The Joker 2 is Insanely Bad (Video Essay)

[@KyLewin]

“How do things always go Harley’s way?” I mean, I hate to say it, but DC has basically decided that this is her super power. Outside of events in Batman the Animated Series, generally everything has always just sort of worked out for Harley because DC wants her to be the coolest character.

[@FBsArt]

The goat is back! Please do DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Superman and Lois

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

Our goat is bacccckkkkkk I missed you man.

[@christophergarrett7082]

Main problem with joker 2 is that you take Arthur fleck and regress his character. He barely does anything to drive the story forward. To tell us the he wasn't the joker when you spent the last movie telling us he's the joker

[@derrickbiedermann9802]

Not even naturally regress his character. He just isn't the joker at the start nor end, nor really any point between.

[@trisstudio625]

Agreed it’s really dumb

[@V9-Volt]

Making it a musical isn’t a problem it’s the fact that the songs chosen were just chosen at random and rarely impact the story itself and the more it gets used the more boring the story becomes and by the end you genuinely do not care

[@LucasHopkins2006]

After this movie and Todd Phillips apparently refusing to talk with James Gunn and DC Studios, anybody else kinda hoping the guy doesn’t do another DC project in the future?

[@christaylor7916]

Still not as bad as Zack Snyder

[@johnprime1147]

Nic to see you again my friend! Missed ya. Been rewatching quite a few of your videos recently and I'm glad to see you back. I understand how uploading videos can for sure take long whiles. I struggle with the same issue but worse

[@bigdoubleu117]

I mean it's no wonder Todd Phillips doesn't do sequels, cause when he does, he sucks ass!

[@Wolffman109]

I heard that he didn't even want to make this movie, but Warner Bros basically forced him to because the original made a lot of money. Is there any truth to this rumor?

[@kimanireid6111]

They probably shouldn't have made it into a musical

[@nextgenproductions3933]

If you want to watch an actual good musical, go watch Wicked instead. If you’re not into that thing… Let’s just say there’s a reason why no one likes Joker 2

[@alexpalette]

Great breakdown Gio. I completely agree. It was so terrible it felt intentional. Tell your parents i said hi. Miss yall since we moved.

[@afeckingwooloo]

Huh, weird Never heard of this fan film, Joker never really got a sequel

[@smkeybare]

Always tuning in to your stuff man, love the passion you channel into all your videos!

[@dalberttran8134]

A lot of the court scenes in the movie are filler and unnecessary recaps from the first movie. Aside from Gary's testimony, because at least we get his perspective from the first movie and how it effected him negatively but Arthur didn't intend to hurt him. A lot of this movie is just forcing us to pity for Arthur even though the whole point of the first movie is to deconstruct Arthur and replace it with a new found persona that people are willing to accept. Arthur is a twisted man in a twisted world and solves it in the most twisted way. The movie should've double down on the Joker persona to convey the fact that Arthur is too far gone

[@benelz8542]

5:48 I mean it’s Gotham what did you expect 😂😂😂

[@jaxxpool9630]

I have not seen this movie and never will, but I've already heard a lot about why it's so bad. You did point some new stuff out like Arthur having a split personality, which is beyond stupid for the Joker. Not only is it ill-fitting for him, it makes Two-Face irrelevant since he's the one with the disorder. Although I guess that technically doesn't happen if Arthur says there never was a "Joker"? Yeah, now I'm confused. Funny that it came out in the same month as Batman: Arkham Shadow, which is like the only good thing from DC this year and thank god it distracted me from seeing this movie.

[@featherguardian6023]

This came Right on Time for the Digital Release and this Sequel is a Bigger Joke as it shouldn’t Exist, this Movie was just Boring, it’s not a Batman nor even a Joker Movie, if the First Movie was a Original Film without the Joker Name it would be Fine but but was we got is a Joke and it was doomed since it was confirmed Gaga and that this was going to be a Musical which honestly was a waste of Budget, Great Video as always Gio and I have a question, will you make a Discord?

[@giovannidanesin4193]

0:38 is that AI ?

[@eduardofranco8528]

I still think a season 2 of Gotham Knights could've save the show, giving the right writers and directors, it could be saved

[@geoninja3631]

Hahahh love the snoopy voices

[@ultra6671]

Was Todd Philips part of some moneymaking scheme by making an intentionally terrible movie like in The Producers?

[@christaylor7916]

8:24 why does Gaga look so cute right here tho??

[@stoneboi816]

I am still waiting for the Gotham Knights video

[@deveshjha4728]

PLEASEEE COVER SUPERMAN AND LOIS AND THE REMAINING EPS OF AGATHA ALL ALONG!!

[@questionking3553]

At least there such a thing as good musical movie you know like wicked

[@yugiohvalley]

This movie is goated

[@OliveThat]

Wow. This movie is really stupid.

[@christaylor7916]

lol

[@TevyaSmolka]

Joker 2 is such a trainwreck in my opinion

[@gravityhero2227]

This is what happens when you make a movie out of spite. Context is that apparently Todd Phillips didn't like that people were relating to Arthur Fleck.

[@Truekingr6]

I have watched the first movie over 10 times. Always loved the movies where 1 guy goes crazy. But joker 1 somehow felt real, never touching joker 2