Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips says the ending will depart you with a “very unsettling” feeling.
The first opinions of Joker: Folie à Deux have hinted that audiences could discover the ending somewhat divisive, and director Todd Phillips is all too conscious of how some followers will react.
“For the people that have seen this movie in general … at the end, they sit and they don’t move for about three to five minutes,” Phillips stated throughout a Q&A (through /Movie). “Then they text me, the ones that know me, or email me and go, ‘I need a minute to process the movie.’” Phillips added, “I think it’s going to leave you with a very unsettling … I think it’s unsettling.” Sure retailers seem to have outright spoiled the ending for Joker: Folie à Deux of their opinions, so the rationale for this potential response is straightforward to seek out, however I received’t be sharing it right here.
It stays to be seen if Joker: Folie à Deux might be as profitable as the primary film (which was the primary R-rated film to gross over $1 billion), however you shouldn’t preserve your fingers crossed for Joker 3 as Phillips doesn’t intend on returning. “It was fun to play in this sort of sandbox for two movies,” Phillips stated final month, “however I believe we’ve stated what we wished to say on this world.“
Though Arthur and Lee (Woman Gaga) continuously break into songs comparable to Get Blissful, For As soon as in My Life, and That’s Life, Phillips has prevented labelling the sequel as a full-blown musical. “Most of the music in the movie is really just dialogue,” Phillips stated. “It’s just Arthur not having the words to say what he wants to say, so he sings them instead.” Phillips added, “I simply don’t need individuals to suppose that it’s like ‘In the Heights,’ the place the girl within the bodega begins to sing they usually take it out onto the road, and the police are dancing. No disrespect, as a result of I cherished ‘In the Heights.’“
Along with Joaquin Phoenix and Woman Gaga, Joker: Folie À Deux additionally stars Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, and Harry Lawtey. Zazie Beetz additionally returns to reprise her function as Sophie Dumond from the primary film, a love curiosity for Arthur. Plot particulars are being stored below wraps, nevertheless it’s been stated that a lot of the sequel will happen inside Arkham Asylum, which is the place we left Arthur within the final movie. Joker: Folie à Deux will hit theaters on October 4th.
