>The Joker was raped by his mom's boyfriend as a child. That one spoiler tells you all you need to know about how incredibly dark this R-rated movie is going to be. It also tells you just how controversial this movie is going to end up being upon release. In a script that uses a piling-on of tragedy as an explanation for one man's turn to supervillainy, adding child molestation to the pile takes the tragedy to another level. You can expect some fans to praise the film's willingness to delve into such upsetting subjects, just as easily as you can expect other commentators to find the film's use of such subject matter exploitative or offensive.
>Even though the movie won't be released widely until October, it's already being discussed as one of the year's leading contenders to take home some of the most prestigious awards in film, specifically at the Academy Awards. Instead of being teased at comic book conventions like a regular superhero movie, it's being treated more like a prestige film with premieres at taste-making venues like the Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.
>Attempt to create Marvel-like capeshit >Fail miserably >Create prestigious arthouse films instead
Interesting strategy switchup by DC
Aaron Adams
>expect some fans to praise the film's willingness to delve into such upsetting subjects >just as easily as you can expect other commentators to find the film's use of such subject matter exploitative or offensive. What about those who find the film to be pretentious, incredibly shallow and try-hard edgy?
>What about those who find the film to be pretentious, incredibly shallow and try-hard edgy? That's similar to finding it exploitative.
Henry White
I blame the Venom movie for this shit.
Jaxon Russell
Fuck off back to R3ddit you stupid niggerfaggot poltard,this sounds retarded as fuck. Fucking memes ruining movies as always with pol/ behind all of this with the shitty society meme from Reddit .
Jace Peterson
GAMERS
Brody Russell
>The Joker was raped by his mom's boyfriend as a child. Now I know why the caged clown laughs.
Michael Collins
LIGHTS CAMERA SODOMY
Zachary Lee
>raped by his mom Niiiic- >'s boyfriend God dammit.
Though those people are now fired and it's all up to Mystery Box Abrams for the next films after this and Gunn Suicide Squad.
Michael Cook
>does he really need to have a super tragic backstory? How else will those airhead bimbos realize how dark stuff is?
Samuel Martinez
It's gonna be some film festival tier circle jerk that no critic will actually enjoy but will claim otherwise to appear intelligent. I expect 90+ critic score and 60- audience score
Chase Parker
My dad does....
Colton Allen
When the fuck is Hollywood (especially DC) going to learn "dark" =/= good?
Eli Scott
When people stop sucking esb's dick, so never.
Ian Young
I actually do. It's weird knowing the tables have turned so completely.
Liam Fisher
kek
Carter Sanders
>Rape backstory
Fucking boring.
Easton Hughes
put me down for exactly 69 victims
Christopher Bailey
But I need my quips!!
Ryder Sanchez
Dark doesn't mean bad.
Aaron Robinson
Batman v Superman was a near perfect attempt to cross a superhero action movie with artistic, operatic sensibilities and cutting social commentary. People didn't appreciate it. This Joker movie looks dull as dishwater, shit we've seen a dozen times before, but now featuring a comic book villain. And not even what seems to be a very fun interpretation.
Luis Sanders
>Spider-man gets raped Skip and becomes the world's greatest hero >Joker gets raped by his mom's boyfriend and becomes a sad joke pottery
Lincoln Ross
>Dark doesn't mean bad. That's actually not true. Inherently people watch a movie to be entertained. Dark is inherently not entertaining. It can be made entertaining with enough work, but you're starting yourself off on the back foot.
In a vacuum it's a negative.
Kevin Wood
Personally I prefer good ol' 90s/early 00s edgy pop culture to the softboi self-aware cutesiness of past the 10 years
