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minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·10 months agoIt is Taxi Driver set in the DC universe.
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoMaybe for the first half, but their character development diverges at the end. Travis Bickle attempted to do something good, however misplaced, but the joker just wanted to watch the world burn.
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoThe way I see it, Travis thinks he’s doing something good, and succeeds in becoming a ‘hero’ purely by accident.
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoI’m not saying it is bad. Personally I see Taxi Driver as a better telling of that story, but Joker is also good in its own way.
minus-squareDeepGradientAscent@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 months agoThat’s the point. It’s not “bad”. But it’s not “good” either.
It is Taxi Driver set in the DC universe.
Maybe for the first half, but their character development diverges at the end. Travis Bickle attempted to do something good, however misplaced, but the joker just wanted to watch the world burn.
The way I see it, Travis thinks he’s doing something good, and succeeds in becoming a ‘hero’ purely by accident.
And how is that bad?
I’m not saying it is bad. Personally I see Taxi Driver as a better telling of that story, but Joker is also good in its own way.
That’s the point. It’s not “bad”. But it’s not “good” either.