"Joker" is the highest-rated comic book filmSeptember 5, 2019 - 11:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Joker" has only just received its world premiere and it’s already become the highest-rated film featuring a comic book character. Although it won’t be released for another month, the film – from "The Hangover" director Todd Phillips – has racked up a staggering 9.7 rating out of a possible 10 on IMDb, The Independent reports. For comparison, "Avengers: Endgame", which is the world’s highest-grossing film of all time, sits at 8.6 while Christopher Nolan’s "The Dark Knight" has nine. It’s worth noting that this rating is likely to change when the film actually gets released, but its high score predicts big things for the film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as a reimagined version of the DC villain named Arthur Fleck. The film received an eight-minute standing ovation following its Venice Film Festival premiere at the weekend with the majority of critics praising the film and Phoenix’s performance. Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera declared that the film is headed “straight to the Oscars”. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |