10 Best Movie Villains Of 2019

The Joker is a strange film, with a completely different approach to the character than ever before. From the start, Arthur Fleck is brought before the audience as the movie's protagonist, the underdog you can't help but feel sorry for and root for. Truly, both Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix did an incredible job bringing the character to life, but one thing to take away from this movie is that Arthur and the Joker are two different characters.

The heart breaking reality of the story in this movie is that Arthur Fleck was not a villain. He was a troubled man trying to get through a world that pushed him around. By the end of the movie however, Arthur Fleck is no more.

With his full transformation into the Joker complete, the Clown Prince of Crime left his old life and his old personality behind. Guilty of murder, and the complete laid back approach to taking Murray Franklin's life confirmed this Joker is the same as every other before him - a pure villain.

Naturally, every single person who went to see Joker knew who the titular character was, but this movie, and Phoenix's performance, completely turned their perceptions around, and changed the game going forward for comic book movies.