Taxi Driver Paul Schrader only managed to watch 25 minutes of Joker: Folie à Deuxbefore he decided “that was enough” and left.Although director Todd Philips credited Schrader’s 1976 classic as a strong influence on the Joker sequel, Schrader admitted that he wasn’t won over by the sequel, which has been far from a resounding hit.
He went as far to describe it as a “really bad musical.”“I see who’s coming up. I go to the multiplex,” Schrader told Interview about what he gets up to when not writing and directing. “I saw Joker: Folie à Deux.
I saw about 10 or 15 minutes of it. I left, bought something, came back, saw another 10 minutes. That was enough.”Schrader added that he also disliked the performances of both leads, Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.“I don’t like either of those people,” Schrader said. “I don’t like them as actors.
I don’t like them as characters. I don’t like the whole thing. I mean, those are people who, if they came to your house, you’d slip out the back door.”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.
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