cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24842410

Lady Gaga explained why ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ didn’t ‘connect’ with audiences how she ‘intended’ it to.

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    20 hours ago

    Why does everything need to have a label? Musical film or not, it was an expected fresh take on storytelling. I knew nothing about the film before watching and I loved it.

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    2 days ago

    Honestly didn’t hate it.

    Wasn’t what I was expecting, and I suspect that’s where most of the disappointment came from as they wanted two hours of the Joker brutally murdering people…

    Far from the worst film I’ve seen in the last few years.

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    2 days ago

    It did come off as being a middle finger to those who idolize popular media characters whose entire point is a warning not to idolize them, so that part was definetly achieved. It didn’t manage to do it while also being a great film. Mission failed successfully

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    2 days ago

    It was a musical where most of the music was one or two actors half singing, half talking, with no instruments in the background.
    Either make a movie or make a musical, don’t get stuck halfway in between.

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      2 days ago

      We stopped watching about halfway through because of those exact reasons. The movie could have been great, but was put together badly.

      My wife and I agreed on an opinion: The director seemed forced to make it a musical because Gaga. Honestly, she wasn’t half bad in the role she was playing, but the musical style turned the entire thing into a Gaga tribute which wasn’t what anybody wanted to see.