YES:
- This trailer is so good because it has context. Not in the trailer itself, but in the however many years Phoenix has been in the news for his antics. For me it started with a cursory comment by a friend that Joaquin Phoenix was trying to start a hip-hop career and was getting into fights with people in the audience at his shows. Then it became a major story on my radar with the infamous Letterman appearance, at which point I learned a movie was being made about him by Casey Affleck, etc etc.
- One of the best movie posters ever.
- There are two things that could make this movie legendary:
- If Joaquin Phoenix died soon
- If this whole thing is an unbelievably elaborate hoax
NO:
- While I hope that this is a true journey for Phoenix pursuing what he really wants to do (or putting on an elaborate hoax), the reality is he witnessed the death of his older brother at a relatively young age – scarring regardless of the reason – of a drug overdose, and now seems to be spiraling into a drug-fueled confusion of his own. I hate to assume people are on drugs when I don’t know for sure, but come on.
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