Joker: Folie à Deux created the perfect story for a threequel, but this DC film will most likely never see the light of day. Joaquin Phoenix continues to improve as Arthur Fleck. The actor delivers another outstanding performance in the title role. Joker: Folie à DeuxA cast that should earn him nominations come awards season. However, the same cannot be said about the film as a whole. Joker: Folie à Deux became a box office bomb, which is shocking, just like the original Joker exceeded the $1 billion mark.
Joker: Folie à Deux – a controversial film, like the first one. However, the main problem is that the new film directly contradicts what the first was about, and does so by offering very few thrills and almost no exciting musical scenes, so the decision to make this the first superhero musical seems like a waste. Joker: Folie à DeuxThe ending caused outragewhich contributed to many negative reviews from both critics and fans. The film left the door slightly open for a better sequel that, unfortunately, will never happen.
Folie À Deux represents the REAL Joker
Arthur Fleck never intended to fight Batman
The most controversial aspect Joker: Folie à Deux It’s the film’s decision to make it clear that Arthur Fleck is not the real Joker. This decision goes against the whole point of the first film, which was Arthur’s life constantly beating him up while he was depressed until the mentally ill character broke down, adopting the Joker persona that made him feel powerful and deadly. Joker: Folie à Deux Arthur struggles with his two identities right up until the very end when Phoenix’s character admits that the Joker was never real and was just Arthur’s fantasy.
Connected
To really get to this point, Joker: Folie à DeuxThe ending represents the biggest twist in the franchise. Throughout the film, a young Arkham inmate appears from time to time, always respecting Arthur Fleck, inspired by the Joker. When Arthur refused his role, this prisoner could not accept it, and so he brutally stabbed Arthur to death. This ending reveals that Fleck was never meant to be the Joker, which explains why Bruce Wayne was just a child in 2019. Jokeras the prisoner who keeps carving a smile on his face is the real Joker.
Folie À Deux also created the complete evolution of Harley Quinn
Lady Gaga’s “Lee” ends the film in a dark place
Although she doesn’t get as much attention as Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck, Lady Gaga’s Leigh—the film’s Harley Quinn—also went through a great personal journey in Joker: Folie à Deux. In the DC film, it was revealed that Lee was a wealthy man who volunteered to go to Arkham. so she can bond with the Joker who inspired her and thousands of others. This came as a shock to Arthur, as Leigh had lied to him, telling him the story of how she burned down the building after setting her parents’ apartment on fire.
The moment Arthur told the truth and called the Joker a mere fantasy, Lee disappeared.
Throughout the film, Leigh pushed Arthur Fleck to embrace his Joker identity, showing her support and “love” for him while Phoenix’s character became the Joker again. However, the moment Arthur told the truth and called the Joker a mere fantasy, Lee disappeared. By the end of the film, the film version of Harley Quinn finds herself in a dark place. leave Arthur for arrest after the Joker, the figure she looked up to and put a lot of effort into following was “killed” before her eyes. However, Lee donned her full Harley costume, hinting at more to come.
Why Joker 3 is unlikely to happen
The DC film’s director has a strong stance on the issue.
There are many factors that make Joker 3 impossible. Chief among them is performance. Joker: Folie à Deuxwhich is breaking negative records and whose box office earnings are projected to pale in comparison to the original. Joker. Additionally, Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck was the main character of the franchise, and continuing it after his death is no easy task. To conclude this, director Todd Phillips is done with DC. Phillips appealed Joker 3 hope before Joker: Folie à Deux was released with the words: “I think we said what we wanted to say in this world.“
Though it’s hard to see Joker 3 going on, there are enough elements in the film that it could have been a more exciting film than Joker: Folie à Deux it turned out. Joker 3 will be able to examine the young prisoner who killed Arthur when he becomes the real Joker from DC comics. Since she was inspired by Fleck’s Joker, Lady Gaga’s Lee may have been attracted to this new Joker, going full Harley Quinn. The theoretical threequel could also take place several years later, showing how the Arthur-inspired character Joker: Folie à Deux fights Batman.
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