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  • Joker: Folie à Deux takes some big swings, but it's mostly a giant failure. Here is my no spoiler review! #jokerfolieàdeux #joaquinphoenix #ladygaga #oscars #academyawards #filmreview #moviereview #theawardscontender
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Комментарии • 306

  • @magnusmotor1364
    @magnusmotor1364 3 дня назад +88

    Take Joker and Harley: two of the wildest characters in cinema. Then make them sing and talk for 2 hours. Genius!

    • @Unqualifiedmedicalperson
      @Unqualifiedmedicalperson 3 дня назад +14

      I wouldn’t mind that, if the singing actually helped tell the story and wasn’t just there for no reason….

    • @shadysorkin9214
      @shadysorkin9214 2 дня назад +1

      I still like the concept it just wasnt done well.

  • @anamariaaninha
    @anamariaaninha 3 дня назад +78

    In my opinion, this film didn't need a sequel, much less being a musical. I'll be surprised if it does well at the box office

    • @CurtisJeffries-cd5vu
      @CurtisJeffries-cd5vu 3 дня назад +1

      or anymore Batman slash joker projects. yea, the first Joker was a pleasant surprise. I thought I was gonna hate it, n then I luved it, I actually like every second of it, cuz it's weird, n ur wondering wut this dude is gonna do. him dancin wit the gn n It Goin off is weirdly satisfying, him dancin everywhere he go for some reason is also very satisfying. but yea, u gotta kno wen to stop. n mr director guy is doin a repeat of Hangover 2.

    • @logannathan.p9542
      @logannathan.p9542 3 дня назад

      No It won't

    • @banterj
      @banterj 2 дня назад

      Unless they made the story about her!

  • @singstreetcar5881
    @singstreetcar5881 3 дня назад +158

    Most anticipated movies of 2024 have been disappointing, meanwhile movies that were on nobody's radars are doing well example the substance

    • @gouge_away
      @gouge_away 3 дня назад +15

      This one isn't surprising; Joker wasn't very good.

    • @Afr095
      @Afr095 3 дня назад +5

      I somewhat agree. I loved dune part 2 and D&W and the wild robot and these were my most anticipated films this year. But films like this or megalopolis whether I was excited for them or not which I wasn’t really aren’t doing well unfortunately. Of course furiousa was great but didn’t do well and transformers one I thought would suck but it’s fantastic but it’s still struggling. So it’s a mish mosh year as far as that goes for me personally.

    • @danwoods8195
      @danwoods8195 3 дня назад

      i think you mean "wild robot" substance has only made 11 million in its first week. wild robot opened at 53 mill...big difference.

    • @sophanphin4199
      @sophanphin4199 2 дня назад +5

      Joker wasnt a very good movie, but it was buoyed by Joaquin. The only good bits were ripped off from Scorcese. This movie was just a complete mess and misuse of Lady Gaga lol

    • @dubitataugustinus
      @dubitataugustinus 2 дня назад +3

      The Substance is my current pick for best film of the year. It won't win Oscars probably, cause those old men tend to hate gore, but I hope I'm wrong.

  • @GareBare90
    @GareBare90 3 дня назад +103

    Well...back to the SUBSTANCE!

    • @jerrycornelius3466
      @jerrycornelius3466 3 дня назад +10

      .....always back to The Substance!

    • @batguy39
      @batguy39 3 дня назад +3

      Lmao

    • @AngelsEgg9
      @AngelsEgg9 3 дня назад +4

      the substance is just an americanized helter skelter without the superb art direction and cinematography lol

    • @jasonandkathleenbarker6306
      @jasonandkathleenbarker6306 3 дня назад +2

      Something about the first hour of that movie gave me that tingly feeling. I can’t put my finger on it.
      Second half sucked but that first half…I liked it!

    • @shayanahmed7132
      @shayanahmed7132 2 дня назад +2

      More like between Anora and the Brutalist.
      I like the subtance but it's only going to win wardrobe. Its not a serious contender like the other mentioned.

  • @welcometomybreakroom6858
    @welcometomybreakroom6858 3 дня назад +35

    I was so confused in the run up to release about why the director and cast were so set on trying to pretend it wasn't a musical. If you didn't want it to be a musical, why did you make it a musical?!?

    • @Poookoook
      @Poookoook День назад +2

      Brilliant question. Dont post again until you’re 18

  • @heymistercarter.
    @heymistercarter. 3 дня назад +24

    One thing I remember the most about the first movie has to be Hildur Guðnadóttir’s haunting score.

    • @Dee-v8u
      @Dee-v8u 3 дня назад +3

      Yeah she won the Oscar for it.

