Do two flops make a proper? Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola praises Todd Phillips and Joker: Folie à Deux following a historic field workplace bomb.
The 2024 field workplace has been a precarious beast. For each shocking success story like Longlegs, it appears there are two dozen flops like Borderlands and Argylle. Nevertheless, two failures stand head and shoulders above the remainder. Megalopolis, a decades-long ardour mission from director Francis Ford Coppola that culminated in a complicated mess, and Joker: Folie à Deux a sequel to Todd Phillips’ billion-dollar underdog story that left followers and critics alike out within the chilly.
But that doesn’t imply neither movie has its followers. Joker: Folie à Deux has obtained a small however passionate quantity of assist on-line from those that reward Todd Phillips’ subversive tackle the Clown Prince of Crime, particularly in relation to introspection on the character of spectacles. Megalopolis has additionally been praised for its spectacle, even despite Francis Ford Coppola’s eclectic tendencies. And it appears the overlap between the 2 audiences is smaller than many would possibly anticipate.
Was Joker: Folie à Deux Forward Of Its Time?
Following a very pitiful opening weekend from Joker: Folie à Deux, Francis Ford Coppola took to social media to provide his ideas. Whereas many thought the director would possibly take goal on the sequel, he as an alternative praised it for being one thing really particular. He significantly known as out Todd Phillips’ shock issue, stating that it was one thing he’d liked ever since The Hangover.
“@ToddPhillips movies at all times amaze me and I take pleasure in them completely,” Coppola wrote in a latest Instagram put up. “Ever for the reason that fantastic “The Hangover” he’s at all times one step forward of the viewers by no means doing what they anticipate. Congratulations to Joker: Folie à Deux!”
No one had the phrases Francis Ford Coppola and The Hangover showing collectively in a sentence on their 2024 bingo card, however evidently’s the world everybody lives in! Whereas Coppola’s phrases might not have the ability to salvage Todd Phillips’ repute amongst followers, it’s at the least a consolation to know that even flops like Joker: Folie à Deux and Megalopolis can fan consolation collectively.
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