Today we?ll have another movie review here! JOKER, reviewed by Chris Stuckman. Have you seen it? ORIGINAL VIDEO

TRUE OR FALSE:  

1. Arthur Fleck is a clown in a circus.

2. He gets beaten up on the streets.

3. People have been talking a lot about the movie 

4. Batman appears in the movie as well.

5. Joker is Chris? favorite villain.

MATCH:   

1. Joker is directed by Todd Phillips and stars Joaquin Phoenix as 

2. There has been so much talk and discourse surrounding 

3. Nolan understood that pretty 

4. But that's not to say that that origin has 

5. Everything I had heard about his performance is true and yet

a) this movie and all of it has been a joy.

b) well with his Dark Knight film.

c) he somehow still surprised me.

d) Arthur Fleck, a man who feels disregarded by everyone around him.

e) never been explored in comics before

ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT:

Welcome to my review of the latest controversial comic book movie: 

Joker is directed by Todd Phillips and stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a man who feels disregarded by everyone around him. He works as a sign twirler, he points people towards deals dressed up like a clown.

 He lives in a ratty old apartment with his sick mother. He's often beaten up on the streets and because of all this his world slowly begins to crumble and he finds himself being pushed towards violence. 

There has been so much talk and discourse surrounding this movie and all of it has been a joy.

I've loved every minute of it.

All of the takes, it's been so great. 

The Joker is my favorite comic book villain ever so automatically I have a bit of a bias but in films past as you know whenever that character was involved in the movie Batman was also there so there was a good and evil presence 

Now we're just focusing on this person and his origin. 

And at first I was a little adverse to that because I loved the idea of the Joker not really having an origin I loved him being a constant... the idea that he has just always been this way and his

past is so murky that he's even more terrifying. Nolan understood that pretty well with his Dark Knight film.

But that's not to say that that origin has never been explored in comics before and so I opened myself up to this idea and I loved this film I think it is wonderful.

Joaquin Phoenix in particular is mesmerizing. Everything I had heard about his performance is true and yet he somehow still surprised me. He is deserving of an Oscar nomination based

off of the other performances that I've seen so far in 2019 

The film leans very heavily into this being a character that is downtrodden in life you do feel

sympathy for him because you understand just how shitty his life has been based off of this portrayal... and that could be dangerous you could fall into being a bit sappy or syrupy?

You know asking for too much sentimentality for this guy making you feel sorry for him constantly

But Joaquin Phoenix and his performance treads that line really beautifully.

Because even when you feel like ?damn I feel bad for you because your life is such shit? you also see this brewing darkness behind his eyes where you, you no longer feel bad for him you actually are getting scared of this guy.

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PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION

Bem-vindo � minha resenha do mais recente e controverso filme de quadrinhos:

Coringa � dirigido por Todd Phillips e protagoniza Joaquin Phoenix como Arthur Fleck, um homem que se sente desconsiderado por todos ao seu redor. Ele trabalha como roteirista de cartazes, aponta as pessoas para neg�cios vestidos como um palha�o.

 Ele mora em um apartamento velho e sujo com sua m�e doente. Ele � frequentemente espancado nas ruas e, por tudo isso, seu mundo lentamente come�a a desmoronar e ele se v� empurrado para a viol�ncia.

Houve muita conversa e discurso em torno deste filme e tudo isso foi uma alegria.

Eu amei cada minuto disso.

Todas as opini�es (pontos de vista), tem sido t�o bom.

O Coringa � meu vil�o favorito dos quadrinhos de maneira t�o autom�tica que eu tenho um vi�s, mas nos filmes anteriores, como voc� sabe, sempre que esse personagem estava envolvido no filme Batman tamb�m estava l�, ent�o havia uma presen�a boa e m�

Agora estamos apenas focando nessa pessoa e em sua origem.

E no come�o eu era um pouco adverso, porque eu adorava a id�ia do Coringa realmente n�o ter uma origem, eu o amava ser uma constante ... a id�ia de que ele sempre foi assim e

o passado � t�o sombrio que ele � ainda mais aterrorizante. Nolan entendeu isso muito bem com seu filme Dark Knight.

Mas isso n�o quer dizer que essa origem nunca tenha sido explorada nos quadrinhos antes, ent�o me abri para essa ideia e adorei esse filme, acho maravilhoso.

Joaquin Phoenix, em particular, � hipnotizante. Tudo o que ouvi sobre sua performance � verdadeiro e, de alguma forma, ele ainda me surpreendeu. Ele merece uma indica��o ao Oscar baseada

fora das outras performances que eu vi at� agora em 2019

O filme se inclina muito para este ser um personagem oprimido na vida que voc� sente

simpatia por ele, porque voc� entende o qu�o merda a vida dele se baseou nesse retrato ... e isso pode ser perigoso, voc� pode se tornar um pouco meloso ou meloso ...

Voc� sabe pedir muito sentimentalismo para esse cara, fazendo voc� sentir pena dele constantemente

Mas Joaquin Phoenix e sua performance caminham muito bem nessa linha.

Porque mesmo quando voc� se sente como "caramba, eu me sinto mal por voc� porque sua vida � uma merda", voc� tamb�m v� essa escurid�o nos olhos dele, onde voc�, voc� n�o se sente mais mal por ele, na verdade est� ficando com medo desse cara.

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VOCABULARY:

CRUMBLE - se despeda�ar

A TAKE - um ponto de vista

BIAS - vi�s, inclina��o, tend�ncia

MURKY - obscuro, sombrio

MESMERIZING - hipnotizante, de cair o queixo

DOWNTRODDEN - maltratado, oprimido

SAPPY / SYRUPY - xarope, meloso, muito sentimental

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FILL IN THE GAPS:

The Joker is my favorite 1.___ book villain ever so automatically I have a bit of a bias but in films past, as you 2.___ , whenever that character was involved in the movie, Batman was also 3.___ so there was a good and evil presence. 

Now we're just 4.___ on this person and his origin. 

And at first I was a little 5.___ to that because I loved the idea of the Joker not really having an origin I loved him 6.___ a constant... the idea that he has just always been this way and his

past is so murky that he's even 7.___ terrifying. Nolan understood that 8.___ well with his Dark Knight film.

But that's 9.___ to say that that origin has never been explored in comics before and so I opened myself up 10.___ this idea and I loved this film I think it is wonderful.

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ANSWERS

TRUE OR FALSE: 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.T

MATCH: 1.d 2.a 3.b 4.e 5.c

FILL IN THE GAPS:

1.comic 

2.know

3.there 

4.focusing 

5.adverse 

6.being 

7.more 

8.pretty 

9.not 

10.to 

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