Joker (2019) | *First Time Watching* | Movie Reaction | Asia and BJ 

Joaquin Phoenix crushed it. He does all the horrible things but you still feel some empathy for him. It's crazy.

When it was revealed that Joker was hallucinating being in a relationship with the girl next door this dude in my theater laughed sooooo hard. I’ll never forget that lol.

Mark Hamill, Heath Ledger, and Joaquin Phoenix are my three favorite Jokers. Every Joker is different but I loved what Joaquin brought to the role. He showed how cruel the world can be and what it can do to a person. Love this movie

The blood smile at the end by Joker is top 5 greatest scenes in cinema 💯

As a kid who was bullied in school, I understand why Arthur became the joker. I would never take it to this extreme, but a person can only take so much and eventually they're gonna snap.

Did you guys get that his "relationship" with the neighbor was just his imagination?

The crazy thing is how relatable the message, the story and all of it truly is.

Joaquins acting leaving Asia speechless at the end lol

Just wanted to give guys some information about this movie and the Joker, this movie is NOT connected to any Batman movie that you've previously seen. The director Todd Phillips wanted to create his own origin story for Joker, the Joker doesnt actually have a true origin story in DC comics over the years the Joker has had different origins, what was correct was how Bruce Wayne parents were killed but they werent killed by some guy pretending to be the Joker from a group at some riot, based on the comics Bruce Wayne's parents were actually killed by a low level criminal named Joe Chill

The condition that the joker has is called a Pseudobulbar affect (the laughing part). It's caused by severe trauma to the brain which he obviously sustained during his beatings with his mom. They're not generally dangerous, but due to his other trauma, it can push you over that edge. It's a lesson that we should at least try to be cordial to people even if you don't like them because you don't know what's going on in their life.

This is a stand alone interpretation of The Joker and not necessarily the Joker of any of the past Batman movies or those Jokers.

It was fitting that DeNiro was in this movie. To me, this movie reminds me of "Taxi driver". Basically a characters slow decent into madness.

I remember watching this for the first time and once the film was over...it just set really heavy. They did a fantastic job with this film. the acting...the writing...everything. so depressing and yet it has some hard truths about mental health and society and everything.

This was the first R Rated DC movie to be nominated for 11 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix and Best Original Score. It made $1 billion dollars at the box office. When the film was released it drew a lot if controversy , regarding people who suffer mental health issues as they are viewed as heroes for a great cause. David Fincher saw the film and said it was an attack on a very serious matter.

Just to clear up the confusion, this is not a part of the Batman stories that you’ve seen. This was meant to be a completely separate movie from the others, so they aren’t really connected. This is just basically their take on the origin of Joker.

I absolutely love this film, Joaquin played Joker so well. I felt huge sympathy for him in this and was glad when he became the villain he became, it was almost like everyone and everything around him deserved the bad side of him for the way they treated him. Sometimes it's good to bet on the bad guy. Great reaction as usual guys, really enjoyed this ❤

Such an incredible performance. I wanted to dislike him but instead found pity. It’s awful what humans do to each other…on both sides

This movie builds and builds to the ending and boy does it deliver. Those last few scenes are incredible. Especially the end with him on the car hood. For sure a best actor. Phoenix carried this thing.

I’m glad you loved this film.watching Asia realize how much she loved Phoenix acting, and was like WTF.!..quote “I completely believe him”. Love the channel.

Yes. Phoenix lost a lot of weight in order to play the role. Given that the Joker is often portrayed as a very lanky if not awkwardly postured individual, Phoenix is something of a method actor he takes his roles very seriously. That said, after the film he gained a lot of weight back and expressed regret over putting his body through it and decided he'd be less inclined to take on roles in the future that would put so much strain on his physical state. Batman's origin is always more or less the same, but there are subtle nuances each time the story gets retold. In some the Joker has been responsible for his parents deaths, in others, he's not even a factor. Joker's origin on the other hand has always been somewhat more cryptic and open to interpretation. Something that was played with by Nolan in The Dark Knight with the joker constantly telling the story about how he got his scars, but not giving the same story each time. In some iterations he's been a low level street thug who was always a bit crazy and finally broke into bigtime crime. In other's he has been an innocent bystander who met with an unfortunate accident that found him in a vat of chemicals that bleaches his skin and alters his brain, and in others he's been a gangster crime boss that just liked the aesthetic of the joker look. There are many continuities even within the comics and they all add their own little spins to things in order to keep ideas fresh. We're talkin' about characters that have been made, and remade several times over. Each time books are passed on to another author and artist to continue, they tend to want to leave their own signature upon the comic whether it is in the narrative style, the art, or the tone of the book. While there have been issues that go into some detail about the Joker's origins, this movie has been the first deep dive into the driving forces of the character. That said, it is not intended to be conflated with the greater DC universe as a tie in film. or any sort of prequel to a future Batman film. It is the Joker's story and his story alone as sort of an expose of the character. Of course all of this has given plenty of people a lot to talk about in terms of its place in canon, and the merits of the film being based on a comic character yet not being a comic book movie. Sometimes art is just art though, and that's life.

