur has a condition that causes him to laugh uncontrollably in moments of stress.
Literally me.
This.
everyone was saying it's gonna be the epic gamer moment movie and you're surprised it's exactly that
>extensive physical, mental, psychological and sexual abuse that left him permanently brain-damaged, hence his laughing fits.
I don't think that's how that works
Shit, I thought it would be the Black Panther of people with mental illness. Guess I'll just go back to Mr Robot.
No, but he's rich so that makes him inherently bad.
It's probably going to be boring but most critics will praise since actor man is acting and making capeshit a normal movie.
After having time to let this shitfest settle when I first read, will say it may not be irredeemably terrible. Could end up being one of those "so bad, it's good" scenarios. That would be best case scenario. Worst is what everyone is expecting
Perhaps the real Joker were the shitposts we had along the way.
"Joker" full spoilers: He lives in a society
Like it seems weird to me Thomas, I am a saint Wayne, would just cut the funding for the city’s mental health programs. Recently, people just want to turn The Waynes into awful people, don't they?
so it sounds like a DC movie
How is a DC movie being shit in any way shocking?
> Arthur Fleck
Why do they keep changing names? Is using Jack Napier asking for copyright issues?
Nah but that isn't his name in anything but 89.
Does have any other? Other than this.
Joe Kerr has been used. The Joker isn't supposed to have a name or backstory it serves the character in no way.
> Joe Kerr
As his actual birth name?
>birth name
There hasn't been one of those. Even jack Napier. You seem pretty casual with this shit. The joker doesn't have a name or backstory that's literally the point. It used to be the same way with wolverine.
Ah. Never mind. Looked it up.
First summer on Yea Forums?
This better have some stellar acting or it is going to be a shitshow.
>ITT: DCuck retards finally realize that their new movie is shit... again
See you dipshits in a few months for the Birds of Prey spoiler thread where you suddenly realize that's shit too
>Le summerfag
Hasn't been a thing since smartphones were popularized newfag. Lurk more and maybe you'll find a newer maymay to abuse so you can't fit in.
Jack Napier was used in White Knight. Not sure if that really counts.
DESPITE MAKING UP *huff* ONLY 19
t. has only been here seince 2014.
Kys laddercuck
MILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE JOKER IS STILL NOT A FLOP LADDERBRO
Teehee....Im gonna say it
This sounds like a fucking mess.