Reviews are coming in for the new JOKER movie, and it's a mixed bag.

one of my favorite movies in the last few years to come out was Joker starring walking Phoenix and uh directed by Todd Phillips man what a movie right I mean it's I don't keep it too far away um loved it you can see back there got me a little Joker artwork there I mean like that's how much I love it from the story to the acting and one of my favorite pieces was the cinematography and and for those that don't know I myself am a filmmaker um got me a couple couple of little Awards back there but um I'm an internationally award-winning filmmaker for various categories be it the film itself or writing or cinematography directing um or whatnot you know so uh I appreciate all that and one of the one of my specialties is the cinematography so really really really really enjoy Joker for that they did a fantastic job huge fan I got super excited when I heard there was going to be a sequel well let me back it up a little bit first of all the movie didn't need a sequel I still don't think it needs a sequel but I heard waen was going to be back and he doesn't do sequels so was going to be back Todd Phillips is going to be back so I'm like okay this is sounded really promising I'm actually kind of getting excited for this Sequel and then I heard lady uh Lady Gaga was attached and I was like what well that doesn't sway me any more happy or sad or whatever I I don't know that much of her as far as acting goes I've seen her on American Horror Story for a few episodes I think and hadn't really kept up with that show much I know she's done you know some other shows and done great things or or not shows movies but I haven't seen them I don't know she may be a terrible actress she may be one of the greatest actresses of all time but uh but if someone's going to play that role I can see her in it for sure uh Harley Quinn but um but yeah I was like okay all right so we got Lady Gaga on board that's an interesting choice but then I heard why and I heard that it was going to be a musical and I am not a musical fan catch me watching a few musicals that I do appreciate Wizard of Oz um Willy won in the Chocolate Factory uh even Greece you know some of the classics I I I I like those for what they are um but yeah I don't I don't particularly want to sit down and watch a musical so I'm interested to see what they do though you know I'm interested to see how much of a like a a true musical this is or um you know how they change it up and knowing Todd Phillips he he'll change it up I'm sure uh we did cover this before actually I think I covered it on uh uh Mayhem reacts I did a review of the uh one of the trailers that came out um but I think I also covered it here just kind of talking about the the gist of the story so you know I won't go into on on my emotions and feelings on that I I I do want to see it though I for sure want to see it one of the best movies I've seen the last few years has got a sequel part of me really really wants to see it to see what they do and part of me is like man I don't want to mess this up I don't want them to mess this up and it's like when you eat something so good and it's got multiple pieces you know well it's like like peanuts or it's a french fries or something like that you know and you're eating it it's oh so good and you get down the last one the last one's you know the Peanut's a little rotted it it has that dough kind of flavor or that last french fries is a little burnt or doesn't have any seasoning on it or maybe it's really soggy for some reason you know sat there too I don't know but it's like that I don't want it to be like that you know of course I'm going to associate things with food right but Joker left such a great taste in my mouth I I want to follow it up with something that's you know equal as close to equal as possible I don't want to put a doggy potato chip in there that my kid had when she was a baby and put it back in the B I ain't I don't want that give me something good give me something good I will say though uh we're going to go ahead and get into this they've already got it out at uh I know they showed it at a festival we've already got some critic respon uh critic responses back on it um and it seems to be kind of a mixed bag if I'm not uh not understating it or overstating it here this this from The Daily Mail while keing Phoenix and Lady Gaga's musical Joker sequel hits a few sour notes and I don't know if I can say this still f fol f gets mixed [Music] reviews yeah I don't I'll probably never say it right sorry Joker part two baby all right says early reactions to Joker um part two suggest a blend of Brilliance and boredom leading to a mixed bag of reviews the filmm sees the return of walking Phoenix's Oscar winning portrayal of Arthur Flex Joker and the addition of Pop Powerhouse Lady Gaga's Joker's love interest Harley Quinn premiering to a Full House at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday the eagerly awaited sequel to Todd Philips billion dooll hit divided critics while some found out or found it superior to the acclaimed 2019 film that's going to be a tough one for me to buy you know critics come in all shapes and sizes and colors and and and visuals and and likes and dislikes and you know all this and that squishy soft hard whatever everybody likes something different so it's such a mixed bag when it comes to critics um I don't find myself agreeing with a lot of them and I do think a lot of them are kind of paid shills to get benefits and stuff but on more on that from Geeks and Gamers and nerd rodic and those guys you can you can go listen to them or one of our Channel's friends the talking nerds they talk about that stuff too link to them will be in the description below as well by the way but uh but yeah I don't know if it's going to be superior that would be a that's a tough sell for me uh while some found it superior to the Ean 2019 film