@andrewdinse7658

As much as I love this movie, I can see why some people didn’t like or understand it; it’s not just grim, it’s hauntingly real - this movie depicts one of the greatest villains ever conceived, a character synonymous with psychopathy and madness, in the realest, most grounded way possible. There are no chemical vats that bleach the skin, or billionaires in armored suits fighting criminals; it’s just a man who has a couple of bad days and becomes a madman.

And that shockingly real fact scares people. This movie is bleak, uncomfortable, pessimistic, depressing and disturbing. And a lot of people are so disturbed by that that they don’t see that that’s the point of the movie - a bleak and depressing movie about a bleak and depressing person that could easily happen if we let it.
I think the people who dislike this movie the most are the people who haven’t seen how hard mental illness is or how grim things can get; people reject what they don’t understand, so people who see the world through rose tinted glasses will reject this movie. 
Optimism will reject this pessimistic film.

@ptitecame6688

This scene is just a masterpiece. Every time Arthur tried to cheer people up in a "good way", he always got laughed at, punched and ended up lying on the ground. He did not get up in this scene, the Joker did, and people finally cheered for him. Gotham really got what they fucking deserved.

@AEsir2023

The man actually has tears in his eyes when he draws the smile amazing acting

@eighthnickel1513

Joker (2019) doesn’t inspire violence, it shows how it happens.

@kuro-madoshi

That's where the trouble began.
That smile. That damned smile.

@cyvader101

People cheer at this scene 

When he puts on that smile 

The smile that was the effect after so much pain 
It is probably the saddest scene in the movie
A man who was in the end a good man died right there, and all that was left was an evil far greater than most could ever imagine 
We cheer as this was the birth of a famed villain, but the death of someone who just wanted to be happy for one damn time...

@adrienwanted5759

One of best scenes of the decade

@aarijahmed9962

Before: He tried to smile during the pain( By Himself) 
Now: The pain made him smile(Not by himself)
Saddest thing man!

@clarencechung122

the ambulance ran into the police car and killed Arthur. the Joker took over from there onwards.

@MrMgkman13

I had to come here after watching Folie A Deux to remind myself there was a reason this Joker was once great. 

God damn the sequel ruins everything about this Joker.

@brandonbonett6416

Batman 1989: Joker created Batman

Animated series: Batman created Joker

Joker 2019: Fate created them both

@BenAuk

Jack Nicholson - Started the Fire Heath Ledger - Left a Torch that no one can grab.
 Joaquin Phoenix - Grabbed it and ran with it.

@ViceJosh1.9

Heath Ledger would be proud of Joaquin Phoenix.

@cinemageplt

Phœnix is beyond everything in this movie

@crow22532

I wanted to cry so bad when he started dancing. All i could see was poor arthur. Then he realized his fate and put on that smile. Jesus i was so blown away.

@artmaestro02

And this man just won an oscar

@bradlindsey5049

I love the Parallel with this scene and when Arthur says “If it was me dying on the sidewalk you’d walk right over me! Everyday you don’t notice me!” Because when Arthur was dying in the car, they pulled him out and praised him, and he was finally noticed.

@1polyron1

If you didn't watch the movie and had the context up until this scene, then the scene would mean nothing. It's only after being inside Arthur's head and experiencing life through his eyes that makes this scene evolve into something greater than any movie of its kind. It's truly a celebration of Joker. It's a modern tale of caution. We create our villains. Joker is one, like many, who could have been saved but only saw one way out and that was through madness in this cold and lonely world.

@joegould7487

This is genuinely one of the most powerful scenes in a film I have ever watched. The fact that this is the protagonist and that this is not the end of the character's journey but the beginning. I've watched this scene over and over again since I came back from the cinema last october.

@paraphil

The acting, the movement, the music, the direction. Everything is perfect about this scene.