A video of Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix’s awkward reaction after being asked to share their thoughts on Joker: Folie à Deux has gone viral amid the immense backlash the film is facing.
The highly anticipated Joker sequel hit theaters on Friday, but was immediately criticized by viewers and critics alike.
Amid the scrutiny, a clip of Lady Gaga and Joaquin discussing the film has taken over the web.
While chatting to Good Morning Britain last week, the two stars were asked if the film turned out to be “everything they hoped for.”
Immediately, they both turned to look at each other and smiled.
A video of Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix’s awkward reaction after being asked to share their thoughts on Joker: Folie à Deux has gone viral amid the backlash facing the film.
The highly anticipated Joker sequel hit theaters on Friday, but was almost immediately criticized by viewers and critics.
For a few seconds, the two stars remained silent as they waited for the other to answer the question.
“Tell them how you feel, Joaquin,” Lady Gaga, 38, told her co-star while offering him a fake microphone.
“It’s very difficult to talk about it, but I think we feel like we achieved what we set out to do,” Joaquín, 49, said simply.
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The internet has been flooded with negative posts about the film since its release, with one user calling it “boring” and another stating that it had “no plot.”
Many social media users also criticized the film’s final scene, in which main character Arthur Fleck (played by Joaquín) was brutally stabbed to death by a fellow prisoner.
This meant that the man audiences had been watching over the course of the two films was never the Joker at all, but in fact, the infamous villain of the Batman series was actually just the random inmate who killed Arthur in the last moments of the film. movie.
The shocking twist left numerous viewers dissatisfied and they took to social media to share their frustration.
While chatting to Good Morning Britain last week, the two stars were asked if the film turned out to be “everything they hoped for.”
Immediately, they both turned to look at each other and smiled. For a few seconds, the two stars sat in silence as they waited for the other to answer the question.
“Tell them how you feel, Joaquin,” Lady Gaga told her co-star, who added, “It’s very hard to talk about, but I think we feel like we accomplished what we set out to do.” You see him in the movie.
The shocking ending left many viewers dissatisfied and they took to social media to share their frustration.
“The ending made the movie a complete waste,” wrote one outraged user.
“The ending was pathetic,” someone else complained. ‘WTF, you mean there’s no Joker?’
“The ending didn’t make sense,” another person added.
‘That ending? “It’s so bad that it not only ruins Joker 2 but also the first Joker for the public,” reads a fourth tweet.
“The Joker had a lot of potential, but that damn ending ruined everything,” said a fifth.
The Todd Phillips-directed musical serves as a follow-up to the 2019 box office hit, which was simply titled Joker.
The first film grossed over a billion dollars and at the time was the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. It received 11 Oscar nominations, two of which it won.
The sequel, however, has already been much less successful. It had a lackluster debut of $40 million at the box office in its opening weekend and has a low rating of 33 percent and 31 percent at the box office. rotten tomatoes.
“Undoing much of its predecessor’s goodwill, the sequel turns what could have been a one-off character study into a bloated encore that ends with a whimper,” reads one review.
Another reviewer wrote: “This movie is a disjointed mess and a waste of time.” It’s just boring, not particularly interesting, but it looks good from a production design point of view.’
