I have still not seen the Joker movie. I have a DVD screener of it that I could pop in any time but this feels to me like a film that should be seen in a theater…and when one is in the mood for a certain intensity that I can only take on certain occasions. I'll get to it but I'm never in a hurry to see any movie these days. I can't recall the last picture I couldn't take my time getting around to.
Still, I was glad to see the film get a little love if only because the names of Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson got on the screen last night and they've also been mentioned in some of the press for the movie. Their roles in the creation of the greatest villain ever in comics have never been properly acknowledged, nor have many other contributions to the Batman mythos.
They deserve it…as Rob Salkowitz explains in this news story this morning.