Score 8/10
The most memorable scene(s) I found were the stair scenes. The first stair scene pictures Arthur slowly walking up the tall stairs in his hometown, which in my opinion selfishly degrades him . In contrast, the second stair scene we see Arthur dressed in bright colours as a clown, with face paint on. This time he is dancing down the stairs, which indicates to me that he has taken power now, and embraced his unfortunate life.
After watching Joker, I thought that it was a 10/10 film. The cinematography and camera work were incredible. The director of the film, Todd Phillips, made the shots of the movie unique and stunning. I noticed that he uses vibrant colours to depict the mood of the scene. For example, the movie uses more bright colours when joker becomes happier and freer later. Two of my favourite scenes of the movie was when joker was dancing on the stairs. This is the point of the movie when main character becomes free and not constrained by the pressures of society. My other favourite scene is when Arthur goes on Murray show. From the start of the movie, Murray is seen as a hero figure towards Arthur, but later in the movie when is comedy is used for a joke, he finally snaps and makes his own comedy, it is a brilliant plot twist. That is why I think joker is a 10/10
Best picture:
Saving private Ryan
Best director: Christopher Nolan
Best actor:
Tom Hardy
Best actress:
Emma Stone
The micro elements that make up a good film are:
How a film is edited can play a factor on if a movie is “good” an example of this is the motion picture ‘baby driver’ where transitional editing is used to seamlessly connect the scenes together.
The mise en scene for a film also has a part as how a scene is set up or filmed, or even how actors are portrayed and positioned can become recognisable for a good film, for example the neon lighting in ‘blade runner’ maintains a futuristic bright mise en scene.
Spider man into the spider verse and its sequel across the spider verse have been awarded and praised for their amazing digital cinematography, this shows that how a scene is filmed can really entertain and state what is a ‘good’ film, the use of shot types or techniques such as IMAX film shows this.
How the element of sound makes a film good can be shown via diegetic and non-diegetic sounds, this consists of musical scores played over the film for an example the montage scene in rocky where he runs up the stairs ( this being non-diegetic), another example being of sound making a film good is being able to listen to music the character in the film is listening too – diegetic ( e.g. baby driver).
The macro elements that make up a good film are:
Film genres make up what is a good film as depending on a person’s preference there is a plethora of films to their likings, for example fans of war films have movies such as black hawk down, saving private Ryan and hacksaw ridge. Genres can make a film good as more than one can be found in a film, an example of this is Forrest Gump which contains comedic, dramatic and war genre themes, these can all be showed to compel strong meanings such as the brutality of war, and the joy of life in what spans in a short time frame in the length of the film. This furthermore adds on to another reason why films can be classed as good, this is because of the message they convey, some films educate like films based on true events, others have heartfelt reasons like family or friendship, etc.
Themes in a film, like sagas and franchises make up what is good as high earning films like Star Wars or Marvel have records of performing good in themes related to their characters that have recurring appearances.
After watching this film, I would rate it a 8/10, the use of colours in the film was extremely done, as it was used to show the emotions of Arthur, the cinematography was also a great aspect of the film, my favourite scene in the film, is the talk show scene, where Arthur shoots and kills Murray, I found this scene memorable as Murray was the last thing Arthur had in his life, since he had already killed his mother, and lost his job, the only thing he had left was the Murray show, and killing Murray showed that Arthur really had nothing left, which instead of making him sad or empty, made him feel fulfilled. I also enjoyed Joaquin Phoenix’s performance, as he portrayed joker in a spectacular way that truly conveyed a man forgotten and treated like trash by society.
In my personal opinion, I would give this film a 9/10.
One scene that I really enjoyed was the subway scene with 3 murders. This is because it really showed a turning point in Arthur’s decent into madness. Before the murders, we saw Arthur laugh uncontrollably at a woman being abused, which shows a clear conflict with his humanity as he wants to help the woman, however as we already know Arthur will turn into the villain, Joker, showing his laughter could be unsympathetic, which poses a moral conflict whether we should feel sympathy for him or not. The moral conflict then increases as he murders the 3 abusers, because us the audience, we know death is a horrible thing, and Joker is a vile person, but there is still a part that feels sympathy for Arthur knowing his tragic background, and the reasons he’s doing it, which I love because it’s really up to the audience on how to interpret this scene.
Score: 9/10
Memorable Scene: The final scene where Arthur (Joker) finally has an appreciative audience is my most memorable scene. This is because throughout all the film showing Arthur’s struggles and loneliness it ends on a good note for the protagonist we partially support despite his actions, as we’re shown his progression of how deep his insanity grows due to the lack of care for his society.
Score – 8/10
Memorable Scene – The train scene. In which Arthur is sat in his clown costume and starts laughing to himself, then the three boys make fun of him for his uncontrollable laughter and they start beating him up. Then Arthur shoots them all. This was a memorable scene because its the start of his killings.
Score: 9/10
Memorable Scene: When Arthur lets himself into Sophie’s apartment and the revelation that his relationship with her was all in his head. This was memorable because it created a moment of tension that was well acted by both Joaquin Phoenix and Zazie Beetz, in which it is convincing that she is genuinely afraid of him and his capabilities.
I would give the film a very respectable 9/10
Id say the most memorable scene was the scene in the tv studio, where joker kills Murray, this was incredibly well acted, and the music added to the pure intensity of the scene, as we see Joker gradually get angrier until it came to a stunning twist, where he finally completely snaps, and ends up killing Murray.