and lotted the performances of both Phoenix and Gaga other slam joker as derivative and devoid of fun I think I think people just try to look for a ways to use the word derivative I hear it all the time but I didn't always and and and I feel like that's one of those fun words people like to throw around and uh I mean again she's probably going to do just a fine job she probably is walking's going to knock it out of the par that's what he does I just a I don't know I don't know man Owen Gman appeared a bit less impressed in his review for variety writing that the cracked jukebox musical had an audacious concept but in a basic way it's an over cautious sequel Andy wies David ERI took a bit of a harsher tone saying the 138 minute flick we two hours okay flick is boring flat and a criminal waste of Lady Gaga adding it feels bad on purpose yet Phillips has created a corporate pop spectacle that all demands to be seen as something else here is a movie that perversely denies audiences everything they've seen or everything they've been conditioned to want from it gently at first and then later with the unmistakable hostility of a knife to the gut ain't lying that's pretty harsh right there and and that's where I'm where's it at a couple things that bothers me or concerns me create a corporate pop spectacle you know cuz the first one I hate that crap pops up corporate pop spectacle I hope it didn't get too hollywoodized too corporate too too many Studio heads in their messing with him I mean Todd Phillips took a took a shot in the dark he's like I'm going to make this film let's see what it does it made less than Avengers endgame as far as overall box office and gross um but if I'm not mistaken I believe it was more profitable because of the budget being significantly low so I'm sure they love that and they're like oh let's make another one and let's make it better and let's get the studio heads more involved and let's you know Tinker around with this idea and that idea so it's quite possible and I was concerned about that going into it so here that kind of makes me think somebody else picked up on it the other thing that bothers me about this uh here's a movie that perversely denies audiences everything they've been conditioned to want from it what does that mean you know I know what I'm looking for I don't know if if we're all in the same boat in this but the first Joker pretty much set up the tone if we completely change that up and it's nothing like the first one at all I think that could suck however I will say two films that I absolutely love from one filmmaker Rob Zombie House of a Thousand Corpses and The Devil's Rejects are two completely different films same actors well I mean they swapped out some but same characters same concept to a degree of you know the Dynamics of the characters and whatnot but told in two completely different ways two completely different styles and it worked in fact the sequel The Devil's Rejects actually became a bigger hit than House of a Thousand Corpses the original I like them both for different reasons House of a Thousand Corpses still has a special place in my heart but uh yeah Devil's Rejects was pretty awesome so it can be done it can done for sure and I know there's others out there that you can point to but it's not something that's done all the time to be fair uh let's see and that more than anything else is why part two adopts the form of a classic musical because no other genre makes it so easy to appreciate all the fun you're not having in contrast Alex Harrison of Screen Rant describes joker as a more refined sequel designed to provoke fans of the the original film Joker part two has more coherent things to say about fan culture than it than it or its predecessor does about mental illness which for me makes it the superior of the two he stated wonder what that means has more coherent things to say about fan culture I hope it's not going to end up being one of those that's like an attack on the fans kind of like She-Hulk was remember that if you're not familiar a lot of people cover that I didn't cover it again talking nerds nerd rodic Geeks and Gamers Ryan kennel you know all these guys talked about how the big payoff of She-Hulk or the big go of She-Hulk was to basically insult the the fans of of Marvel and whatnot the Nerds you know the the Diehard committed fans so they wanted to to piss them off which makes sense I guess right they saw they saw their numbers and they know uh they know it's not always a winning uh winning thing to do look I'm not going to read every single one of these as per usual the um as per usual the links will be in the in the show notes below you can go back and read this yourself but as you see here I mean we've already gotten into a few of them leaning kind of negative you know some positives there and again it really depends on the critic's taste as to what you're going to get from feedback from them so don't know how good it is don't know how great it is to be fair I'm still probably going to go see it and uh and give it a chance and um you know who knows we'll uh will you go see it are you interested in seeing it were you ever interested in seeing it from the time it was announced to the time you found out Gaga was involved to the time you found out it was a musical to hearing this is it something that you wanted to see at all is it something you're still going to see or still playing on scene and if it is is it a trip to the theater watch or is it a wait till it comes out on a streaming platform kind of watch I'd love to hear your thoughts on that you've heard mine hey guys thanks for checking out this clip from the morning Mayhem remember this is just a portion of the full show that comes out every Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern time if you hadn't already don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss out on any of the full shows or these tasty little nuggets