  • @bearwoody
    @bearwoody 3 дня назад +25

    NFL on CBS a couple days ago was partially sponsored by this movie. The announcer at the start of the game said the broadcast was brought to us by, "Joker Fo-lee-Ay." Wish I had it recorded

  • @ziggy8253
    @ziggy8253 3 дня назад +5

    “I went to see a Joker movie, but all I saw was a fuckin’ clown.” -The Penguin (Oz Cobb)

  • @GA-1st
    @GA-1st 3 дня назад +16

    Phillips is not a great director. There's no reason to think he could pull this off. At least that's what I thought going into the cinema. I was right!

    • @wet-read
      @wet-read 2 дня назад

      He didn't pull anything off with the first one, either.

  • @Horrormaster13
    @Horrormaster13 3 дня назад +30

    *The Hangover* 🤝🏻 *Joker (2019)*
    Should never had a Sequel

    • @theimpossiblemary
      @theimpossiblemary 3 дня назад

      The Hangover 2 wasn't that bad. I loved the monk, the monkey, Stu having s*x with a trans person...

  • @VikingMatt879
    @VikingMatt879 3 дня назад +15

    I never ever let critical and audience reception determine if I'm going to see a movie. But after how much I loved the first Joker, and after that I heard this movie takes place in a courtroom mixed in with musical numbers that don't even feel passionate about being musical numbers, this sequel just sounds like a huge mistake and I won't be paying to watch this in a theater at all. I'll catch it on HBOMax sometime when it is free.

    • @Hand_Painted_Tie
      @Hand_Painted_Tie 3 дня назад +3

      If I waste money it ruins my day and I won't pay to see this when the trailers were so boring

    • @shayanahmed7132
      @shayanahmed7132 2 дня назад +1

      Go watch Anora, The Brutalist, The Fall or the Subtance instead. Much better films worth your time and money

    • @DancingEagleWoman
      @DancingEagleWoman День назад

      Same here, I'll wait until it's on a streaming channel.

    • @Awardshq
      @Awardshq День назад

      Who is paying for movies nowadays when every theatre has a membership lol

  • @edreid7872
    @edreid7872 3 дня назад +52

    The most fun I'm having with this film is the way people are attempting to pronounce its title..😂

    • @CurtisJeffries-cd5vu
      @CurtisJeffries-cd5vu 3 дня назад +5

      it's jus the director tryin to sound smart, like this profound or sumthin.

    • @mike04574
      @mike04574 3 дня назад +2

      looks easy enough. Folie like Mick Foley and deux(two)

    • @edreid7872
      @edreid7872 3 дня назад

      @@mike04574 Thanks to your high school French.. Watch a few videos, and you'll get my point…🤣.. Foley…Flu-ley, Flow-ley, Fool-ley… etc

    • @tylermccurry403
      @tylermccurry403 3 дня назад

      Same.

    • @edreid7872
      @edreid7872 3 дня назад

      @@mike04574Thanks to your high school French.. Watch a few videos, and you'll get my point.. Foley, Fool-ley, Flu-lee, etc..😂

  • @Starkardur
    @Starkardur 3 дня назад +5

    Interesting how Phoenix's main competition during the 2019/2020 award season was Adam Driver as Driver has been in so many duds lately and now joins Phoenix as the stars of the two biggest turds of 2024.

  • @IsaiahTB0
    @IsaiahTB0 3 дня назад +9

    I really really enjoyed this movie a lot, but I can see why other people wouldn't. It didn't really feel aimless to me. I thought Gaga was given enough to do but don't really wanna discuss here without spoiling her part of the story. Definitely agree with the take overall now that this likely wont be in Best Picture. I genuinely think Gaga could still get in the supporting category, especially if some critics groups pull her up:
    early predictions: cinematography, sound, best supporting actress, best costume design, best original song

  • @tallyholightguy5353
    @tallyholightguy5353 3 дня назад +3

    Todd Philips needed a “King of Comedy” sequel to know what to do with this movie

  • @DaveW90
    @DaveW90 3 дня назад +11

    Other than Joaquin Phoenix the only other actor I can think of reprising their oscar winning role is Anthony Hopkins

    • @albalbuena6478
      @albalbuena6478 2 дня назад +2

      Bing Crosby reprised his Oscar winning Father O’Malley from GOING MY WAY for the sequel THE BELLS OF ST. MARY a year later.

    • @wet-read
      @wet-read 2 дня назад +1

      Lecter as played by Hopkins is closer to caricature than real life. I prefer Brian Cox in the role.

    • @filthybonnet
      @filthybonnet День назад

      I should have looked down because I just wrote a whole rant about the "Hannibal" movie as someone who the "Hannibal" novel is one of my favorite novels of all time.

    • @teamogaga
      @teamogaga День назад

      my thoughts exactly with silence of the lambs and hannibal

    • @albalbuena6478
      @albalbuena6478 День назад

      @@DaveW90 George C.Scott also reprised his Patton role for the sequel THE LAST DAYS OF PATTON (1986).

