{"id":100,"date":"2024-11-14T04:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T04:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twooutofthreebrothers.com\/?p=100"},"modified":"2024-11-14T04:21:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T04:21:43","slug":"joker-folie-e-deux-2024-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twooutofthreebrothers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/14\/joker-folie-e-deux-2024-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Joker: Folie e Deux (2024) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joaquin Phoenix reprising his Oscar-winning role and the addition of Lady Gaga, what\u2019s not to love?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the success of Todd Phillips\u2019 first Joker in 2019, the sequel, Joker: Folie e Deux, was always going to come with outrageously high expectations, especially when you add Lady Gaga to the cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, it didn\u2019t meet those lofty expectations and honestly didn\u2019t even come close. The sequel is still a dark look at the twisted mind of Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s version of The Joker but nothing really happens in this movie. The acting from both leads is solid, but is let down by a boring and uneventful script as well as the random addition of songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The musical aspect of the storyline had potential, a lot of it, but underutilised as it was, it fell flat. The musical numbers sometimes seemed to be in reality and at other times, a fantasy. Expanding the fantasy or the split personality idea of this particular Joker could have helped the musical numbers. Similar to Rob Marshall\u2019s Chicago (2002), the dull and dark world of Arthur Fleck\u2019s real world, set against the bright and musical world of Joker would have fit And if the movie was overall a discussion of his duelling personalities, then couldn\u2019t this have added impact to that? An exaggerated way of saying that The Joker is always putting on a performance? I guess we\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The acting performances are probably the highlight, even if Lady Gaga does seem to be playing herself at times. The look of the movie is what you\u2019d expect and the sound and music do their job, but it\u2019s easy to overlook the positives of the film when you\u2019re sitting in a cinema wondering what is going on and why The Joker is randomly breaking into song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brett<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/twooutofthreebrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/brett-2dc-solo-1-210x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:100px;height:197px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twooutofthreebrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/brett-2dc-solo-1-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/twooutofthreebrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/brett-2dc-solo-1-717x1024.png 717w, https:\/\/twooutofthreebrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/brett-2dc-solo-1.png 722w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more chat about what we watched in November, check out the full podcast episode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/2414467c-6886-4730-a636-49af46caf1d5\/\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joaquin Phoenix reprising his Oscar-winning role and the addition of Lady Gaga, what\u2019s not to love? 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