The People's Joker, after a contentions debut at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, is about to reach its widest audience yet.
Having seen this movie, it is:
* A queer coming-of-age-movie that tells a deeply personal and emotional story
* A love letter to the Batman mythos
* A torchbearer for Tim and Eric type humor
That description alone should tell you if it is worth watching for you.
7 Comments
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev · 19 pts · 211d
Trailer for anyone interested: https://youtu.be/9M00AB03S_4
whulum@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 209d
That's a no from me..
Trailer was an interesting watch though, but gonna have to pass up on 1+ hours of that
ecvanalog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 208d
It’s a very well-made and emotional film, but I do think you can watch the trailer and accurately gauge your likely tolerance level for it.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 8 pts · 211d
So did DC allow it or is it not enough ip infringing or what?
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 19 pts · 211d
It's billed as a satire. That's pretty much a free ride most of the time
ecvanalog@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 209d
I think it’s pretty transparently a trademark violation and it’s wild it got a relatively wide commercial release. I feel like WB saw that the movie was a deeply personal movie about a marginalized group, with limited commercial potential and zero viability as a “franchise,” and did the math that continuing to fight it could really only make them look like assholes.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 4 pts · 211d
thanks.