I guess it's supposed to be the year of
the clowns and can't wait to see a bunch
of people dressed as either Pennywise,
the Joker, or themselves another year in a row.
Hey there! It's Blaze, here! Today we're
gonna be talking about the latest "Joker"
trailer, with the film set to be released
October 4th of this year!
With a little over a month till its official release, Warner Brothers decided by the grace of
Hugh Jackman to finally give us a
final preview and I'm foaming at the mouth!
I claimed this to be "The Don" of my
Anticipated Films video, and with good reason.
Mainly, because I love spooky
season, one.
And, psychological thrillers are my bread and butter.
On top of that, despite his unkillable appearance in certain media,
He (The Joker) is one of the most
highly acclaimed villains within the DC arena,
and, is probably one of my favorites
as well.
One thing I already like about the film
is that there are only two
trailers, okay? It doesn't need 14 billion
other trailers from 6 different channels
to tell me and convince me whether or
not to go see this film.
THAT'S IT!  That's all you need, okay?
Just, cool it.
And, if there's one thing that we can agree on about the DCEU, is that they're pretty
good at selling tickets and no matter
how you feel about the franchise, this
trailer is no different. So, let's get
right into the details of the trailer!
So, this film is set in a flashback of
Gotham's 80's roots, which I'd talk
about the whole 80's pandering thing, if I
wasn't biased. The trailer introduces us
to a scene with Arthur on a bus and he's
entertaining a kid and it's such an
innocent and fun little moment until the
mom goes--
(Assertive Tone) "Can you please stop bothering my kid?"
I just--(frustrated noises) Leave Arthur alone!
I love it when a trailer is able to tell me everything I need to know about a character
within the first ten seconds. But, in that moment, you can see that Arthur
comes from a very pure
and wholesome place and relates more to
being a kid that being an adult in his
life and, you can see how poorly he
navigates that lifestyle. In the next
the scene, Arthur's talking with his
therapist and it's probably one of the
most hard-hitting scenes that you'll see
in the film. You get a little glimpse of
his mental psyche and---(frightened) Jesus Christ!
He sees this as a repetitive routine where
talking gets him absolutely nowhere
since no one's really listening to him.
And, at the end of the day, those negative
thoughts are still embedded in his mind
and nothing throughout his life gets
better from his perspective. Then, the trailer shows him getting attacked and
spat on and slapped and punched and---just basically everything that makes you
feel for him and hate society. I mean, I
knew the Wayne's would be implemented in
the story somehow or some way, but, like---Thomas Wayne just socked him right in
the nasal cavity and I was like, "oh my
gosh!"
Where was this fighting tactic technique
when you were getting robbed!
But, the trailer just paints authors this broken, human being who's lost his identity and
his confidence. In the scene, where he's
laughing down this corridor it's
absolutely eerie and it's--it's not a
normal life. It's just a--- what the Brendan
(Crazed Cackle)
What the Brendan Fraser is--
It's meant to be a disingenuous
laugh, and it's as if he's mocking
something, the way society mocks him; 
you can see throughout the trailer that
he emulates the things that he sees, and
since nobody likes who he really is he
tries to create a new identity. In a very strange and eerie way, the "Joker" is
empowering to him; mainly, because it's a new identity and I don't like the fact
that they introduced it in this trailer, I thought it would have been better if
they held off till the movie and I could
have had that, "Oh crap! He said his name
on the title of the movie!" but it's--it's
the title of the movie so, like--- there's
no surprise factor there. But, Joker is
originally a stage name; now, I don't know
if it's like a stage name for him as
Arthur or just another persona that he
developed as a new comedian, but it uses
it as a way to get on to the stage and
introducing him is the Goodfella, the
th-the Don, the Capo, the Dirty Grandpa
Robert De Niro, who seems to be the sort
of driving force for Arthur to become
this villain or the Joker and maybe
possibly pushes him towards crime.
I'm assuming Arthur Curry (*Fleck) as Joker talks about a lot of polarizing issues, topics that
starts causing riots and things and
inciting violence within people. Because,
in a way, the Joker's not only empowering
for Arthur Fleck, but he's sort of the
symbol for the little people in Gotham.
He's their 80s Batman. I'm assuming he's
the first clown and the one that created
the whole clown concept when doing crime
cause, like--why would anyone wear a clown mask to just do crime. Like, it doesn't make sense.
Just wear ski mask! But, I'm
assuming he's the leader and, you know?
he's the ultimate clown supreme. But,
either leader or follower, you see Arthur
Fleck in the sea of a crowd of people that
are chanting and rioting and inciting
violence against the big man, the
higher-ups and he's just enjoying his
time in the spotlight in the attention
and that people are finally listening;
he's able to have an effect on people
and have their attention. But, all in all
he's accepted. He accepts himself as the
joke and the trailer emulates that by playing the score--
🎶Send in the Clown (Frank Sinatra)🎶
it's sort of his triumph theme! Even, in his profession as a comedian there's a
spotlight on him. Which, I thought it was
a very interesting detail about the
Joker. Because, compared to the ideologies of the Joker from the Christopher Nolan era,
it was always about "chaos just for
the sake of chaos" you know? "Watching the--
world burn" and, now we get to see the mentality of the guy who wants to watch
the world burn, before he gets a chance
to play God!
Sidenote, the "Joker" or Arthur Fleck has a
relationship with a girl named Sophie
Desmond and I wasn't going to talk about
it, but at the same time it's sort of
like a weird thing you see within the
trailer; you don't really think about
Joker having any specific--you know,
personal relationship. Even though, one of
the Joker's timeline he was a failing
comedian but he also had a wife had a kid.
I also want to clarify that the film
may adapt certain details from the
Joker's many origin stories, but it's its
own separate density as a movie.
Either way, I think both comic and film fans are going to love this movie and appreciate
it for what it is. But, it was definitely something that
caught my attention. But, going in, like
all other movies, I have my concerns.
I don't want to go into this film and them
releasing it and having one hand tied
behind their back like, I don't want them
to hold back. Which, is some of the issues
that I had with it and I feel like any
last-minute editing could ruin the film
steam. But, in general, I have high hopes
for this film and I'm excited to see it in theatres!
What about you? Let me know
your thoughts down below, along with your
theories and inquiries and I'll respond
to them as soon as possible! Follow me on
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anyway, I hope you guys have a lovely day,
and I'll see you guys on the flip-side. Buh-Bye!
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