Again when the primary “Joker” film was popping out in 2019, it is secure to say that just about all people misplaced their collective minds in each sense of the phrase. After its world premiere on the Cannes Movie Pageant, early reactions painted the R-rated comedian ebook film as every little thing from the subsequent coming of Jesus Christ himself to the one worst expertise ever dedicated to the medium of movie to, extremely sufficient, a “harmful” work that may inevitably result in real-world violence … in some way. It was straightforward to see how Joaquin Phoenix’s mentally-unwell character often called Arthur Fleck would possibly’ve truly had a degree when he mentioned, “Is it simply me, or is it getting crazier on the market?” However overlook all that, as a result of the unique film apparently has nothing on what the sequel has in retailer for us proper from the soar.
“Joker: Folie à Deux” marks director Todd Phillips’ follow-up effort set within the crime-ridden streets of Gotham Metropolis, however it will be unwise to count on extra of the identical. For one factor, Girl Gaga has been forged reverse Phoenix to lend her singing (and hopefully songwriting) abilities as Harley Quinn, that means this sequel will tackle the flavour of a Broadway musical. However that hardly even scratches the floor of what Phillips and his artistic workforce have cooked up, apparently.
In a wide-ranging profile revealed by Selection, the outlet spilled the beans on the opening sequence that kicks off the motion. Described as “a ‘Looney Tunes’-inspired cartoon,” this animated scene reportedly ushers audiences by a dizzying array of courtroom scenes, jail riots, and even a “variety-show sequence” meant as a murderous send-up to the legendary duo of Sonny & Cher. And that is simply how the film begins, to say nothing of what different fever-dream antics certainly observe. Seems like a visit!
In Joker: Folie à Deux, the inmates are operating the asylum
Oh, we’re undoubtedly removed from the shallow now. The place the unique “Joker” was a largely easy crime drama documenting Arthur Fleck’s tragic fall and the Joker’s unlikely rise in Gotham Metropolis, “Joker: Folie à Deux” feels like a wild, off-the-wall sequel the place completely nothing was thought-about off limits. That strategy will clearly be on show as quickly because the film begins with that aforementioned animated sequence, which Selection reveals has been developed by famed French animator and director Sylvain Chomet. (If you have not checked out his award-winning “The Triplets of Belleville,” you owe it to your self to take a tumble down that rabbit gap with out figuring out the rest about it — belief me.) However this is not meant to come back throughout as zaniness only for the sake of it, nevertheless. In accordance with Todd Phillips, that is all in service of a theme that is baked proper into the DNA of the story:
“The aim of this film is to make it really feel prefer it was made by loopy folks. The inmates are operating the asylum.”
Primarily based on the trailer footage we have already seen, I would say that this mission was very a lot completed. That is to not say that audiences can take this form of chaotic vitality without any consideration, nevertheless. Phillips additionally indicated that followers in all probability should not count on a 3rd movie on this franchise, for higher or worse. Within the meantime, people can sit up for “Joker: Folie à Deux” dropping in theaters October 4, 2024.