  • @WellingtonOliveira_well_author
    @WellingtonOliveira_well_author 3 дня назад +29

    Warner Bros. expectations for Joker 2: Oscar wins
    Reality: Razzie awards sweep 🤭🤭

    • @ricardoediza2690
      @ricardoediza2690 3 дня назад +5

      Bros talking like Megalopolis, Madame Web, and Borderlands aint gonna pull up

    • @WellingtonOliveira_well_author
      @WellingtonOliveira_well_author 3 дня назад +2

      @@ricardoediza2690 oh, don't worry. All those you mentioned will get major Razzie awards alongside Joker 2 🤭🤭

    • @gabbyb7347
      @gabbyb7347 3 дня назад +2

      I can see Joker 2 at the Razzies. The first One was nominated and it's vastly superior

    • @owenorders5202
      @owenorders5202 День назад

      @WellingtonOliveira..well..author Golden Turkey awards. There just isn't a Tomato Rotten enough for this movie.

  • @mike04574
    @mike04574 3 дня назад +18

    original joker was just decent too.. shouldn't haven gotten so many nominations

    • @banterj
      @banterj 2 дня назад

      I never saw it…wasn’t my cup of tea…I don’t understand why they keep trying to make joker or anything out of Batman serious characters…he is mentally ill ok now what?

    • @shayanahmed7132
      @shayanahmed7132 2 дня назад

      I'm so glad Parasite sweeped that year.

  • @petrvarfolomeev1993
    @petrvarfolomeev1993 3 дня назад +6

    Lady Gaga is basically the only reason I've been waiting for this movie to come out, and it's sucn a disappointment we don't have that much of her in it. Especially given the fact that the trailer and the whole marketing campaign focused on both of them as lead characters. Planning to see it this weekend anyway. Hope it will be good anyway, but the chances are low now.

    • @filthybonnet
      @filthybonnet День назад

      She was the reason this only peaked my interest a little. I was hoping they were going to do something with her like Margot Robbie. But like her own spin but on the same level. Doesn't sound like.

  • @ricardoediza2690
    @ricardoediza2690 3 дня назад +5

    Since you did the Razzies retrospectives, we need a Razzies prediction vid soon

  • @cristianacevedo178
    @cristianacevedo178 3 дня назад +49

    As a gay, I'll go watch it anyway. God forbids Gaga gets called box office poison

    • @ktom5262
      @ktom5262 3 дня назад

      What does it have to do with being gay? And it seems Gaga is a box office poison, we've seen it with A Star Is Born and with Gucci.

    • @seank1033
      @seank1033 3 дня назад +3

      She already is🤷🏾‍♂️ Mainly because of House of Gucci, but the word surrounding this movie hasn't been great from the jump, and now here we are. Im not wishing it on her, but she might need to start picking better projects.

    • @benfisher1376
      @benfisher1376 3 дня назад +13

      I'm gay and cannot stand her. I'm certainly not going to watch her in this film.

    • @Revenant74
      @Revenant74 3 дня назад +1

      It's a movie made for gays.

    • @sexzynessie
      @sexzynessie 3 дня назад

      As a gay, I can’t stand Lady Gaga. Girl is obnoxious as hell.

  • @MCG2009-r6w
    @MCG2009-r6w 3 дня назад +8

    I had faith that Joker Folie á Deux was going to be one of the best movies of the year, but... after I heard a lot of rave reviews since Venice... I don't know.

  • @deaconfrost6229
    @deaconfrost6229 3 дня назад +8

    He got $20,000,000 to be in Joker: Folie à Deux.

    • @CurtisJeffries-cd5vu
      @CurtisJeffries-cd5vu 3 дня назад +2

      daaaaaaaaaaaaamn

    • @grrrumpypanda
      @grrrumpypanda 3 дня назад +2

      Madness!

    • @dostoyevsky7319
      @dostoyevsky7319 3 дня назад +3

      Yea but he was paid 5 million for joker that made like what 20 times its budget. So at least he got a solid payday for this nonsense

    • @eamonndeane587
      @eamonndeane587 3 дня назад +1

      Well, that'll definitely help pay for his children's tuition fees.

    • @SomethingSomethingg
      @SomethingSomethingg 3 дня назад

      It says translate to English and even after you hit the button it still doesn't translate to French LOL

  • @Desmondbrown73
    @Desmondbrown73 3 дня назад +2

    Plus, how is Harley Quinn older than Batman? Batman is 12 years old in the first one, and now Harley Quinn is 30 to 40? This movie doesn’t take place long after.

  • @vacantalleyways
    @vacantalleyways 3 дня назад +6

    I am so bummed at the amount of bad reviews I've seen. I was so looking forward to this movie. I'll still see it, but with much lower expectations

    • @ryantynan3890
      @ryantynan3890 3 дня назад +1

      Honestly the negative reviews are odd to me because it is a very enjoyable movie. It's bonkers and crazy but I think that is the point. It feels like bandwagon hate to me. It is well crafted and a big swing but I think a lot of people just are not going to "get it"

    • @wet-read
      @wet-read 2 дня назад

      ​@@ryantynan3890
      Bandwagon hate? Then I'm like the freakin Homecoming King or something!

