One of the big headlines throughout October was the critical and commercial failure of Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie a Deux,” the musical sequel drawing intense reaction from many corners.
The film does have its defenders though, including filmmaker Quentin Tarantino who praised the film in late October and especially star Joaquin Phoenix’s performance as one of the best he’s ever seen.
Appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast (via Variety) this week, he revealed his admission has led to a toxic backlash online as the digital mob came for him:
“I go on a show and I say that I like ‘Joker 2’. Now there’s 150 articles on it. One person listens to the thing and writes an article about it and there’s 150 ripoff articles on that.
And then you read the comments: ‘Quentin is a [multiple expletives]… You either like the movie or you don’t. I’m not plugging the movie. I’m not doing anything. I’m just saying I like it. Who gives a f— what I like? What do you care what the f— I like?”
Then they say I’m a [more expletives] for not seeing something. What the f— do you care what I see or don’t see? Someone will say, ‘Well I think he’s missing out.’ Well I am sure there is a lot of s— I could say you’re missing out on and I don’t care if you miss out on.”
“Joker: Folie a Deux” ended its run with $206 million worldwide, a long way from the $1 billion gross of 2019’s first “Joker” film.
