readbeanicecream@lemm.ee to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agoJoker 2 is apparently a $200 million jukebox musical | A.V. Clubwww.avclub.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down14
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minus-squareFlaminGoku@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoJukebox musicals suck. If it was a completely original musical detailing joker’s fall into lunacy, it would be fun and be a perfect dark comedy. Instead it’s going to get whatever popular songs strung together that barely resonate with any of the themes.
minus-squareFenrirIII@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo you’ve already seen the film?
minus-squareFlaminGoku@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t need to. A jukebox musical is DOA for me. It’s the LLM musical.
Jukebox musicals suck.
If it was a completely original musical detailing joker’s fall into lunacy, it would be fun and be a perfect dark comedy.
Instead it’s going to get whatever popular songs strung together that barely resonate with any of the themes.
So you’ve already seen the film?
I don’t need to. A jukebox musical is DOA for me. It’s the LLM musical.