    • @cubascarlos
      @cubascarlos День назад +1

      I agree with Ryan. Came out of the cinema puzzled by the negative reviews - I thought it was very well crafted and acted. It goes to deeper aspects when discussing Fleck v. Joker and the musical sequences surface the conflict IMO

  • @heymistercarter.
    @heymistercarter. 3 дня назад +18

    I know a lot of people compared Lady GaGa to Madonna, especially at the start of her career. There’s one thing GaGa definitely has over Madonna, though: at least she can act. Even in the worst movies she’s in, you can tell she’s at least trying. Madonna’s best acting in her career seems to be more accidental than anything.

    • @gabbyb7347
      @gabbyb7347 3 дня назад +3

      They both made duds tho but at least Madonna doesn't destroy beloved IPs

    • @heymistercarter.
      @heymistercarter. 2 дня назад +1

      @@gabbyb7347 Okay, two things.
      One, from what I'm reading, the problems with Harley's character in this aren't GaGa's fault, but more the script not really giving her a lot to work with. GaGa is a good actress, but even the greats can't do much if the scripts and direction they're given don't help them.
      Two, I read somewhere that, if Batman and Robin had been a hit, Joel Schumacher's intended follow-up would've included Madonna as Harley Quinn. Not sure how true that would've been, but it's something to think about!

    • @gabbyb7347
      @gabbyb7347 2 дня назад

      @@heymistercarter. But it didn't happen and Madonna remains a non IP killer unlike the other one lmaooo

    • @gabbyb7347
      @gabbyb7347 День назад

      ​​@@heymistercarter.My point still stands: Madonna is not an IP/franchise killer. all of Madonna's flop movies were original and she didn't make a studio loose 200 million. Lady Gaga will go down to film history as an IP killer 😅😅😅
      Madonna's good and bad movies were all originals. Lady Gaga is a One hit wonder (A Star is born) only because she was leeching off of a successful franchise and now she just killed one 😅😅😅

    • @heymistercarter.
      @heymistercarter. День назад

      @@gabbyb7347 that’s a lot of blame to put on one actor, though. GaGa didn’t write her dialogue or her scenes, she just acted them as she was told. Saying GaGa will be known as an IP killer for her performance in this is like blaming Arnold Schwarzenegger for the failure of Batman and Robin. Yea, his performance as Mr. Freeze was criticized, what with the ice puns and all, but he didn’t write that dialogue. He just acted as he was told. Same with GaGa here.
      Also, on the point that all of Madonna’s movies were original, non-IP stuff: she was in the Dick Tracy movie (which was hyped up as a major upcoming blockbuster, but didn’t do well in the end and is barely remembered today) and Die Another Day (which is often considered the worst James Bond movie, and caused that franchise to need a reboot afterwards). Madonna wasn’t the blame for either of those either, but even still.

  • @justinkoziatek7663
    @justinkoziatek7663 2 дня назад +4

    Do you think this movie will get into Original Song? Maybe Gaga could get another Oscar there

    • @gabbyb7347
      @gabbyb7347 День назад +1

      Nope. No original songs here

  • @NatS3703
    @NatS3703 3 дня назад +2

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I remember at some of the first test screenings - people were saying lee was in it too much and was the main character more than joker was. I imagine they decided to cut some of her scenes but went overboard! I'm really disappointed this movie isn't going to be good , been looking forward to it for years!

  • @Kenny-the-Platypus
    @Kenny-the-Platypus 3 дня назад +2

    This is truly the Folly of Two.

  • @iamjustreading3975
    @iamjustreading3975 3 дня назад +2

    More than a disappointing sequel, to me is a case of a wholly unnecessary one. Although the presence of Lady Gaga made me believe in the possibility of an interesting new story, the idea that a sequel was an error never left me.

  • @wolfgrade1955
    @wolfgrade1955 3 дня назад +2

    I think fans wanted more than Harley. Perhaps a play on Bruce Wayne or even another villain. The trailer does nothing for me and, I suspect, won't do much for most. Loved the first one - a true work of art. Derivative in the best way.

  • @KhooHockLeong
    @KhooHockLeong 3 дня назад +17

    Brian you are doing a great job.
    Keep it up!

  • @JacobZembower
    @JacobZembower 3 дня назад +3

    Hearing that Gaga isn't in it much and is basically but on the backburner for most of it is really disappointing. Like you said you have Lady Gaga and they don't utilize her and her talents is inexcusable. Also I love musicals but this sounds more like Nine than Chicago. I hope Gaga has at least one musical showstopper. I guess Ill see.

  • @MayaMaia311
    @MayaMaia311 3 дня назад +6

    The fact that it is a dark story does not mean it cannot be a good musical with well blended music parts. Take Dancer in the dark for example.

