Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

[The Dark Knight]

My anticipation for this movie remains strong.

Looks f***ing great.

[The Joker]

Pretty nice trailer.

God, anything that's bold enough to steer away from the same old, same old, standard formulaic Marvel/DC capestuff that we've been saturated with is a resounding plus!

Phillips/Phoenix have earned trust.



A few parallels from the trailer.



Also, there's been some comparisons with the 1964 musical/romance film, "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".



And either way you cut it, white suited Joker is always cool.

[The Dark Knight]

This trailer has energy. This trailer has excitement. The JOKER films know the power of musical montages and juxtaposition, and the emotion it elicits. These sequences from the trailer put the character's psychosis on full blast and show how his state of mind is the character's superpower. Even in a drab cell he can escape to this zany happy place to make his torment easier, and he can also use this mania when killing and escaping.

It seems to me the sequel is going to be a dive into insanity even more than the first. The references to the original film work nicely too, namely the gestures, body language and locations. This looks and feels like the same universe while pushing into new territory. I also dig how it seems Harley exists but could be left up to interpretation just how much of their relationship is real. Can't wait. Movie of the year incoming.

[The Joker]

New trailer has been released.

[The Dark Knight]

I don't need to see any more after this. I was sold already but this seals the deal. It looks to have all the original had and more, and it's so good it's from the original creative team. Seems to me a lot of the in suit/makeup Joker scenes may be how Arthur views himself, not how he's actually appearing in public. With the musical montages adding to the element of doubt to the audience's interpretation of events, courtesy of Arthur's unstable mind.

The courtroom stuff looks like it'll be gold, possibly being this movie's version of Murray's talk show. I can also sense Joaquin leaning in to playful, showman Joker in a bunch of these scenes too which I think is exciting.

[thecolorsblend]

I echo TDK. This looks very much like a follow-up to the original. Even the lighting looks the same. Very impressed and very excited.

[Silver Nemesis]

What does everyone expect from the Joker/Harley partnership? Is it real, or do you think there'll be a twist at the end where it turns out Arthur imagined it all and she's really just his therapist?

[Kamdan]

What does everyone expect from the Joker/Harley partnership? Is it real, or do you think there'll be a twist at the end where it turns out Arthur imagined it all and she's really just his therapist?

I hope it's not that deceptively easy. Phillips has to know that's the easiest deduction to make for this sequel. Hope we don't hear that as an excuse to why this sequel that nobody planned for got made.

[thecolorsblend]

What does everyone expect from the Joker/Harley partnership? Is it real, or do you think there'll be a twist at the end where it turns out Arthur imagined it all and she's really just his therapist?

If the film's title is to be taken literally, then my guess would be that it's a shared delusion. If anything, I speculate that they're amplifying each other's madness.

[The Joker]

Arthur, like Patrick Bateman from "American Psycho", is a proven unreliable narrator, so I think this abstraction will continue for the sequel, but hopefully it's not something like, "It was all purely/mostly in his head". I'm expecting dual delusions from both protagonist's, but I do wonder if there's something to that quick clip from the previous trailer where Harley pulls a gun and points it at Joker (though it could very well be simply apart of the singing/dance routine). Suggesting that, perhaps, this romance between the two is ultimately doomed right from the start. As one could turn on the other at a moments notice, and something that probably would never be explored within a "main line" universe.