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JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX Review

Author Meltdown

Last week while I was on vacation, the latest Joker movie dropped, JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX. I couldn’t wait to see it for many reasons. One is that I loved the last Joker movie. Another is that I think Joaquin Phoenix, as Arthur Fleck, is a GREAT actor. Now, I’d heard it was a musical, but I liked the Blues Brothers, so how bad could it be? The answer: BAD.

I went in with a complete open mind, even to the point where I wanted to love Lady Gaga in the movie. What I found was that her character sucked and provided very little to anything I had hoped to see in this movie. As I sit here writing this, I’m not really sure why she was even necessary. I get it, they wanted another big star to share the screen with Phoenix, but it doesn’t work at all. It was awful.

Warner Brother Pictures

This movie’s plot was so thin, if you took out the singing and dancing, it could’ve been told in twenty minutes. From what I recall, in between falling asleep, most of the “musical” parts were just daydreams anyway.

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

This movie disappointed on several levels. It’s easily one of the worst movies I’ve seen this year, and I’ve watched a lot. I could not wait to see it, now I’m trying to keep other from seeing it!

(L to r) JOAQUIN PHOENIX as Arthur Fleck and LADY GAGA as Lee Quinzel in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
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(L to r) JOAQUIN PHOENIX as Arthur Fleck and LADY GAGA as Lee Quinzel in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

On a scale of 5 stars, I’m giving this a 1 only for the explosion near the end. In my opinion, they reuined a great opportunity to craft an awesome film, that was too long,and included to much gratuitous dancing and singing with no point. I could not wait for this movie to end.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Non-Spoiler Review

Well, I finally went to the theatre to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice last night. The film made a whopping $110 million on its opening weekend.

I’m still trying to process the movie even as I sit here at work today. I recall thinking about halfway through that it was all over the place as far as storylines goes. It finally did come together, I feel, in a rushed way near the end.

Things I liked about Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

*The feel of the movie. I love movies like this that have a fall vibe to them.

*The connection it had to the original movie. The Dead waiting room and things like that.

*Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice. Pretty decent.

*Other original cast members like Wynona Ryder and Cathrine O’Hara. She’s great in everything!

*I thought Jenna Ortega was good. She’s found her nitch.

Things I Didn’t Like About Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

*How they played off the death of Charles Deetz, Jeffery Jones. I thought they could’ve done something better with that angel. I did think his headstone was kind of funny.

*It wasn’t very funny. I kept thinking how much funnier it would’ve been had it been rated R. I guess they didn’t intend it to be that, but it seemed much of the humor was aimed at a younger audience.

*The storyline between Beetlejuice and his X-wife. That’s all I’ll say about that. She was hot though. LOL

Overall, I enjoyed the movie, as I do all Tim Burton films, but I think I was expecting more. The first movie dusted off a classic song to create a scene that has become synonymous with that one. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice tries to do the same with another deep classic. While I thought it was well done, I felt it missed the mark. I’ll put it this way, the person I went with had never heard that song.

I’m going to give this movie 3 out of 5 stars. While I wasn’t blown away by it, I think it’s worth a watch at least once. It was a fun way to kill an hour and a half.

Meltdown started on the mighty WRIF on the evening of Halloween, 1995. Technically, his first on-air shift was the morning of November 1st. Moving to the Motor City from Buffalo, N.Y., he has built a career and family. Over his almost three-decade stint at RIFF, he's had the privilege to work with some of the biggest personalities in Detroit radio history. He boasts of being just the second-afternoon drive jock in the station's illustrious 53-year history. Along with his love for rock music and attending concerts, he's also an avid Harley-Davidson enthusiast and hockey player. He plays year-round and manages to squeeze in a few charity games throughout the year. Meltdown writes about the Detroit Red Wings, rock music, and Detroit concert venues.

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