  • @DamienHurts
    @DamienHurts 3 дня назад +35

    Lady Gaga is not a good actress, i'm sorry. she tries to lose herself in her roles, but i've never been blown away by a performance. in all the clips i've seen of her in the film, she's not embodying anything remotely Harley . Can't hold a candle to Margot ... AN ACTUALLY GOOD CRAZY TALENTED ACTRESS. she was a bad choice.

    • @NikitaSedyh
      @NikitaSedyh 3 дня назад +18

      Oh okay Damien Hurts, Academy Award nominated actress Lady Gaga should take notes and retire after your very necessary notes on her acting, probably 😂

    • @NikitaSedyh
      @NikitaSedyh 3 дня назад +5

      Also Margot Robbie’s Harley is existed in another universe, how tf she would’ve appeared in this universe? Not to mention her version of Harley simply wouldn’t have work in this universe AT ALL

    • @al2275
      @al2275 3 дня назад

      Gaga changed after telling fans to love themselves 'Born This Way' - then goes and gets 9 procedures via plastic surgery. She is so "Hollywood,".so overly glorified. Don't like her at all in films. an actress??? Her face can't even move!!

    • @rustyd468
      @rustyd468 3 дня назад +14

      Lady Gaga is a great actress. Perhaps you aren’t big on subtlety…

    • @naur-hc1vw
      @naur-hc1vw 3 дня назад +7

      actually her and phoenix are the only redeemable parts of the movie. gaga does the best she can with what she’s given…

  • @CplArvinBethe
    @CplArvinBethe 3 дня назад +2

    I really like your perspectives on entertainment, your clarity, and edits, very well done! Good job on your content 👏👏👏🥃🥃🥃

  • @docsaico
    @docsaico 3 дня назад +2

    Yeah, pretty much what I expected when I saw the trailer. Was hoping for something more explosive and colorful (but like, in a sickening way). And something massive, like the Bane blowing up Gotham shit. Oh well.

  • @vudujl83
    @vudujl83 3 дня назад +14

    rarely go to the theater anymore so wasn’t planning on going to see this, but your input just confirms that waiting for streaming is the choice to make

    • @banterj
      @banterj 2 дня назад +1

      This comment is 100% me and I know an Oscar bait when I see one.Gaga has entered over rated category…AGAIN….it happened with the music,now with the movie

  • @ziggy8253
    @ziggy8253 3 дня назад +1

    The Joker’s out. It’s the Penguin’s time now. 🐧

  • @NickiMinajIsCancelled
    @NickiMinajIsCancelled 2 дня назад +6

    The people that get it get it and the people that don’t don’t. This is a MASTERPIECE and most ppl are too narrow minded to see

    • @Weezerand...
      @Weezerand... 2 дня назад +4

      The movie was absolutely fantastic

    • @shadysorkin9214
      @shadysorkin9214 2 дня назад +2

      yeah no.

    • @Puggy42069
      @Puggy42069 День назад +3

      @@Weezerand...It was nihilistic trash. Waste of potential.

    • @owenorders5202
      @owenorders5202 День назад +1

      @NickMinajIsCancelled You think that this movie is a MASTERPIECE? Are you allowed out on your own?

    • @owenorders5202
      @owenorders5202 День назад

      @@Weezerand... The movie was absolutely fantastic? You must be a very disturbed person...

  • @RodneyDollar
    @RodneyDollar 3 дня назад +2

    Looks like Gaga might not get nominated for the Oscar’s house of Gucci and now joker 2 ahhh

    • @gabbyb7347
      @gabbyb7347 День назад

      😅 and she doesn't deserve to 😅 Selena Gómez will eat ❤❤❤

  • @dacrimsoncurse
    @dacrimsoncurse 3 дня назад +1

    I don’t know how the men (dc fanboys, incels) that made the first joker succesful is gonna support this

  • @oscarman42
    @oscarman42 3 дня назад +1

    I'll keep an open mind, but do you think the first film was enough?

  • @user-friendly-b6q
    @user-friendly-b6q 3 дня назад +1

    Thank you so much for your review Brian. It opens next Friday here in Spain, and I will be there, although, I didn't love Joker , just Phoenix performance , and I suppose you are right about this one too. Thank you again .

  • @sspdirect02
    @sspdirect02 19 часов назад

    Phillips acknowledges that characters like Joker have consequence, because you do have the followers who aren’t just cosplaying for fun, like Lee, but will seriously misunderstood and “take the joke too far” so to speak. Playing a “Joker” creates a Joker. You become part of a cycle of violence and unrest. And it’s not cool. You don’t go out a legend, or a hero. You’re forgotten on a cold floor. So. Don’t admire people like this. Don’t act like this. That’s why Phillips doesn’t even really show the new Joker. He doesn’t want to give the kid “a moment” or treat him as special or important. He’s not the heir but the conclusion. A period rather than an exclamation point. "As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol...as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting." - Bruce Wayne/Batman.

  • @christopherscottcarpenter
    @christopherscottcarpenter День назад

    Instead of saying, "I'm like, 'How did we...'", just say it from the outset. "How did we..."

