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Struggling with his dual identity, failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital.. Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, and director-writer Todd Phillips share what scared them most about tackling the musical sequel . Plus, Gaga discusses how she got into and stayed in her dark character.. The film’s subtitle "Folie a Deux" means "Madness of Two" in French. This initially led to speculation about Harley Quinn’s appearance in the film, which was confirmed shortly thereafter. The name Folie a Deux comes from the 19th century French psychiatrists Charles Lasègue and Jules Falret. The term was coined to refer to two or more people that share the same madness or delusion. It is also known as Lasègue-Falret syndrome.. The jury representative mistakenly speaks of the "People of New York" instead of Gotham City.. Arthur Fleck: [Written as a spiteful autograph with a sad smiley face] I HOPE YOU GET CANCER. The film opens with a Looney Tunes title sequence, featuring the Warner Bros logo surrounded by rings and the Joker’s face.. Featured in AniMat’s Crazy Cartoon Cast: The Wicked Discovery of a Lifetime (2022). Merrily We Roll AlongWritten by Eddie Cantor, Murray Mencher, and Charles Tobias. Rating is 6/10Watched on Sept. 30 2024 @ Fan First Premiere (First Watch)Format: (Digital) IMAXTodd Phillips repeats exactly what he did to The Hangover trilogy with Joker 2. The director goes on to make a sequel that is unfortunately empty and has no character development.Phillips outdone himself in directing a film that has an outstanding cinematography/visuals that portrays every feeling and emotion that it wants to tell and express. BUT, he failed in creating an engaging storyline. From a part one to a part two, usually the characters of the film change. They arc either declines or inclines. Their personalities change. Events/obstacles come along their way to shift their lives. OR new character/s enter their life which opens the door for more interesting events to come along their way resulting in a "Folie à Deux". In this film, Joker’s/Arthur Fleck’s life doesn’t seem to change much as Gaga’s character, Lee, is added. Instead, the film keeps repeating its events by REvisiting the past (the first Joker film) or reacting some of its scenes. It also keeps coming back and forth to the same locations and events within this film itself. Resulting in an overall dull film that is ONLY visually entertaining.This film introduces two major characters within the Gotham world, Harvey Dent, who is played terribly by Harry Lawtey and written even worse. By the end of the film, I felt like he was useless and is taken advantage of because of his 'name' within the comic books fandom. Same goes to Lady Gaga’s Lee that simply felt like it wasn’t even in this film.I enjoyed how this film uses music/songs to showcase that it’s an ESCAPE for our inner selves. But, the song choices weren’t on point. On the other hand, their performance was well done by Gaga or Joaquin Phoenix and Lawrence Sher’s cinematography skills.. Check out our list of exciting new movies from this year’s film festivals, including Venice, TIFF, the New York Film Festival, and more.