As bizarre as this might sound, I kind of want to see Joker 2. You know, the sequel to a movie that made a bunch of money and surprised audiences everywhere. The $200 million budget sequel that is bombing hard right now.
But not in the theater. I will wait to see this on streaming.
Director Todd Phillips tried to put lightning in a bottle twice by going even further out on a limb with Joker 2. He recruited Lady Gaga and made the sequel a freaking musical.
A freaking musical. Who watches musicals any more anyway? Didn’t Phillips learn from the debacle that was Cats? Apparently not.
Despite the bad press, bad reviews, bad everything surrounding Joker 2 a part of me is still … curious. I mean, how bad can bad be?
This is the parallel for gaming. Bad, overpriced too long to produce games. See the connection?
UPDATE 10/19/2024 @ 7:10pm PST: Apparently, Joker’s reception was so poor, that it’s being rushed to streaming starting Tuesday 10/29. That’s literally 24 days after it debuted in theaters, which is ahead of the old standby of 90 days and the more recent timeline of 45-60+ days. Oh my. Source reference: Joker 2 Announces Early Digital Release After Disappointing Box Office Performance (msn.com)
hi Todd!
My friend Mario went to see Joker 2 last week and knew within 15 minutes that he didn’t like the movie, yet didn’t walk out on it. I guess they showed a few “action” scenes in the movie trailer but it’s only a bait and switch. Just another money grab for a director.actor combo.
I heard there was some kind of twist ending? Did Mario say anything about this to you? I’m somewhat intrigued by that, as I like twist endings, but don’t know if I can make it to the end to see what that’s about. I didn’t make it through the Cats musical. Still, there is a curiosity for this movie for me. We’ll have to chat about this a bit on today’s High Noon Hollywood Polo show!