  • @StromboliTastesGood
    @StromboliTastesGood 3 дня назад +1

    This feels like a joke on the audience. Right? When part 1 came out they were all “it’s not a glorification of violence and mental health it’s not a rally cry for incels” but it was both of those things. So maybe Phoenix and Phillips said “lets just take the money and stick it to em”

  • @Vagabonding_i_guess
    @Vagabonding_i_guess 3 дня назад +1

    Maybe they’re saving the all of Gaga’s scenes for the Harley Quin spin off movie? 😂

    • @gabbyb7347
      @gabbyb7347 День назад

      😅😅😅 good Luck with that movie after this movie flops 😅

  • @SomethingSomethingg
    @SomethingSomethingg 3 дня назад +1

    Was this always supposed to be a musical or did they just add that because Lady Gaga was cast as Harley Quinn?

  • @gabrielgarza7953
    @gabrielgarza7953 День назад

    when the joker said at the end that he didn’t want to sing anymore, my theatre broke out in cheers

  • @Globalo45
    @Globalo45 3 дня назад +1

    gremlins 2 had the same opening hint hint...

  • @dannielleburrus6117
    @dannielleburrus6117 3 дня назад +1

    I did not like Joker. I didn't like it when I saw it opening weekend. I even gave it another chance and watched it at home. That movie just does not work for me. The only interest I had in this sequel was the appearance of Gaga and the chance to give a fresh take on Harley. I am sad to hear Gaga isn't given enough to do here.
    I am waiting for a Gaga to be cast as Liza Minnelli and or Judy Garland so she can win her Oscar. A dual Liza/Judy role would be even better where she is playing mother and daughter across time in some sort of musical/drama hybrid. Liza's memoir is coming in the next few years so an adaptation could be ripe.
    Overall, 2024 has been such a let down for me with movies. So far, Dune 2 is my favorite movie of the year.

  • @MarkBarna1
    @MarkBarna1 День назад +1

    Amazing how consistent all these RUclips reviews are on this movie. I did not care for the first and will not see this sequel.

  • @a.e.kieren7955
    @a.e.kieren7955 3 дня назад +1

    For me personally I usually find Joaquin as an actor to be overwrought.

    • @mikesmithz
      @mikesmithz 3 дня назад +1

      He plays a great villain though (gladiator) - him and that joffrey guy from GoT have to be 2 of the easiest to despise villians of all time.

    • @eamonndeane587
      @eamonndeane587 3 дня назад +1

      He's an actor that's very dependent on his collaborating director to bring put the best in him.
      I think his best performance was as Freddie Quell in 'The Master'.

  • @anakinchosen
    @anakinchosen 3 дня назад

    I always have flash backs of Joaquin playing the main villain 🦹‍♀️ in Gladiator,he’s an outstanding talent.❤

  • @sebastianalegria3401
    @sebastianalegria3401 День назад

    I'm one of those people, who liked the first Joker, but I always disagreed with the idea of making Joker seem a musical, which was an unnecessary thing. So, if you feel like watching a movie at cinema, don't invest your money on Joker: Folie á Deux.

  • @hotdog5178
    @hotdog5178 5 часов назад

    Anthony Hopkins won best actor for playing Hannibal Lecter, and he reprised that role twice.

  • @suffiyansaleem
    @suffiyansaleem 3 дня назад +1

    Best original song??

  • @Dee-v8u
    @Dee-v8u 3 дня назад

    I said either you gonna love it or hate it. I thought they would have great chemistry because Gaga and Joaquin are both quirky and off beat. Great accessment!

  • @owenorders5202
    @owenorders5202 День назад

    From now on, 'It's a Joker 2' will become accepted shorthanded for any awful film.

  • @keshavchunylall3867
    @keshavchunylall3867 3 дня назад +1

    Happy.october Brian!

  • @ДарьяФирсова-л5к
    @ДарьяФирсова-л5к 2 дня назад

    It's uneven, and some dialogue are too simplistic, the structure is not perfect. But I still admired it. It's bold and emotional. Fillips never plays it safe here. This movie, like the first one, manages to wake sth primal in you: primal anger and primal lust. I truly believe it will have a cult following.

  • @pavellitoff668
    @pavellitoff668 3 дня назад +1

    Is it so difficult to learn how to pronounce a French title?

  • @bev9708
    @bev9708 3 дня назад

    A few musical numbers would’ve been great , but there were more in the first 30min than they should’ve had in the whole film!!
    SPOILERS!!
    When he broke out after the bomb I woke up and thought FINALLY, here we go!!! And then … nothing!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @nickmattio3397
    @nickmattio3397 3 дня назад +1

    It’ll be lucky to make even close to half what the first one made just watch all said and done just watch

  • @nattycozy1
    @nattycozy1 День назад

    Lady Gaga put out a companion album to the movie and I assumed that was the image she was going for with the performance to match - what on earth happened?

