JOKER enters the $1b territory - First R rated film to do so
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Which other comic book character movie that hit 1 billion, is also rated R and doesn't have super... something.
It has an R-rated cut where they added all this CGI blood in.
The Wolverine has a great build-up and a really bad finish. Absolutely pathetic villain too.
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The R rating part of it is kind of meaningless since this is a somewhat tame movie as far as violence goes and didn't really get an equivalent 18+ rating in most/any other major market.
Still an achievement that this movie, of all things, managed to hit one billion. I still don't get it honestly.
Still an achievement that this movie, of all things, managed to hit one billion. I still don't get it honestly.
Translation: I gotta figure out what other Scorsese movies I can ape.
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He could just ask Martin for a tip, wasn't he actually involved in some capacity?
That doesn't change the fact that it was originally released PG13 and had minimal gore added to get to R and added nothing narratively.
It is still a PG13 movie.
Pretty sure a sequel was guaranteed the moment Phoenix decided he wanted to do one. He never wants to do sequels.
I'm happy for the movie, because I think it's great, but also for the genre of superhero movies. When movies like this do well it gives executives evidence that they don't have to do the safe, generic blockbuster that MCU mostly does (and I still thoroughly enjoy those!). We can have R-rated violent, vulgar comedies like Deadpool and violent, neowestern movies like Logan. It opens up the ability for writers and directors to have interesting and diverse interpretations of characters and more faithful adaptations of stories or heroes/villains. Plus having a thoughtful and thought provoking superhero movie is pretty neat.
The ability of Hollywood execs to take the worst lesson from any situation is well documented.
Phoenix said in a interview that he already have a lot of ideias to what can be done in a sequel
But it does cater to the same crowd.....it's about the Joker. The same people who saw infinity war are the same people who brought joker to a billion.
I don't know, but I'm not talking about the money. You said this doesn't cater to the same crowd that is showing up to see stuff like the MCU, but I think that's a pretty ridiculous thing to say. Obviously people who are showing up to see popular comic book characters on screen are going to be interested in seeing a movie about one of the most popular characters in comics.
I can think of much worse directors to rip when making movies about people who wear capes, masks and underwear over their tights.
Cool, I guess. Joaquin Phoenix deserves an Oscar for this movie (and I suspect he'll get one) but the film itself is pretty tame outside of his performance. I don't get the controversy? There's a message about class and society but it's not explored at all. Reminds me almost of Nolan's 3rd Batman movie which brings up class and... doesn't explore it in any meaningful way.
Well... pretty much every movie these days have CG in them for set extensions, cleanup of extraneous objects, etc that are invisible, Even the ones that look like straight forward dramas.
But I get what you mean.
Well deserved, it's a great movie & i can't hate a studio for releasing an R rated movie that's stand alone, even if it uses the Joker to help it sell, still a bit sour on Philips dog whistling about "leftist" critics, he knew what he was doing, overall the marketing for this movie was fucking something else & i wonder how much it helped get that billion.
Perhaps adults, but children are not watching this movie. Which makes this even more impressive. Unlike other comic book movies that reach a billion, this one is rated R.
Oh no, you used the word, i thought Marvel banned that word forever.
It has cgi, it definitely has cgi, most high budget movies these days have it. CGI doesn't have to be flashy effects, it can also be very subtle and not obvious.
Because Disney has ruined cinema by dooming every movie that's not safe, bland, watered down, neutered PG-13 China-friendly pap.
For the first time, an R-rated filmed aimed at adults crossed a billion, without needing to kiss China's ring. That's a very welcome thing and should hopefully mean good things for cinema.
Yep, I'm sure guys notorious for never leaving the house really drove these huge box office numbers.
Judging by your post it looks like you were lucky your parents took you to see it.
Pretty wild. Don't care how many people say the Joker is DC's biggest villain and this BO return was expected. It wasn't. Movie is a genuine phenomenon.
And I didn't even like it tbh
And I didn't even like it tbh
I'll never understand what people see in this movie. I walked out the movie theater not liking it. If someone can explain I'll thank you.
Sarcasm or not, why not both?
Unlike the early 2000s, we now have examples of comic faithful superhero blockbusters AND risky edgy character studies succeeding in strides and showing that there exists a market for both.
