“It is a collective failure, but it was right to make this movie.”
This is how out of touch they are. If it wasn’t the right movie, format, sequel, promoting, or timing for it, then it was actually the wrong call. You can tell, you know, by the results?
Nah, plenty of cult classics failed when they came out, but would be impossible to create at the time they became popular. So if you have an artistic vision and an opportunity to realize it, it doesn’t matter if the masses are ready for it, you should go for it. If the goal was creating a musical with Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, the time was now and the result is at least interesting enough to be culturally viable. We’ll have to check in 20 years to see if it has any staying power as a cult classic.
I liked it.
I’m going to watch it tonight with my wife and despite the massive amount of negative reviews, I’m quite sure we will both like it.
Update: We liked it.
That article led me to this one, and now I think I want to see it for myself. Heavy spoiler warning: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/joker-2-ending-angered-fans-1236025470/
$100 says this movie bombs now and becomes a cult classic years from now.
I’ve been saying the same thing
Me and an old roommate of mine tried watching the first. It was too depressing to finish, we didn’t bother. This image I assume taken from the sequel isn’t very promising.
Apparently this new one is a musical. This movie might be bad, but I really think it may be failing because the demographic for this one vs the first one are completely different. We’ll see, I’m going to watch it tonight.
Because it was fucking awesome, that’s why. I don’t know what people wanted a Joker sequel to be, but it was great. I do understand why some wouldn’t like it, but quite frankly I thought it was on-par with the original.