Joaquin Phoenix did a fenomenal job playing Joker. For me Heath Ledger was the best Joker ever. However...Jaoquin got so close to him, I literally felt the character, I felt like it was him but older, the body language, every performance Joaquin did is just a brilliant work. When he got an oscar at the end of his acceptance speech, an emotional Phoenix said: "Really, I'm standing here on the shoulder's of my favourite actor - Heath Ledger. Thank you. "

Lots of people miss the fact that he almost shoots himself on the train after he kills the 1st 2 guys, but then decides to go after the 3rd guy instead. He's teetering on the edge of suicide for much of the movie.

The way they portray mental instability, irrationality, and impulsivity is so so so good. It also does a good job showing how people can stand behind something that is so clearly bad yet justify it in their minds. As well as some very slight political notions about rich vs poor. The way that two psychos can be created by different circumstances. Arthur/Joker is a product of a mentally ill mother and a society that has judged and treated him a certain way due to his own condition and it crushed his soul and made him hate to the point where he was going to kill himself. Instead he turned his rage against the world and by doing so created another psycho in Bruce Wayne/Batman. Arthur's actions and obsession with the Wayne family lead to the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne. Bruce (presumably) becomes Batman and uses his own hatred against those who remind him of the person who took his parents from him.

Real Talk : watch how we talk and treat people, because you just never know what people are capable of. Respect

I believe you guys watched Gladiator. Joaquin Phoenix was Commodus in that movie as well. He really is a great actor!

To be honest, I think I need to place it in my TOP 3 movies ever. It's genius. Yes, pure genius.

You two did realize that all the times he was with the girl down the hall was imagined, right? She was the only one nice to him and stood by him, and he imagined the whole thing just like he imagined the first time on the show and the comedy show going well. He wanted so much for someone to be there for him, so he made up a relationship in his mind.

We’re all products of our environment. Joker is no different. This film was so good.

It's a masterpiece. Every shot could be imagined as being a frame in a comic book. Every shot could be a poster for the movie. Joaquin Phoenix...WOW just WOW.

This was a fantastic movie. Saw this twice in the theater and it was great each time. Packed theater both times too. I know there's a second one coming but, man, I just can't imagine it being as good as this. 🐾

😆Asia: Is he .. dancing?? *whispers* 😳 he's dancing. LOL Love Joaquin since the movie "Parenthood;" he never misses when acting. This was a great take on the Joker. He made the Joker more human- something we never really see in other versions. Thanks for picking this guys-you're getting us ready for the scream fest next month, yay!

This movie is an absolute masterpiece. Joaquin played this perfectly.. and Asia said it best when she mentioned how believeable he was. A lot of us can relate to how Arthur feels in this movie. A beautiful work, for sure.

Another thing to take in consideration is that the nice version of Thomas Wayne is the perspective Bruce Wayne as a child whereas the Jokers point of view maybe how Gotham viewed Thomas Wayne...the Truth could be somewhere in the middle

16:43 let’s not forget, we’re seeing the story through Arthur’s eyes I don’t think Randall ever ACTUALLY gave him the gun, I think he imagined the whole thing after stealing it.

WOW I just realized that Arthur is wearing the same clothes as Bruce when he meets him for the first time at the gate, like they're part of the same reflection!!!!

I remember watching this movie for my 1st out of 3 times in the cinema, when a family of mom, dad, older sister and younger brother sat on the row in front of me. In the first scene, where Arthur laughs out of pain and despair, the young boy (around 10 years old) whispered to his mom "I don´t think, that I wanna watch this movie". The family sat still for another 5-10 minutes and then left with a sad boy. This movie is not a superhero/supervillain movie. It´s a social study of men at the very rock bottom of society, who suffers in silence and experiences nothing but alienation from the world around them. I am so happy, that Hollywood had the courage to make this movie, because I think, it´s the most relevant and important movie of the last 20 years for the forgotten but suffering men of our Western World.

Hell yes!!! Just watched it the other day too 🙏🏻🙏🏻 love the channel!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

It's a great performance. He won the Best Actor Academy Award because of his brilliant interpretation.

"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. One. Bad. Day." ~Joker~

I love this movie and Joaquin is one of my favorite actors!

AWWWW YEAHHHHHHHHHH! This movie is badass!!!! Saw it 6 times in the theater

From the same director as Old School and The Hangover, haha. The anarchy was there all along.

