Hideo Kojima Predicts ‘Joker: Folie À Deux’s Reputation “Will Likely Change Over Next 10 Or 20 Years”

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Video game creator and filmmaker Hideo Kojima has expressed his opinion on Joker: Folie à Deux. Kojima took to social media to predict that audiences will view Todd Phillips‘ film differently in the next decade or two. “Over the next 10 or 20 years, this film’s reputation will likely change along with the permeation of hero movies to come,” Kojima said in a post on X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter. “It may take some time for it to become a true ‘folie à deux.'” Kojima also noted that there was “no doubt that everyone in the audience loved Joaquin [Phoenix] and [Lady] Gaga in this film.” In his lengthy post, Kojima made a point that the Joker‘s sequel starts off with an animation sequence “depicting a story of Joker and Joker’s shadow.” The film moves on to a trial that poses the “question of his multiple personality,” which “is argued from beginning to end.” “Is the Joker Arthur?

Is the Joker another personality (his shadow)? Who exactly is Arthur? This revelation eventually transforms into a meta-perspective,” Kojima adds. “In the previous film, ‘Joker,’ was it really Joker who captivated audiences around the world?

Or was it Arthur? This question is constantly raised to Lee and even to the people of Gotham City within the film.” Kojima notes, “We live in an age of mass production of ‘poetic justice’ heroes, a battle between good and evil.

Lately, many spin-off films with a focus on the villains have been made. Can villains be superheroes too? Is this question posed on the big screen as a DC movie, too avant-garde?