@@NickHenning-u7e thank you brother!

@@LifeOfROBIFY thank you brother 🙏🏼

That’s completely fair! What made you not enjoy the ending of the movie?

@Michael_notscott oh i enjoyed it some, but personally while i was watching i thought it would be more interesting and make more sense to have arthur fleck convincing himself and the court room that the joker isn't real but shortly after when the "bombshell" goes off in the courtroom and the ending events unfold, he realizes he hasn't been fully tapping in to the joker and does at the very end to fully enbrace the persona and give him an excuse to have a more cartoon unrealistic side of him that makes sense how it happens in the real world. But i understand why they did what they did.

​@domzombie9946 Fair enough. If you wanted that. That's your right. Personally, I feel like we got the right story here and the right movie. And I couldn't think of a better, more realistic and sad ending. Like Arthur was always going to end up dead. Killed by his own shadow.

@@martynking1613 To be fair i also talked with my friend recently and he pointed out a few things i missed that does make me value the story we got more. I can see why it went the direction it did.

I'm of the opinion that Todd did this sequel out of love for Arthur, not out of spite for the audience. But, in any case, the result remains the same: commentary on how society has failed mentally ill people, mixed with meta commentary on how corrupt the blockbuster film industry and how fickle its audiences are. It's a social study on what we expect of a subject (be it a person or a movie) and how easy we disregard it as soon as it dissapoint us (like Lee and the psycho killer at the end). It is preachy, it is pretentious, it is a bit too nuanced and meta, but it definitely served a bigger purpose than a banal FU to the comic book audience. I consider myself part of that comic book community, but I also understand the need of artistic versatility, creativity, risk-taking and honesty that is lacking nowadays on the Hollywood blockbuster industry. They are whoring the IPs out by doing cheap narrative formulas and fan service just to get the most butts into seats the easiest possible way (BvS, Justice League, Flash, Age of Ultron, No Way Home, the SW prequels, to name some). Sometimes they do it right (like most of Marvel up until Phase 3 and some parts afterwards) but they have also gotten it terribly bad (like the DCEU). I get it, comic book movies is a savvy business venture with high rentability, but big studios "playing it safe" has affected the movie-going audience too into thinking about movies just one way. Everybody wanted "Joker 2: Crazy Psycho Kingpin", not arthouse cinema. Why should we definitely expect to get what we want? Why not being more open to challenges? Phillips didn't actively attacked us to simply tell us to F off, his true purpose is to convey a unique, risky and much-needed message to the audience. Like I already said, it is preachy and pretentious, but at least give him credit for adhering to his artistic principles. I wish Stallone did it with Rambo 2, for example.

I question whether you even watched the film. But hey, if you feel that way. I guess it's your right. But I would encoruage you to watch it again and more deeply. You realise it is more than just broad brushstrokes.

@@martynking1613 To watch joker and Harley sing random Radio songs ? hard pass.

Do you even have a heart?

@@jodanger37 hey thanks for the constructive feedback! I appreciate it!!

@Michael_notscott np! Keep at it, I see the potential The fact you can actually take my criticism in stride means you’re better than 90 percent of the people on this platform already lol

@@Michael_notscott np! Keep at it, I see the potential The fact you can actually take my criticism in stride means you’re better than 90 percent of the people on this platform already lol

@@HSR107 it was a very well made film! I didn’t get emotional at the end, but I was genuinely caught off guard. Most endings you can see coming. But not that one.

​@@Michael_notscott It was the silly romantic expectation that Lee was there to visit Arthur when, in all probability there was no one there and the situation was set up by the guards as a way to murder him by proxy. In no small part because of what Arthur as Joker said about the guards in court. And compounded by Arthur's realization of how badly his fantasies harmed Gary, the only person in Arthur's life who ever actually saw and appreciated him. THe coping mechanisms of an abused mentally ill person being what ultimately broke and then destroyed him just took the entire tragedy of Arthur Fleck to an entirely new level for me..

Gotta stay true to my beliefs! I’m fine with people hating it, but it seems misunderstood imo

Hey, it’s all subjective!! Just because it worked for me doesn’t mean it works for you. Nothing wrong with that!

Lmao it being boring is not a fact, i had a blast watching it, peoole here really dont understand how art works and how it is a subjective experience, then you have people speaking about it in this senseless way...

@@crisvelundertale2159 well.. u got a point just becuse i thought the movie was boring that doesnt men everyone else will

Thank you brother! I miss you!!

@@Michael_notscott Miss you too man, love the content as always🔥🔥