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Joker: Folie À Deux — starring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix — has
garnered the lowest CinemaScore in comic book movie history as the film bombed at the box office on opening night.
The psychological musical thriller — which has been criticized as 'bleak' and 'disappointing' — officially released in theaters on Friday,
October 4, but it only raked in $20 million at the domestic box office, per The Hollywood Reporter.
Phoenix reprised his role as the Joker in the sequel, which
had earned him an Oscar for his portrayal in the 2019 film,
while Gaga took on the role of Harleen Lee Quinzel (Harley
Quinn).
However, Joker: Folie À Deux has been given a D rating on CinemaScore — the lowest score
for a comic book movie.
Madame Web — which notably also flopped in theaters earlier this year and also received terrible reviews — holds a higher
score with a C+.
Joker: Folie À Deux - starring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix - has garnered the lowest CinemaScore in comic
book movie history as the film bombs at the box office on opening night
It received a D rating on CinemaScore - the lowest score for a comic book movie
On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie currently holds an audience score of 31%
and a critic score of 32%.
The sequel is projected to rake in less
that $50 million at the domestic box office during the entirety of opening weekend, per
The Hollywood Reporter.
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Joker: Folie À Deux is branded 'bleak' and the 'most disappointing follow-up'
by critics
Weeks ago, the movie had been projected to bring in around $70 million -
but the number has since drastically dropped.
Joker (2019) notably opened with $96.2 million when the film first
released in theaters - and eventually landed
a little over $1 billion in the global box office.
The first movie - which was also directed by Todd Phillips - had a budget of between $55 and $70 million. However, the
budget increased for Folie À Deux to around $200
million.
The 2019 movie garnered praise and positive reviews from both critics and audiences - and won the
Golden Lion during the 76th Venice International Film Festival.
Joaquin received an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of the Joker (Arthur
Fleck) - and the film garnered an additional Academy
Award for Best Original Score.
The sequel also screened during the Venice International
Film Festival last month in September, where it earned a 12-minute standing ovation, per Deadline.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie currently holds an audience score of 31% and a critic score
of 32%
However, audiences have since taken to X after the movie released in theaters on Friday - and shared their opinions on the sequel, which features musical sequences.
One fan penned, 'Joaquin Phoenix don't deserve this.
what happened to the script?' while another added, 'is it that bad,' followed
by a crying face emoji.
'Ironically I feel that a musical, if done well, could have been a good choice.
It'd show how much of an unreliable narrator
Fleck is,' one typed.
'But with some original songs, that keep everything vague, not just covers.
Also when I heard of the ending I snorted fr.'
A social media user wrote, 'Stop making sequels
as musicals if the original wasn't a musical.'
'Maybe he [Phillips] only had an hour long movie, and decided to randomly add musical scenes to fill the runtime,' one penned.
'Joker downfall really needs to be studied,' another
shared, along with a monkey staring out a window.
One fan said, 'the movie sucks. i had to walk out of the cinema,' while
another penned, 'After years of disagreement....*Joker 2 releases* Critics [shaking hands] Audience.'
The sequel is projected to only rake in less that $50 million in the domestic box office during the entirety of opening
weekend, per The Hollywood Reporter
However, audiences have since taken to X after the movie released in theaters on Friday
- and shared their opinions over the sequel, which was also a musical
'Ironically I feel that a musical, if done well, could have been a good choice.
It'd show how much of an unreliable narrator Fleck is,' one typed
'Joker downfall really needs to be studied,' another shared, along with a monkey staring out a window
'That's way below what we expected,' one wrote in regards to the current Rotten Tomatoes scores.
'People are saying this is the worst sequel ever.'
A fan explained, 'yea this film was bad. it was pretentious and dull.
has the aesthetic of an arthouse film without
the substance.'
'It also insults the audience's intelligence. the songs were also underwhelming too.
they shouldn't have let this escape to theaters.'
One shared, 'The audience that loved the first movie is not the same audience running to see musicals.
This was a gigantic mistake from step 1.'
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter,
Phillips discussed whether he would be interested in making a third Joker film or a movie centered around Gaga's character.
'It's not really where this movie is headed for me.
I feel like my time in the DC Universe was these two films.'
Ahead of the movie's release, Lady Gaga also dropped an accompanying album titled Harlequin on September 27.
Joker: Folie À Deux has been branded the 'most disappointing
follow-up to the Oscar-winning movie' by critics, as they cast
doubt on Lady Gaga's 'thin' role in the film following its
release on Friday.
'That's way below what we expected,' one wrote in regards to the current Rotten Tomatoes scores.
'People are saying this is the worst sequel ever'
A fan explained, 'yea this film was bad. it was pretentious and
dull. has the aesthetic of an arthouse film without the substance'
The 'bleak' sequel, has also received a tepid reception from fans,
with some claiming Lady Gaga's career could be at risk.
While the same director Todd Phillips was back in the hot seat, critics have said the sequel
is just a 'repeat' of the first hit but with an added
musical twist.
Most critics have said Todd failed to use Gaga correctly in the
movie and claimed she was only bought in for the musical aspect of it.
While the majority of critics say Joker: Folie À Deux didn't live
up to expectations, others have dubbed the movie 'bold' and 'brilliant.'
Daily Mail's Brian Viner commended the move as 'bold' and 'brilliant' but said it
lacked any thrill.
The Independent's Geoffrey Macnab said: 'Today Joker is best remembered as one of the most subversive and
original films of the last decade, while its hugely anticipated sequel is just as bleak and formally daring as its predecessor'.
Meanwhile, the Irish Times' Donald Clarke gave the movie just two stars but credited Phillips' work
for making a sequel following the first movie's $1billion success.
