Joker 2 Gave Us 1 Thing For The DC Villain That I Don’t Think Any Other Movie Can

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This article contains spoilers for Joker: Folie a Deux
Joker: Folie a Deux is shaping up to be a bonafide disaster both in terms of box office and reception. While Joker made over $1 billion globally over its theatrical run, its sequel will likely reach nowhere near those numbers. Additionally, Joker: Folie a Deux has a remarkably terrible score on CinemaScore, and it now holds the record for the lowest-rated superhero film. Granted, the movie all but sheds its comic inspirations, with Lady Gaga as a version of Harley Quinn called Lee, who more closely resembles Punchline, the Joker"s other girlfriend.
The film is also bogged down by an abysmal ending. I was never under any delusions that Arthur Fleck was the Joker who would later fight Batman. Any references to the rest of the Batman canon are fleeting Easter eggs. That being said, the final scenes of the film, which see Arthur getting murdered by an inmate destined to be the "actual" Joker, feel less like a Hollywood blockbuster and more like a fan theory from Reddit. A better ending would have either simply killed Arthur off without the wider Joker connection or kept him locked in Arkham.
However, the decision to delve deeper into Arthur"s psyche could have been paid off in a better film. As it stands, Joker: Folie a Deux takes some interesting risks, but its execution left me feeling like the whole endeavor was a missed opportunity.
Joker 2's Depiction Of The DC Villain Is Something I Don't We'll See In Any Other DC Movie Arthur Fleck Is Explored In Intimate Detail Close Arthur Fleck is painfully, embarrassingly, vulnerably human in Joker: Folie a Deux. Though his Joker persona is still a large part of the film, it"s apparent that our protagonist isn"t as enamored with the clown as audiences, both in real life and within his fictional world. Arthur"s descent into total madness isn"t as cut and dry as Joker made it out to be. Instead of fully embracing chaos, he wants the same thing he always has: understanding. Very few films, especially those based on comic books, delve so heavily into what drives their characters.
Because he was mistreated his whole life, Arthur"s sense of identity became tied to how others perceived him. He shied away from those who harmed him and flocked to those who didn"t. That"s why when he did snap, he primarily targeted those who antagonized him. Then, Arthur found what he thought was acceptance as the Joker. The sequel deconstructed this idea by showing that Arthur"s embrace of chaos and dismantling societal structures was rooted in his desire for admiration and love as well as the idea that maybe he could make change.

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