"joker: double delusion" cannot escape the "sequel curse" and received negative reviews at the venice film festival premiere
2024-09-06
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on september 4, the movie "joker: double delusion" (hereinafter referred to as "joker 2") completed its world premiere at the venice film festival.
with the success of its predecessor, joker 2 is highly anticipated.
the previous film, joker, received extremely high reputation and box office - douban scored 8.7 points, imdb scored 8.4 points, and the global box office exceeded 1 billion us dollars, making it the most popular r-rated movie. the film also won the lead actor joaquin phoenix the oscar for best actor.
"joker 2" is a musical thriller. the director is still todd phillips, the director of the previous film. joaquin phoenix continues to play the joker. new actors joining the cast include lady gaga, who will play the famous "joker girl" harley quinn.
lady gaga's joining once again boosted the attention of "joker 2".
unfortunately, after its premiere in venice, "joker 2" suffered a reputational waterloo - its rotten tomatoes rating was only 60%, with 17 negative reviews out of 43; on the more stringent metacritic, it only scored 53 points, with 11 mediocre reviews and 2 negative reviews out of 22; there are currently 304 reviews on imdb, with a score of only 5.9.
ign gave it a score of 50, saying that "joker 2" was dragged down by lengthy courtroom drama and there was nothing new - "the worst thing about "joker: double delusion" is that it fails to fully realize its potential. the film promised from the beginning to present the joker and harley quinn in a novel way, placing them in a romantic musical world. unfortunately, the sequel was dragged down by a lengthy courtroom story, which not only kept the dazzling lady gaga away from the spotlight, but the entire movie revolved entirely around the previous work and did not have anything new."
the hollywood reporter also gave it only 50 points. the reporter praised lady gaga's performance and suggested that her moments were too few in the movie - "gaga is striking and energetic. she perfectly combines affinity and obsession, bringing joy and hope to arthur. their musical performances, whether duets or solos, are full of vitality, which is exactly what this overly gloomy movie desperately needs."
indiewire only gave it 42 points. the reporter said that "joker 2", which lost its tribute object, did not find a suitable narrative mode. there were too many elements in the film, and the director failed to integrate them well, and it was not very harmonious.
overall, part of the reason for the poor reputation of "joker 2" is that the starting point of the previous work was too high and the audience's psychological expectations were too high, while "joker 2" failed to provide innovative content and thematic expression like the previous work.
on the other hand, judging from the previous reviews, "joker 2" does not seem to blend the two genres of song and dance and thriller crime very well.
joker 2 is scheduled to be released in north america on october 4. the reputation crisis of the venice premiere may have a certain negative impact on the movie's box office. (text | shan jin)
