FULL SPOILERS! IGN’s Jim Vejvoda, David Griffin and Joshua Yehl unpack their theories about what the ending of the film means. Subscribe to IGN for more!
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Joker Ending Explained
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the joke in his head is killing people. That's why people shouldn't ask him for telling the joke. Or asking "what's so funny?" Because when he laughs, he kills you in his head, and he thinks that is funny because for him it's a joke.
I like that this movie made it so people can form their own opinions because that’s what the Joker’s backstory has always been. A mystery. But I like to take this movie at face value. I think everything that isn’t shown to be in his head is real. And the true mystery is whether he escapes at the end or not. And my big theory is that MAYBE this is Robert Pattison’s Batman origin story also??? All in all I love this movie. Great and heartbreaking story.
joker got caught again, put in an asylum. Done. nothing to debate here. he jokes about planning to killing the shrink, thats why he said "you wouldnt understand".
Marvel : this is ridiculous, how is this dancing clown beat the avengers
Joker can't be dead fools, he still have to clash with Batman once Bruce grows up.
Didn’t realise the ending needed explaining
I wanna start smoking after seeing this movie
Adopted by a mentally ill mother , got child abused , got abused when he was adult , didn't had money for food then he became joker and lived the happiest day of his life
I use to smash my head when I was little as a tantrum …and my attitude is kinda like this
You will never get it
I blame is mom
I’m watching it again tomorrow!!!
Joaquin Phoenix: When i was a little boy and told people i will win an Oscar, everyone laughed at me, well (after Joker) no one is laughing now.
There has to be some significance of him smashing his head into walls/glass/etc. Early in the movie it shows the quickest flashback of him institutionalized smashing his head. Then at the end of the movie he’s institutionalized again. ??♂️
He said he has a joke when he killed Murray. So that's his line before he kills. That's what I got from it.
Smh… biting found flix. He’s the originator of “ending explained”.
I'm all in with Jim.
I kind of assumed he just killed Thomas himself.
Everything that happened after he killed the overweight guy was a delusion. The masked guy that killed the Waynes, that was Arthur.
The death of Murray I don't buy. I honestly don't know if Murray was even real or just a fantasy.
I think at the end Joker was institutionalized for Thomas's murder.
Didn't love the movie but very thought provoking there.
You’re overthinking it, the movie is straightforward (and great), these aren’t really theories but fan fiction alternative ideas.
how can he run away from cops and directly go into the talkshow as a guest?
That's " unreliable" isn't it?
Damn at least let the movie be out for awhile…
This movie was incredible.
Anyone with great sense would understand the ending, but okay ?♂️
when they show the guests up for the show in the end …. Arthur's name isn't there…
Arthur was never called to the show
I dont think he imagined the ending. I think its payoff. The world only noticed him and treated him well when he became the symbol of chaos and anarchy. I believe he gets off on this and embraces it and fully becomes the joker. I think its symbolic that joker and batman are born on the same night. I think hes eventually caught where hes telling this story in Arkham to this person and some of the stuff might be off because joker doesnt remember his past well (like in the comics). Eventually he'll break out as always and face off with batman
I don't know IGN, saying that the ending didn't happen or that Joker didn't inspire the city to go up in flames is a huge dismissal of what the movie is trying to say. Modern society is increasingly getting frustrated with their institutions that it's only a matter of time before the people reach their boiling points. What the hell are you guys talking about? Afterlife fantasies? Get real IGN.
Or a possible theory is. He imagined the relationship and that's it, he was a much clearer narrator after he started becoming the joker and stopped taking his meds. Everything else actually happened.
The Joker movie is like what Joker said: "i prefer it to be multiple choice"
The movie played out in Arthur's head while he sat in Arkham talking with social worker. Batman is nothing more than a delusion of grandeur in the Jokers mind.
I want to see a movie called, "The Waynes". This would show the Waynes in the morally grey light. Also Alfred would be a dark character. Set in the 50s thru the 60's. Elements from flashpoint timeline would be used. Thomas as Batman, Martha as Joker. Seen thru a serious lens of the Joker movie.
Why these endings has to be explained? Is this channel for toddlers, i just don't understand.
We don't want the ending explained. We understood everything. It was perfectly made!
The movie is a piece of art!
He was an orphan with no name, who was given a name by his adopted mother. Imagine he’s an alternate universe Bruce Wayne, it puts a lot of things in perspective like Thomas Wayne, Bruce, and his affinity/connection to Batman. They’re the same guy with just two different life experiences, showcasing we are/become what we experience.
I loved this movie
Before watching this I feel I must ask, what about the ending needs to be explained?
Seriously, the movie isn't really out yet and you're already posting an "Ending Explained"?
During the final scene where Arthur Fleck said "I just thought of a joke…", then shows a scene of young Bruce Wayne standing between his dead parents… I think Bruce becoming Batman was the punchline…
The movie came out yesterday, relax a bit and give people a chance to watch it first.
I guess the title mislead me to believe people didn't get the ending. It turns it out this video acts more as a review or dissection of the movie's ending etc.
Okay i have a question ( don't press read more
Did he kill Sophie?
Knock knock
thumbs up if you think bruce parents death scene could've been done better.
then again , this movie is all about the joker.
Far better than endgame .
Totally cool theories! I love this movie!
joker create the Batman,Its funny