  • @lonellfletcher
    @lonellfletcher 3 дня назад

    Proof that Joke did not need a sequel.

  • @bluevol1976
    @bluevol1976 2 дня назад

    Where were the writer(s) getting their source material for this? Why a musical?

  • @ChrisWilson-d8k
    @ChrisWilson-d8k 2 дня назад

    OFF TOPIC - Say....hopefully you'll be reviewing Kate Winslet's new movie LEE soon? I hear it's great 🙂

  • @samoyedpuppy7473
    @samoyedpuppy7473 2 дня назад

    This is the best review I have seen so far, Well presented 👍👏👏👏

  • @andresbecerra1183
    @andresbecerra1183 12 часов назад

    I feel like you’re giving studio notes but not really reviewing the actual film.

  • @larryromano7510
    @larryromano7510 3 дня назад +1

    He dies at the end

  • @blu48
    @blu48 3 дня назад

    I'm bummed out. I find that I always agree with Brian's reviews. I was so looking forward to seeing this. I'll watch on streaming, not tne theatre.

  • @logannathan.p9542
    @logannathan.p9542 3 дня назад

    So dune 2 ruled to the next year Oscars 🔥

  • @w.l.6005
    @w.l.6005 9 часов назад

    I just canceled my tickets. I'll wait till I can see it at home.😢

  • @nikosspyris
    @nikosspyris 3 дня назад

    Speechless at how non substantial this movie was, nothing memorable, nothing noteworthy, a gaping black hole of a movie that gave me nothing

  • @Weezerand...
    @Weezerand... 2 дня назад +3

    The movie was really good, i genuinely enjoyed the singing moments. Fantastic ending as well

  • @ahmedshoushareviews
    @ahmedshoushareviews День назад

    I really liked it. It was different in it own way and a good way.
    I think it's a good way to create a new level of the character away from the same of the 1st part or it would be a repeat.
    The music and songs are mainly the crazy sound in his head and I see it a really new way to show his mental issues.
    Phinex really did well in a different way.
    Lady Gaga was Gaga not Harely 😢

  • @archdeacon-the-cat
    @archdeacon-the-cat 3 дня назад

    So sad to hear this about Joker: Folie a Deux. I was really looking forward to Lady Gaga's performance. Not sure how I feel about this being a musical. It seems very discordant with the original Joker's vision. I'll have to go see it just to feel the jarring confusion at the director's choices.

  • @xoxo20000
    @xoxo20000 14 часов назад

    And here I am still sitting here 5 years later wondering how the first film made so much money because it was super mediocre.
    Not surprised the 2nd film is absolutely shit

  • @seank1033
    @seank1033 3 дня назад

    Y'all I'm sorry....Actually I'm not. The first Joker was not good. I get that it's its own story/universe....But not good....Nominations does not a great film make. We all know the academy is bogus for their nominations and snubs half the time....And admit it- we all knew from the moment they announced this was a musical (and then sort of retracted that...) we knew this would not be good....This is my shocked face:🙂

  • @erikdaniels0n
    @erikdaniels0n 3 дня назад

    I really didn’t even care for the first Joker that much, and this being such a drastic departure from that movie’s more grounded, gritty tone (one of the few things I thought really worked about that movie, along with Phoenix’ performance) is a horrible movie..

  • @JloveLamar
    @JloveLamar 2 дня назад

    "You would think they would give Lady Gaga more of a narrative. Not so passive and obsessed with Joker"
    Isn't Lady Gaga playing a character? That's Harley. She's obsessed with Joker and she's passive when it comes to him.

    • @MidnightIsolde
      @MidnightIsolde День назад

      Yes, but more can be done with it. I mean, her origin story Mad Love does more with it...

    • @JloveLamar
      @JloveLamar День назад

      @MidnightIsolde I think more was done with her. In this film, she didn't really care about Joker. She cared about the image and what he represented. When he said that would be no more, she was done, and walked out on him.

  • @tylerscott2116
    @tylerscott2116 2 дня назад

    So everybody hates this film, and from the dry explanation of what happens, I hated it too! But then this one guy gave it a review that totally changed my interpretation. Folie A Deux has meaning on multiple layers. Remember the 1st movie? Things werent as they seem? The choices everybody thinks are dumb choice were purposeful and are red herrings. The movie is only being criticized as a musical and court room film with a crappy final act. But what if thats just a camoflauge? What if the film ONLY works subliminally, and has NO meaning on the surface. The courtroom and musical dynamic isnt suppose to be a rich courtroom and musical film its just a tool to communicate symbolically. Think....What is the subliminal message? If the movie is suppose to be shit on the surface, what is the point underneath? They wasted Lady Gaga, do you have a hint as to why they used her like they did and how it correlates with the subliminal meaning and the very title of the film?
    Things arent as they seem.

