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Quentin Tarantino has shared his thoughts on Todd Phillips‘ Joker: Folie à Deux – see what he had to say below.Despite the Joaquin Phoenix– and Lady Gaga-led film performing rather disappointingly at the box office, the Kill Bill director praised the film, saying he “really, really liked it” on the latest episode of The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast.Tarantino – who has struck up a friendship with Phillips over the years – expanded on his thoughts: “I went to see it expecting to be impressed by the filmmaking. But I thought it was going to be an arms-length, intellectual exercise that ultimately I wouldn’t think worked like a movie, but that I would appreciate it for what it is.And I’m just nihilistic enough to kind of enjoy a movie that doesn’t quite work as a movie. That’s like a big, giant mess to some degree.

Quentin Tarantino is praising Todd Phillips and Joker: Folie à Deux after the Warner Bros. film bombed at the box office.

Judging by the poor reviews and abysmal box office, there aren’t too many die-hard fans of “Joker: Folie à Deux.” It appears that director Todd Phillips has created a film that upset both the people who loved and hated the previous “Joker.” However, if he cares about any review, perhaps he’ll prefer to hear what someone like Quentin Tarantino has to say.  READ MORE: Paul Schrader Calls ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ A “Bad Musical” & Walked Out During His Screening Speaking on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Quentin Tarantino talked about his thoughts regarding “Joker: Folie à Deux.” He didn’t just like the “Joker” sequel, Tarantino absolutely loved the movie.

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Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Is there room at the best picture table for more than one “part two?” This year, several installments in established franchises are banging on the Academy’s door, hoping for a coveted slot in the category. With no clear frontrunner, this could be the season that more than one sequel secures a place in the race. That has happened only once, in 2022 (“Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Top Gun: Maverick”).

“Joker: Folie à Deux.”The famous writer-director, 78, revealed that he, like many others, walked out of the movie theater when he watched the DC sequel starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.“I saw about 10 or 15 minutes of it,” Schrader told Jeremy O. Harris for an Interview magazine story published Monday.“I left, bought something, came back, saw another 10 minutes,” Schrader added. “That was enough.”Ironically, Schrader wrote the script for Martin Scorsese’s 1976 “Taxi Driver,” which had a big influence on the first “Joker” film, directed by Todd Phillips.

Joker: Folie à Deux is reportedly coming to digital platforms as soon as the end of this month, significantly earlier than expected.The film endured a tough opening weekend at the box office earlier this month, drawing approximately $40million (£30.5million) domestically, which was roughly half of the equivalent of its 2019 predecessor. The figure was also well short of Warner Bros.’ original projections of $70million, and the studio was reportedly “stunned and sorely disappointed” by the results.The film had a budget of $190million (£145million), and as reported by Variety, even after two weekends, its global intake is $165million (£126million), compared to the $248million (£190million) the first film drew after just three days.Now, the same report claims that the film will be hitting home entertainment platforms on October 29, less than four weeks after its cinematic release.

Terrifier 3 looks set to beat Joker: Folie à Deux at the box office in the US this weekend.It comes after the latter drew an estimated domestic box office opening of $40million (£30.5million) on its opening weekend – roughly half of its predecessor, and well short of its original projections of $70million (£53.5million) three weeks ago. The film had a budget of $190million (£145million).Now, with Terrifier 3 expected to gross beyond $11million (£8.41million) on its opening weekend when it is officially released tomorrow (October 11), that is likely to knock Todd Phillips‘ sequel off the top spot, according to Deadline.Ticket sales for the Joker sequel are projected to drop by at least 60 per cent to 65 per cent in its second weekend, which would amount to between $13million (£9.9million) and $15million (£11.4million).As recently noted by The Hollywood Reporter, it is also the first Hollywood comic book movie adaptation to have earned a ‘D’ score from the market research firm CinemaScore, indicating that many audiences are not enamoured with the sequel.Even critically maligned comic book films, such as The Marvels or The Flash, have previously scored respectable CinemaScore marks, with both examples being given a ‘B’ grade.Folie à Deux also currently sits on a lowly 33 per cent critics score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes – compared to Joker’s 68 per cent.In a four-star review of Folie à Deux, NME wrote: “In short, Phillips and Silver have delivered the last thing anyone expected: a socially responsible Joker movie that finds an intriguing way to explore the consequences (both on and offscreen) of the first film.

