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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I was interested when I heard it was going to be a musical.

I was turned off when I found it was just licensed music and would not have any original songs. Like... What's the point of making a musical if you're not gonna make new songs specifically for the story?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Ahhhh this is the first time hearing it isn't original music. I took for granted that a musical would have original songs.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

It's not a new concept. They are called jukebox musicals. It works well for this story imho.

[–] Iheartcheese 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Stern 12 points 2 months ago

The caveat there is Moulin Rouge was a musical to begin with and didn't have any prior expectations.

[–] Klordok 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The point is Joker escaping into familiar songs to cope with reality.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Should've had the point as him escaping to the world of music and have original songs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If they can somehow fit pre-existing music into the film, it can be fun to see essentially several high budget musical clips of known songs at once and also a film. Bollywood can be good at this. That is clearly not the case with Joker 2, but if they had made psychological mad sequences with Bonnie and Clyde having killing and crime sprees with psychedelical metal music etc, it could work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That's thoroughly disappointing to hear

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Neither Phillips nor Phoenix was even sure about making a sequel and, for a time, contemplated putting on a Broadway show instead, before ultimately committing to the movie and bringing aboard Gaga in a role inspired by the comic book character Harley Quinn. The idea for the sequel came to Phoenix in a dream, and he and Phillips brought the idea to Emmerich, according to sources.

In the end, some are saying that Joker: Folie à Deux is a very expensive art film. But when asked who the intended audience was, one outside source sums it up this way: “For Joaquin.”

I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall:

I don't want to make a sequel movie to Joker.

Well wait until you hear this: Joaquin has had a dream...

Oh dear.

And they are going to pay you $20M each!

I'm listening.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe Joaquin's dream was about him receiving a $20m check.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

"I had a dream... of cheeky cash-grab"

[–] njm1314 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Oh good Lord I saw your quote here and I thought they were talking about Roland Emmerich for a sec. That would have been wild if he was involved in this film.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I will throw down for emmerich the dude knows how to entertain

Is it high art? No. But jesus is it a spectacle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

In the end, some are saying that Joker: Folie à Deux is a very expensive art film.

Oh wow, that is exactly what I said to my friends as we left the theater

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If only it weren't a musical

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The musical aspect was the only reason I was even a little interested

[–] Buddahriffic 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's enough to quash any curiosity I have about it. I wonder what the overall sentiment is for musicals.

Personally, I've always hated TV episodes that turn a non-musical show musical.

[–] hakunawazo 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, same for me, maybe with exceptions, for example Supernatural.

[–] Buddahriffic 1 points 2 months ago

Great song but they just end it when it's supposed to be good!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Clone High, Buffy, and Mega64's musical episodes were all great top tier masterclasses.

I'm sure there are more I'm missing.

And Flight of the Conchords is a contender for best TV show of all time, IMHO.

[–] Nuke_the_whales 2 points 2 months ago

That killed any interest I had in this franchise. The addition of Gaga solidified I wouldn't be watching this. One of the best psychological, low key dramas of the last decade, so let's make the sequel a musical and add a trendy pop star into it! Not to mention Gaga is an overrated, overproduced nepo baby. But that's just my opinion

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Box office isn’t everything, not anymore. They’ll make it back in collectible trash they sell to incels

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are there enough incels who are willing to pay for Joker merch?

[–] Glytch 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a whole online industry dedicated to making more incels, folks like Jordan Peterson. It's been depressingly effective.

[–] WaxedWookie 4 points 2 months ago

Manufacturing weirdos that are disconnected from reality is straightforward, and the fascists are investing heavily in it because from there, they practically push themselves into voting against their own interests with hate, conspiracism, and memes. Steve Bannon has explicitly stated that this is a core tactic of his.

[–] reddig33 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Interesting that it had no test screening. Would the movie have been savable with reshoots and re-edits?

[–] kamenlady 8 points 2 months ago

Release the reddig33 Cut!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Only if they reshoot the entire film with another script, they practically did a Matrix 4 again, just because a minority of fans of the first film had bad takes they ruined what many normal people loved.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Klordok 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same. It's not a bad film. It is a fairly logical progression from the first movie. I was actually surprised it wasn't more fantastical. There were several points where they could have escalated to a city wide musical caper, but they kept it grounded.

[–] Nuke_the_whales 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People spontaneously breaking into song isn't grounded

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It's a conceit of the genre, it gets a pass.

Trying to explain why people are breaking into song doesn't ground it any more, and trying to make it "realistic" singing such as part of a stage show or rehearsals just weakens the strengths of the genre.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

If they’d put in double stair kicks this would have made $2 billion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because they have money to burn?

[–] reddig33 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

WDB is deep in debt, taken on when they merged. So no they don’t have money to burn.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

They spent less than they pay their ceo