British tabloids are having a field day because one of the songs the joker dances to is written and sung by British celebrity peadophile, Gary gliter......
British tabloids are having a field day because one of the songs the joker dances to is written and sung by British celebrity peadophile, Gary gliter......
On purpose or not, nonetheless, I found the social commentary I came across analyzing the film to be rather interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_...ial_commentary
"Vejvoda, Hammond, and The Guardian's Christina Newland interpreted the film as a cautionary tale—society's ignorance of those who are less fortunate will create a person like the Joker."
"Stephen Kent, writing for The Washington Examiner, described Arthur Fleck as blending shared aspects of mass shooters, and interpreted its message as a reminder that society is riddled with men like the Joker."
"Writing in People's World, Chauncey K. Robinson said the film "walks a fine line between exploration and validation" of Joker's character and is "ultimately an in-your-face examination of a broken system that creates its own monsters."
"Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair found the film was too sympathetic towards "white men who commit heinous crimes" and that the social-politics ideologies represented in the film are "evils that are far more easily identifiable" to people "who shoot up schools and concerts and churches, who gun down the women and men they covet and envy, who let loose some spirit of anarchic animus upon the world—there's almost a woebegone mythos placed on them in the search for answers."
"Jim Geraghty of National Review wrote he was "worried that a certain segment of America's angry, paranoid, emotionally unstable young men will watch Joaquin Phoenix descending into madness and a desire to get back at society by hurting as many people as possible and exclaim, 'finally, somebody understands me!'"
OK, actual box office numbers for Joker's first weekend are in. They're even BETTER than the estimates.
Joker has made $96.2 million domestically and $152.2 million foreign for a worldwide total of $248.4 million.
So, Joker did indeed beat Justice League's domestic total of $93.8 million.
Joker handily beat Venom's $80.3 domestic debut, and it will probably beat its domestic total of $213.5 million.
But can Joker really top Venom's global total of $856 million? It's almost 30% of the way there already, but it really seems so out of reach to me.
What are your guesses for Joker's total worldwide box office?
I'm gonna say between $600-650 million.
A rumor site is already reporting WB wants Phoenix back as Joker now. Whether he's now the new mainstream DCU Joker who will appear later in a Batman movie , who knows. But its a rumor WB saw how good the film did and how good the performance was. (be awesome if Phoenix appears at end of the 2021 Batman film in a laughing scene) .
"The story so far: As usual, Ginger and I are engaged in our quest to find out what the hell is going on and save humanity from my nemesis, some bastard who is presumably responsible." - Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.
“ Well hell just froze over. Because CM Punk is back in the WWE.” - Jcogginsa.
“You can take the boy outta the mom’s basement, but you can’t take the mom’s basement outta the boy!” - LA Knight.
"Revel in What You Are." Bray Wyatt.
I had no idea that was a Gary Glitter song (I hardly even know who Gary Glitter is or was). To me it's what they play at all the Canucks games to pump up the crowd. Which is how I related to it in the movie. Arthur is getting himself pumped up for his performance later that day. I figure he'd be a hockey fan.
If the Battinson movie were set in the 1990s, it would kind of fit with JOKER. But I don't know about that.
However; I would like to see more period movies from DC. Maybe Superman in the 1950s.
Phoenix has recently expressed that he may be down for a sequel too. Sounds so unlike but while I think a one off is best, this is great too.
That alone is reason enough for me to seriously consider not seeing it. It would be one thing if this was some recent event most people in the United States hadn't heard about. But this guy has been convicted something like three times going back 20 years. I live in the US and I've been fully aware of it for at least a decade now. I really don't want to contribute to the royalty check of a pedophile.
Assassinate Putin!
Why would that hurt DC? They'll just get someone else to play Joker for the next Batman film, I doubt people will be like "No Phoenix Joker? I'm out."
Why does one or two showings mean proof that WB is buying out movie theaters? That seems like...an unprofitable tactic to say the least, so I can't imagine them doing that?
i think they could tie into this movie by claiming that someone else was inspired by Arthur Fleck Joker to become the next one going forward. But I can't see that character resurfacing again in a Batfilm of any real type for a few years. Its an over used villain now.
Period movies would be great with Golden Age characters, in my opinion. By doing that, you also bring characters most people do not already have preconceived ideas of character. Lesser known characters can hit very well, if done correctly. i.e. Guardians of the Galaxy
"The story so far: As usual, Ginger and I are engaged in our quest to find out what the hell is going on and save humanity from my nemesis, some bastard who is presumably responsible." - Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.
“ Well hell just froze over. Because CM Punk is back in the WWE.” - Jcogginsa.
“You can take the boy outta the mom’s basement, but you can’t take the mom’s basement outta the boy!” - LA Knight.
"Revel in What You Are." Bray Wyatt.