Financial Times critic Danny Leigh said although Gaga worked hard to bump the ratings up in the sequel, Phillips appeared to have no idea what to do with her.
Giving a three star rating, The Guardian's Peter
Bradshaw claimed the movie proves 'claustrophobic' and 'repetitive.'
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Phillips discussed whether he would be
interested in making a third Joker film or a movie centered around Gaga's character; Phillips, Gaga
and Phoenix seen in September in L.A.
Joker: Folie À Deux has been branded the 'most disappointing
follow-up to the Oscar-winning movie' by critics, as they cast doubt on Lady Gaga's 'thin' role in the film following its
release on Friday; seen in September in London
The Times' Kevin Maher wrote: 'The director Todd Phillips
said there would be no follow-up to the original, but he changed his
mind and the result is a derivative musical'
'This might be the most disappointing follow-up to an Oscar-winning performance since
Anthony Hopkins reworked his silky and terrifying Dr Lecter from for the campy,
kitschy.'
Along with Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, other stars that
had appeared in the sequel include Brendan Gleeson,
Catherine Keener, Zazie Beatz and Steve Coogan.
Joker: Folie à Deux has faced additional backlash from fans as they have claimed that Gaga
is running the risk of losing her acting career.
Lady GagaJoaquin Phoenix
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are asking voter to choose between an immigration crackdown and reproductive rights
As their race for the US presidency comes down to the wire, each major candidate has leaned heavily on a favorite theme -- abortion rights for Democrat Kamala Harris and
border security for Republican Donald Trump.
In Arizona, their ideological duel has reached a white-hot peak, with both topics
the subject of fiercely debated ballot referendums.
And in this key southwestern state -- where the billionaire Trump lost to President Joe Biden in 2020 by a tiny margin of about 10,500 votes -- every ballot truly will count.
In the mid-sized city of Tucson, hundreds of volunteers
in orange T-shirts were going door-to-door to try to persuade
voters to back a ballot measure to inscribe abortion rights in the state constitution -- and, while they're at it,
to vote for Vice President Harris.
To Grace Ireland, a 26-year-old activist, the abortion restrictions imposed by several
Republican-controlled states amount to "a public health crisis that Donald Trump and the Republicans have created."
She added, "Democrats and Kamala Harris are trying to push us forward and protect women's health care and protect our democracy and protect all people."
Une pancarte barrée du slogan "L'indifférence aux élections est dangereuse", à Tucson, en Arizona, le 16 octobre 2024
Since 2022, when the US Supreme Court ended the constitutional protection of federal abortion rights, Ireland, a registered nurse, has worked in several states
where abortion is banned or severely limited.
Those restrictions have had sometimes disastrous consequences for women having problem pregnancies
or carrying nonviable fetuses when doctors refuse to treat
them.
"Women are going septic and dying because they cannot receive the care that they need," she told AFP.
- 'Abortion is murder' -
As Ireland carries her message to potential voters,
she noted, particularly to young people who may be less likely to vote, that it was Donald
Trump who appointed the three justices who tipped the Supreme Court against abortion rights.
Donald Trump lors d'un meeting à Tempe, en Arizona, le 24 octobre 2024
"It's important to reiterate that Donald Trump and these abortion bans are one and the same," Ireland said.
But in Tucson there is little unanimity among young voters.
"I do think that abortion is murder," said Pedro Lopez, a 20-year-old college student.
"There are cases of incest or rape" that
merit exceptions, he conceded, "but that's very small."
He also worries about the flow of undocumented
migrants that have entered the country from Mexico
during the Biden-Harris administration.
"People that are entering the United States illegally... should be sent back to where they came from," he said.
"My grandparents migrated from Mexico to the United States, and they did it the right way."
So he plans not only to vote for Trump, but to back the proposal to let local
law enforcement detain, arrest and prosecute anyone suspected of having entered the country illegally --
powers normally reserved to the border police who work for the federal government.
"I know people that work for the Border Patrol, and they're really upset because this current administration has really tied their hands up. They're not really able to do anything," Lopez said.
- Mixed impact -
The major political parties see the competing referendums as offering an opportunity to mobilize
more people to vote -- on ballot questions at the very heart of the two presidential campaigns.
Anti-abortion activists demonstrate outside a clinic
in Phoenix, Arizona on April 18, 2024
But the referendums may not have the clear impact on the race for the White House that
activists hope.
Polls show Trump and Harris running neck-and-neck in Arizona, with the Republican holding a very narrow lead.
Both ballot questions, meantime, have drawn strong support and both appear likely to pass.
So the abortion issue may not be "helping Democrats in the way that they would hope," said Jenny Brian, a professor of
bioethics at Arizona State University.
Many Republican women will vote both to protect abortion rights and to bring Trump back to the White House, Brian said.
Though abortion is sometimes framed as a Democrat vs.
Republican issue, the Republican Party includes "a broad spectrum of views on the topic," an issue that also raises
conservatives' concerns about "government interference," she added.
The same dynamic applies to immigration, with the tougher language on the Arizona ballot question finding support not just among Trump Republicans but also "moderates and even many Democrats," said John Kavanagh, a Republican and an Arizona state senator.
The 74-year-old Kavanagh is unimpressed by Harris's recent toughening on migration, specifically her promise to maintain the partial closing of the border Biden ordered in recent months.
The vice president, Kavanagh said, is "running away faster from her open-border policy than an illegal immigrant that runs away from the Border Patrol."
Lunes, 02 Diciembre 2024 22:51
Wow that was odd. I just wrote an extremely long comment
but after I clicked submit my comment didn't appear.
Grrrr... well I'm not writing all that over again.
Anyways, just wanted to say superb blog!