‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Makes $7M In Thursday Night Previews, Receives 36% Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – Box Office

https://deadline.com/2024/10/box-office-joker-folie-a-deux-1236107521/

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breadsmasher@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y (16 replies)

the fact its a musical buried this film

Quazatron@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (3 replies)

The only good musicals (where people start singing for no reason) that I actually love are Blues Brothers and Monty Python's Holly Grail.

I'd watch it if it was a heavy dark drama. A musical? I think not.

Visstix@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The southpark movie was pretty good too

delirious_owl@discuss.online · 3 pts · 1y

That was the first musical I ever liked. I did like Sweeny Todd too

Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

South Park and Willy Wonka would like to have a word with you

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 12 pts · 1y (3 replies)

have to agree. i was kinda looking forward to it.. but a musical? gad. no. the worst episodes of my favorite shows are when they thought it would be cute to make them musicals.

MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia did a fine musical. It's one of their best episodes.

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 13 pts · 1y

if youre referring to the nightman; i would argue that they put on a musical within the show. the episode itself was not a musical.

the other episode that is a musical is not one i particularly enjoy

dubble_deee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Imo the scrubs episode where the patient views the world as a musical is pretty good, but you're right it's far from being one of the best episodes.

harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I thought this was a bad joke. Turns out, it's the movie that's the bad joke.

M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y

"You wouldn't get it"

deanimate@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Oh........ First film was great but.....a musical. ffs

Lemming6969@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

First film was a great film if it were new IP, but a shit joker batman film. The second film was always likely to be shit, because they were always going for abstract and avant garde artistry without a clear connection to the underlying and far stronger story and IP people are expecting. I'm sure it's a beautiful film and musical, but it's dog shit attached to joker.

Illuminostro@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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2000mph@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Seriously, after the first film this is as far from what you'd expect, and want from a sequel.

I'll definitely pass on this as well.

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 2 pts · 1y
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circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y

With Lady Gaga, no less. They added a music person for the musical.

It seems that the suits have misunderstood their target audience get again.

ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y (7 replies)

That they hid it was a musical is my issue. Did no one learn from the Mean Girls musical? If people get to the show and are surprised with a genre they aren't expecting, of course the film will suffer. Additionally, people who like musicals aren't going to attend since they aren't being advertised to

VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Unexpected genre also killed Brutal Legend. The commercials advertised it as an action-adventure game, but it's actually an RTS. Action-adventure fans hated it, and RTS fans had no idea it was an RTS until it showed up on Steam four years later.

kcuf2@lemmynsfw.com · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I hate musicals, thanks for the heads up

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y

I don't like old style musicals, but things like I Brother Where Art Thou are great.

Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That explains why all the scenes in the trailer were of people singing and dancing. Welp I dont care for most musicals. Especially The Sound of Music. Hate that film.

TheRealKuni@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Especially The Sound of Music. Hate that film.

Everyone is entitled to their own (wrong) opinions.

Zahille7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It was announced to be a musical when it was first greenlit.

ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Sure, but I wasn't paying attention to that and I think a lot of people weren't either. The previews, while musical, seemed stylized and did not convey a strong sense that that is how the whole movie was going to be.

MisterMoo@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y

Not everything needs a sequel.

yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

As somebody who hated that the first movie was so popular, I have the biggest grin on my face right now

Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

It has its moments but I say it was just very overrated. I was worried about it because the first one came out at the height of violent incels idolizing the Joker. With that movie almost portraying him as a sympathetic villain I had concerns it may start to galvanize a few too many of those wackados