Once again, I absolutely DO NOT GET IT.
Why do people seem to love this film so much? I thought it was passable at best. Sure, it features a brilliant and fearless performance by star Joaquin Phoenix, but it was all in service of nothing. The story was extreeeeemely predictable, as it was little more than a remake of Taxi Driver and The King Of Comedy melded together. In fact the moment I saw the trailer I "wrote" the movie's plot in my head, and my version was virtually identical to the real thing.
Even more puzzling, it's a superhero movie without any superheroes or comic book elements in it. You could remove all the handful of DC references and it wouldn't change the movie one bit. Heck, you could take out all the clown stuff too, and again, the story would remain virtually unchanged. So why do comic book fans love it so?
More power to Warner Bros. and DCEU fans, I guess. But I remain honestly baffled by this movie's popularity and success.