Written by Evely Tan
Since Warner Bros. first released a teaser trailer of the new “Joker” in early April, fans have yearned to see more of Todd Philips’ Joker with Academy Award-Winner Joaquin Phoenix’s characterization of Batman’s villain in DC Comics and now the second trailer has finally been released.
Earlier before the trailer release, they once again teased the fans with six new short clips of the footage in the film on Instagram (@jokermovie), paused at the right moment, it forms a collage of a message; Trailer 828.
Strong waves of intensity and emotions wash over upon viewing the trailer. Ideally, this film set in the early ’80s portrays the vicissitude of Arthur Fleck from a deteriorated clown into a criminal intellect who roams around the Gotham City which was impelled by the societal pressure and the crumbling of his sanity.
In this new version of the joker, it carries a depth to it as Joaquin Phoenix stated,
“I wouldn’t quite classify this as like any genre,” Phoenix told Collider. “I wouldn’t say it’s a superhero movie, or a studio movie or a… It feels unique, and I think more than anything, and probably the most important thing, is Todd [Philips] seems very passionate about it and giving, and so that’s exciting. I think, underneath the excitement of these films, and the size of them, there are these incredible characters that are dealing with real-life struggles. And sometimes that is uncovered and exposed, and sometimes it isn’t, and so I always felt, like, there were characters in comics that were really interesting and deserve the opportunity to be kind of studied. And so I think that’s what Todd sees appealing about this idea.”
October 4 is the due date for the release of the movie, and it’s been giving an official rating of R. Exciting times ahead