  • @banterj
    @banterj 2 дня назад

    The same way Gaga had to strip down her music and go back to the basics she needs to do that with her acting…I am sick of her being shoved into these lazy wasteful,expensive movies,Girl call up A24 and do a movie for the craft of it for $5

  • @alexvelazquez8514
    @alexvelazquez8514 2 дня назад

    I absolutely love this film despite all the reviews I actually want to see it again

  • @StevenForditude
    @StevenForditude 3 дня назад +3

    In her music and her acting, Lady Gaga always seems to be a caricature of the role she’s playing. In the Harlequine album, she’s giving us a cartoon version of jazz. In Hause of Gucci, she gave us a cartoon version of the character. We can all see how much work she puts in. We can all see how passionate she is about her work. And she’s been successful beyond measure. So clearly her strategy is working. I just don’t ever connect with her work because of how forced and cartoonish it always feels.

    • @kkt_990
      @kkt_990 2 дня назад +4

      Maybe its a YOU problem she is an incredible once in a generation talent

    • @StevenForditude
      @StevenForditude 2 дня назад

      @@kkt_990 You’re probably right. I enjoy her music, but overall she’s just a little too much most of the time. I tend to gravitate towards subtly and nuance.

    • @dext037
      @dext037 2 дня назад +1

      She has a very limited range as an actress. I can’t connect with her for exactly your reasons. I try but she always a let down, for me.

    • @louisgelvezon9530
      @louisgelvezon9530 2 дня назад

      Lady Gaga definitely can do whatever she wants.. She has acquired money, status, and acclaimed from millions of people that all her work at this point is just for fun for her..

    • @dext037
      @dext037 2 дня назад

      @@louisgelvezon9530 we can tell it’s just for fun, as she’s more camp than an actual thespian, so fitting

  • @daviddelara7158
    @daviddelara7158 2 дня назад

    This was obviously going to happen. I could see it coming a mile away. Everybody else is shock is very surprising to me.

  • @louisgelvezon9530
    @louisgelvezon9530 2 дня назад

    Gaga can still get in with Best Orginal Song for Folie A Deux

  • @Bluemooque
    @Bluemooque 3 дня назад

    Why make it a musical? Why??

  • @HeelSection3825
    @HeelSection3825 3 дня назад

    Sorry, Brian. But you didn't honestly think it was a GOOD idea, did you?!?

  • @branagain
    @branagain 3 дня назад

    DC and Marvel sucking it up again. I’ll avoid the theaters and stay home.

  • @mightguy3118
    @mightguy3118 3 дня назад

    9:00 every reviewer been saying this. Like the first 2 musical scenes work then after that it just becomes a distraction and feels forced

  • @KhooHockLeong
    @KhooHockLeong День назад

    After all these years, a lot of people feel that the Next Picture Searf should have gone to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon instead of Gladiators..
    What do you think,
    Here is a clips on the fight between Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Zi Yeow.
    ruclips.net/video/DzkhVVFRIIg/видео.htmlsi=rDVCUWsPGg14jUol

  • @iwanajisantoso9492
    @iwanajisantoso9492 2 дня назад

    Just watched it yesterday and it was so dull, 2 hours plus of musical numbers. And yes lack of exploration on both main characters

  • @jennywhite5531
    @jennywhite5531 3 дня назад +1

    Todd Philips cannot write for women

  • @KaeMcSpadden
    @KaeMcSpadden 3 дня назад

    I was hoping that this would be good. I am disappointed that this turned out badly.

  • @o13sweetboy
    @o13sweetboy 3 дня назад

    I'm not gonna lie this sequel doesn't look like it lives up to the hype from te first one it just looks boring and lady gaga was a poor choice for Harley.

  • @oliviah.4741
    @oliviah.4741 11 часов назад

    Good grief, why did it have to be a musical 🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @swankhood
    @swankhood 3 дня назад +8

    Stop giving Lady Gaga so much credit for acting, she is mid at best. Phoenix is a Master actor. Gaga wouldn't be able to carry a movie alone

    • @kkt_990
      @kkt_990 2 дня назад +2

      She is far better than mid i mean she is no meryl streep but she can ACT n had potential here. why are u mad at him for giving her props n I promise you he is not the only one, many people loved her in this film n were disappointed by how todd was incapable of writing a complex woman.

    • @swankhood
      @swankhood 2 дня назад

      @@kkt_990 who says I'm mad, text has no tone. I'm not angry, she is phenomenal singer and her acting is lacking n my opinion, you don't have to agree

    • @louisgelvezon9530
      @louisgelvezon9530 2 дня назад

      why is it lacking? When all her Acting Performances has been acclaimed..

    • @swankhood
      @swankhood 2 дня назад

      @@louisgelvezon9530 We are two different people with two different opinions, you don't understand that?? Lol. Wow

    • @gabbyb7347
      @gabbyb7347 День назад +2

      😅😅 i don't know why people praise Lady Gaga's acting. She's mediocre. Her "italian" accent in House of Gucci was laughable 😅