Joker Folie A Deux - Tumblr Posts
“i’m nobody. i haven’t done anything with my life like you have.”
first look at Lady Gaga on set as Harley Quinn in Joker 2.
New images of Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (2024)
JOKER: Folie à Deux (2024) dir. Todd Phillips
I think she's my new obsession ✨
Who's your favorite cinematic Joker? 🃏
i’m at one of the “fan first” premieres for joker folie a deux and I’m actually excited for it lmao it’s gonna be so camp but i’m projecting like, 80% bad camp
I had NO CLUE Harvey was going to be such a big part of Joker Folie a Deux!!! I was truly kicking my feet and twirling my hair every time he was on screen
GOD okay i'm still thinking about joker folie a deux and how i just sat in the theater like "what the fuck did i just watch" as the credits rolled bc truly, no matter WHAT the reason for going to see it was? you walk away unhappy. going to see the well developed dc characters? bad. the singing? BAD. the lady gaga performance? bad. the joker character? BADDDD BAD BAD. it's all SO BAD! i will admit that i didn’t hate it as much as i thought i would, but i definitely didn’t like it
because i’m me and more people are seeing it now, i’m definitely going to make a post about the DID fakeout we had in joker folie a deux because wow was that disappointing
SPOILERS FOR JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX AHEAD
If you needed any further proof that the collapse of media literacy is real and at a crisis point, Folie a Deux is currently being panned as the worst film of the year because "the musical numbers don't make sense" when it's abundantly clear from the first instance this is a musical where the songs are entirely and strictly non-diegetic; they exist only in Arthur and Lee's heads and act as a metaphor and shorthand for their codependence and competing derangements - for insanity in general, you could say
This is made evident by THE FIRST MUSICAL NUMBER IN THE FILM, where Arthur goes from watching TV to wheeling around the common room singing For Once In My Life, only for it to hard cut back to before he started singing; this reveals that everything we just saw was entirely in his head, and sets the tone for the rest of the film
(It's not a perfect film, by a long way, but need I remind you that this year has already seen the release of Madame Web, a film that has been described as "a fever dream", "an opium-induced hallucination" and "the worst comic book movie ever made", and Megalopolis, the single greatest argument for a mandatory retirement age for directors there's ever been, so let's put the "worst movie of the year" award back on the shelf for a start)
What gets me is that this is really not high art stuff at all - this is basic, BASIC media literacy and the fact that millions of people are seemingly unable to realise it is genuinely shocking
Also the bit about court trials and the media not giving a shit about the actual people (ESPECIALLY the victims - that whole bit with Sophie made me go "wow, Harvey, you're a piece of shit") and just wanting sensationalism? Totally not relevant now(!)
The movie even foreshadows it from the start when Arthur's TV interview almost immediately goes to shit because the interviewer clearly doesn't see Arthur as a person, even if a bad one - he immediately starts trying to provoke him into a reaction, needling and belittling him, because it will make for good TV.
So, I watched Joker: Folie a Deux, and i enjoyed it... but, oh boy, is this gonna be divisive...
The cinematography was still great, Hildur's score was hauntingly gorgeous, and the musical element plays into the theme of fantasy vs. reality.
This film gets meta as fuck because I'm pretty sure I heard every single "yikes, you missed the point" argument for and against the 2019 film said in this sequel. Yes, the fans who clearly didn't get that Arthur descending violent madness was a BAD THING... and the critics who clearly didn't get that Arthur was a damaged, abused victim and just saw a violent maniac. And judging by the "haha, fans are gonna hate this film, stupid incels!1!1!" reaction from the same critics who hated the first film... looks like they still don't fucking get it! Because the film "hates" them too! Does Todd Phillips have to literally pause the film and explain the plot a la Hitchcock- actually no, they still wouldn't get it.
Also the bit about court trials and the media not giving a shit about the actual people (ESPECIALLY the victims - that whole bit with Sophie made me go "wow, Harvey, you're a piece of shit") and just wanting sensationalism? Totally not relevant now(!)
Soooo... yep, depressing, kind of a chaotic mess, but I thought it was a pretty solid film. And a fascinating and hilarious meta analysis that's basically a PSA for media literacy.
it's a joy every time she releases music, this is beautiful, her voice is a delight omg, what a performer ♡