Movies: Joker: Folie a Deux - October 4, 2024

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

More like Joker Folie a DON'T! Right? Right?

 

[John Price]

yeah I don't think I'll see it today or in theaters

may watch it later on streaming

 

[kook10]

Word of mouth for this has been absymal and it's looking like it's going to be a huge bomb, anyone actually plan on seeing it? I'm going to wait until I can just watch from home.

I think I will go see it. They can't all be home runs, but I've got a monthly pass and want to support theatrical releases.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

You could see the bust coming from miles away. Terrible idea even on paper and the director is shit.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Why they went for a musical is something i'll never understand.

And then the bait and switch with Lady Gaga being a major focal point of the advertising only for her to barely show up apparently?

Who thought this was a good idea? Like I didn't think the first movie was a grand cinematic revelation like some people did, but it was entertaining enough.

 

[Osprey]

Never mind.

 

[beowulf]

Not getting much positive buzz which I figured would happen...I liked the first one overall but add singing and turning a comic book movie into a musical just does not work for me. then again pretty much all musicals don't interest me.

 

[beowulf]

No one expects “Joker: Folie à Deux” to come close to the original’s $96 million opening (adjusted, closer to $110 million). Industry consensus is closer to $55 million-$60 million, but some sources suggest not even a $50 million opening is guaranteed.

Here’s Why the Box-Office Odds Don’t Favor ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’

Taylor Swift's 'The Eras Tour' dominated the October 2023 box office. Can 'Joker: Folie à Deux' even come close in 2024?

www.indiewire.com

 

[Adam Warlock]

I saw it and actually liked it. I say that as someone who absolutley loved the first.

It was a big a swing and I get why people see it as a miss. Philips was pretty open about not wanting to make a franchise about the crown prince of crime and that if he was gonna make a sequal he wanted it to be different so i went in with those expectations.

The ending disappinted a bit and it didnt have the satisfying comic nods of the first...but what I appreciated about it was it focused on the themes that were really relevent in the first film. The music stuff was weird but music and arthurs delusions were a huge part of the first film and thats basically what he explored in this one... so it didnt feel like a stretch to me.

I probably wont revisit this as much as the first but i did enjoy it.