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[Discussion thread] Joker - Folie à deux (lemm.ee)
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Summary:

Arthur Fleck is institutionalized at Arkham, awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers:

Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, Bob Kane

Cast:

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  • Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck
  • Lady Gaga as Lee Quinzel
  • Brendan Gleason as Jackie Sullivan
  • Catherine Keener as Maryanne Stewart
  • Zazie Beetz as Sophie Dumond
  • Steve Coogan as Paddy Meyers
  • Harry Lawtey as Harvey Dent

Rotten Tomatoes: 39%

Metacritic: 48

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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I hate to see dead threads so I'll start..... critics said it was.... Boring.. Is that true?

[–] anzo@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago

Not boring, just somewhat lengthy. To be fair, I barely noticed it's length, until a moment ...when it seems to be the end, but then well, no, that wasn't the end. Movie continues :P

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Curious too, let's see what other people say

[–] grapesins@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I found that I felt the length with this one, where I didn't with the first.

Also I feel like it wasn't a Joker movie at all, but like mentioned, a psychological drama exploration of mental illness of this man Arthur Fleck. And with it supposed to be a Joker movie, many parts of it annoyed the hell out of me - I kept saying, "that's not the Joker!!"

Turns out I was right, supposedly the director wanted to make the first movie but it didn't get accepted until they tweaked it to add the Joker IP into the character

Taking away that lens, I enjoyed it significantly more

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's only boring because it doesn't really go anywhere.

I was intrigued with the first half of so, but the film does a flip near the end that just takes the film ultimately nowhere.