Some people love this movie, others hate it - but the one thing that is inarguable is that Joaquin Phoenix gave an incredible performance. It really gives you insight into the psychotic mind of The Joker.

I can only imagine what a tremendous actor his brother River Phoenix would have been, RIP, but Joaquin came a long way.

The scene where he punched the clock off the wall wasn't in the script. The directors thought he broke his hand. He went all in for this role

Arthur killing the three people on the subway, started the riots with the joker masks... And then he killed Murray. That's when joker became famous

We aren't born evil. We are made into being evil. Treat everyone with love and respect and we will get the society we deserve.

"Look like he finna get in that bad boy" LOLOLOL the fridge scene was so weird but that comment was hilarious

There's a meme out there about how Bruce Wayne (or his father) would do more for Gotham by giving their money away to the poor rather than be a vigilante - and this movie pretty much shows that. Imagine if Arthur got actual help, and if the rioters didn't also feel stepped on by the world, if Bruce's dad hadn't looked down on them all, etc. It could have prevented Joker from becoming Joker.

This right here is art my man kills it as Joker ... can't wait for Joker 2 ❤

Phoenix kills this role. What I like about how he plays it is that everything he does is off. It's like he lives on a different wavelength compared to people around him, so they get freaked out by him. And because he tries to fit in, make jokes, friends, and be nice, but the world around him doesn't reciprocate because of how weirded out everyone is, so eventually he lashes out. It's a great Joker origin story.

I remember watching this in the theater and distinctly remember that when the movie ended and everyone was leaving there was silence. Nobody was talking, they were just stunned. Compare this movie to all of the rest of the stuff that is being put out these days. The fact that it got produced gives me hope that we might actually see dark, gritty, thoughtful films like this in the future. The way this movie was shot was absolutely gorgeous as well. Every scene was a piece of art. The ambiguity of so many things in the movie (what was real and what did Arthur imagine), the acting, the cinematography, everything. It is just so much to process. Loved it.

Thomas Wayne said something incredibly ignorant and insensitive. He did not deserve to die for that, but this movie is very good at making you "understand" why someone would kill him.

His experiences with the girl from his apartment building were mostly imagined. That's what those short clips were about after he read his mom's medical book: memories of him hanging out with the girl, and then memories of the same places with just him.

Joker, incredible movie. I loved it. I love you guys ❤❤❤❤❤❤.

One of the best depictions of mental illness captured on film.

I watched this film with a live orchestra playing all the music, to say it was something different is an understatement. Phoenix acted his arse off in the film and was very deserving of all the accalaids he got for his "Joker". This film is phenomenal!! Great reaction guys 👍👊🇬🇧

Heads up! The relationship he had with his neighbor was all in his head. If you rewatch the scene youll notice she doesnt know anything about him other than he lives in her building. And they show all the times they shiwed them together, he was actually alone.

Bruce and Joker may not be biological brothers but they are brothers in MADNESS. Joker is crazy but so is Bruce, the guy dresses up in a batsuit and goes out at night to fight crime. The Joker dresses up in a clown suit to commit crimes.

I thought this was a kid movie😂😂😂

Awesome reactions and commentary to the best character study of Joker I've seen so far. I enjoyed riding along with y'all on this one.

38:46 that is probably the most genuine reaction I have ever seen to that scene. BJ’s reaction was priceless.

48:30 the therapist said he was on 7 different meds, so before when he was admitted to the psych floor they figured out what works for him (in their mind) so they saw him as stable enough for discharge

I absolutely love this movie

the media hated this movie and always called it controversial to the point the cops were stationed at the movie theaters. i remember them with assault rifles hanging out when i saw it.

Fun fact. Or not so fun. Remember when joker's character says if it was him expiring in the street, you'd walk right over him? He had an older brother River Phoenix who died in the street. And I believe people did walk over him. River Phoenix was in Stand By Me if you want to see him act. I always wondered if he thought about his brother River when he was saying that line.

In comic terms, this was the absolute perfect portrayal of the "clown prince of crime" joker. There are three version. Clown prince is the second. The first was the joker type from batman 66'. The last was basically your true psychopath joker that heath ledger played perfectly. That version was like the first two twisted together.

The conversations Joker had with the young mom and her son, didn't happen. Joker imagined/hallucinated those interactions with her. That's why they showed flashbacks with him and her, then showed just him, by himself in reality. That's also why she was so scared when he was in her apartment, because she had no relationship or interactions with him since the beginning, on the elevator. Great reaction guys!

Always be nice to people because this movie proves how society turns people into psychopaths

The staircase was a metaphor for Arthur going up into sanity until he finally descends into Madness.

