Quentin Tarantino Praises ‘Joker 2’ and Says Joaquin Phoenix Gives ‘One of the Best Performances I’ve Ever Seen in My Life’: It’s a ‘F— You’ to ‘Comic Book Geeks’ and Hollywood

dead [he/him]@hexbear.net · 15 hours ago

Quentin Tarantino Praises ‘Joker 2’ and Says Joaquin Phoenix Gives ‘One of the Best Performances I’ve Ever Seen in My Life’: It’s a ‘F— You’ to ‘Comic Book Geeks’ and Hollywood

koberulz · 4 hours ago

“It should have been a fun movie where Joker goes on a rampage through Gotham and causes chaos” is a take I’ve seen far too much of. It’s “Gandhi should have finished with him gunning down his opponents” levels of missing the point.

FWIW, I can’t really agree with the “it’s a genius depiction of mental illness and will be reappraised in time” takes, either. I just thought it was…fine? Not great, not terrible, just there.

Quentin Tarantino Praises ‘Joker 2’ and Says Joaquin Phoenix Gives ‘One of the Best Performances I’ve Ever Seen in My Life’: It’s a ‘F— You’ to ‘Comic Book Geeks’ and Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino Praises ‘Joker 2’ and Says Joaquin Phoenix Gives ‘One of the Best Performances I’ve Ever Seen in My Life’: It’s a ‘F— You’ to ‘Comic Book Geeks’ and Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino Praises Joker 2: Joaquin Phoenix Best Performance Ever