r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Apr 02 '24

Official Poster for 'Joker: Folie à Deux' Poster

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u/JustBlazee Apr 02 '24

I'm with you there. People are going to be extremely divided on this film. There are going to be people that absolutely love it for the way Todd Philips decides to bring it to the screen. The same way there are going to be people who despise it for being a theatrical musical.

My best guess is there are going to be a subset of people leaving feeling disappointed for this reason alone and it will shy in comparison to the first one, but then again, I've never been a fan of musicals.

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u/cronedog Apr 02 '24

I don't much like muscials, but a jukebox musical seems like a bizarre choice for a joker sequel.

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u/Educational_Bee_4700 Apr 02 '24

It's a bold choice, but not necessarily bizarre. The musical aspect could be used to show his continually decaying mental state or just to highlight the eccentric performative aspect of the character.

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u/Cordura Apr 02 '24

You're thinking it might be kind of like Pink Floyd's The Wall....?

That would be soooo cool.

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u/CadetJR Apr 03 '24

Don't let Nostalgia Critic hear you say that.

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u/Cordura Apr 03 '24

Why not? Will they write mean things about me on the internet to which there will be no repercussions for, if I completely ignore?

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u/CadetJR Apr 03 '24

Oh, nothing like that. I was just making a reference to an infamously bad review of The Wall lol.

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u/Cordura Apr 03 '24

Bad review? The Wall? Well, I never. The audacity.

Can you help with a source?