One of the details I love about this movie that a lot of people miss is how Arthur is constantly sustaining head injuries throughout the movie, no doubt exacerbating his mental illness. It's easy to overlook because audiences have become numb to violence and Arthur himself seems to stoically have little reaction to it so you almost forget that this poor guy is getting his brain scrambled multiple times a day. It's so much more painful to think about if you know the story of Chris Benoit.

Asia and BJ are so much fun to watch

Phoenix is levels as an actor I fkn loves him almost as much as I loves y'all ❤

While doing radio interviews 30 years ago in Omaha, I got to meet for a minute, Ceaser Romero, the Joker from the Batman series in the 60s.

If you don't know this movie is mostly about mental health, and a commentary on how society shapes it, before going into it you're going to be completely caught off guard lol. But yeah it's one of the deepest and the realest movies I've ever seen.

“What kinda clown carries a fuckin gun?” *The kind that lives in the hood! In Gotham City!*

Joaquin earned his Oscar for this one and I can’t wait for JOKER 2 to see more of Joaquin and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn!

I have severe paranoia and hallucinations due to a very bad long line of abuse and stress. My life is crumbling to dust and all I can do is watch it happen. Everyone expects you to be okay because you’re the one who has to carry them on your shoulders.

Asia and BJ both of you are my favorite on RU-vid to watch reactions from you are the goats. You couldn't ask for two more pleasant people. I appreciate you entertaining me for about 2 years now!

I did not see this as both of u did. This to me, was a sad story. Everything Author thought he knew, people he thought he could trust, was all a lie. When the 3 men started to beat him up on the train, he snapped. What u were witnessing in the bathroom after the train was the first signs of Joker immerging. Then finding out about his mom, little by little, Author started to disappear, and Joker take over. That's why he didn't care anymore. He just did whatever he wanted to do on this day. He was going to do what he planned anyway. But when face to face with his idol, making fun of him, he changed his plan. So, that is why I find it sad.

As I've said in many a comments section, THE JERK was my life story. Then I lived long enough for it to become JOKER. 🤡

An agent if chaos. Joker will always have the last laugh. It explains Bruce's obsession with the clown prince of crime.

When he dance the first time afther the 3 killings in the sub... Thats his Swane dance. He became the black swane over there🖤 His dark site is comming out. God i love this movie. My mom was mentally ill and his laugh ... so the same.. i always cry when i see this masterpiece

Joker vs Happy Gilmore 😂

BJ 7 minutes into the reaction, "Is he imagining this?"

15:20 there was a Batman animated series that was for kids however if you read some of the comics they are very dark. The movie was largely influenced by "The Killing Joke" which has a lot of adult themes in it.

I'm so glad you guys did this one! Comic books can be very dark. They are graphic stories- Just like any book but given in smaller bite sized pieces with lots of pictures to illustrate the story. Now Asia knows that a comic book movie can be high drama and not just laughs and I'm thrilled for the door this opens for you both! 😆 I think comic books became so popular with people at the time because back then many people didn't have a good education and may not necessarily be able to read well (or at all). Comics gave those people the same escapism that people who could read enjoyed.

OMG Great film! Yes!!!!!!!!

Yes! I was wishing for a Joker reaction from these two!

The awakening of a murderer, a psychopath discovered his abilities with pride. Euphoria and release bringing extract and joy and laughter.

I saw an interview recently with the director, and he said that all Joaquin Phoenix ate was apples and smoked cigarettes during filming. One of the reasons why he is so skinny and lost 52 lbs.

Don’t ever call someone a junkie, don’t call them crazy, don’t call them anything but what they say their name is. Basic human respect, that’s what “Joker” is secretly preaching. Also my wife and I saw this shit in theater and we laughed so hard when nobody else did. If you don’t get a laugh out of Joker letting the little man leave because he’s a good person, then you can’t sit with us 😂

You guys should do Walk The Line, Joaquin Phoenix played Johnny Cash in that movie and it’s so good. I remember it coming out when I was a kid and it was the first movie I ever saw him in

Well technically in the comics, Joker has the same ability as Deadpool. He is able to see through the fourth wall. He knows whatever medium he is in. Comics, video games, movies, etc. So I can't confirm this but given the scene flash to Bruce's parents while he is in the asylum, I assume by that point he has awakened that ability and knows that little Bruce will become batman because of him. And that the only people that will get the "joke" is the real life audience watching the movie. Again I can't confirm that as far as the movie goes but if so, it's awesome.

One of jokers’s most famous lines to Batman is the difference between me, and you is just one bad day

Great reaction, and really enjoyed the post movie convo 💯

I enjoyed this movie love y’all movies reaction 🔥🔥❤️

I love watching movies with yall, it's the highlight of my week

"Is he dancing? He's dancing!" Haha yall funny af, subbed

Easily the best Joker personification and film for me.