“Let me edit it”: Todd McFarlane gives a generous review of Joker 2 after a disastrous 32% Rotten Tomatoes score
The legendary comic artist Todd McFarlane think about Joker: Folie à Deux by Todd Phillips and suggests a way to improve the poorly received 2024 DC film. Joker: Folie à Deux divided audiences due to its musical numbers and its drastic twist on the main character’s motivations, among other criticisms. Despite the critical and commercial success of Joker just five years earlier, Joker: Folie à Deux It failed at the box office and received abysmal reviews from critics and audiences alike.
Image Comics president and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, praised for his work on Batman: Year Two and Spider-Man, shares his thoughts on Joker: Folie à Deux. The artist acknowledges the criticism that Joker: Folie à Deux has received and argues that certain parts of the film could be rearranged to create a more streamlined film. McFarlane believes “there is a hybrid” hidden within Joker: Folie à Deux that he could recover with enough changes and playfully offers to edit the film himself.
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Interviewer: Have you already seen Joker 2? What did you think? I know a lot of people were divided on this, to say the least.
Todd McFarlane: «Yes, I found it interesting. I spent time with Scott Silver, one of the guys who wrote it. I went out to lunch with him and he said, “Have you seen it?” I said, “No, but I should.” So my wife and I went to see it. “I liked it more than her.”
“I can understand some of the criticism that was made when I saw it, but just because of the way they make movies, the way they act, and so on, there were parts where I was just like, ‘Wow, wow, wow.’ Funnily enough, I got to the point where I was like, “Oh, I see.” And with my ego, I’m going to expose my ego, I said, “Give me the whole movie, put me in a room for three days and let me edit it.” “I think there’s a hybrid there that would work for what it was.”
“Again, I’m completely biased and selfish as to what I thought it would be in my head, but when I got into it with the craziness of the music, I think there’s a way to make it even crazier. But that’s just my opinion. Some people saw it and didn’t like it, and some people loved it. “I think it creates an opinion no matter who sees it.”
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What does the review mean? Joker 2 de Todd McFarlane?
Part of the reason why Joker: Folie à Deux was so divisive is because it pulled in several different directions. Joker: Folie à Deux continues the story of Arthur Fleck after his triumphant transformation into the Joker, but it barely introduces Arthur’s Joker persona and causes him to abandon it out of regret. Joker: Folie à Deux also features Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn, but loses relevance to the plot towards the end. The musical numbers of Joker: Folie à Deux They discouraged audiences who weren’t interested in musicals, but they didn’t stand out either.
Although some aspects of Joker: Folie à Deux would have been equally controversial, the Joker sequel could have had more impact with a more streamlined script and a few extra rounds of editing. When it comes to filmmaking, even the most inspired film concepts require a lot of tweaking at every stage, from initial development to post-production. More time in these stages could have cleaned Joker: Folie à Deux and left the most suitable ideas in the editing room.
Joker 2 According to the criteria of Tobi Oulego ISNI: 0000 0005 1791 9627 | My name is Tobi Oulego, I am from the city of Buenos Aires and I am dedicated to the creation of film and series content. Since I was a child I have been a fan of all geek universes, I grew up with “Star Wars” and “Harry Potter” but today I specialize my content in the Marvel and DC universes