Joker: Folie à Deux is finally in cinemas, but do Arthur Fleck and Lee Quinn end up together by the end of the film? Read on for the full breakdown.The sequel to 2019’s Joker was released on October 4, after receiving its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last month. It catches up with Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck, aka the Joker, while he is a patient at a mental health facility after the events of the first film, where he falls in love with Lady Gaga’s Harleen ‘Lee’ Quinzel, aka Harley Quinn.The film has had a rough opening at the box office, drawing $40million domestically, well short of expectations.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director One of the recurring jokes throughout “Joker: Folie à Deux” is whether or not a television movie that was made based on Arthur Fleck’s life and killing spree (the events of the 2019 film) is actually good or not. Lady Gaga’s Harleen “Lee” Quinzel is obsessed with the TV movie, and it clearly played a big role in her idolization of the real Arthur (Joaquin Phoenix). Every time he asks her how the TV movie based on his life turned out, she can’t help but give it a rave review.

Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips’ decision to cut a scene where Lady Gaga kisses another woman.The sequel to 2019’s Joker was released on Friday (October 4), and catches up with Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck, aka the Joker, while he is a patient at a mental health facility after the events of the first film. He falls in love with Lady Gaga’s Harleen ‘Lee’ Quinzel, aka Harley Quinn.And now, in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Phillips has given his explanation for why a scene in which Lee kisses a woman in a group of protesters outside a courthouse did not make it into the final cut.The scene would have taken place just before one of Fleck’s court appearances, as he is being prosecuted for the crimes he committed in the original film.

Tatiana Siegel On Sept. 30, Lady Gaga blew kisses to fans outside the TCL Chinese Theatre ahead of the premiere of “Joker: Folie à Deux,” while Joaquin Phoenix dropped his typical solemn facade and flashed a few smiles from the red carpet. Meanwhile, Warner Bros.

Joker: Folie à Deux isn’t just underperforming at the box office. Fans AND critics don’t like it very much — it has a RottenTomatoes score of 33% and an audience score even lower at 31%! And if that isn’t enough, we raise you the film’s star…

UPDATED, with Joker: Folie à Deux actuals: The opening of Warner Bros and Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux has come in lower at the global and international box office than was estimated on Sunday. Whereas Sunday’s offshore estimate was within the pre-weekend projected range at $81.1M from 76 markets, the actuals now put the offshore tally at $77M through Sunday. Combined with domestic, which, as Anthony has noted, dipped to $37.8M, that brings the worldwide start to $114.8M, versus the $121.1M reported on Sunday.

The director of the new movie Joker: Folie a Deux is confirming details about that major twist ending.

Joker: Folie a Deux” didn’t make the final cut of the movie — and now, director Todd Phillips is revealing why. While filming the sequel in March 2023, the singer-turned-actress, 38, was photographed sharing a same-sex kiss with a female protester. In the deleted scene, Gaga’s character, Lee, a grittier version of Harley Quinn, stops while walking up the courthouse steps and grabs a woman in the crowd before planting a fat one on her.

Todd Phillips explains why a Joker: Folie à Deux scene with Lady Gaga‘s Harley Quinn kissing another woman didn’t make the final cut.

The opening for Warner Bros‘ Joker: Folie a Deux was even lower at $37.8M this weekend versus the $40M that the studio reported yesterday morning. Sunday came in at $6.2M, -45% off Saturday’s $11.3M. The movie cost $190M+ before P&A.

Lady Gaga was seen kissing a female extra on the set of Joker: Folie a Deux in paparazzi photos from back in March of 2023, but the scene didn’t make the final film.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Many fans of Lady Gaga have expressed disappointment on social media following the release of “Joker: Folie à Deux” as it appears a few scenes Gaga shot for the film did not end up making it into the final theatrical cut. One axed moment was improvised during filming and depicted Gaga’s Lee kissing another woman while entering the courthouse to attend Arthur Fleck’s murder trial. Photos of the kiss were taken by paparazzi and spread online during the filming of the “Joker” sequel.