Todd McFarlane Thinks ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Was Good – Offers To Make It Better: “Give me all the film, put me in a room for three days, and let me edit it”

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ premiered to poor reviews from both critics and audiences, with a low 32% approval rating, marking it as “rotten.”

It also received a “D” on CinemaScore—the lowest rating yet for a superhero film, although calling ‘Joker 2’ a superhero movie might be a stretch.

The movie flopped at the box office and again on PVOD. Given its troubled development, this outcome isn’t surprising. Lady Gaga reportedly didn’t expect it, but others involved in the film weren’t shocked by its performance.

Recently, legendary comic artist Todd McFarlane shared his thoughts on Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ and offered suggestions for improving the 2024 DC film, which has faced criticism.

McFarlane sees where the movie could be adjusted to make it flow better. He thinks there’s a version of ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ that could work with the right changes and even jokes about editing it himself.

Have you seen Joker 2 yet? What were your thoughts on it? I know that a lot of people were divided on it, to say the least.

Todd McFarlane: Yeah, I thought it was interesting. I spend time with Scott Silver, one of the guys who wrote it. I was out lunch with him, and he’s like, “Have you seen it?” I was like, “No, but I should.” So, my wife and I went and saw it. I liked it more than she did.

I can understand some of the criticism as I watched it, but just from filmmaking and acting and whatever else, there were parts of it that I was just going, “Wow, wow, wow.” Interestingly, I got to the point where I go, “Oh, I see.” And with my ego – I’m going to put my ego out there – I go, “Give me all the film, put me in a room for three days, and let me edit it.” I think there’s a hybrid in there that would work for what it was.

Again, I’m being completely biased and egotistic here of what it was that I thought it was going to be in my head, but when I went in there with the insanity of the music, I think there’s a way to crazy it up more. But that’s just me. Some people saw it and they weren’t fans of it, and other people loved it. I think it elicits an opinion no matter who sees it.

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